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Geography
Located from the main capital city ofCalapan, Roxas is the smallest municipality of Oriental Mindoro, with a total land area of 8,526 hectares of up-land, lowland, and coastal areas.
Barangays
Roxas is politically subdivided into 20 barangays. Barangays Bagumbayan, Cantil, Odiong and Paclasan are considered as urban and the rest as rural areas.
Founded by Andres Torrefiel on November 15, 1948, it was formerly known as Paclasan, originally a part of Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro, then a barrio of Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro. It was named after President Manuel A. Roxas, the first town to be named as such.
In 2003, the Strong Republic Nautical Highway was inaugurated, resulting in the opening of the Port of Roxas, located in Barangay Dangay. The town then became a transit point to Boracay, Romblon, and Palawan. Several shipping companies such as Starlite and Montenegro Shipping Lines serve this route. The town is mostly agricultural, with palay, bananas, coconuts, rambutan, lansones, calamansi, and other fruits as primary agricultural crops. Barangays like Cantil, Victoria, Dangay, San Isidro, and Odiong are primarily planted with rice. Barangay Little Tanauan and San Miguel are noted for its fruit orchards and vegetables. Also, some upland barangays like Maraska, San Jose, and San Rafael have developed backyard goat raising. =Operational Banks=
*The Country Bank
*Rural Bank of Pola
*Philippine National Bank
*Land Bank of the Philippines
Transportation and communication
The town can be reached through different modes of transportation. From Calapan, the town can be reached by public utility vans and buses. Roxas is the main port for vessels going to and coming from Caticlan, Malay, Aklan, which is approximately a 4-hour RORO ferry ride from the town. From Caticlan, it is just a short boat ride to the island of Boracay. Bus companies such as RORO Bus Transport, Dimple Star Bus Lines, and Ceres buses also serve the Manila-Roxas route. Cellular phone signal from Globe and Smart is strong in the municipality. Terrestrial and cable television services are also available through CATSI, Dream Satellite TV, Cignal Digital TV, Tamaraw Vision Network of Calapan, and ROMICOM. Radio programming is available via 93.3 BRIGADA NEWS FM and the DZRH affiliate 98.9 Hot FM Roxas.
