Camaligan | |
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Municipality of Camaligan | |
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Etymology: Tagalog: kamalig + an ("place of sheds") | |
Nickname(s): The Small Town with a Big Heart | |
Anthem: Camaligan Kong Namomótan My Beloved Camaligan | |
![]() Map of Camarines Sur with Camaligan highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 13°37′30″N123°09′25″E / 13.625°N 123.1569°E Coordinates: 13°37′30″N123°09′25″E / 13.625°N 123.1569°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Bicol Region (Region V) |
Province | Camarines Sur |
District | 3rd district |
Barangays | 13 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Marilou Marquez-Hirose |
• Vice Mayor | Diano S. Ibardaloza, Jr. [2] |
• Municipal Council | Members [2]
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• Congressman | Gabriel H. Bordado Jr. |
• Electorate | 15,562 voters (2019) |
Area | |
• Total | 4.68 km2 (1.81 sq mi) |
Population (2015 census) [4] | |
• Total | 24,109 |
• Density | 5,200/km2 (13,000/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | Camaligueño (masculine) Camaligueña (feminine) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 4401 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)54 |
Climate type | tropical rainforest climate |
Income class | 5th municipal income class |
Revenue (₱) | 58,700,476.23 (2016) [5] |
Poverty incidence | 18.45% (2012) [6] |
Native languages | Central Bikol Tagalog |
Feast date | June 13 (Poblacion) |
Catholic diocese | Archdiocese of Caceres |
Patron saints | St. Anthony of Padua St. Teresa of Calcutta |
Camaligan, officially the Municipality of Camaligan, is a 5th class municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 24,109 people. [4]
Camarines Sur is a province located in the Bicol Region in Luzon of the Philippines. Its capital is Pili and the province borders Camarines Norte and Quezon to the northwest, and Albay to the south. To the east lies the island province of Catanduanes across the Maqueda Channel.
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 broadly categorized 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, Japan to the northeast, Vietnam to the west, Palau to the east, and Malaysia and Indonesia to the south.
With an area of 468.8 hectares (1,158 acres), it is the smallest municipality in Camarines Sur, but it is the densest, having an approximation of 5,200 persons per square kilometer, [7] which is almost twice the density of the neighboring City of Naga of 2,456 per square kilometer. [8]
Naga, officially the City of Naga, or simply Naga City, is a 2nd class independent component city in the Bicol Region, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 196,003 people.
The town is home to the oldest known pre-colonial site in the Bicol region, dating 500 AD to 600 AD, making it an undeclared important archaeological zone. [9]
An archaeological site is a place in which evidence of past activity is preserved, and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and represents a part of the archaeological record. Sites may range from those with few or no remains visible above ground, to buildings and other structures still in use.
Camaligan is politically subdivided into 13 barangays. [10]
A barangay or baranggay, sometimes referred to as barrio, is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward. In metropolitan areas, the term often refers to an inner city neighbourhood, a suburb or a suburban neighborhood. The word barangay originated from balangay, a kind of boat used by a group of Austronesian peoples when they migrated to the Philippines.
Barangays | Class | Population [11] | Barangay Head |
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Dugcal | Rural | 4,464 | Gabriel Jr. DV. Flores |
Marupit | Rural | 4,510 | Delia B. Mansor |
San Francisco | Rural | 745 | Eden G. Torallo |
San Jose-San Pablo (Poblacion) | Rural | 671 | Eden B. Bon |
San Juan-San Ramon (Poblacion) | Rural | 982 | Emeterio M. Avila |
San Lucas (Poblacion) | Rural | 578 | Cyril O. Agomaa |
San Marcos (Poblacion) | Rural | 1,388 | Danilo I. Villamor |
San Mateo (Poblacion) | Rural | 1,508 | Carlos Q. Mariscal, Jr. |
San Roque | Rural | 3,585 | Rolando P. Marasigan |
Santo Domingo (Poblacion) | Rural | 618 | Maria Teresa A. Ruiz |
Santo Tomas (Poblacion) | Rural | 810 | Maria Jasmin M. Trinidad |
Sua | Rural | 2,154 | Servando Santa Ana |
Tarosanan | Rural | 2,096 | Loretta A. Acabado |
The origin of the town and its name can be traced back to the early settlers of the place. Known as the cortadores, or woodcutters, to the early Spanish colonizers who came to the place in the early 1700s, the settlers cut timbers from nearby mountains located upriver or around San Miguel Bay and made this as their form of living. Out of these timbers, they hewed out canoes or bancas which they stored under small sheds or huts. Later, when these sheds became abundant in the area, as they were made the permanent dwelling places by these canoe makers, the place was called "Camaligan", which means "a place where many sheds can be found", by combining the root word kamalig (or shed) and the locative suffix -an. The sheds served to shelter the canoe makers and protect their boats from the natural elements. Hence, the name and origin of the town is historically tied to the Bicol River and its early inhabitants. [12]
San Miguel Bay is a large bay in the Bicol Peninsula of Luzon island in the Philippines. It encompasses the provinces of Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur.
The Bicol River is the eighth largest river in the Philippines in terms of drainage basin size with an estimated catchment area of 3,770 square kilometres (1,460 sq mi). The river drains the southwestern part of the island of Luzon and passes through Camarines Sur province in the Bicol Region.
"Catagbacan" was the oldest known name of Camaligan. Moreover, according to D. Adolfo Puya y Ruiz, in his “Camarines Sur – Descripcion General De Està Provincia En Luzon” (Manila: 1887), Camaligan was called "Kinamaligan" before. [12]
The town of Camaligan is a known archeological site. In 2016 to 2017, hundreds of artifacts, including shells, jar fragments, tools, other deposits, pig bones, deer bones, stingray cartilage, shark cartilage, and at least fifteen (15) pre-colonial human remains, were found in the area, which marked a revolutionary phase in Bicol archaeology. The shells and tools found in the town was dated back 1,500 years ago or approximately 500 to 600 AD. The site contained no trace of Chinese, Southeast Asian, or South Asian trade links, making Camaligan a pure pre-colonial Bicolano site. [9] [13]
The settlers of the religious visita of Nueva Caceres, which was then under its ecclesiastical jurisdiction, arrived in the town by the 17th century. [12] The pre-colonial cemetery and community center were transformed by the Spanish into the town's current church compound to diminish native belief systems and instill catholicism. [14] During this time, Camaligan had five barrios in its jurisdiction, namely Marupit, Doncal (now Dugcal), Sua, San Roque and Tarosanan. Each barrio has a small wooden chapel. [12]
On 5 June 1795, a petition to the Spanish religious authorities was sent by the natives and signed by the supposedly officials of the place, to request for a resident curate. The officials’ names were Andre Casa, Diego, Lobao, Simeon de la Cruz, Manuel del Espiritu Santo, Fernando Valenzuela, Agustin del Espiritu Santo, Marcos David, Domingo Flores, Pedro Negre, Bartolome Rodriguez and Valentine de los Santos. Fray Rafael de Benavente was appointed as the first parish priest. [12]
In 1902, the municipality was officially established through an act of the Philippine legislature. It also named Pedro Bustamante as the first municipal mayor. This event of the creation of the Municipality of Camaligan was brought about by a historical fact when the town was eventually separated from being as an annex of Nueva Caceres (now Naga City). [12]
The people of Camaligan derived their socio-cultural identity as river people from the existence of the river. Bicol River is an important resource for irrigation and fertilization of the land where agriculture and fishing is still considered as a major industry. The place’s festivals, songs and dances found their roots and inspiration from the river. Hence, the river ecology has bred its own distinct community. [12]
Religious and cultural festivals are being held in the town.
In the 2015 census, the population of Camaligan was 24,109 people, [4] with a density of 5,200 inhabitants per square kilometre or 13,000 inhabitants per square mile.
Population census of Camaligan | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
1918 | 2,133 | — |
1939 | 3,005 | +1.65% |
1948 | 7,362 | +10.47% |
1960 | 8,529 | +1.23% |
1970 | 7,821 | −0.86% |
1975 | 9,853 | +4.74% |
1980 | 10,989 | +2.21% |
1990 | 15,436 | +3.46% |
1995 | 17,411 | +2.28% |
2000 | 19,188 | +2.11% |
2007 | 20,758 | +1.09% |
2010 | 22,254 | +2.56% |
2015 | 24,109 | +1.54% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [4] [15] [16] [17] |
Camaligan has a significant amount of rainfall during the year. This is true even for the driest month. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Camaligan has a tropical rainforest climate or Af. The average annual temperature is 27.1 °C in Camaligan. About 2527 mm of precipitation falls annually. [18]
Climate data for Camaligan, Camarines Sur | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 32 (90) | 31 (88) | 34 (93) | 36 (97) | 37 (99) | 37 (99) | 36 (97) | 34 (93) | 35 (95) | 34 (93) | 33 (91) | 32 (90) | 34 (94) |
Average low °C (°F) | 27 (81) | 27 (81) | 29 (84) | 31 (88) | 32 (90) | 32 (90) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 30 (85) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 39.34 (1.55) | 68.7 (2.70) | 26.73 (1.05) | 66.19 (2.61) | 84.49 (3.33) | 178.89 (7.04) | 244.27 (9.62) | 188.3 (7.41) | 160.98 (6.34) | 445.0 (17.52) | 135.5 (5.33) | 367.8 (14.48) | 2,006.19 (78.98) |
Average rainy days | 16 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 23 | 28 | 30 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 29 | 274 |
Source: World Weather Online [19] |
Bicol River serves as a natural source of irrigation and fertilization to the town where agriculture is still considered as a major industry. [12]
Out of the 468 hectares total land area, 175 hectares are devoted to rice production, all of which are irrigated and fertilized by the river through its occasional flooding. [12]
St. Anthony of Padua Parish Church is one of the oldest churches in the province of Camarines Sur. [14] The church is one of the favorite spots for Visita Iglesia in the province. [20]
Santo Domingo Chapel is an old chapel which was a former burial ground during pre-colonial times. It is a central archeological site where a lot of burial jars, porcelains and skeleton bones were found during the diggings. [14]
Sira, or fish, is a small wharf painted with festive colors that is constructed on the riverside of barangay San Francisco. This also serves as a dock for banca passengers. [14]
After the initial launching of Camaligan River Park in 1 June 2014, its tourism industry began to be more active. Its continuous improvements attracted many visitors, mostly coming from the City of Naga, to come and enjoy walking along the riverside. [21]
M/B Camaligan is a motorboat which docks beside Camaligan River Park. Also known as Camaligan River Cruise, it is also a floating restaurant which crosses the Bicol River. Launched last 6 February 2019, it is the newest attraction which promotes the river culture of the town. [21]
Camaligan is being headed by a mayor who is being elected by its residents.
The current mayor of the town is Marilou Marquez-Hirose. [22] Last May 2019 Election, she has been re-elected for her third and last term as the Municipal Mayor. [2]
Since 1902, thirty (30) mayors already headed the town.
Term | Mayor [12] |
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1902-1903 | Pedro Bustamante |
1904-1905 | Quintin Bagsic |
1905-1906 | Catalino Alayan |
1906-1907 | Fabian Garcia |
1908-1909 | Tomas Salvador |
1909-1911 | Jose Agapor |
1912-1915 | Mauricio Cordial |
1916-1919 | Liberato Montiveros |
1920-1923 | Antonio Santa Ana |
1924-1927 | Pedro Flores |
1928-1931 | Vidal Custodio |
1932-1935 | Elias Agna de Dios |
1936-1941 | Teotimo Rebuquiao |
1942-1944 | Felipe Cuadrante |
1944 | Glecerio Blas |
1945 | Andres Diez |
1946-1947 | Julio Capucao |
1948-1951 | Francisco A. Aurellano |
1952-1955 | Buenaventura Plantado |
1956-1963 | Agapito T. Loriaga |
1964-1967 | Dalmacio Aurellano |
1968-1971 | Agapito T. Loriaga |
1972-1986 | Dalmacio Aurellano |
1986 | Napoleon Valiente |
1986-1987 | Amelito Belen |
1987 | Fabian A. Valenciano |
1987-1988 | Priscilla T. Aurellano |
1988-1995 | Manuel N. Prado |
1995-2004 | Rolando C. Eduardo |
2004-2007 | Pablo N. Prado |
2007-2010 | Rolando C. Eduardo |
2010-2013 | Emmanuel T. Prado |
2013–Present | Marilou Marquez-Hirose |
Camaligan has one (1) high school, six (6) elementary schools and thirteen (13) preschools. At present, there is no existing tertiary school in the town.
Camaligan is Bicol region's oldest known pre-colonial site, filled with numerous stone tools, jar fragments, shell middens, pig and deer bones, shark and ray cartilages, and other artifacts and biofacts. The site also homes to fifteen human skeletons of pre-colonial Ibalons. The site is so rare and vital as it does not contain any evidences of trade contact with China, Southeast Asian neighbors or South Asia, making it one of the very few pre-colonial sites in the Philippines with distinct Filipino artifacts and biofacts unaffected by outside trade. Both the University of the Philippines and University of California, Los Angeles have been pushing for the town's declaration as an "Important Archaeological Site." Scholars have also been pushing for the site's nomination in the UNESCO World Heritage List. [9] [13]
In a documentary made by GMA News TV, it was found that the artifacts and biofacts were not limited to the town proper. In fact, during a road-widening project conducted in September 2017 by the national government, hundreds of human bone fragments, animal bones, burial and ceremonial jar fragments, and stone tools were found after digging only the edges of the road. The documentary also found many Camaligueños to own artifacts they have found in their own land. Due to these findings, the town's reputation as a vital pre-colonial Ibalon archaeological site was solidified. [23]
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