Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay
Ipil | |
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| Municipality of Ipil | |
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| Motto(s): Ipil: Our place, our responsibility, our pride! | |
 Map of Zamboanga Sibugay with Ipil highlighted | |
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.svg)  Ipil Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 7°46′56″N 122°35′12″E / 7.7822222°N 122.5866667°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Zamboanga Peninsula |
| Province | Zamboanga Sibugay |
| District | 2nd district |
| Founded | July 26, 1949 |
| Barangays | 28 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • mayor of Ipil[*] | Anamel C. Olegario |
| • Vice Mayor | Ramses Troy D. Olegario |
| • Representative | Antonieta R. Eudela |
| • Municipal Council | Members |
| • Electorate | 61,059 voters (2022) |
| Area | |
• Total | 241.60 km2 (93.28 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 27 m (89 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 185 m (607 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | −2 m (−7 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[3] | |
• Total | 89,401 |
| • Density | 370/km2 (960/sq mi) |
| • Households | 21,548 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 1st municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 18.34 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 305.5 million (2020) |
| • Assets | ₱ 1,074 million (2020) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 294 million (2020) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 221.3 million (2020) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Zamboanga del Sur 2 Electric Cooperative (ZAMSURECO 2) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 7001 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)62 |
| Native languages | Subanon Cebuano Chavacano Tagalog Maguindanaon |
| Website | ipilsibugay |
Ipil, officially the Municipality of Ipil (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Ipil; Maguindanaon: Inged nu Ipil, Jawi: ايڠد نو ايڤل Chavacano: Municipalidad de Ipil), is a 1st class municipality and capital of the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 89,401 people.[3] Ipil is the most populous municipality of Zamboanga Sibugay, and the second most populous in Region IX after Sindangan.
Ipil Airport is located at Barangay Sanito, along the Pan Philippine Highway, and it is the only airport in Zamboanga Sibugay.
History
[edit]Ipil used to be known as Sanito, a place under barrio Bacalan under the Municipality of Kabasalan. It was a swampy area and a docking spot for pioneering Ilocanos who settled in the upper areas of Titay. Ipil was a jumping point for their lantsa sailing to Zamboanga City. The first mayor of Ipil was Gregorio Dar, an Ilocano who came from Titay. The Dar Family were the second batch of Ilocanos who settled upon the invitation of Mariano Families who are among the first batch of Ilocanos from Luzon. When Sanito became a Town in 1949,[5] its name was changed to Ipil, as there were many Ipil trees found within the said locale.
The territory was further reduced when, through Batas Pambansa Blg. 183 of 1982, fourteen barangays were separated to create the municipality of Roseller Lim.[6]
Early Ilocano routes
[edit]The first Ilocanos used Ipil as the nearest jump point in connecting Titay with Zamboanga City. They would walk via Lumbia then to Longilog then Gabo reaching Mayabang their original settlement. It was this route that they do not have to cross the rivers as it is uphill. It was the Ilocanos who first set foot on these areas. Mayabang came from the first Tagalog settlers who intermarried with the first ilocano settlers of the place.
Ipil massacre
[edit]On the morning of April 4, 1995, Ipil was attacked by approximately 200 heavily armed Abu Sayyaf militants who fired upon residents, strafed civilian homes, plundered banks, took up to 30 hostages and then burned the centre of the town to the ground.[7][8]
The militants allegedly arrived in the town by boat and bus, and a number of them had been dressed in military clothing.
The town's Chief of Police was reportedly killed in the attack and close to a billion pesos were looted from eight commercial banks.[9] Army commandos pursued some rebel gunmen in nearby mountains while officials said that the rebels were looting farms and seizing civilians as "human shields" as they fled the town of[10] about 40 rebels, who may have taken hostages, were cornered in a school compound west of Ipil on April 6 when an elite army unit attacked. In the fighting that followed, the television station GMA reported, 11 civilians were killed.[10]
Geography
[edit]Ipil is located three hours from the key cities in the region (Dipolog, Pagadian and Zamboanga City). The Ipil seaport is 4 kilometres (2 mi) south of the town center.
Barangays
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Ipil is subdivided into 28 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
- Bacalan
- Bangkerohan
- Buluan
- Caparan
- Domandan
- Don Andres
- Doña Josefa
- Guituan
- Ipil Heights
- Labe
- Logan
- Tirso Babiera (Lower Ipil Heights)
- Lower Taway
- Lumbia
- Maasin
- Magdaup
- Makilas
- Pangi
- Poblacion
- Sanito
- Suclema
- Taway
- Tenan
- Tiayon
- Timalang
- Tomitom
- Upper Pangi
- Veteran's Village
Climate
[edit]| Climate data for Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31 (88) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23 (73) |
23 (73) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
24 (75) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 61 (2.4) |
55 (2.2) |
75 (3.0) |
81 (3.2) |
145 (5.7) |
189 (7.4) |
189 (7.4) |
197 (7.8) |
162 (6.4) |
181 (7.1) |
115 (4.5) |
70 (2.8) |
1,520 (59.9) |
| Average rainy days | 16.4 | 15.7 | 19.1 | 21.5 | 26.9 | 27.1 | 26.4 | 25.0 | 24.2 | 26.8 | 23.5 | 18.7 | 271.3 |
| Source: Meteoblue (modeled/calculated data, not measured locally)[11] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
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| Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[12][13][14][15] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Economy
[edit]Poverty incidence of Ipil
10
20
30
40
2006
29.30 2009
32.23 2012
19.67 2015
23.22 2018
22.30 2021
18.34 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] |
Government
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List of former chief executives
[edit]- Merjuar
- Generoso Sucgang
- Col Escalona
- Andres P. Olegario (1972 – 1986)[citation needed]
- Henry de Villa (1986 – 1988)
- José Fontanoza (1988 – 1992)
- Francisco Q. Pontanar (1992 – 1998)
- Rey Andre C. Olegario (1998 – 2007)[24]
- Eldwin M. Alibutdan (2007 – 2016)[25]
- Anamel C. Olegario (2016 – present)
Healthcare
[edit]- Zamboanga Sibugay Provincial Hospital
- Dr. Henry De Villa Memorial Hospital
- Dr. M. Simon Hospital
- Ipil Doctors Hospital
Media
[edit]Radio stations
[edit]AM
[edit]FM
[edit]- 88.7 Radyo Bisdak (Times Broadcasting Network Corporation)
- 92.7 The Edge Radio (United Christian Broadcasters)
- 94.3 Infinite Radio (St. Jude Thaddeus Institute of Technology)
- 95.3 Radyo Natin (Manila Broadcasting Company/Radyo Natin Network)
- 96.5 DABIG C Radio (Prime Broadcasting Network)
- 99.3 FMR Zamboanga Sibugay (Philippine Collective Media Corporation)
- 100.1 Juander Radyo (Capitol Broadcasting Center)
- 100.9 Brigada News FM (Brigada Mass Media Corporation)
- Magic 103.1 (EMedia Productions)
Cable and Satellite TV
[edit]- Ipil Cable TV
- Cignal Digital TV
- G Sat Direct TV
Newspapers
[edit]- Zamboanga Sibugay Tribune
- The Sibugay Express
References
[edit]- ^ Municipality of Ipil | (DILG)
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Census of Population (2020). "Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ "Executive Order No. 249, s. 1949 | GOVPH".
- ^ "Batas Pambansa Blg. 183". Legislative Digital Resources. Senate of the Philippines. March 16, 1982. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ "Troops seek killers of 53 in Philippines". Ocala Star-Banner. April 12, 1995. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ^ "Gunmen raid Philippine town, 100 dead". Times-Union. Associated Press. April 4, 1995. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ^ "VICTORIA CALAGUIAN: Photojournalist". L.A. Zamboanga Times. December 22, 2008. Archived from the original on August 20, 2010. Retrieved March 23, 2010.
- ^ a b "World News Briefs; Filipino Troops Corner Rebels After Attack". The New York Times. April 7, 1995. Retrieved March 23, 2010.
- ^ "Ipil: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ Census of Population (2015). "Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula)" (PDF). Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
- ^ Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.
- ^ "Province of Zamboanga Sibugay". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
- ^ "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
- ^ "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
- ^ "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
- ^ "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
- ^ "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
- ^ "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ "The Libi Board of Directors: As of December 31, 2017" (PDF). LBP Insurance Brokerage, Inc. Inter-Island Information Systems, Inc. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
- ^ "LIST: Local bets who filed COCs on Day 5, October 17". Rappler. Rappler Inc. October 19, 2018. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
External links
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- Official Website of the Municipality of Ipil
- Philippine Standard Geographic Code
- Philippine Census Information
- DILG-Zamboanga Sibugay
- "LGU Directory: Ipil". Department of the Interior and Local Government. Archived from the original on March 1, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
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