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Boac, officially the Municipality of Boac (Tagalog: Bayan ng Boac), is a 1st class municipality and capital of the province of Marinduque, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 57,283 people making the Most populous town in Marinduque.[3]

Boac
Municipality
Municipality of Boac
Boac Cathedral and Fortress
Nicknames: 
Montserrat de Marinduque, Ang Bayang Biak
Map of Marinduque with Boac highlighted
OpenStreetMap
Boac
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 13°27′N 121°50′E
CountryPhilippines
RegionMimaropa
ProvinceMarinduque
District Lone district
FoundedDecember 8, 1622
Barangays61 (see Barangays)
Government
[1]
  TypeSangguniang Bayan
  MayorArmi D. Carrion
  Vice MayorSonny L. Paglinawan
  RepresentativeLord Allan Jay Q. Velasco
  Municipal Council
Members
  Electorate37,287 voters (2022)
Area
  Total212.70 km2 (82.12 sq mi)
Elevation
90 m (300 ft)
Highest elevation
1,103 m (3,619 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[3]
  Total57,283
  Density270/km2 (700/sq mi)
  Households
14,204
DemonymBoakeño
Economy
  Income class1st municipal income class
  Poverty incidence13.44% (2018)[4]
  Revenue₱243,766,405.98 (2020)
  Assets₱756,245,615.44 (2020)
  Expenditure₱196,736,508.96 (2020)
  Liabilities₱184,605,019.46 (2020)
Service provider
  ElectricityMarinduque Electric Cooperative (MARELCO)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
4900
PSGC
IDD:area code+63(0)42
Native languagesTagalog
Catholic dioceseBoac
Websitewww.boac.gov.ph

Situated in the western coast of Marinduque Island, the municipality is bordered in the north by the municipality of Mogpog, in the west by the Tayabas Bay and Sibuyan Sea, in the east by the municipality of Torrijos, and in the south by the municipalities of Gasan and Buenavista.

Boac, a heritage town in its own right, is known as one of the main venues of the annual Moriones Festival and is the location of a number of historical sites in Marinduque including the Boac Cathedral fortress church, Casa Real and the Liwasan ng Kalayaan, Laylay Port, and the Battle of Paye site. The municipality is also home to the Marinduque Branch of the National Museum of the Philippines.


Etymology


Boac town proper overlooking the Boac River
Boac town proper overlooking the Boac River

The toponym Boac is derived from the Cebuano word bu-ak, cognatic to the Tagalog word bi-ak and the southern Tagalog term ba-ak. This is in reference to the town being bisected by the Boac River which runs from the Central Marinduque and Balagbag Mountain Ranges to the west coast facing the Tayabas Bay and Sibuyan Sea.[5] Other references suggest that the name Boac is derived from the Tagalog term bulwak referring to the gush of water at the estuaries and mouth of the Boac River.


Other names


During the Spanish colonization, the first visita called Montserrat de Marinduque was established in the island in 1580 in what is now Boac.


History


Aerial view of Boac, 1935
Aerial view of Boac, 1935

In the early years of Spanish colonization in Marinduque, it was first mentioned in Miguel de Loarca's Relacion de las Yslas Filipinas (1582-1583) that the natives of the island are Pintados or tattooed people resembling those from the Camarines Provinces and the Visayan Islands.

In 1580, the first visita was established in the island of Marinduque and was called Montserrat de Marinduque in what is now the municipality of Boac; this visita was governed by Fray Alonzo Banol as minister.

In 1621, Spanish Jesuit missionaries brought a three-foot Marian image to Boac which will later be known as the Mahal na Ina ng Biglang Awa. Notorious for their sea raids, a group of Muslim pirates from the southern Philippines sieged Boac in the mid-17th century along the shores of Laylay and eventually into the Poblacion located along the Boac River.[6]

In panic, the locals took refuge in the fortress church of Boac as able-bodied men defended the outer walls against the attacks. Many locals were killed and, by the third day of siege, the surviving locals began to run short on food and the capture of the fortress became imminent. As an act of faith, the survivors prayed fervently at the throne of Mary, asking her to deliver them from these enemies. According to legends, a very strong storm with torrential rain, thunder, and lightning engulfed the area and at its very height, it was reported that the image of a beautiful lady with outstretched arms appeared standing on the top of the fortress wall. Terrorized, the pirates fled in confusion to their vintas and left the island.[6]

Since then, the image of Mary has been honoured and given the title "Biglang Awa." To commemorate this miracle, the old image brought by the Jesuits in Boac was placed in a shrine erected on the portion of the wall where Mary is said to have appeared.[citation needed]

Laylay Port
Laylay Port

In 1942, Boac was occupied by Japanese troops. In 1945, the Battle of Marinduque began and the American-Philippine Commonwealth troops landed in Boac after the war was built of the general headquarters of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and Philippine Constabulary from 1945 to 1946 station in this municipality.

The Provincial Government of Marinduque under Gov. Carmencita O. Reyes built a larger-than-life-size image of the Our Lady of Biglang Awa in cement and placed in the seashore in Balanacan Port to welcome travelers to the island.[6]

On May 10, 2008, the Diocese of Boac celebrated the 13th anniversary and the golden anniversary of the canonical coronation of Mahal na Birhen ng Biglang-Awa (1958–2008). Cebu Archbishop-Cardinal Ricardo Vidal of Mogpog, Marinduque, officiated at the consecrated mass.


Geography


Boac is the third largest of the six municipalities of the province of Marinduque, after Santa Cruz and Torrijos. It borders all the municipalities of the province: Mogpog to the north, Santa Cruz to the Northeast, Torrijos to the East, Buenavista to the South and Gasan to the South Southwest.

The municipality is generally hilly, rugged and mountainous in the south and eastern part with thin strips of flat and farm lands and long shoreline in the west. The longest and largest river, Boac River, which gets its source in the mountainous forest in the extreme southwest and spills off to the northern shore of Boac, divides the municipality into two geographical areas: north and south.

The Boac River in Tumapon
The Boac River in Tumapon

The closest town-to-town reference to Boac is the municipality of Mogpog which is approximately 5 kilometers. Boac is connected to Mogpog and Gasan by the Marinduque Circumferential Highway or the Pan-Marinduque Highway. Two bridges connect the north and south area of the municipality: the narrow Tabi Bridge which connects Barangay Tabi and Barangay San Miguel and the said-to-be the longest bridge in the province, Biglang Awa Bridge (186m), which connects Barangay Tampus and Barangay Bantad. A narrow minor road connects Boac and Mogpog via Buliasnin-Nangka Road, and Boac and Gasan via Duyay-Tapuyan Trail. Boac has a total road network of 117.61 kilometers.

Geopolitically, Boac is divided into six zones: Poblacion, Riverside, Ilaya I, Ilaya II, Seaside A and Seaside B. Boac's geographical center is roughly located between the border of Barangay Binunga and Barangay Can-at.

Boac is home to most of the province's commercial businesses.[citation needed] Barangays San Miguel, Murallon, and Mercado are the town's business district where the public market, medium-rise buildings, sports arena and Boac Town Arena, now Moriones Arena are. Meanwhile, Barangay Isok is home to the town's education district. Marinduque National High School, St. Mary's College of Marinduque, Don Luis Hidalgo Memorial School, Barangay Day Care Centers, Boac North District Office and the Division of Marinduque DepED Office is in Barangay Isok. The Municipal Building Hall is at Barangay Tampus, adjacent is the Marinduque Museum at Barangay Malusak.

The Marinduque Provincial Capitol is in Barangay Santol near the Dr. Damian Reyes Memorial Hospital (formerly Marinduque Provincial Hospital) and Camp Maximo Abad.[citation needed]


Barangays


Boac is politically divided into 61 barangays (administrative divisions) namely:[7]

Barangays Population
(2010 census)
Area
(km2)
Pop. density
(per km2)
Agot 572 1.96 292
Agumaymayan 538 4.42 122
Amoingon 1,499 2.46 610
Apitong 422 1.60 264
Balagasan 891 1.31 680
Balaring 583 2.82 207
Balimbing 1,612 - -
Balogo 1,486 1.37 1,085
Bamban 549 2.21 248
Bangbangalon 1,372 1.89 726
Bantad 1,272 2.21 576
Bantay 1,781 3.35 532
Bayuti 235 3.03 78
Binunga 249 4.50 55
Boi 696 6.05 115
Boton 291 1.14 255
Buliasnin 1,488 1.63 913
Bunganay 1,786 1.97 907
Caganhao 1,11 4.09 272
Canat 649 6.63 98
Catubugan 731 3.77 194
Cawit 2,491 3.11 801
Daig 552 0.73 756
Daypay 396 2.62 151
Duyay 1,848 10.15 182
Hinapulan 625 20.48 31
Ihatub 1,201 4.50 267
Isok 1 (Poblacion) 1,113 0.44 2,530
Isok 2 (Poblacion) 586 0.50 1,172
Laylay 2,622 2.12 1,237
Lupac 1,756 1.36 1,291
Mahinhin 613 20.23 30
Mainit 924 4.590 201
Malbog 588 1.31 449
Maligaya 831 0.98 848
Malusak (Poblacion) 305 0.08 3,813
Mansiwat 437 2.53 173
Mataas na Bayan (Poblacion) 614 0.08 7,675
Maybo 1,134 8.36 136
Mercado (Poblacion) 1,400 0.22 6,364
Murallon (Poblacion) 447 0.13 3,438
Ogbac 437 3.60 121
Pawa 776 2.30 337
Pili 435 0.78 558
Poctoy 370 0.90 411
Poras 1,087 0.81 1,342
Putting Buhangin 593 5.49 108
Puyog 1,074 3.52 305
Sabong 211 6.06 35
San Miguel (Poblacion) 187 0.03 6,233
Santol 1,606 1.31 1,266
Sawi 888 0.98 906
Tabi 1,357 0.73 1,859
Tabigue 891 2.38 374
Tagwak 428 0.78 549
Tambunan 686 5.73 120
Tampus (Poblacion) 1,272 0.58 2,193
Tanza 1,524 1.89 806
Tugos 1,864 8.36 223
Tumagabok 367 19.67 19
Tumapon 140 0.40 350

Climate


The town has a tropical climate with warm temperatures all-year round and frequent precipitation.

Climate data for Boac, Marinduque
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 26
(79)
27
(81)
29
(84)
31
(88)
30
(86)
30
(86)
29
(84)
29
(84)
29
(84)
29
(84)
28
(82)
26
(79)
29
(83)
Average low °C (°F) 22
(72)
22
(72)
22
(72)
23
(73)
24
(75)
24
(75)
24
(75)
24
(75)
24
(75)
24
(75)
23
(73)
23
(73)
23
(74)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 83
(3.3)
55
(2.2)
44
(1.7)
37
(1.5)
90
(3.5)
123
(4.8)
145
(5.7)
125
(4.9)
135
(5.3)
166
(6.5)
163
(6.4)
152
(6.0)
1,318
(51.8)
Average rainy days 15.1 10.8 11.9 11.4 19.9 23.7 26.3 23.9 23.9 22.1 20.2 18.6 227.8
Source: Meteoblue[8]

Demographics


Population census of Boac
YearPop.±% p.a.
1903 15,823    
1918 17,656+0.73%
1939 20,977+0.82%
1948 19,687−0.70%
1960 26,712+2.58%
1970 32,402+1.95%
1975 35,649+1.93%
1980 37,005+0.75%
1990 41,034+1.04%
1995 44,609+1.58%
2000 48,504+1.81%
2007 50,823+0.65%
2010 52,892+1.46%
2015 54,730+0.65%
2020 57,283+0.90%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[9][10][11][12]

According to the 2020 census, the population of Boac is 57,283 people[3], with a population density of 260 people per square kilometer. The most densely populated areas are in the Poblacion, northwest, and southwest barangays. Barangays in the eastern portions of the municipality are generally sparsely populated. Approximately 70% of the population lives along the national highways or within 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the national road. Furthermore, approximately 5% of the total population lives in the town proper and 10% lives in the sub-urban barangays.


Religious Institutions



Economy


Boac Business District view from Mercader Street
Boac Business District view from Mercader Street
Boac Business District view from Gov. D. Reyes Street
Boac Business District view from Gov. D. Reyes Street

In the centre of town, the Boac Public Market is one of the town's landmarks. Vendors sell dry and wet products in four air-conditioned buildings. Transport terminals near the market carry goods to other barangays. It is considered to be the mini-supermarket of the province.

The poblacion area is called as Boac Central Business District (BCBD). The newly constructed two-floor Town Market with about 100 stores is in the heart of the poblacion.

Local fast food chains and restaurants include GoodChow Food Express, La Concha Restaurant, Kusina sa Plaza and many more.

Several convenience and grocery stores includes CASHypermart, New Era, Jinang-Tan, Centro Market. Puregold Boac (Marinduque) Branch was scheduled to open in November 2015.


Transportation


Biglang-Awa Bridge is the longest bridge in the province, connecting Barangay Tampus to Barangay Bantad. Many people stand on the bridge to watch the sun set and to get a good view of the Boac Cathedral.


Healthcare



Education



Tertiary



Secondary



Elementary



Tourism



Local heritage markers


Boac Cathedral
Boac Cathedral

Historical markers



Culture



Native Cuisine



Events



Notable personalities



Law and Academe



Sports and Entertainment



Sister cities



References


  1. Municipality of Boac | (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. PSA. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  5. "LGU Profile". Municipality of Boac. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  6. showbizandstyle.inquirer.net, Biglang Awa of Boac marks golden jubilee Archived May 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Province: Marinduque". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  8. "Boac: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  9. Census of Population (2015). "Region IV-B (Mimaropa)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  10. Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region IV-B (Mimaropa)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. NSO. 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. NSO.
  12. "Province of Marinduque". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  13. "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  14. https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/NSCB_LocalPovertyPhilippines_0.pdf; publication date: 29 November 2005; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
  15. https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2003%20SAE%20of%20poverty%20%28Full%20Report%29_1.pdf; publication date: 23 March 2009; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
  16. https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2006%20and%202009%20City%20and%20Municipal%20Level%20Poverty%20Estimates_0_1.pdf; publication date: 3 August 2012; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
  17. https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2012%20Municipal%20and%20City%20Level%20Poverty%20Estima7tes%20Publication%20%281%29.pdf; publication date: 31 May 2016; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
  18. https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/City%20and%20Municipal-level%20Small%20Area%20Poverty%20Estimates_%202009%2C%202012%20and%202015_0.xlsx; publication date: 10 July 2019; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
  19. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.



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[de] Boac

Boac ist eine philippinische Stadtgemeinde in der Provinz Marinduque. Sie hat 54.730 Einwohner (Zensus 1. August 2015). Boac ist Sitz der Provinzregierung der Provinz Marinduque. Der Ort wurde 1579 gegründet. Teile des Marinduque Wildlife Sanctuary liegt auf dem Gebiet der Gemeinde.
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