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Alfonso Lista, formerly known as Potia, officially the Municipality of Lista is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Ifugao, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 34,061 people. [3]

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Alfonso Lista Potia
Municipality
Municipality of Alfonso Lista
Street in Alfonso Lista
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Map of Ifugao with Alfonso Lista highlighted
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Alfonso Lista Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 16°55′22″N 121°29′18″E
Country	Philippines
Region	Cordillera Administrative Region
Province	Ifugao
District	Lone district
Founded	May 11, 1955
Barangays	20 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Edralin B. Alipio
• Vice Mayor	Agapito B. Dominguez Jr.
• Representative	Solomon R. Chungalao
• Municipal Council	Members Herman D. Tuguinay Victor A. Butoeg Dioney B. Macadangdang Michael A. Buminaang Carl Marx P. Aliguyon Marc Vincent B. Uy Noel R. Prudenciano William C. Taganas
• Electorate	18,384 voters (2019)
Area [2]
• Total	347.46 km2 (134.16 sq mi)
Elevation	142 m (466 ft)
Highest elevation	1,457 m (4,780 ft)
Lowest elevation	431 m (1,414 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [3]
• Total	34,061
• Density	98/km2 (250/sq mi)
• Households	7,138
Economy
• Income class	3rd municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	16.40% (2018)[4]
• Revenue	₱218,834,529.54 (2020)
• Assets	₱427,548,633.17 (2020)
• Expenditure	₱199,950,927.72 (2020)
• Liabilities	₱108,869,487.63 (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Ifugao Electric Cooperative (IFELCO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	3608
PSGC	142707000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)74
Native languages	Ga'dang Ifugao Tuwali Ilocano Tagalog
Website	www.alfonsolista.gov.ph

History

Potia was created as the municipal district by virtue of Republic Act (RA) No. 1222 on May 11, 1955, from the barrios of Potia, Dolowog, San Juan, San Quintin, Cabicalan, Pinto, Busilac, Santa Maria, and Namillangan in the municipal district of Mayoyao; the seat of government then was designated at Barrio Potia.[5][6][7][8][9]

Originally called Mun-uupag ("bubbles of foam") by the early Ifugao natives, Potia was derived from the term Putiak, a phenomenon wherein plants and flowers in the area opened their pods as they dried and cracked open. The Osmeña Commonwealth administration annexed the area presently compose Lista to the present-day San Mateo, Isabela. However, due to opposition by local settlers in the area, major part of the area was later transferred to Mayoyao of then Ifugao sub-province of the old Mountain Province.[8]

On June 18, 1966, the day the old Mountain Province was divided into four political entities, one of which is Ifugao, by virtue of RA No. 4763, Barrio Kiling was transferred from the adjacent Paracales (present-day Paracelis, Mountain Province) to Potia, thus finishing the efforts to recover the "lost" territories of the municipality.[10][9][11]

In 1959, the name of Potia was proposed to rename Lista in honor of its first mayor (1955–1959), Alfonso Lista.[9][11] It was formalized on December 15, 1988 through RA No. 6687; Barangay Sta. Maria was confirmed as the seat of the municipal government.[12][7][8][13]

However, several government documents including the Philippine Statistics Authority, Commission on Audit, and the municipality itself used the style "Alfonso Lista" as its name.

To avoid confusion with the name used on RA No. 6687, on May 24, 2021, House Bill No. 9451, introduced by Rep. Solomon Chungalao of the Ifugao Lone District, was filed and approved.[14][15]

On June 2, 2022, RA No. 11813, the act renaming Lista as Alfonso Lista, was lapsed into law. A plebiscite, having no final schedule yet, will be supervised by the Commission on Elections.[16]

Geography

Barangays

Alfonso Lista is politically subdivided into 20 barangays. [17] These barangays are headed by elected officials: Barangay Captain, Barangay Council, whose members are called Barangay Councilors. All are elected every three years.

Climate

Demographics

Population census of Alfonso Lista

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1960	4,343	—
1970	5,796	+2.92%
1975	8,196	+7.20%
1980	11,016	+6.09%
1990	14,816	+3.01%
1995	17,552	+3.23%
2000	21,167	+4.10%
2007	25,323	+2.50%
2010	28,410	+4.27%
2015	32,119	+2.36%
2020	34,061	+1.16%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [19] [20] [21][22]

In the 2020 census, the population of Alfonso Lista was 34,061 people, [3] with a density of 98 inhabitants per square kilometre or 250 inhabitants per square mile.

The indigenes are largely Ifugao, with smaller numbers of Bontoc and Gaddang originating in the surrounding areas.[23] The majority of the population, however, are Ilokano who began farming the area in the 1930s.

Economy

Government

Alfonso Lista, belonging to the lone congressional district of the province of Ifugao, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.

Elected officials

Members of the Municipal Council
(2019–2022)[31]

Position	Name
Congressman	Solomon R. Chungalao
Mayor	Edralin B. Alipio
Vice-Mayor	Agapito B. Dominguez Jr.
Councilors	Dioney B. Macadangdang
	William C. Taganas
	Hermand D. Tuguinay
	Jaime H. Dog-e
	Rex C. Aniceto
	Noel R. Prudenciano
	Carl Marx P. Aliguyon
	Virginia J. Dinagtuan

See also

• List of renamed cities and municipalities in the Philippines

References

External links

• Media related to Alfonso Lista, Ifugao at Wikimedia Commons
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine

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Alfonso Lista (Potia) ist eine philippinische Stadtgemeinde in der Provinz Ifugao. Sie hat 32.119 Einwohner (Zensus 1. August 2015). Sie liegt im Osten der Cordillera Central im Tal des Magat-Rivers. Im Süden der Gemeinde liegt der Magat-Stausee, dessen Wasserkraftwerk eine Leistung von 381 Megawatt hat.

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