Magsaysay, Palawan

Magsaysay
Municipality
Municipality of Magsaysay
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Map of Palawan with Magsaysay highlighted
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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 Mary Catherine Jardin Neil Ponce de Leon Teresita Evio Melvin Abrea Renerio Andao Cynthia Quejano Anacleto Garcellano Renante Rodriguez
•  Electorate	8,046 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	49.48 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]
• Total	12,603
• Density	250/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
• Electricity	Palawan Electric Cooperative (PALECO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	5319
PSGC	175314000
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]

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.

• Alcoba
• Balaguen
• Canipo
• Cocoro
• Danawan (Poblacion)
• Emilod
• Igabas
• Lacaren
• Los Angeles
• Lucbuan – one of the oldest barangays in Magsaysay. The Saint Michael Archangel Parish Church, where the town fiesta is celebrated, and Cuyo Airport are both located in Lucbuan.
• Rizal

Climate

Climate data for Magsaysay, Palawan
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
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 days	12.1	9.4	13.0	14.3	22.7	26.9	28.0	26.4	27.0	27.0	22.7	17.8	247.3
Source: Meteoblue [5]

Demographics

Population census of Magsaysay

Year Pop. ±% 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%	Year Pop. ±% 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.

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
Map of the territory of the Republic of Lucbuan from 1899 to 1902 under Don Casiano Padon.
Capital	Lucbuan
Common languages	Cuyonon, Tagalog and Spanish
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Government	Revolutionary Dictatorial Government
• Governor	Don Casiano Padon
History
• Established by Don Casiano Padon	1899
• Arrival of American Forces	1902
Preceded by Succeeded by First Philippine Republic United States Military Government of the Philippine Islands

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]

References

1.   Municipality of Magsaysay | (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). "Mimaropa". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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5. "Magsaysay, Palawan: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
6. Census of Population (2015). "Region IV-B (Mimaropa)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 20 June 2016.
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10. "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
11. "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
12. "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
13. "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
14. "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
15. "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
16. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
17. "Cuyunon Island by Lydia Mary De Leon". Archived from the original on 2010-03-04. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
18. "Cuyo Island, Palawan, Philippines". Ako Cuyonon. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
19. "Palawan History Excerpt". Pdfslide.net. Retrieved 2021-05-03.
20. Bewley, Luther B. (January 1961). 1961: Rizal Centennial Year. Manila: The Grand Lodge of the Philippines. p. 71.
21. Tupaz, Harry (14 February 2015). "Magsaysay, Palawan: Lucbuan Republic". Viajero.
22. Republic Act No. 3426 (18 June 1961), An Act Creating the Municipality of Magsaysay in the Province of Palawan, The Corpus Juris, retrieved September 22, 2023
23. "Executive Summary (Magsaysay)" (PDF). Commission on Audit . Retrieved September 22, 2023.

External links

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