[6] Valencia celebrates its feast on every 3rd Saturday of January to honor the town patron saint, Sr. Santo Niño.

This referred to the practice of fishermen from Dimiao and Lila who would put up (sang-at) their boats on the banks of the Panangatan River when taking shelter during the southwest monsoons.

Poverty Incidence of Valencia Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] The principal industries of the people today are weaving, pot making, and fishing.

Badiang Spring resort in barangay Anas is a major contribution to local economic activity.

The parish of the Santo Niño and the town of Valencia began as barrio Panangatan of Dimiao.

Together with adjacent barrios, it was constituted a town in 1869 and a parish in 1871 and named after a city on Spain's southern coast.

The real treasure of the church is its wooden floor of alternating dark (tindalo or balayong) and light (molave or tugas) wood planks.