Roxas City is a medium sized city in the province of Capiz, Philippines. It is the capital of the province and a component of the city. From 2010 , the mayor is the former vice-mayor Alan Celino Angel who was elected in the 2010 elections.
It is the center of copra and aquaculture. The surrounding area grows sugarcane, rice, coconuts, fruits, hemp and tobacco.Dialect native of Roxas City is Hiligaynon or Ilonggo commonly known. The 2000 census, its population of 126 352 people 25 126 households. Abundance of marine life, making Roxas City Seafood Capital of the Philippines. This friendly city is home to one of the richest fisheries in the country. Roxas City is an incredible Baybay beach is 16 kilometers long and a mile wide, and is also the 15th largest natural bay in the world. The highest cliffs in Western Visayas is located on the north side of Roxas. Roxas City is three times the recipient of the Regional Clean and greenest city in Western Visayas premium Gawad Pangulo sa Kapaligiran (GPK), a program of the central government.
Affordable price, which can take a boat from Manila as part of the Super Ferry or the shipping company Negros Navigation. The trip takes a maximum of eighteen hours. For a lower price, there is also a roll-roll off (Ro-Ro), an option that runs right through Roxas Cubao in Manila. For the jet set, two Cebu Pacific and Philippine Airlines has daily flights to Roxas City, every morning. The flight costs a little more, but only take 40-45 minutes.
