Sunday, September 21, 2008

Profile of Poblacion, Anini-y, Antique, Philippines

The total land area of Poblacion is 77.5407 Hectares composed of 50.3258 Ha. of the main land and 27.2149 of the Noas Island. This land area however increases to almost double its size at the lowest of the tides when all its coral reefs surrounding the island and its southern peripheries at the coastlines.

Nogas Island is 1.5 kilometers from the mainlaind.

The barangay is generally flat land from zero at the coast level to less than 8% slope at its northern flanks. Nogas Island has no mountain and is the only coral-ringed island in Panay.

Barangay Poblacion is bounded by Sagua and Butuan in the north; by Cuyo East Pass at the south; by Butuan in the west; and, Sagua in the East. The Simsim Creek clearly delineates Poblacion from Butuan.

The barangay experiences rainy season from the month of June to the month of October. It has the rainiest month in July. Dry season starts in November and ends around May. The driest month is April. Average rainfall is 20.32 cm.

Only 883 residents lives at the Poblacion.

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