Sablayan

Sablayan
Municipality
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Official seal of Sablayan Seal
{{#property:P242}} Map of Occidental Mindoro showing the location of Sablayan
Sablayan Location within the Philippines
Coordinates:
Country	[[{{#property:P17}}]]
Region	MIMAROPA (Region IV-B)
Province	[[{{#property:P131}}]]
District	Lone District of Occidental Mindoro
Founded	1906
Barangays	22
Government
• Mayor	Eduardo B. Gadiano
Area
• Total	2,188.80 km2 (845.10 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	83,169
• Density	38/km2 (98/sq mi)
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	{{#property:P281}}
Dialing code	{{#property:P473}}
Income class	1st Class; Partially Urban

Sablayan (Tagalog pronunciation: [sɐblajan])is a first class municipality in the province of Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 83,169 people.

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.

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.

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.

• Batong Buhay
• Buenavista (town proper)
• Burgos
• Claudio Salgado
• General Emilio Aguinaldo
• Ibud
• Ilvita
• Ligaya
• Poblacion (Lumangbayan)
• Paetan
• Pag-Asa
• San Agustin
• San Francisco
• San Nicolas
• San Vicente
• Santa Lucia
• Santo Niño
• Tagumpay
• Victoria
• Lagnas
• Malisbong
• Tuban

History

File:San Sebastian Parish Church, Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro.JPG

San Sebastian Parish Church, Sablayan

The town used to be called Dongon, a coastal village located currently at Brgy. 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 souls.

In 1814, the inhabitants of Dongon gradually transferred to the village of Sablayan, until Dongon ceased to become a village in 1829. In 1832, the missionary friar Simeon Mendoza de la V. de Ibernalo 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 1832-1835, and its advocacy was placed under San Sebastian.

Demographics

Population census of Sablayan
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1990	46,546	—
1995	55,573	+3.38%
2000	63,685	+2.96%
2007	70,506	+1.41%
2010	76,153	+2.84%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority

List of former mayors

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Culture

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

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Sablayan (Apo Reef/Pandan Island) on a Nutshell
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System