Magsaysay, officially the Municipality of Magsaysay (Tagalog: Bayan ng Magsaysay), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 12,603 people. [3]
Magsaysay | |
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Municipality | |
Municipality of Magsaysay | |
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Magsaysay Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 10°52′N 121°03′E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Mimaropa |
Province | Palawan |
District | 1st district |
Barangays | 11 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Manuel C. Abrea |
• Vice Mayor | Rommel L. dela Torre |
• Representative | Franz Josef George E. Alvarez |
• Municipal Council | Members
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• Electorate | 8,046 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 49.48 km2 (19.10 sq mi) |
Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
Highest elevation | 255 m (837 ft) |
Lowest elevation | −2 m (−7 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 12,603 |
• Density | 250/km2 (660/sq mi) |
• Households | 2,973 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 5th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 11.90% (2018)[4] |
• Revenue | ₱78,091,948.63 (2020) |
• Assets | ₱187,791,885.15 (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱81,364,329.79 (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱60,626,562.50 (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Palawan Electric Cooperative (PALECO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 5319 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)48 |
Native languages | Cuyonon Palawano Tagalog |
It is the easternmost of the three municipalities of the Cuyo Archipelago, and its territory includes the eastern half of Cuyo Island, as well as Alcoba, Canipo, Cocoro, Patunga, Paya, Putic, Siparay, Tacbubuc, and Tagauanian islands.
Magsaysay is politically subdivided into 11 barangays.
Climate data for Magsaysay, Palawan | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 29 (84) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
30 (85) |
Average low °C (°F) | 23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
24 (75) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 45 (1.8) |
34 (1.3) |
62 (2.4) |
64 (2.5) |
127 (5.0) |
159 (6.3) |
172 (6.8) |
147 (5.8) |
167 (6.6) |
182 (7.2) |
172 (6.8) |
88 (3.5) |
1,419 (56) |
Average rainy days | 12.1 | 9.4 | 13.0 | 14.3 | 22.7 | 26.9 | 28.0 | 26.4 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 22.7 | 17.8 | 247.3 |
Source: Meteoblue[5] |
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Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [6] [7] [8][9] |
In the 2020 census, the population of Magsaysay, Palawan, was 12,603 people, [3] with a density of 250 inhabitants per square kilometre or 650 inhabitants per square mile.
The modern-day municipality traces back its origins to the town of Cuyo, its mother town. Cuyo, which included the entire island of Cuyo, was founded as a Spanish settlement in 1622. [17]
In 1762 one of the British ships that invaded Manila fired at the Cuyo fort but it was not damaged at all.[18] Another fort was started at Lucbuan seven kilometres away on the east side of Cuyo island, but it was never finished.
Revolutionary Dictatorial Government of Lucbuan Republic of Lucbuan | |||||||||
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1899–1902 | |||||||||
Capital | Lucbuan | ||||||||
Common languages | Cuyonon, Tagalog and Spanish | ||||||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||
Government | Revolutionary Dictatorial Government | ||||||||
• Governor | Don Casiano Padon | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established by Don Casiano Padon | 1899 | ||||||||
• Arrival of American Forces | 1902 | ||||||||
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The Revolutionary Dictatorial Government of Lucbuan, often referred to as the “Lucbuan Republic” was a state on the island of Cuyo (now Magsaysay, Palawan) that briefly existed during the Philippine-American War. It was established to break away from the administration of President Emilio Aguinaldo and his central administration.
Even before the establishment of the Republic of Lucbuan, Don Casiano Padon, a native of Molo, Iloilo, began organizing a government in August 1898 due to the persuasion of the people of Lucbuan.
After the arrival of the representative of the Province of Calamianes from Bulacan in the last days of 1898, there was not much change in leadership in the entire archipelago of Cuyo and Palawan. This affected the livelihood of the people of Lucbuan as well as the inability to rule by the rulers of Calamianes. By this time the Spaniards had fled throughout Palawan to Borneo to return to Spain.
Very few knew Aguinaldo, and that is why the people of Lucbuan did not like to be ruled by Tagalog representatives under Aguinaldo which was the reason the Republic of Lucbuan was founded by Don Casiano Padon on 30 May 1899 and he himself as Governor of the government.[19]
All went well for the government until Padon decided to build a church which was strongly opposed by the legislature and the people. Thus, Padon and his family fled back to Iloilo and thus for the second time the attempt to join the state and the church was frustrated.[20]
This republic was not long in coming when the Province of Calamianes was organized by the Americans on 23 June 1902 under “Philippine Commission Act 422”. This was also accompanied by the conquest of the island of Lucbuan by American soldiers. This is also when the Lucbuan Republic ended. [19]
A marker of Don Casiano Padon currently exists on the municipality of Magsaysay in commemoration of the foundation of the Lucbuan Republic.[21]
Lucbuan remained a part of Cuyo until 1963 when it became a separate municipality renamed as Magsaysay. [22]
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