Antique is a province of the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital is San Jose and is located at the western portion of Panay. Antique was one of the three old districts of Panay before the Spanish arrived to colonise the islands. Antique was then known as Hantik, named after the large red ants found on the island. The income is mostly derived from agriculture, palay, rice, copra, muscovado sugar, legumes, fruits & vegetables, livestock, fish and seaweeds, copra (made from coconuts), poultry, livestock, furniture and handicrafts. Mineral resources found in the province include coal, marble, copper, gold, limestone, silica gemstone and others. Traces of oil has been discovered recently.

As in similar regions around this area, it is believed that the early settlers arrived from Bornio and or Malay. Japanese Imperial forces arrived on the Island in 1942 but in 1945 was liberated by Philippine and Commonwealth Army forces assisted with the local guerrilla forces.