 oxas
City is situated at the Northeastern tip of the Island
of Panay within the geographical coordinates of 122°
45’ longitude and 11° 35’ latitude.
Its boundaries are: Visayan Sea on the North, Municipality
of Panit-an on the South, Municipality of Ivisan on
the West, and Municipality of Panay on the East. It
is located 250 nautical miles southeast Manila, 118
kilometers northeast of Iloilo City, and 86 kilometers
east of Kalibo, Aklan. Travel Time to Manila is 45 minutes
by air and 18 hrs. by boat.
The city classified, as a second Class
Component City, belongs to the first political district
of the Province of Capiz along with the Municipality
of Maayon, Panay, Panit-an, Pilar, Pontevedra, and Pres,
Roxas. It comprises forty-seven (47) barangays of which
eighteen (18) are urban and twenty-nine (29) are rural.
Click
here to view an interactive map of the barangays
Click
here to view a proposed circumferential road
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