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Sablayan
Municipality
Municipality of Sablayan
Barangay Ligaya
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Nickname: Heart of Mindoro
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SablayanLocation within the Philippines
Coordinates: 12°50′34″N 120°46′30″E / 12.8428°N 120.775°E / 12.8428; 120.775
Country	Philippines
Region	Mimaropa
Province	Occidental Mindoro
District	Lone district
Founded	1906
Barangays	22 (see Barangays)
Government
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Walter B. Marquez
• Vice Mayor	Edwin N. Mintu
• Representative	Leody F. Tarriela
• Municipal Council	Members Clarinda A. Lorenzo Alfredo C. Ventura Jr. Marffin B. Dulay Manuel P. Tadeo Conchita H. Dimaculangan Mark Anthony O. Legaspi Nancy M. Laudencia-Landicho Roberto C. Lim
• Electorate	50,763 voters (2022)
Area
• Total	2,188.80 km (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
• Total	92,598
• Density	42/km (110/sq mi)
• Households	21,709
Economy
• Income class	1st municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	28.28% (2021)
• 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	175109000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)43
Native languages	Alangan Tawbuid Tagalog
Website	www.sablayan.gov.ph

Sablayan (Tagalog pronunciation: [sɐ'blajan]), officially the Municipality of Sablayan (Tagalog: Bayan ng Sablayan), is a municipality in the province of Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 92,598 people.

History

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. In 1832, the missionary friar Simeon Mendoza de la V. de Ibernalo 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

Sablayan has a total land area of 2,188.80 square kilometers, making it the largest municipality in the Philippines. The Apo Reef, North and South Pandan Islands, and a portion of Mounts Iglit–Baco National Park are 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.

Sablayan is located in the central part of Occidental Mindoro. It is bounded to the north by the municipality of Santa Cruz and the municipalities of Baco, Naujan, Victoria and Socorro all in Oriental Mindoro province; to the east by the municipalities of Pinamalayan, Gloria, Bansud, Bongabong and Mansalay also in Oriental Mindoro; to the south by the municipality of Calintaan; and to the west by the Mindoro Strait.

Sablayan is 87 kilometres (54 mi) from Mamburao.

Barangays

Sablayan is politically subdivided into 22 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

In 1957 the following barrios were renamed: Batasan to Claudio Salgado, Hinaya to Buhay na Bato (Batong Buhay) and Iriron to San Isidro.

• 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

Demographics

Economy

Poverty incidence of Sablayan

Tourism

Pinagpalang Lagusan sa Bakawanan

On April 15, 2024, second placer, Sablayan's Mayor Walter B. Marquez received the P20 million award from the Department of Tourism's Tourism Champions Challenge, for the development of "Pinagpalang Lagusan sa Bakawanan" (Mangrove Forest park). The tourist attraction is a 12-hectare biodiversity with 925-meter mangrove nature conservation boardwalk.

Government

List of former chief executives

• 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

Held once a year the Dugoy Festival is a celebration of the Mangyan culture.

References

1.  Municipality of Sablayan | (DILG)
2. "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
3. ^ Census of Population (2020). "Mimaropa". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
4. "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
5. Candelario, Rudy. "History of the Town of Sablayan". sites.google.com/site/occidentalmindorohistory.
6. 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.
7. "An Act Changing the Names of Certain Barrios in the Municipality of Sablayan, Province of Occidental Mindoro". Retrieved 2011-04-12 – via LawPH.com.
8. "Sablayan: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
9. Census of Population (2015). "Region IV-B (Mimaropa)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
10. Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region IV-B (Mimaropa)" (PDF). Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
11. 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.
12. "Province of Occidental Mindoro". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
13. "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
14. "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
15. "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
16. "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
17. "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
18. "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
19. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
20. "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
21. Adel, Rosette (April 17, 2024). "Tourism Champions Challenge' LGU winners to receive P255M grant". The Philippine Star. Retrieved June 10, 2024.

External links

• Sablayan Profile at PhilAtlas.com
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System

v t e Places adjacent to Sablayan
Santa Cruz Baco / Naujan / Victoria, Oriental Mindoro Socorro, Oriental Mindoro South China Sea Sablayan Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro Gloria, Oriental Mindoro Bansud, Oriental Mindoro Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro Mindoro Strait Calintaan Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro

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