Sablayan (Tagalog pronunciation: [sɐ'blajan]), officially the Municipality of Sablayan (Tagalog: Bayan ng Sablayan), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 92,598 people. [3]

Sablayan
Municipality
Municipality of Sablayan
Barangay Ligaya
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Nickname:  Heart of Mindoro
Map of Occidental Mindoro with Sablayan highlighted
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Sablayan Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 12°50′13″N 120°46′58″E
Country	Philippines
Region	Mimaropa
Province	Occidental Mindoro
District	Lone district
Founded	1906
Barangays	22 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Walter B. Marquez
• Vice Mayor	Edwin N. Mintu
• Representative	Leody F. Tarriela
• Electorate	45,454 voters (2019)
Area [2]
• 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	18,473
Economy
• Income class	1st municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	12.84% (2018)[4]
• Revenue	₱631,232,387.42 (2020)
• Assets	₱1,268,562,658.16 (2020)
• Expenditure	₱615,120,212.29 (2020)
• Liabilities	₱228,920,498.66 (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

It 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.

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.[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

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. In 1957 the following barrios were renamed: Batasan to Claudio Salgado, Hinaya to Buhay na Bato (Batong Buhay) and Iriron to San Isidro.[7]

Climate

Demographics

Economy

Government

List of former chief executives

Culture

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

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sablayan.

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

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