Jiabong | |
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Municipality of Jiabong | |
Etymology: Hia-an | |
![]() Map of Samar with Jiabong highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 11°45′45″N124°57′07″E / 11.7625°N 124.95194°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Eastern Visayas |
Province | Samar |
District | 2nd district |
Barangays | 34 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Julie Uy Cereno |
• Vice Mayor | Jocelyn U. De Jesus |
• Representative | Reynolds Michael Tan |
• Councilors | List |
• Electorate | 14,768 voters (2025) |
Area | |
• Total | 67.70 km2 (26.14 sq mi) |
Elevation | 56 m (184 ft) |
Highest elevation | 421 m (1,381 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2024 census) [3] | |
• Total | 19,482 |
• Density | 290/km2 (750/sq mi) |
• Households | 4,567 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 5th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 26.22 |
• Revenue | ₱ 132.5 million (2022) |
• Assets | ₱ 249.4 million (2022) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 97.19 million (2022) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 78.34 million (2022) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Samar 2 Electric Cooperative (SAMELCO 2) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 6701 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)55 |
Native languages | Waray Tagalog |
Jiabong, officially the Municipality of Jiabong (Waray : Bungto han Jiabong; Tagalog : Bayan ng Jiabong), is a municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 19,205 people. [5]
Jiabong was created in 1948 from the barrios of Jiabong, Jia-an, Malino, San Fernando, Casapa, Camorubo-an, Lulugayan, Macabitas Paglayogan, Dogongan, Bayog, and Malobago, formerly part of Catbalogan. [6]
The name Jiabong is a combination of the terms “Hiya-an” which means a “place of preparation before an attack” and “bong” which is actually “the sound of a canon gun”. According to the legend, during Spanish time, villagers from Motiong, Paranas and San Sebastian fled to Casandig (now Jiabong) to seek refuge from the invading pirates who killed, robbed and held them as captives.
To rescue the villagers, the Spanish soldiers and guardia civil camped at Casandig and mounted their preparations for an eventual pirate attack. The Spanish soldiers cried “Ensiqueda Fuego, Hia-bong!” as cannons were fired on the invaders. After this victorious fight, remained two words: Jia-bong.
In 1882, during the Spanish regime in the Philippines, Jiabong was made into a town or municipio. It was made as the cabeza de barangay, incorporating the barangays of Jia-an, San Fernando, Malino, Camarubo-an and the rest of the barangays that were founded later. During the Filipino-American war in 1900 to 1904, Catbalogan, Samar, the capital town, was placed under military rule. Jiabong became a barrio of Catbalgan from 1905 until June 15, 1948,
Jiabong became a separate municipality of Samar and got its independence from the Municipality of Catbalogan on October 22, 1948, when Congress approved House Bill No. 1812 into law. Under Republic Act. No. 269. On October 27, 1948, Jiabong was inaugurated as a municipality. President Elpidio Qurino appointed Domingo Jabinal as the Municipal Mayor and Eleuterio Bacarra as the Vice Mayor.
Jiabong is politically subdivided into 34 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for Jiabong, Samar | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27 (81) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (74) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 114 (4.5) | 81 (3.2) | 94 (3.7) | 81 (3.2) | 119 (4.7) | 192 (7.6) | 186 (7.3) | 158 (6.2) | 167 (6.6) | 185 (7.3) | 202 (8.0) | 176 (6.9) | 1,755 (69.2) |
Average rainy days | 18.6 | 14.7 | 16.8 | 17.8 | 22.3 | 25.9 | 27.5 | 26.2 | 26.6 | 27.0 | 24.6 | 22.3 | 270.3 |
Source: Meteoblue [7] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1903 | 2,439 | — |
1948 | 6,437 | +2.18% |
1960 | 7,841 | +1.66% |
1970 | 9,193 | +1.60% |
1975 | 10,161 | +2.03% |
1980 | 11,055 | +1.70% |
1990 | 12,751 | +1.44% |
1995 | 15,484 | +3.71% |
2000 | 15,397 | −0.12% |
2007 | 15,968 | +0.50% |
2010 | 17,075 | +2.47% |
2015 | 18,342 | +1.37% |
2020 | 19,205 | +0.97% |
2024 | 19,482 | +0.34% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [8] [9] [10] [11] |
Poverty incidence of Jiabong
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 2000 57.19 2003 69.10 2006 48.40 2009 41.66 2012 37.14 2015 44.01 2018 25.65 2021 26.22 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] |
Jiabong has 27 public primary and elementary schools:
Jiabong also has three public high schools: