Sablayan(Tagalog pronunciation:[sɐ'blajan]), officially theMunicipality of Sablayan(Tagalog:Bayan ng Sablayan), is a 1st classmunicipalityin theprovinceofOccidental Mindoro,Philippines.According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 92,598 people.[3]
Sablayan | |
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| Municipality of Sablayan | |
 Barangay Ligaya | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Nickname: Heart of Mindoro | |
 Map of Occidental Mindoro with Sablayan highlighted | |
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  Sablayan Location within thePhilippines | |
| Coordinates:12°50′34″N120°46′30″E/ 12.8428°N 120.775°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Mimaropa |
| Province | Occidental Mindoro |
| District | Lone district |
| Founded | 1906 |
| Barangays | 22 (seeBarangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| •Mayor | Walter B. Marquez |
| •Vice Mayor | Edwin N. Mintu |
| •Representative | Leody F. Tarriela |
| •Municipal Council | Members |
| •Electorate | 50,763 voters (2022) |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,188.80 km2(845.10 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 1st |
| Elevation | 150 m (490 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 2,518 m (8,261 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[3] | |
• Total | 92,598 |
| • Density | 42/km2(110/sq mi) |
| •Households | 21,709 |
| Economy | |
| •Income class | 1st municipal income class |
| •Poverty incidence | 28.28 |
| •Revenue | ₱ 631.2 million (2020) |
| •Assets | ₱ 1,269 million (2020) |
| •Expenditure | ₱ 615.1 million (2020) |
| •Liabilities | ₱ 228.9 million (2020) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Occidental Mindoro Electric Cooperative (OMECO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8(PST) |
| ZIP code | 5104 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)43 |
| Native languages | Alangan Tawbuid Tagalog |
| Website | www |
It has a total land area of 2,188.80 square kilometers, making it thelargest municipality in the Philippines.TheApo Reef,North and South Pandan Islands, and a portion ofMounts Iglit–Baco National Parkare part of its jurisdiction.Sablayan Penal Colony,the Philippines' largest penal facility with sprawling lot of 16,190 hectares (40,000 acres) is also located in this municipality.
History
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The town used to be called Dongon, a coastal village located currently at Barangay San Nicolas. The first accounts of the baptism of the locals under the Recollects were recorded in 1670. By 1749, Dongon became the biggest pueblo in the whole island of Mindoro in terms of population.
In 1754, the Moro pirates started attacking the town, and almost every year thereafter, until in 1791 when the Moros effectively wiped out the whole population from more than 600 inhabitants to less than 98 people.
In 1814, the inhabitants of Dongon gradually transferred to the village of Sablayan, until Dongon ceased to become a village in 1829.[5]In 1832, the missionary friar Simeon Mendoza de la V. de Ibernalo[6]requested the Spanish government for the exemption of the town's inhabitants from paying taxes so that they could build a stone church, convent and fort at a hilly part of the village. The church that stands today at the town may have been built from 1832 to 1835, and its advocacy was placed under San Sebastian.
Geography
editSablayan is located in the central part ofOccidental Mindoro.It is bounded to the north by the municipality ofSanta Cruzand the municipalities ofBaco,Naujan,VictoriaandSocorroall inOriental Mindoroprovince; to the east by the municipalities ofPinamalayan,Gloria,Bansud,BongabongandMansalayalso inOriental Mindoro;to the south by the municipality ofCalintaan;and to the west by the Mindoro Strait.
Sablayan is 87 kilometres (54 mi) fromMamburao.
Barangays
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Sablayan is politically subdivided into 22barangays.Each barangay consists ofpuroksand some havesitios.
In 1957 the following barrios were renamed: Batasan to Claudio Salgado, Hinaya to Buhay na Bato (Batong Buhay) and Iriron to San Isidro.[7]
- Batong Buhay
- Buenavista (town proper)
- Burgos
- Claudio Salgado
- General Emilio Aguinaldo
- Ibud
- Ilvita
- Lagnas
- Ligaya
- Malisbong
- Paetan
- Pag-Asa
- Poblacion (Lumangbayan)
- San Agustin
- San Francisco
- San Nicolas
- San Vicente
- Santa Lucia
- Santo Niño
- Tagumpay
- Tuban
- Victoria
Climate
edit| Climate data for Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29 (84) |
30 (86) |
31 (88) |
32 (90) |
31 (88) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
30 (86) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21 (70) |
21 (70) |
22 (72) |
23 (73) |
25 (77) |
26 (79) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
22 (72) |
24 (74) |
| Averageprecipitationmm (inches) | 42 (1.7) |
31 (1.2) |
49 (1.9) |
71 (2.8) |
249 (9.8) |
368 (14.5) |
426 (16.8) |
350 (13.8) |
381 (15.0) |
292 (11.5) |
144 (5.7) |
80 (3.1) |
2,483 (97.8) |
| Average rainy days | 10.2 | 8.3 | 11.7 | 15.9 | 25.2 | 27.5 | 28.9 | 27.0 | 27.5 | 26.0 | 18.2 | 13.0 | 239.4 |
| Source: Meteoblue[8] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 3,078 | — |
| 1939 | 2,861 | −0.35% |
| 1948 | 3,332 | +1.71% |
| 1960 | 12,685 | +11.78% |
| 1970 | 18,256 | +3.70% |
| 1975 | 31,117 | +11.29% |
| 1980 | 36,699 | +3.35% |
| 1990 | 46,546 | +2.41% |
| 1995 | 55,573 | +3.38% |
| 2000 | 63,685 | +2.96% |
| 2007 | 70,506 | +1.41% |
| 2010 | 76,153 | +2.84% |
| 2015 | 83,169 | +1.69% |
| 2020 | 92,598 | +2.13% |
| Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[9][10][11][12] | ||
Economy
editPoverty incidence of Sablayan
10
20
30
40
50
2006
46.30 2009
34.82 2012
28.03 2015
28.61 2018
12.84 2021
28.28 Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] |
Tourism
editPinagpalang Lagusan sa Bakawanan
editOn April 15, 2024, second placer, Sablayan's Mayor Walter B. Marquez received the P20 million award from theDepartment of Tourism's Tourism Champions Challenge, for the development of "Pinagpalang Lagusan sa Bakawanan" (MangroveForest park). Thetourist attractionis a 12-hectarebiodiversitywith 925-metermangrovenature conservationboardwalk.[21]
Government
editList of former chief executives
edit- Juan Daño (1907—1910)
- Santiago Dangeros (1913–1918)
- Policarpio Urieta (1919–1921)
- Benigno Lontoc (1922–1924)
- Maximo Papa (1925–1927, 1938–1940)
- Hermogenes Daño (1928–1930)
- Lucas Fernandez (1931–1933)
- Primitovo Zamora (1934–1937)
- Pedro Gonzales (1941–1947, 1972–1986)
- Paulino Legaspi Sr. (1948–1951)
- Loreto Urieta (1952–1959, 1964–1971)
- Floresto Cariaga Sr. (1959–1960)
- Leoncio Ordenes Sr. (1960–1963)
- Godofredo B. Mintu (1986–1998, 2001–2010)
- Andres D. Dangeros (1998–2001, 2019–present)
- Eduardo B. Gadiano (2010–2019)
Culture
editHeld once a year theDugoy Festivalis a celebration of theMangyanculture.
References
edit- ^ Municipality of Sablayan|(DILG)
- ^"2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density"(PDF).Philippine Statistics Authority.Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016.ISSN0117-1453.Archived(PDF)from the original on May 25, 2021.RetrievedJuly 16,2021.
- ^abCensus of Population (2020)."Mimaropa".Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay.Philippine Statistics Authority.Retrieved8 July2021.
- ^"PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates".Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024.Retrieved28 April2024.
- ^Candelario, Rudy."History of the Town of Sablayan".sites.google /site/occidentalmindorohistory.
- ^Provincia de San Nicolas de Tolentino de Agustinos Descalzos de la Congregacion de España e Indias(in Spanish). Manila: Imprenta del Colegio de Santo Tomas. 1879. pp. 118–119 – via bne.es.
- ^"An Act Changing the Names of Certain Barrios in the Municipality of Sablayan, Province of Occidental Mindoro".Retrieved2011-04-12– via LawPH.
- ^"Sablayan: Average Temperatures and Rainfall".Meteoblue.Retrieved26 April2020.
- ^Census of Population (2015)."Region IV-B (Mimaropa)".Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay.Philippine Statistics Authority.Retrieved20 June2016.
- ^Census of Population and Housing (2010)."Region IV-B (Mimaropa)"(PDF).Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay.National Statistics Office.Retrieved29 June2016.
- ^Censuses of Population (1903–2007)."Region IV-B (Mimaropa)".Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007.National Statistics Office.
- ^ "Province of Occidental Mindoro".Municipality Population Data.Local Water Utilities AdministrationResearch Division.Retrieved17 December2016.
- ^"Poverty incidence (PI):".Philippine Statistics Authority.RetrievedDecember 28,2020.
- ^"Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines"(PDF).Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
- ^"2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates"(PDF).Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
- ^"City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009"(PDF).Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
- ^"2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates"(PDF).Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
- ^"Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015".Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
- ^"PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates".Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021.Retrieved22 January2022.
- ^"PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates".Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024.Retrieved28 April2024.
- ^Adel, Rosette (April 17, 2024)."Tourism Champions Challenge' LGU winners to receive P255M grant".The Philippine Star.RetrievedJune 10,2024.
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