Libertad, Antique
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Antique province
Antique is a province of the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital is San Jose and is located at the western portion of Panay Island, bordering Aklan, Capiz, and Iloilo to the east. Antique faces the Sulu Sea to the west....
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Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 12,955 people in 2,637 households.
History
In 1942, the Japanese Occupation forces landed in the beaches of the town of Libertad, Antique.In 1945, the liberators of the Philippine Commonwealth troops under the 6th Infantry Regiment of the Philippine Constabulary in the town of Libertad, Antique, attacked and defeated the Japanese Imperial forces during the Second World War.
Barangays
Libertad is politically subdivided into 19 barangayBarangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
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