Villanueva, officially the Municipality of Villanueva (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Villanueva; Tagalog: Bayan ng Villanueva), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Misamis Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 40,419 people. [3]
Villanueva | |
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Municipality | |
Municipality of Villanueva | |
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Coordinates: 8°35′N 124°47′E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Northern Mindanao |
Province | Misamis Oriental |
District | 2nd district |
Founded | 16 June 1962 |
Barangays | 11 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Jennie Rosalie T. Uy |
• Vice Mayor | Edwin C. Dagasuhan |
• Representative | Yevgeny Vincente B. Emano |
• Municipal Council | Members
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• Electorate | 22,662 voters (2019) |
Area | |
• Total | 48.80 km2 (18.84 sq mi) |
Elevation | 93 m (305 ft) |
Highest elevation | 578 m (1,896 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 40,419 |
• Density | 830/km2 (2,100/sq mi) |
• Households | 8,518 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 2nd municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 15.97% (2018)[4] |
• Revenue | ₱319,850,157.00 (2020) |
• Assets | ₱967,294,055.00 (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱233,100,581.00 (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱409,003,865.00 (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Cagayan Electric Power and Light Company (CEPALCO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 9002 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)88 |
Native languages | Cebuano Binukid Subanon Tagalog |
Website | www |
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Long before the Spanish colonization, the place was originally named "Bongloy" by the natives called the Magahats, because of the three gigantic Bongloy trees that grew in the place where the Catholic church and town plaza stands today.
In 1830, the mission of Jasaan, an adjacent town to the north, was to establish separation from Cagayan de Oro and evangelization to as far as the towns of Sumilao, Linabo and Malitbog in the province of Bukidnon. Its center of civilization and the first Church was at "Daanglungsod" which is now the Aplaya, Jasaan, where an old kota (watchtower) still exists, thus marked the birth of Christianity in Bongloy.
Father Gregorio Parache, S.J., - (432 local historical sources of Northern Mindanao by Father Francisco Demetrio, S. J), who was the parish priest of Jasaan at that time brought a certain Captain Villanueva to Bongloy. Villanueva was a Mexican-American soldier who was one of the occupants of Balingasag Convent during the American occupation of the Philippines.
Father Parache requested Captain Villanueva to assist him in the plans and then commissioned the captain to develop a potable water and irrigation system in the Bongloy area. As the years passed, the Magahats moved eastward below the town of Claveria and began calling Bongloy as Villanueva in honor of the captain. The word Villanueva was handed down through word of mouth in the succeeding generations.
Climate data for Villanueva, Misamis Oriental | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 28 (82) |
29 (84) |
30 (86) |
31 (88) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
30 (85) |
Average low °C (°F) | 24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
25 (77) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 271 (10.7) |
217 (8.5) |
193 (7.6) |
178 (7.0) |
344 (13.5) |
423 (16.7) |
362 (14.3) |
358 (14.1) |
329 (13.0) |
320 (12.6) |
322 (12.7) |
260 (10.2) |
3,577 (140.9) |
Average rainy days | 23.2 | 19.5 | 22.0 | 22.8 | 29.6 | 28.9 | 30.3 | 29.8 | 28.1 | 28.8 | 26.1 | 24.1 | 313.2 |
Source: Meteoblue[5] |
Villanueva is politically subdivided into 11 barangays.
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Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [6] [7] [8][9] |
In the 2020 census, the population of Villanueva, Misamis Oriental, was 40,419 people, [3] with a density of 830 inhabitants per square kilometre or 2,100 inhabitants per square mile.
The presence of companies like Philippine Sinter Corporation (PSC), STEAG State Power Inc., Purina, and recent opening Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines Inc. contributes to the municipality's income although it is largely agricultural.
Villanueva celebrates the feast of the Our Lady of Guadalupe every 12 December.[17] In 2015, it celebrated its ″1st Bongloy Festival″.[18]
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