Roxas City , the Seafood Capital of the Philippines is also capital of the Province of Capiz.

Roxas City’s first name was Capiz and then later changed into its present upon proclaiming it to be the capital of the Province of Capiz by Captain Diego de Artieda in 1569, upon discovering that the town of Capiz was near the sea where they can have better docking facilities. The Spaniards realized the long coastal cover to be trading and shipping center. Ports are later been constructed at Libas and Culasi.

Roxas City is 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.

People from the Roxas City are peace-loving, hospitable and God-loving people. The city has many churches and chapels because almost the people of the city is Catholic peoples, some are Baptist and Protestants. The city is also famous from the names of the peoples that came from it, Pres. Manuel Acuña Roxas the first president of the independent republic was a native of the city also his son Sen. Mar Roxas that was a a present senator of the Philippines republic.

The city’s basic economy is Agriculture. Farming and Fishing is the major economic activities of the people. Although agriculture is the famous, people are now moving forward into commercialization and industrialization; people are now getting into jobs about information technology. Jobs that are connected into Information Technology is already getting famous throughout the city, jobs like call center agents, medical transcriptions and other jobs that are related to IT.

Visitors and Tourist that are visiting the city could stay into the nineteen (19) available accommodation facility and they could dine at the twenty (20) restaurant and thirty-nine (30) refreshment parlors. And if the tourist and visitors would like to roam around the city they could go to the many tourist attractions of the city, example of it is the Baybay Beach which they enjoy the seaside view and enjoy the hit of the sun while having a swim with their family. Next, they could go into Ang Panubli-on, The Roxas City Museum which they have a view of what Roxas city have back then. These are only few of the many tourist spots of the city.

The city is also famous because of its glamorous and exciting festivals, one of these is the Sinadya sa Halaran Festival, it is the joint festival of the City of Roxas and the Province of Captivating Capiz. It is a mixed festival in that it is celebrated for both cultural and religious reasons. It is celebrated every first weekend of December in commemoration of the Feast of the Virgin of the Immaculate Concepcion who also happens to be the patroness of the City of Roxas. Sinadya sa Halaran boasts of colorful activities like the grand parade of festivals, the fluvial parade, the lighted river floaters. There is also the traditional seafood festival and the grand pyrotechnic display. There are one more festival in the City of Roxas that you have to see for your self. The Diwal Harvest Seafood Festival is held every 2nd weekend of July. The Diwal is a rare bivalve found abundantly along the coastal waters of Roxas City and Capiz.