Pinili

Pinili
Municipality
Municipality of Pinili
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Map of Ilocos Norte with Pinili highlighted
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Pinili Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 17°57′14″N120°31′37″E / 17.954°N 120.527°E / 17.954; 120.527
Country	Philippines
Region	Ilocos Region
Province	Ilocos Norte
District	2nd district
Barangays	25 (see Barangays)
Government   [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
•  Mayor	Rommel T. Labasan
•  Vice Mayor	Maynard Francis R. Bumanglag
•  Representative	Eugenio Angelo M. Barba
•  Municipal Council	Members Mel Lawrence O. Coloma Rey A. Gabur Julius P. Fernandez Amor M. Bagarino Jerry P. Fernandez Louie Joy D. Pagdilao Anunciacion D. Pagdilao Reizel A. Cabie
•  Electorate	12,486 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	89.48 km2 (34.55 sq mi)
Elevation	70 m (230 ft)
Highest elevation	415 m (1,362 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [3]
• Total	17,626
• Density	200/km2 (510/sq mi)
•  Households	4,374
Economy
•  Income class	3rd municipal income class
•  Poverty incidence	6.01 % (2018) [4]
•  Revenue	₱ 104.8 million (2020)
•  Assets	₱ 729 million (2020)
•  Expenditure	₱ 161 million (2020)
•  Liabilities	₱ 64.88 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative (INEC)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	2905
PSGC	012819000
IDD  :  area code	+63 (0)77
Native languages	Ilocano Tagalog
Website	www.pinili.gov.ph

Pinili, officially the Municipality of Pinili (Ilocano : Ili ti Pinili; Tagalog : Bayan ng Pinili), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,626 people. ^[3]

History

Pinili was once a forested hilly part of the towns of Paoay, Badoc, and Batac. Pinili is both a Tagalog and Ilokano word for 'chosen'. ^[5]

Then vicar of the Philippine Revolution Gregorio Aglipay and his Sandataan guerrilla chose the then thickly forested hilly area of Pinili to be his and his guerrillas’ last stand against the advancing American troops who are out to subdue President Emilio Aguinaldo and his followers north of the capital Manila. Some are romanticizing that it was Aglipay who selected the name Pinili, but in fact it was the area's elders themselves who chose to unite and be one municipality after the Philippine-American War for unity and closer cooperation. ^[6]

Pinili was made an independent town on January 20, 1920, after then Governor General Francis Burton Harrison signed on Dec. 20, 1919 his Executive Order No. 92. Felipe Arcangel was appointed by townmate Aglipay as the first town chief executive.

Later on during the Japanese occupation in the 1940s, bolomen from the town, headed by Mariano Gamatero, with three subordinate officers ranked major, Agustin Cabie, Cecilio Vermudez, and Florencio Tacub, fought guerrilla warfare using military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility, to fight the larger and less-mobile Japanese troops.

On the first day of 2020, Pinili's history is re-enacted at the town square after a Thanksgiving Mass in Kullabeng, the site where Aglipay used to meet up with elders of the area before it became a town. It was also there where Aglipay, then no longer a Catholic, celebrated what was to be called the first Aglipayan Mass.

Geography

Barangays

Pinili is politically subdivided into 25 barangays.  ^[7] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

• Aglipay
• Apatut-Lubong
• Badio
• Barbar
• Buanga
• Bulbulala
• Bungro
• Cabaroan
• Capangdanan
• Dalayap
• Darat
• Gulpeng
• Liliputen
• Lumbaan-Bicbica
• Nagtrigoan
• Pagdilao (Poblacion)
• Pugaoan
• Puritac
• Sacritan
• Salanap
• Santo Tomas
• Tartarabang
• Puzol
• Upon
• Valbuena (Poblacion)

Climate

Climate data for Pinili, Ilocos Norte
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	29 (84)	31 (88)	32 (90)	34 (93)	32 (90)	31 (88)	30 (86)	30 (86)	30 (86)	30 (86)	30 (86)	29 (84)	31 (87)
Average low °C (°F)	18 (64)	19 (66)	20 (68)	23 (73)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	22 (72)	21 (70)	19 (66)	22 (71)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	9 (0.4)	11 (0.4)	13 (0.5)	23 (0.9)	92 (3.6)	122 (4.8)	153 (6.0)	137 (5.4)	139 (5.5)	141 (5.6)	42 (1.7)	14 (0.6)	896 (35.4)
Average rainy days	4.6	4.0	6.2	9.1	19.5	23.2	24.0	22.5	21.5	15.2	10.5	6.0	166.3
Source: Meteoblue [8]

Demographics

Population census of Pinili

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1939	7,890	—
1948	8,318	+0.59%
1960	10,472	+1.94%
1970	12,211	+1.55%
1975	12,741	+0.86%
1980	13,521	+1.20%
1990	14,950	+1.01%
1995	14,817	−0.17%
2000	15,903	+1.53%
2007	16,185	+0.24%
2010	16,732	+1.22%
2015	17,300	+0.64%
2020	17,626	+0.37%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [9] [10] [11] [12]

In the 2020 census, the population of Pinili was 17,626 people, ^[3] with a density of 200 inhabitants per square kilometre or 520 inhabitants per square mile.

Government

Local government

Main article: Sangguniang Bayan

Pinili, belonging to the second congressional district of the province of Ilocos Norte, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.

Elected officials

Members of the Municipal Council
(2019–2022) ^[20]

Position	Name
Congressman	Eugenio Angelo M. Barba
Mayor	Rommel T. Labasan
Vice-Mayor	Maynard Francis R. Bumanglag
Councilors	Mel Lawrence O. Coloma
	Rey A. Gabur
	Julius P. Fernandez
	Amor M. Bagarino
	Jerry P. Fernandez
	Louie Joy D. Pagdilao
	Anunciacion D. Pagdilao
	Reizel A. Cabie

References

1.   Municipality of Pinili | (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 I (Ilocos Region)". 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. "The Philippines 'chosen' town". Manila Standard. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
6. "Pinili turns its centennial page". Manila Standard. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
7. "Province: Ilocos Norte". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 12 November 2016.
8. "Pinili: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
9. Census of Population (2015). "Region I (Ilocos Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 20 June 2016.
10. Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region I (Ilocos Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office . Retrieved 29 June 2016.
11. Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region I (Ilocos Region)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.
12. "Province of Ilocos Norte". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
13. "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
14. "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
15. "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
16. "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
17. "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
18. "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
19. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
20. "2019 National and Local Elections" (PDF). Commission on Elections. Retrieved March 10, 2022.

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System