Sagbayan

Sagbayan Borja
Municipality
Municipality of Sagbayan
San Agustin
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Map of Bohol with Sagbayan highlighted
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Sagbayan Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 9°55′N124°06′E / 9.92°N 124.1°E / 9.92; 124.1
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Visayas
Province	Bohol
District	2nd district
Founded	February 9, 1949
Renamed	June 21, 1957
Barangays	24 (see Barangays)
Government   [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
•  Mayor	Restituto Q. Suarez III (suspended) [2] Asuncion B. Ybañez (acting)
•  Representative	Ma. Vanessa C. Aumentado
•  Municipal Council	Members Angelyn T. Camacho Mark A. Fajardo Ricardo L. Suarez Rodino L. Tambacan Hans B. Pojas Roque C. Amores Charito P. Lao Richard P. Mier
•  Electorate	16,758 voters (2022)
Area [3]
• Total	69.61 km2 (26.88 sq mi)
Elevation	424 m (1,391 ft)
Highest elevation	327 m (1,073 ft)
Lowest elevation	47 m (154 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [4]
• Total	24,335
• Density	350/km2 (910/sq mi)
•  Households	5,897
Economy
•  Income class	4th municipal income class
•  Poverty incidence	21.50 % (2018) [5]
•  Revenue	₱ 113.5 million (2020)
•  Assets	₱ 337.3 million (2020)
•  Expenditure	₱ 137 million (2020)
•  Liabilities	₱ 45.93 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Bohol 1 Electric Cooperative (BOHECO 1)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	6331
PSGC	071236000
IDD  :  area code	+63 (0)38
Native languages	Boholano dialect Cebuano Tagalog

Sagbayan, officially the Municipality of Sagbayan (Cebuano : Munisipyo sa Sagbayan; Tagalog : Bayan ng Sagbayan), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 24,335 people. ^[4]

Its main attraction is Sagbayan Peak, a tourism site overlooking a scenic valley with an observation platform and children's playground. ^[6] While some similar hill formations are visible, it is not within the main Chocolate Hills area.

Sagbayan is 74 kilometres (46 mi) from Tagbilaran.

Sagbayan celebrates its feast on May 4/August 28, to honor the town patron San Agustin. ^[7]

Etymology

The name Sagbayan came from the combination of the local words Sag which means nest, and Bay (short of Balay) which means house. Therefore, Sagbayan means a place for making tree-houses.

Long ago, the place was said to be plentiful of deer and wild pig. People often visit the place to hunt them. They constructed tree houses while waiting for their prey to appear. As time goes, these animals were depopulated, leaving only tree houses left by the hunters. ^[8]

The proper pronunciation of word Ságbayan has a stress on its first syllable, ^[8] not Sagbayán, which has stress on its suffix -an, therefore debunking the word Sagbayán which means a place to hang. ^[9]

History

Sagbayan was formerly part of the surrounding municipalities of Clarin, Inabanga, Carmen, and Balilihan. It was created into a separate town through Executive Order No. 204 of President Elpidio Quirino on February 9, 1949, and named Borja, ^[10] in honor of Salustiano Borja, the first elected civil governor of the Province of Bohol. ^[9]

The original list of its barangays and sitios were Sagbayan, Canmaya Centro, Canmaya Diot, Canmano, San Antonio, and San Isidro, and the sitios of Santa Cruz, San Vicente Norte, San Vicente Sur, San Ramon, and Kalangahan (Calangahan), from Clarin; the sitios of Mantalongon and Katipunan from Inabanga, and the sitios of Cabasacan (Kabasacan) and Ubuhan (Ubojan) from Balilihan (note: Catigbian wasstill part of Balilihan until its reorganization on June 17, 1949 ^[11] ). Barangay Sagbayan became its Poblacion which is the seat of government of the municipality.

Through the Republic Act No. 1741, it was reverted to its original name, Sagbayan on June 21, 1957, signed by President Carlos P. Garcia. ^[12]

On October 15, 2013, Sagbayan was close to the epicenter of a magnitude 7.2 earthquake. The town suffered 12 fatalities and damage to almost 1,000 homes, as well as total destruction of its town hall. ^[13]

Geography

Barangays

Sagbayan is politically subdivded into 24 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

PSGC	Barangay	Population			±% p.a.
		2020 [4]		2010 [14]
071236001	Calangahan	3.9%	957	910	▴	0.50%
071236002	Canmano	3.9%	947	1,006	▾	−0.60%
071236003	Canmaya Centro	6.0%	1,448	1,317	▴	0.95%
071236004	Canmaya Diot	5.0%	1,221	1,161	▴	0.51%
071236005	Dagnawan	3.5%	842	525	▴	4.84%
071236006	Kabasacan	2.2%	539	490	▴	0.96%
071236007	Kagawasan	1.5%	376	370	▴	0.16%
071236008	Katipunan	2.4%	591	600	▾	−0.15%
071236009	Langtad	2.2%	530	570	▾	−0.72%
071236010	Libertad Norte	1.5%	353	316	▴	1.11%
071236011	Libertad Sur	0.5%	117	184	▾	−4.43%
071236012	Mantalongon	3.9%	952	707	▴	3.02%
071236013	Poblacion	17.1%	4,154	3,945	▴	0.52%
071236014	Sagbayan Sur	4.8%	1,170	1,011	▴	1.47%
071236015	San Agustin	4.3%	1,037	867	▴	1.81%
071236016	San Antonio	4.0%	966	852	▴	1.26%
071236017	San Isidro	3.6%	882	736	▴	1.83%
071236018	San Ramon	2.3%	563	405	▴	3.35%
071236019	San Roque	1.8%	434	420	▴	0.33%
071236020	San Vicente Norte	3.2%	789	715	▴	0.99%
071236021	San Vicente Sur	1.2%	302	290	▴	0.41%
071236022	Santa Catalina	4.7%	1,136	721	▴	4.65%
071236023	Santa Cruz	3.8%	920	985	▾	−0.68%
071236024	Ubojan	4.6%	1,113	988	▴	1.20%
	Total		24,335	20,091	▴	1.93%

Climate

Climate data for Sagbayan, Bohol
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	26 (79)	27 (81)	28 (82)	29 (84)	30 (86)	29 (84)	28 (82)	29 (84)	29 (84)	28 (82)	27 (81)	27 (81)	28 (83)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	21 (70)	21 (70)	21 (70)	22 (72)	23 (73)	23 (73)	22 (72)	22 (72)	22 (72)	22 (72)	22 (72)	22 (72)	22 (72)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	98 (3.9)	82 (3.2)	96 (3.8)	71 (2.8)	104 (4.1)	129 (5.1)	101 (4.0)	94 (3.7)	99 (3.9)	135 (5.3)	174 (6.9)	143 (5.6)	1,326 (52.3)
Average rainy days	18.0	14.1	17.1	16.8	23.7	25.7	25.8	23.3	24.2	25.9	24.0	20.6	259.2
Source: Meteoblue [15]

Demographics

Population census of Sagbayan

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1960	8,720	—
1970	10,822	+2.18%
1975	12,500	+2.93%
1980	12,703	+0.32%
1990	15,364	+1.92%
1995	16,488	+1.33%
2000	18,346	+2.32%
2007	19,399	+0.77%
2010	20,091	+1.28%
2015	22,339	+2.04%
2020	24,335	+1.70%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [16] [14] [17] [18]

Economy

Poverty Incidence of Sagbayan

10 20 30 40 50 60 2006 57.10 2009 48.78 2012 24.01 2015 23.90 2018 21.50 2021 25.05 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]

Gallery

• 
  Municipal Building (totally destroyed in the 2013 earthquake)
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  Sagbayan Peak
• 
  View of the Chocolate Hills from Sagbayan Peak

See also

• List of renamed cities and municipalities of the Philippines

References

1.   Municipality of Sagbayan | (DILG)
2. "Bohol governor, 68 others suspended over Chocolate Hills resort mess". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
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10. Executive Order No. 1949 (9 February 1949), Organizing certain barrios and sitios of the municipalities of Clarin, Inabanga and Balilihan, province of Bohol, into an independent municipality under the name of Borja
11. Executive Order No. 229 (17 June 1949), ORGANIZING CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE MUNICIPALITIES OF BALILIHAN, ANTEQUERA AND TUBIGON, ALL OF THE PROVINCE OF BOHOL, INTO AN INDEPENDENT MUNICIPALITY UNDER THE NAME OF SAN JACINTO. (PDF)
12. Republic Act No. 1741 (21 June 1957), An Act Changing the Name of the Municipality of Borja, Province of Bohol, to Sagbayan
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15. "Sagbayan: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
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17. Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.
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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.

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Sagbayan
• Municipality of Sagbayan
• Sagbayan Peak Viewdeck - overlooking Chocolate hills