Roxas, Isabela
Roxas | |
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| Municipality of Roxas | |
Municipal Hall and planetary | |
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Flag Seal | |
| Nickname: Commercial Center of the Mallig Plains Region | |
| Motto: Roxas | |
Map of Isabela with Roxas highlighted | |
Roxas Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 17°07′N 121°37′E / 17.12°N 121.62°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Cagayan Valley |
| Province | Isabela |
| District | 5th district |
| Founded | July 4, 1948 |
| Named after | Manuel Roxas |
| Barangays | 26 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Jonathan Jose C. Calderon |
| • Vice Mayor | Nick M. Sebastian |
| • Representative | Faustino Michael Carlos T. Dy III |
| • Electorate | 41,442 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 184.80 km2 (71.35 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 61 m (200 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 97 m (318 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 45 m (148 ft) |
| Population (2024 census) | |
• Total | 66,593 |
| • Density | 360.35/km2 (933.31/sq mi) |
| • Households | 16,094 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 1st municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 13.24 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 726.4 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 1,311 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 351.6 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 234.7 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Isabela 2 Electric Cooperative (ISELCO 2) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 3320 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)78 |
| Native languages | Ibanag Ilocano Tagalog |
| Website | roxasisabela |
Roxas, officially the Municipality of Roxas (Ilocano: Ili ti Roxas; Tagalog: Bayan ng Roxas), is a municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 66,593 people.
The municipality is the center of business and commerce in the Mallig Plains Region. In 1839, two new provinces were created by the Spanish conquistadors, dividing the La Provincia del Valle de Cagayan into two. One retained the name Cagayan, while a new province of Nueva Vizcaya was created. Bindang was dissolved as Barrio Vira under the Municipality of Gamu, Isabela.