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 | | Apart from the population of Antique, which was 419,000 in 1990, the populations of Iloilo towns west, north, and northeast of the towns of Tigbauan, Santa Barbara, Pototan, anilao, and Dingle inclusive, and the towns of Tapaz and Jamindan in Capiz, all speak Kinaray-a. |
 | | According to the tales of the Maragtas, Antique once enjoyed primacy among the realms carved out in Panay by the 10 Bornean datu (chieftains), who, fleeing from the tyranny of Sultan Makatunaw of Borneo, bought the island from the Ati King Marikudo and established the sakup of Hamtik, Aklan, and Irong-irong. |
 | | The province of Antique itself has been identified as a plpace of the aswang, the generic term for a creature of the netherworld which takes human form during the day and transforms into viscera-sucking, flesh-eating ghouls, polymorphing creatures, or witchcraft practitioners during the night. |
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