Sagbayan, officially the Municipality of Sagbayan (Cebuano: Munisipyo sa Sagbayan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Sagbayan), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 24,335 people.[4]
Sagbayan
Borja | |
|---|---|
| Municipality of Sagbayan | |
.jpg) San Agustin | |
 Flag | |
 Map of Bohol with Sagbayan highlighted | |
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.svg)  Sagbayan Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 9°55′N 124°06′E / 9.92°N 124.1°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Central Visayas |
| Province | Bohol |
| District | 2nd district |
| Founded | February 9, 1949 |
| Renamed | June 21, 1957 |
| Barangays | 24 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Restituto Q. Suarez III (suspended)[1] Asuncion B. Ybañez (acting) |
| • Representative | Ma. Vanessa C. Aumentado |
| • Municipal Council | Members |
| • Electorate | 16,758 voters (2022) |
| Area | |
• Total | 69.61 km2 (26.88 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 424 m (1,391 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 327 m (1,073 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 47 m (154 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[4] | |
• Total | 24,335 |
| • Density | 350/km2 (910/sq mi) |
| • Households | 5,897 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 4th municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 25.05 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 113.5 million (2020) |
| • Assets | ₱ 337.3 million (2020) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 137 million (2020) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 45.93 million (2020) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Bohol 1 Electric Cooperative (BOHECO 1) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 6331 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)38 |
| Native languages | Boholano dialect Cebuano Tagalog |
Its main attraction is Sagbayan Peak, a tourism site overlooking a scenic valley with an observation platform and children's playground.[6] While some similar hill formations are visible, it is not within the main Chocolate Hills area.
Sagbayan is 74 kilometres (46 mi) from Tagbilaran.
Sagbayan celebrates its feast on May 4/August 28, to honor the town patron San Agustin.[7]
Etymology
editThe name Sagbayan came from the combination of the local words Sag which means nest, and Bay (short of Balay) which means house. Therefore, Sagbayan means a place for making tree-houses.
Long ago, the place was said to be plentiful of deer and wild pig. People often visit the place to hunt them. They constructed tree houses while waiting for their prey to appear. As time goes, these animals were depopulated, leaving only tree houses left by the hunters.[8]
The proper pronunciation of word Ságbayan has a stress on its first syllable,[8] not Sagbayán, which has stress on its suffix -an, therefore debunking the word Sagbayán which means a place to hang.[9]
History
editSagbayan was formerly part of the surrounding municipalities of Clarin, Inabanga, Carmen, and Balilihan. It was created into a separate town through Executive Order No. 204 of President Elpidio Quirino on February 9, 1949, and named Borja,[10] in honor of Salustiano Borja, the first elected civil governor of the Province of Bohol.[9]
The original list of its barangays and sitios were Sagbayan, Canmaya Centro, Canmaya Diot, Canmano, San Antonio, and San Isidro, and the sitios of Santa Cruz, San Vicente Norte, San Vicente Sur, San Ramon, and Kalangahan (Calangahan), from Clarin; the sitios of Mantalongon and Katipunan from Inabanga, and the sitios of Cabasacan (Kabasacan) and Ubuhan (Ubojan) from Balilihan (note: Catigbian wasstill part of Balilihan until its reorganization on June 17, 1949[11]). Barangay Sagbayan became its Poblacion which is the seat of government of the municipality.
Through the Republic Act No. 1741, it was reverted to its original name, Sagbayan on June 21, 1957, signed by President Carlos P. Garcia.[12]
On October 15, 2013, Sagbayan was close to the epicenter of a magnitude 7.2 earthquake. The town suffered 12 fatalities and damage to almost 1,000 homes, as well as total destruction of its town hall.[13]
Geography
editBarangays
editSagbayan is politically subdivded into 24 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
| PSGC | Barangay | Population | ±% p.a. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020[4] | 2010[14] | |||||
| 071236001 | Calangahan | 3.9% | 957 | 910 | 0.50% | |
| 071236002 | Canmano | 3.9% | 947 | 1,006 | −0.60% | |
| 071236003 | Canmaya Centro | 6.0% | 1,448 | 1,317 | 0.95% | |
| 071236004 | Canmaya Diot | 5.0% | 1,221 | 1,161 | 0.51% | |
| 071236005 | Dagnawan | 3.5% | 842 | 525 | 4.84% | |
| 071236006 | Kabasacan | 2.2% | 539 | 490 | 0.96% | |
| 071236007 | Kagawasan | 1.5% | 376 | 370 | 0.16% | |
| 071236008 | Katipunan | 2.4% | 591 | 600 | −0.15% | |
| 071236009 | Langtad | 2.2% | 530 | 570 | −0.72% | |
| 071236010 | Libertad Norte | 1.5% | 353 | 316 | 1.11% | |
| 071236011 | Libertad Sur | 0.5% | 117 | 184 | −4.43% | |
| 071236012 | Mantalongon | 3.9% | 952 | 707 | 3.02% | |
| 071236013 | Poblacion | 17.1% | 4,154 | 3,945 | 0.52% | |
| 071236014 | Sagbayan Sur | 4.8% | 1,170 | 1,011 | 1.47% | |
| 071236015 | San Agustin | 4.3% | 1,037 | 867 | 1.81% | |
| 071236016 | San Antonio | 4.0% | 966 | 852 | 1.26% | |
| 071236017 | San Isidro | 3.6% | 882 | 736 | 1.83% | |
| 071236018 | San Ramon | 2.3% | 563 | 405 | 3.35% | |
| 071236019 | San Roque | 1.8% | 434 | 420 | 0.33% | |
| 071236020 | San Vicente Norte | 3.2% | 789 | 715 | 0.99% | |
| 071236021 | San Vicente Sur | 1.2% | 302 | 290 | 0.41% | |
| 071236022 | Santa Catalina | 4.7% | 1,136 | 721 | 4.65% | |
| 071236023 | Santa Cruz | 3.8% | 920 | 985 | −0.68% | |
| 071236024 | Ubojan | 4.6% | 1,113 | 988 | 1.20% | |
| Total | 24,335 | 20,091 | 1.93% | |||
Climate
edit| Climate data for Sagbayan, Bohol | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26 (79) |
27 (81) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
28 (82) |
27 (81) |
27 (81) |
28 (83) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21 (70) |
21 (70) |
21 (70) |
22 (72) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 98 (3.9) |
82 (3.2) |
96 (3.8) |
71 (2.8) |
104 (4.1) |
129 (5.1) |
101 (4.0) |
94 (3.7) |
99 (3.9) |
135 (5.3) |
174 (6.9) |
143 (5.6) |
1,326 (52.3) |
| Average rainy days | 18.0 | 14.1 | 17.1 | 16.8 | 23.7 | 25.7 | 25.8 | 23.3 | 24.2 | 25.9 | 24.0 | 20.6 | 259.2 |
| Source: Meteoblue [15] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 8,720 | — |
| 1970 | 10,822 | +2.18% |
| 1975 | 12,500 | +2.93% |
| 1980 | 12,703 | +0.32% |
| 1990 | 15,364 | +1.92% |
| 1995 | 16,488 | +1.33% |
| 2000 | 18,346 | +2.32% |
| 2007 | 19,399 | +0.77% |
| 2010 | 20,091 | +1.28% |
| 2015 | 22,339 | +2.04% |
| 2020 | 24,335 | +1.70% |
| Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[16][14][17][18] | ||
Economy
editPoverty incidence of Sagbayan
10
20
30
40
50
60
2006
57.10 2009
48.78 2012
24.01 2015
23.90 2018
21.50 2021
25.05 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] |
Gallery
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Municipal Building (totally destroyed in the 2013 earthquake) -
Sagbayan Peak -
View of the Chocolate Hills from Sagbayan Peak
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Bohol governor, 68 others suspended over Chocolate Hills resort mess". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
- ^ Municipality of Sagbayan | (DILG)
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c Census of Population (2020). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ "Best of Bohol Attractions". www.bohol-philippines.com. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
- ^ "Bohol Festivals Timetable". www.bohol-philippines.com. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
- ^ a b Jes B. Tirol (March 13, 2011). "Toponyms of Bohol and its Towns, Part 10". Bohol Chronicle.
- ^ a b "Municipality of Sagbayan". Province of Bohol. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
- ^ Executive Order No. 1949 (9 February 1949), Organizing certain barrios and sitios of the municipalities of Clarin, Inabanga and Balilihan, province of Bohol, into an independent municipality under the name of Borja
- ^ Executive Order No. 229 (17 June 1949), ORGANIZING CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE MUNICIPALITIES OF BALILIHAN, ANTEQUERA AND TUBIGON, ALL OF THE PROVINCE OF BOHOL, INTO AN INDEPENDENT MUNICIPALITY UNDER THE NAME OF SAN JACINTO. (PDF)
- ^ Republic Act No. 1741 (21 June 1957), An Act Changing the Name of the Municipality of Borja, Province of Bohol, to Sagbayan
- ^ "SitRep No. 35 re Effects of Magnitude 7.2 Sagbayan, Bohol Earthquake" (PDF). National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council. November 3, 2013. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
- ^ a b Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region VII (Central Visayas)" (PDF). Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ "Sagbayan: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ Census of Population (2015). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.
- ^ "Province of Bohol". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
- ^ "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
- ^ "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
- ^ "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
- ^ "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
- ^ "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
- ^ "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
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