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Belison | |
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Municipality | |
Municipality of Belison | |
Map of Antique with Belison highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 10°50′N121°58′E / 10.83°N 121.97°E Coordinates: 10°50′N121°58′E / 10.83°N 121.97°E | |
Country | |
Region | Western Visayas (Region VI) |
Province | Antique |
District | Lone district |
Founded | March 10, 1961 |
Barangays | 11 (see Barangays) |
Government [1] | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Darell B. Dela Flor |
• Vice Mayor | Reynaldo Jacaba |
• Electorate | 8,564 voters (2016) |
Area [2] | |
• Total | 19.78 km2 (7.64 sq mi) |
Population (2015 census) [3] | |
• Total | 13,539 |
• Density | 680/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Belisongnon |
Time zone | PST (UTC+8) |
ZIP code | 5701 |
PSGC | 060603000 |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)36 |
Climate type | tropical climate |
Income class | 5th municipal income class |
Feast date | February 2 |
Patron saint | Our Lady of Candles (Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria) |
Website | elgu |
Belison, officially the Municipality of Belison, is a 5th class municipality in the province of Antique, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 13,539 people. [3]
Antique is a province of the Philippines located in the region of Western Visayas. The province capital is San Jose, the most populous town in Antique. The province is situated in the western section of Panay Island and borders Aklan, Capiz and Iloilo to the east, while facing the Sulu Sea to the west.
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Situated in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of about 7,641 islands that are categorized broadly under three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The capital city of the Philippines is Manila and the most populous city is Quezon City, both part of Metro Manila. Bounded by the South China Sea on the west, the Philippine Sea on the east and the Celebes Sea on the southwest, the Philippines shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Vietnam to the west, Palau to the east, and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south.
Belison is the smallest (in area and population) [4] and the youngest municipality in the province of Antique. [5]
Belison was merely a barangay in the larger municipality of Patnongon, adjacent to the north. Belison barangay leaders and Manila-based Belisongnons (Belisong natives) mapped out a petition requesting the national government to make Belison an independent town. The petition was brought to Malacañan Palace on March 10, 1961, and through Presidential Executive Order No. 421 signed by President Carlos P. Garcia, [5] Belison was declared a municipality - the smallest and the youngest in the Province of Antique.
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Carlos Polestico Garcia was a Filipino teacher, poet, orator, lawyer, public official, political economist, organized guerrilla and Commonwealth military leader, who was the eighth President of the Philippines.
During World War II, Japanese war submarines and other marine craft found the shores of Belison easy entry points to Panay, and invaded the Western Visayas in that location. People still tell of the fear created by these foreign intruders, and also of the bravery of those who decided to resist, creating rebel strongholds in the mountainous areas above the municipality.
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Panay is the sixth-largest and fourth most-populous island in the Philippines, with a total land area of 12,011 km2 (4,637 sq mi) and with a total population of 4,477,247. Panay comprises 4.4 percent of the entire population of the country. The City of Iloilo is its largest settlement with a total population of 447,992 inhabitants. It is a triangular island, located in the western part of the Visayas. It is about 160 km (99 mi) across. It is divided into four provinces: Aklan, Antique, Capiz and Iloilo, all in the Western Visayas Region. It is located southeast of the island of Mindoro and northwest of Negros across the Guimaras Strait. Just off the mid-southeastern coast lies the island-province of Guimaras. To the north and northeast is the Sibuyan Sea, Jintotolo Channel and the islands of Romblon and Masbate; to the west and southwest is the Sulu Sea and the Palawan archipelago and to the south is Panay Gulf. Panay is the only main island in the Visayas whose provinces don't bear the name of their island.
When the Japanese air raids would bomb Belison and the nearby communities, families from all around fled to Guinobatan Cave, high in the hills of barangay Buenavista. And when the American forces came, they too used the smooth sea landing in Belison, bringing relief food supplies to Belisongnons, and troops to attack the Japanese occupying forces. They often used local homes in the area to hide in while planning their strategies for assault against the enemy, and enlisted the help of brave men and women to carry out their plans.
Belison is located at 10°50′N121°58′E / 10.83°N 121.97°E . It is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the provincial capital, San Jose de Buenavista.
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 19.78 square kilometres (7.64 sq mi) [2] constituting 0.72% of the 2,729.17-square-kilometre- (1,053.74 sq mi) total area of Antique.
The municipality is bounded on the east by San Remigio, southeast by Sibalom, south by San Jose de Buenavista, north by Patnongon, and west by the Cuyo East Pass.
Belison is politically subdivided into 11 barangays, each with a duly constituted government unit known as the barangay council headed by the barangay captain. The Poblacion, seat of the municipal government, is an urban barangay. The other 10 are considered rural.
PSGC | Barangay | Population | ±% p.a. | |||
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2015 [3] | 2010 [6] | |||||
060603001 | Borocboroc | 9.3% | 1,261 | 1,173 | 1.39% | |
060603002 | Buenavista | 3.7% | 504 | 449 | 2.22% | |
060603003 | Concepcion | 9.3% | 1,263 | 1,165 | 1.55% | |
060603004 | Delima | 5.8% | 790 | 751 | 0.97% | |
060603005 | Ipil | 5.5% | 744 | 689 | 1.47% | |
060603006 | Maradiona | 11.9% | 1,613 | 1,539 | 0.90% | |
060603007 | Mojon | 3.4% | 461 | 410 | 2.26% | |
060603008 | Poblacion | 33.3% | 4,503 | 4,479 | 0.10% | |
060603009 | Rombang | 7.5% | 1,016 | 834 | 3.83% | |
060603010 | Salvacion | 3.7% | 497 | 464 | 1.32% | |
060603011 | Sinaja | 6.6% | 887 | 854 | 0.72% | |
Total | 13,539 | 12,807 | 1.06% |
Population census of Belison | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
1970 | 7,189 | — |
1975 | 7,627 | +1.19% |
1980 | 8,626 | +2.49% |
1990 | 10,095 | +1.59% |
1995 | 11,174 | +1.92% |
2000 | 11,621 | +0.84% |
2007 | 12,467 | +0.97% |
2010 | 12,807 | +0.98% |
2015 | 13,539 | +1.06% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [3] [6] [7] [8] |
In the 2015 census, Belison had a population of 13,539. [3] The population density was 680 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,800/sq mi).
In the 2016 electoral roll, it had 8,564 registered voters. [9]
Agriculture continues to be the heartbeat[ weasel words ] of the town. More than half of its land is riceland, while the rest are planted to corn, coconut, sugar cane and other production like vegetables and peanuts[ citation needed ].
The Belison municipal seal was created to commemorate the agricultural heritage of the town, in order to preserve the legacy of the original settlers in the region. It depicts three mainstay agricultural activities:
Surrounding the great triangle are eleven stars – one representing each barangay in the town. The largest star at the bottom is for the Poblacion. Their strength lies in their connectivity to one another, and in their closeness to the traditions of the past.
Nine (9) of the leading Christian religious dominations[ citation needed ] in the Philippines established their presence in the town. Most Belisongnons (people of Belison) are of Aglipayan ancestry.
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