Hamtic
', officially the ', (; ; ), is a in the province of , . According to the , it has a population of people. Making it third most populous municipality in the province of Antique. Hamtic was formerly named "Antique", after which the province was named. It is the oldest town and the first capital of the province before it was transferred to San Jose de Buenavista in 1802. The town speaks three dialects, namely Hamtikanon (a unique town dialect), Karay-a (the "lingua franca" of Antique province), and Hiligaynon (the regional dialect). “Hantik” was named after the humming big black ants that produce the sound  “tik” when they bite. Geography. Hamtic is from the provincial capital, San Jose de Buenavista. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the has a land area of constituting of the total area of Antique. Barangays. Hamtic is politically subdivided into 47 barangays. Demographics. In the , had a population of . The population density was .