Magsaysay, Palawan

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Magsaysay
Municipality of Magsaysay
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Magsaysay
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°52′N121°03′E / 10.87°N 121.05°E / 10.87; 121.05
Country Philippines
Region Mimaropa
Province Palawan
District 1st district
Founded January 1, 1964
Barangays 11 (see Barangays)
Government
[1]
  Type Sangguniang Bayan
   Mayor Rommel L. dela Torre
   Vice Mayor Aloysius M. Quejano
   Representative Edgardo Salvame
   Municipal Council
Members
   Electorate 8,046 voters (2022)
Area
[2]
  Total49.48 km2 (19.10 sq mi)
Elevation
20 m (70 ft)
Highest elevation
255 m (837 ft)
Lowest elevation
−2 m (−7 ft)
Population
 (2020 census) [3]
  Total12,603
  Density250/km2 (660/sq mi)
   Households
2,973
Economy
   Income class 5th municipal income class
   Poverty incidence
11.90
% (2018) [4]
   Revenue 78.09 million (2020)
   Assets 187.8 million (2020)
   Expenditure 81.36 million (2020)
   Liabilities 60.63 million (2020)
Service provider
  ElectricityPalawan Electric Cooperative (PALECO)
Time zone UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
5319
PSGC
IDD : area code +63(0)48
Native languages Cuyonon
Palawano
Tagalog

Magsaysay, officially the Municipality of Magsaysay (Tagalog : Bayan ng Magsaysay), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 12,603 people. [3]

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It is the easternmost of the three municipalities of the Cuyo Archipelago, and its territory includes the eastern half of Cuyo Island, as well as Alcoba, Canipo, Cocoro, Patunga, Paya, Putic, Siparay, Tacbubuc, and Tagauanian islands.

Geography

Barangays

Magsaysay is politically subdivided into 11 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

Climate

Climate data for Magsaysay, Palawan
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)29
(84)
30
(86)
30
(86)
31
(88)
31
(88)
30
(86)
29
(84)
30
(86)
29
(84)
29
(84)
29
(84)
29
(84)
30
(85)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)23
(73)
23
(73)
23
(73)
24
(75)
25
(77)
25
(77)
25
(77)
24
(75)
24
(75)
24
(75)
24
(75)
24
(75)
24
(75)
Average precipitation mm (inches)45
(1.8)
34
(1.3)
62
(2.4)
64
(2.5)
127
(5.0)
159
(6.3)
172
(6.8)
147
(5.8)
167
(6.6)
182
(7.2)
172
(6.8)
88
(3.5)
1,419
(56)
Average rainy days12.19.413.014.322.726.928.026.427.027.022.717.8247.3
Source: Meteoblue [5]

Demographics

Population census of Magsaysay
YearPop.±% p.a.
1970 9,840    
1975 9,418−0.88%
1980 9,618+0.42%
1990 10,028+0.42%
1995 10,714+1.25%
YearPop.±% p.a.
2000 10,885+0.34%
2007 11,339+0.57%
2010 11,965+1.97%
2015 12,196+0.36%
2020 12,603+0.65%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [6] [7] [8] [9]

In the 2020 census, the population of Magsaysay, Palawan, was 12,603 people, [3] with a density of 250 inhabitants per square kilometre or 650 inhabitants per square mile.


Economy

History

Spanish Era

The modern-day municipality traces back its origins to the town of Cuyo. Cuyo, which included the entire island of Cuyo, was founded as a Spanish settlement in 1622. [17]

In 1762, one of the British ships that invaded Manila fired at the Cuyo fort but it was not damaged at all. [18] Another fort was started at Lucbuan seven kilometres away on the east side of Cuyo island, but it was never finished.

Lucbuan Republic

Revolutionary Dictatorial Government of Lucbuan
Republic of Lucbuan
1899–1902
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Map of the territory of the Republic of Lucbuan from 1899 to 1902 under Don Casiano Padon.
CapitalLucbuan
Common languages Cuyonon, Tagalog and Spanish
Religion
Roman Catholicism
GovernmentRevolutionary Dictatorial Government
 Governor
Don Casiano Padon
History 
 Established by Don Casiano Padon
1899
 Arrival of American Forces
1902
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Philippines Aguinaldo flag (obverse).svg First Philippine Republic
United States Military Government of the Philippine Islands Flag of the United States (1896-1908).svg

The Revolutionary Dictatorial Government of Lucbuan, often referred to as the “Lucbuan Republic” was a state on the island of Cuyo (now Magsaysay, Palawan) that briefly existed during the Philippine-American War. It was established to break away from the administration of President Emilio Aguinaldo and his central administration.

Even before the establishment of the Republic of Lucbuan, Don Casiano Padon, a native of Molo, Iloilo, began organizing a government in August 1898 due to the persuasion of the people of Lucbuan.

After the arrival of the representative of the Province of Calamianes from Bulacan in the last days of 1898, there was not much change in leadership in the entire archipelago of Cuyo and Palawan. This affected the livelihood of the people of Lucbuan as well as the inability to rule by the rulers of Calamianes. By this time the Spaniards had fled throughout Palawan to Borneo to return to Spain.

Very few knew Aguinaldo, and that is why the people of Lucbuan did not like to be ruled by Tagalog representatives under Aguinaldo which was the reason the Republic of Lucbuan was founded by Don Casiano Padon on 30 May 1899 and he himself as Governor of the government. [19]

All went well for the government until Padon decided to build a church which was strongly opposed by the legislature and the people. Thus, Padon and his family fled back to Iloilo and thus for the second time the attempt to join the state and the church was frustrated. [20]

American Era

This republic was not long in coming when the Province of Calamianes was organized by the Americans on 23 June 1902 under Philippine Commission Act No. 422. This was also accompanied by the conquest of the island of Lucbuan by American soldiers. This is also when the Lucbuan Republic ended. [19]

A marker of Don Casiano Padon currently exists on the municipality of Magsaysay in commemoration of the foundation of the Lucbuan Republic. [21]

Modern Era

On June 18, 1961, the barrios of Balaguen, Canipo, Cocoro, Danawan, Igabas, Imilod, Los Angeles, Lucbuan, Patonga, Rizal, Siparay Island, and Tagawayan Island were separated from the municipality of Cuyo and constituted into a new municipality known as Magsaysay, by virtue of Republic Act No. 3426. [22] The law took effect on January 1, 1964, when its first municipal officials were elected in the November 1963 local elections. [23]

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