New Washington

New Washington, officially the '', is a of the Philippines in the province of in the of the Philippines. The population was at the.New Washington is particularly known for being the native town of the Cardinal Jaime Sin, former Archbishop of Manila.EtymologyEstablished on January 15, 1904, the municipality was named after the first president of the United States, George Washington, as a tribute to the Thomasites, a group of American teachers who in the early 1900s established a new public education system in the Philippines, taught basic education, and trained Filipino teachers with English as medium of instruction. The municipality was formerly called Fonda Lagatic, which was derived from Lagatik River that stretches along some of the municipality's barangays at a length of.GeographyNew Washington is located at.According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the has a land area of constituting of the {{PH wikidataarea total area of Aklan.New Washington is bounded by Batan in the east, Kalibo in the west and the Sibuyan Sea on the north. It is from Kalibo International Airport, from the province's capital town of Kalibo, and one and a half hours away from the Boracay Island.