Mayantoc

Mayantoc
Municipality
Municipality of Mayantoc
Municipal Hall
Flag Seal
Map of Tarlac with Mayantoc highlighted
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Mayantoc Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 15°37′13″N120°22′39″E / 15.6203°N 120.3775°E / 15.6203; 120.3775
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Luzon
Province	Tarlac
District	1st district
Founded	1917
Barangays	24 (see Barangays)
Government   [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
•  Mayor	Julie P. Icmat
•  Vice Mayor	Avelino E. Pobre
•  Representative	Carlos O. Cojuangco
•  Electorate	21,300 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	311.42 km2 (120.24 sq mi)
Elevation	58 m (190 ft)
Highest elevation	262 m (860 ft)
Lowest elevation	21 m (69 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [3]
• Total	32,597
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
•  Households	8,232
Economy
•  Income class	3rd municipal income class
•  Poverty incidence	6.88 % (2018) [4]
•  Revenue	₱ 167.8 million (2020)
•  Assets	₱ 350.5 million (2020)
•  Expenditure	₱ 148.8 million (2020)
•  Liabilities	₱ 51.6 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Tarlac 1 Electric Cooperative (TARELCO 1)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	2304
PSGC	036908000
IDD  :  area code	+63 (0)45
Native languages	Pangasinan Tagalog Kapampangan Ilocano
Website	www.mayantoc.gov.ph

Mayantoc, officially the Municipality of Mayantoc (Pangasinan : Baley na Mayantoc; Ilocano : Ili ti Mayantoc; Tagalog : Bayan ng Mayantoc), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Tarlac, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 32,597 people. ^[3]

It is nestled in the foothills of the Zambales Mountains where the Camiling River originates and provides many scenic picnic and swimming sites, making it known as the summer capital of the province. The most common road to Mayantoc starts at "Crossing Mayantoc", at the national highway to Camiling, Tarlac just after the then Tarlac College of Agriculture (now the Tarlac Agricultural University) campus.

Etymology

The town got its name after a palm called 'yantoc' due to its abundance in the place.

History

The first settlers of Mayantoc before the coming of Christian migrants were the negritos of the Abiling tribe. As they arrived in great numbers, so the natives were soon forced to move deeper into the forest areas of the Zambales mountain range.

The Christian settlers, mostly came from the Ilocos region, notably the towns of Cabugao, Tagudin, Sarrat, Paoay, Sinait and Bacarra settled in villages in the southern portion of the thriving town of Camiling, acknowledged as the mother town of Mayantoc. These villages later formed the barangay of Mayantoc under the township of Camiling. The place was still a forested area where rattan was abundant, a palm known by visitor traders as "Yantoc", so that in time the barangay became known as Na Maraming Yantoc–the place of yantoc– later just Ma-Yantoc. As the barangay progressed and grew in the size and population, its inhabitants retained "Mayantoc" as its official name.

In an effort to convert the barangay of Mayantoc into a town, a petition signed by the inhabitants was sent to the proper authorities on 23 December 1916, with title deeds of several parcels of lands attached for the proposed school, market, plaza and town hall sites.

There were many others who helped in the birth of the new town, including Governor Gardner and Representative Luis Morales. Don Sergio Osmena, the speaker of House of Representative also helped in the granting of the people's petition. Then the American Governor General Francisco Burton Harrison promulgated Executive Order No. 96 declaring Mayantoc a separate town from Camiling and the new town was inaugurated on 17 January 1917. Don Manuel de Leon, then Governor of Tarlac province appointed Castillan Antonio Sanz, as the town first Municipal President. However Sanz was autocratic in Spanish customs and was in office for only six months, before a petition seeking his ousting, signed by several municipal councilors.

When the provincial board of Tarlac received the petition, Antonio Sanz was unseated, to be succeeded by the Vice President, Don Francisco Pascual Santos. That same year, an election was held in which Don Francisco P. Santos became the first elected Municipal President of Mayantoc.

The question of leadership having been popularly decided, the townspeople then took up the task of building the physical facilities of the community. The problem of a presentable Presidencia came up. But the municipal government was very poor. Bridges and roads were urgently needed. Canals along the roads of the town, especially around the plaza, needed digging. There were plenty of problems but few resources. The principal resource was the people themselves, imbued with pioneering spirit, cooperative and loyal to the leadership. The people donated whatever material they could afford, and freely gave their time and labor on the different projects of the new town.

Geography

Barangays

Mayantoc is administratively divided into 24 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

• Ambalingit
• Baybayaoas
• Bigbiga
• Binbinaca
• Calabtangan
• Caocaoayan
• Carabaoan
• Cubcub
• Gayonggayong
• Gossood
• Labney
• Mamonit
• Maniniog
• Mapandan
• Melecio Manganaan
• Nambalan
• Pedro L. Quines
• Pitombayog
• Poblacion Norte
• Poblacion Sur
• Rotrottooc
• San Bartolome
• San Jose
• Taldiapan

Climate

Climate data for Mayantoc, Tarlac
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	30 (86)	31 (88)	33 (91)	35 (95)	33 (91)	31 (88)	30 (86)	29 (84)	29 (84)	30 (86)	31 (88)	30 (86)	31 (88)
Average low °C (°F)	19 (66)	19 (66)	20 (68)	22 (72)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	23 (73)	22 (72)	21 (70)	20 (68)	22 (71)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	3 (0.1)	2 (0.1)	5 (0.2)	10 (0.4)	80 (3.1)	107 (4.2)	138 (5.4)	147 (5.8)	119 (4.7)	70 (2.8)	26 (1.0)	8 (0.3)	715 (28.1)
Average rainy days	2.0	1.7	2.7	4.6	16.1	20.8	24.0	23.0	21.4	15.5	8.0	3.2	143
Source: Meteoblue [5]

Demographics

Population census of Mayantoc

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1918	5,480	—
1939	7,196	+1.31%
1948	7,988	+1.17%
1960	10,228	+2.08%
1970	13,558	+2.86%
1975	16,427	+3.92%
1980	17,135	+0.85%
1990	21,170	+2.14%
1995	22,952	+1.53%
2000	24,693	+1.58%
2007	27,274	+1.38%
2010	29,987	+3.51%
2015	32,232	+1.38%
2020	32,597	+0.22%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [6] [7] [8] [9]

In the 2020 census, the population of Mayantoc, Tarlac, was 32,597 people, ^[3] with a density of 100 inhabitants per square kilometre or 260 inhabitants per square mile.

Points of interest

• Saint Joseph Parish Church of Mayantoc (F-1842): Feast day, March 19; Parish Priest: Father Hipolito Pardinian; Vicariate of St. Michael the Archangel, Vicar Forane: Father Fred Dizon under the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarlac.
• ASEAN-New Zealand (ANZAP) Twin Falls, Barangay Bigbiga
• Kiti Calao Waterfalls, Barangay San Jose
• Calao Ecological Park, Barangay San Jose
• Nambalan Trails Jump Off (Nambalan Saweng), Barangay Nambalan
• Istaka, Barangay Gossood
• Garma's Farms, Barangay Gossood
• Hidden Paradise, Barangay Mapandan
• Labney Water Camps, Barangay Labney

Gallery

• 
  Mayantoc Welcome Arch (Old)
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  Saint Joseph Parish Church of Mayantoc
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  Crusaders Of The Divine Church Of Christ
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  Mayantoc Farmer's Arch (formerly known as Flying A)
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  Mayantoc Covered court
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  Mayantoc Public market

References

1.   Municipality of Mayantoc | (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 III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 8 July 2021.
4. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
5. "Mayantoc: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
6. Census of Population (2015). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 20 June 2016.
7. Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region III (Central Luzon)" (PDF). Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office . Retrieved 29 June 2016.
8. Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.
9. "Province of Tarlac". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
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.

External links

• Mayantoc Profile at PhilAtlas.com
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Official website