WELCOME TO MUNICIPALITY  OF PONTEVEDRA

𝗣𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗔, 𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗜𝗭 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬

In 1853, Pontevedra was established at the present site of Barangay Sublangon.  Formerly, this town was a part of Panay, the first settlement in the Province of Capiz.  Only in 1856 when a General Crespo passed a decree making it an independent town from Panay.  Three years later, the town leaders decided to transfer the Poblacion to its present site because of the accessibility to the mouth of the big and navigable Agbalo River.

The name was changed to PONTEVEDRA when the town had its own independent parish.  That was 24 years later after the town was established at the request of General Moriones.  The request was granted two years later and Father Gregorio Hermida was the First Spanish friar to take charge of the Town Parish.  This Spanish Friar found a striking resemblance of the town with that of his hometown in Pontevedra, Spain,   Henceforth, through his influence, the town was named, PONTEVEDRA