Alfonso Lista

Alfonso Lista Potia
Municipality
Municipality of Alfonso Lista
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Alfonso Lista Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 16°55′22″N121°29′18″E / 16.9228°N 121.4883°E / 16.9228; 121.4883
Country	Philippines
Region	Cordillera Administrative Region
Province	Ifugao
District	Lone district
Founded	11 May 1955
Barangays	20 (see Barangays)
Government   [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
•  Mayor	Edralin B. Alipio
•  Vice Mayor	Agapito B. Dominguez Jr.
•  Representative	Solomon R. Chungalao
•  Municipal Council	Members Herman D. Tuguinay Victor A. Butoeg Dioney B. Macadangdang Michael A. Buminaang Carl Marx P. Aliguyon Marc Vincent B. Uy Noel R. Prudenciano William C. Taganas
•  Electorate	21,377 voters (2025)
Area [2]
• Total	347.46 km2 (134.16 sq mi)
Elevation	142 m (466 ft)
Highest elevation	1,457 m (4,780 ft)
Lowest elevation	431 m (1,414 ft)
Population  (2024 census) [3]
• Total	34,810
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
•  Households	8,162
Economy
•  Income class	3rd municipal income class
•  Poverty incidence	9.48 % (2021) [4]
•  Revenue	₱ 304.3 million (2022)
•  Assets	₱ 526.7 million (2022)
•  Expenditure	₱ 240.4 million (2022)
•  Liabilities	₱ 74.69 million (2022)
Service provider
• Electricity	Ifugao Electric Cooperative (IFELCO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	3608
PSGC	1402707000
IDD  :  area code	+63 (0)74
Native languages	Ga'dang Ifugao Tuwali Ilocano Tagalog
Website	www.alfonsolista.gov.ph

Alfonso Lista, formerly known as Potia, officially the Municipality of Lista is a municipality in the province of Ifugao, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 34,061 people. ^[5]

History

Potia was created as the municipal district by virtue of Republic Act (RA) No. 1222 on 11 May 1955, from the barrios of Potia, Dolowog, San Juan, San Quintin, Cabicalan, Pinto, Busilac, Santa Maria, and Namillangan in the municipal district of Mayoyao; the seat of government then was designated at Barrio Potia. ^{[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}

Originally called Mun-uupag ("bubbles of foam") by the Ifugao natives, Potia was derived from the term Putiak, a phenomenon wherein plants and flowers in the area opened their pods as they dried and cracked open. The administration of President Sergio Osmeña annexed the area presently composed of Alfonso Lista to present-day San Mateo, Isabela. However, due to opposition by local settlers in the area, a major part of the area was later transferred to Mayoyao of then Ifugao sub-province of the old Mountain Province. ^[9]

On 25 June 1963, then President Diosdado Macapagal signed Executive No. 42 elevating Potia as a full pledged municipality. ^[11]

On 18 June 1966, the old Mountain Province was divided into four political entities, one of which is Ifugao, by virtue of Republic Act No. 4763. Barrio Kiling was transferred from the adjacent Paracales (present-day Paracelis, Mountain Province) to Potia, thus finishing efforts to recover the "lost" territories of the municipality. ^{[12] [10] [13]}

In 1959, the name of Potia was renamed Lista in honor of its first mayor (1955–1959), Alfonso Lista. ^{[10] [13]} It was formalized on 15 December 1988 through Republic Act No. 6687; Barangay Sta. Maria was confirmed as the seat of the municipal government. ^{[14] [8] [9] [15]}

However, several government documents including the Philippine Statistics Authority, Commission on Audit, and the municipality itself used the style "Alfonso Lista" as its name.

To avoid confusion with the name used on Republic Act No. 6687, on 24 May 2021, House Bill No. 9451, introduced by Rep. Solomon Chungalao of the Ifugao Lone District, was filed and approved. ^{[16] [17]}

On 2 June 2022, Republic Act No. 11813, the act renaming Lista as Alfonso Lista, lapsed into law. A plebiscite, having no final schedule yet, will be supervised by the Commission on Elections. ^[18]

Geography

Alfonso Lista is situated 110.91 kilometres (68.92 mi) from the provincial capital Lagawe, and 391.99 kilometres (243.57 mi) from the country's capital city of Manila.

Barangays

Alfonso Lista is politically subdivided into 20 barangays.  ^[19] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

• Bangar
• Busilac
• Calimag
• Calupaan
• Caragasan
• Dolowog
• Kiling
• Laya
• Little Tadian
• Namnama
• Namillangan
• Ngileb
• Pinto
• Potia
• San Jose
• San Juan
• San Marcos
• San Quintin
• Santa Maria (Poblacion)
• Santo Domingo (Cabicalan)

Climate

Climate data for Alfonso Lista, Ifugao
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	25 (77)	26 (79)	28 (82)	31 (88)	31 (88)	31 (88)	30 (86)	30 (86)	30 (86)	29 (84)	27 (81)	25 (77)	29 (84)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	20 (68)	20 (68)	21 (70)	22 (72)	23 (73)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	23 (73)	23 (73)	22 (72)	21 (70)	22 (72)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	103 (4.1)	73 (2.9)	49 (1.9)	38 (1.5)	141 (5.6)	144 (5.7)	172 (6.8)	181 (7.1)	155 (6.1)	148 (5.8)	147 (5.8)	208 (8.2)	1,559 (61.5)
Average rainy days	17.1	12.8	11.0	9.6	18.9	21.5	22.5	24.5	21.7	16.1	17.1	20.5	213.3
Source: Meteoblue [20]

Demographics

Population census of Alfonso Lista

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1960	4,343	—
1970	5,796	+2.92%
1975	8,196	+7.20%
1980	11,016	+6.09%
1990	14,816	+3.01%
1995	17,552	+3.23%
2000	21,167	+4.10%
2007	25,323	+2.50%
2010	28,410	+4.27%
2015	32,119	+2.36%
2020	34,061	+1.24%
2024	34,810	+0.52%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [21] [22] [23] [24] [25]

In the 2020 census, the population of Alfonso Lista was 34,061 people, ^[26] with a density of 98 inhabitants per square kilometre or 250 inhabitants per square mile.

The indigenes are largely Ifugao, with smaller numbers of Bontoc and Gaddang originating in the surrounding areas. ^[27] The majority of the population are Ilocano who began farming the area in the 1930s.^{[ citation needed ]}

Economy

Poverty incidence of Alfonso Lista

10 20 30 40 50 2000 43.48 2003 32.83 2006 30.60 2009 37.06 2012 21.51 2015 20.84 2018 16.40 2021 9.48 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35]

Government

Local government

Main article: Sangguniang Bayan

Alfonso Lista, belonging to the lone congressional district of the province of Ifugao, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.^{[ citation needed ]}

Elected officials

Members of the Municipal Council
(2019–2022) ^[36]

Position	Name
Congressman	Solomon R. Chungalao
Mayor	Edralin B. Alipio
Vice-Mayor	Agapito B. Dominguez Jr.
Councilors	Dioney B. Macadangdang
	William C. Taganas
	Hermand D. Tuguinay
	Jaime H. Dog-e
	Rex C. Aniceto
	Noel R. Prudenciano
	Carl Marx P. Aliguyon
	Virginia J. Dinagtuan

Education

There are two schools district office which govern all educational institutions within the municipality. They oversee the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools. ^[37] These are the Alfonso Lista I Schools District Office, and Alfonso Lista II Schools District Office.

Primary and elementary schools

• Alfonso Lista Christian Academy
• Alfonso Lista Central School
• Balligi Elementary School
• Bangar Elementary School
• Busilac Elementary School
• Calimag Elementary School
• Calupaan Elementary School
• Caragasan Elementary School
• Catubangan Elementary School
• Dolowog Elementary School
• Kiling Elementary School
• Laya Elementary School
• Little Tadian Elementary School
• Malalupa Elementary School
• Namnama Elementary School
• Namillangan Elementary School
• Ngileb Elementary School
• Pinto Elementary School
• Potia Elementary School
• Mabanutan Elementary School
• Maligaya Elementary School
• San Jose Elementary School
• San Juan Elementary School
• San Marcos Elementary School
• San Quintin Elementary School
• Sto. Domingo Elementary School
• Sto. Domingo Elementary School Annex
• Tallo Purok Elementary School

Secondary schools

• Caragasan National High School
• Eastern Potia National High School
• Namillangan National High School
• Pinto National High School
• Sta. Maria National High School

See also

• List of renamed cities and municipalities in the Philippines

References

1.   Municipality of Alfonso Lista | (DILG)
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External links

• Media related to Alfonso Lista, Ifugao at Wikimedia Commons
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine