Magallanes, Sorsogon

Magallanes
Municipality
Municipality of Magallanes
Aerial view of Magallanes
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Map of Sorsogon with Magallanes highlighted
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Magallanes Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 12°49′42″N123°50′04″E / 12.8283°N 123.8344°E / 12.8283; 123.8344
Country	Philippines
Region	Bicol Region
Province	Sorsogon
District	1st district
Founded	1567
Named for	Fernando Magallanes
Barangays	34 (see Barangays)
Government   [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
•  Mayor	Maria Elena Ramona M. Ragragio
•  Vice Mayor	Augusto Manuel M. Ragragio
•  Representative	Maria Bernadette G. Escudero
•  Municipal Council	Members Ruben L. Conda Ralph Josef M. Carranza Misael L. Mella Jr. Roy C. Carrascal Agnes D. Rebancos Alfredo D. Camacho Jr. Cielito L. Mortega Cherry H. Malto
•  Electorate	24,718 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	150.09 km2 (57.95 sq mi)
Elevation	24 m (79 ft)
Highest elevation	244 m (801 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [3]
• Total	37,411
• Density	250/km2 (650/sq mi)
•  Households	8,393
Demonym	Magalleño
Economy
•  Income class	3rd municipal income class
•  Poverty incidence	33.51 % (2021) [4]
•  Revenue	₱ 147.5 million (2020)
•  Assets	₱ 369.4 million (2020)
•  Expenditure	₱ 159.7 million (2020)
•  Liabilities	₱ 70.23 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Sorsogon 1 Electric Cooperative (SORECO 1)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	4705
PSGC	056211000
IDD  :  area code	+63 (0)56
Native languages	Sorsogon language Tagalog
Website	www.magallanes-sorsogon.gov.ph

Magallanes, officially the Municipality of Magallanes, is a municipality in the province of Sorsogon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 37,411 people. ^[3]

According to renowned historians and anthropologists such as Domingo Abella, Luis Camara Dery, Merito Espinas, F. Mallari, Norman Owen, Mariano Goyena del Prado, et al., Magallanes was the location of the ancient settlement of Ibalong. ^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

History

In 1569, the Jimenez-Orta expedition landed at Barangay Ginangra near the village of Gibal-ong, the site where the first mass in the island of Luzon was said, the site of the first Christian settlement. Magallanes started as settlement called Parina, a name derived from the hardwood tree reputed to be so durable as to last for centuries that was known to abound in the place long before it became a barrio of Pueblo de Casiguran under the old province of Albay.

The settlement was not spared from sporadic sorties launched by punitive bandits from the south. In 1854 one group of bandits ravaged Barangay Ginangra and hostaged a family from the village. As a countermeasure, the Spanish Comandancia of Parina constructed a watchtower in strategic areas as Barangay Telegrafo and Bagatao Island equipped with cannons. A cannon also was mounted in Barangay Binisitahan del Norte at the mouth of the Incarizan River.

On July 16, 1860, the name Parina was changed to Magallanes in honor of the Portuguese who discovered the Philippines island in 1521 Ferdinand Magellan. ^[12] Magallanes was officially declared a pueblo with Don Manuel de Castro as its first appointed governadorcillo. In 1864 the Parish of our Lady of Mt. Carmel was canonically established with Rev. Fr. Higino de Castro as its first pastor. It was during this year that the first census was conducted resulting to a total count of 1400 inhabitants. Moreover, the town was split into six "cabeseras" (headships) each of which was entrusted with the administrative supervision of a "cebeja de barangay" (literally translated, "eyebrow" of the barangay, but meaning the "overseer").

Pursuant to the decree of the Spanish Crown, new official with new corresponding titles were elected. Don Juan de Castro was chosen as the first Capitan Municipal in 1894. In 1901 the municipality elected its first set of official under the American. Don Inocencio M. Mella was elected Presidente Municipal under the Malolos Constitution. ^[13]

Geography

Barangays

Magallanes is politically subdivided into 34 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

Map of the Municipality of Magallanes

• Aguada Norte
• Aguada Sur
• Anibong
• Bacalon
• Bacolod
• Banacud
• Biga
• Behia
• Binisitahan del Norte
• Binisitahan del Sur
• Biton
• Bulala
• Busay
• Caditaan
• Cagbolo
• Cagtalaba
• Cawit Extension
• Cawit Proper
• Ginangra
• Hubo
• Incarizan
• Lapinig
• Magsaysay
• Malbog
• Pantalan
• Pawik
• Pili
• Poblacion
• Salvacion
• Santa Elena
• Siuton
• Tagas
• Tulatula Norte
• Tulatula Sur

Climate

Climate data for Magallanes, Sorsogon
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	27 (81)	28 (82)	29 (84)	31 (88)	31 (88)	30 (86)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	28 (82)	29 (84)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22 (72)	21 (70)	22 (72)	23 (73)	24 (75)	25 (77)	25 (77)	25 (77)	25 (77)	24 (75)	23 (73)	23 (73)	24 (74)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	65 (2.6)	44 (1.7)	42 (1.7)	39 (1.5)	87 (3.4)	150 (5.9)	184 (7.2)	153 (6.0)	163 (6.4)	154 (6.1)	127 (5.0)	100 (3.9)	1,308 (51.4)
Average rainy days	13.9	9.2	11.0	12.5	19.6	24.3	26.5	25.0	25.5	24.4	19.4	15.1	226.4
Source: Meteoblue [14]

Demographics

Population census of Magallanes

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1903	4,921	—
1918	10,012	+4.85%
1939	15,412	+2.08%
1948	17,982	+1.73%
1960	18,144	+0.07%
1970	23,896	+2.79%
1975	23,101	−0.68%
1980	25,765	+2.21%
1990	24,754	−0.40%
1995	28,707	+2.81%
2000	31,315	+1.88%
2007	34,418	+1.31%
2010	35,443	+1.07%
2015	37,038	+0.84%
2020	37,411	+0.20%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [15] [16] [17] [18]

Economy

Poverty incidence of Magallanes

10 20 30 40 50 60 2006 53.40 2009 44.56 2012 44.12 2015 45.04 2018 35.89 2021 33.51 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]

Magallanes Processed Products

Magallanes is primary considered a coastal town as 24 of its 34 barangays are situated along the coast with abundant marine resources, which the locals take to daily for food and livelihood.

Marine and fishpond fishing are the town's prime industry despite large agricultural lands being engaged as well in crop and livestock production. Fish drying is a common practice among the locals after which the produce is sold to neighboring towns. For the fishpond culture, they are able to produce milkfish, tilapia, prawns and mud crab. The variety of ways the marine and inland fishing produce are processed include sardine in oil, bangus in oil, dried posit, dilis tuyo, daing and tinapa.

Sardine and Bangus in Oil are OTOP products processed by the Magallanes Food Products ^{[27] [28]} while the dried and smoke fish are processed by the Bacolod Women's Cooperative and by the fish folks themselves.

Crops production of rice, corn, coconut, fruit trees, vegetables and root cops make an abundant produce for the town. Of these crops, coconut accounts about 96.15% making it the dominant major product. ^[29]

References

1.   Municipality of Magallanes | (DILG)
2. "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN   0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
3. Census of Population (2020). "Region V (Bicol Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 8 July 2021.
4. "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
5. Abella, D. (1954). Bikol Annals: A Collection of Vignettes of Philippine History. Manila.
6. Dery, L. C. (1991). From Ibalon to Sorsogon : A Historical Survey of Sorsogon Province to 1905. Quezon City: New Day Publishers.
7. Espinas, M. (1996). The Ibalong : The Bikol Folk Epic-fragment. Manila: University of Santo Tomas Publishing House.
8. Mallari, F. (1990). Ibalon Under Storm and Siege : Essays on Bicol History: 1565-1860. Cagayan de Oro City.
9. Owen, N. (1999). The Bikol blend : Bikolanos and Their History. Quezon City: New Day Publishers.
10. Prado, M. G. (1981). Ibalon : Ethnohistory of the Bikol Region. Legazpi City: AMS Press.
11. Reyes, J. C. (January–February 1979). The Ibalen Epic - A Window to Bicols Pre-history. Boletin Eclesiastico de Filipinas v. 53 nos. 590-591, pp. 61-92.
12. page 24, Tracing from Solsogon to Sorsogon, 2nd Edition (2007), ISBN   978-971-814-099-4
13. based on the unpublished work of Ma. Terera Carranza Hadap
14. "Magallanes, Sorsogon : Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
15. Census of Population (2015). "Region V (Bicol Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 20 June 2016.
16. Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region V (Bicol Region)" (PDF). Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office . Retrieved 29 June 2016.
17. Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region V (Bicol Region)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.
18. "Province of Sorsogon". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
19. "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
20. "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
21. "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
22. "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
23. "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
24. "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
25. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
26. "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
27. "Create a Free Church Website".
28. "DotPH domains available portal".
29. DTI OTOP Province of Sorsogon Business Profile & Directory, 2009 page 21

External links

• Magallanes Profile at PhilAtlas.com
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System