Sabangan
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| Municipality of Sabangan | |
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Map of Mountain Province with Sabangan highlighted
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  Sabangan Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 17°00′16″N 120°55′24″E / 17.0044°N 120.9233°E / 17.0044; 120.9233 | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Cordillera Administrative Region |
| Province | Mountain Province |
| District | Lone district |
| Barangays | 15 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Marcial C. Lawilao Jr. |
| • Vice Mayor | Dario P. Esden |
| • Representative | Maximo Y. Dalug Jr. |
| • Electorate | 8,583 voters (2022) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 72.04 km2 (27.81 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,441 m (4,728 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 2,665 m (8,743 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 970 m (3,180 ft) |
| Population
(2020 census)[3]
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| • Total | 9,621 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (350/sq mi) |
| • Households | 2,303 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 5th municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence |
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| • Revenue | ₱ 94.74 million (2020) |
| • Assets | ₱ 275 million (2020) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 67.31 million (2020) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 86.89 million (2020) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Mountain Province Electric Cooperative (MOPRECO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code |
2622
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| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)74 |
| Native languages | Balangao Bontoc Ilocano Tagalog Kankanaey |
| Website | www |
Sabangan, officially the Municipality of Sabangan is a 5th class municipality in the provinceofMountain Province, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 9,621 people.[3]
Sabangan is 18 kilometres (11 mi) from the provincial capital Bontoc, 374 kilometres (232 mi) from Manila via Halsema Highway, and 22 kilometres (14 mi) from Sagada.
Sabangan was one of several municipalities in Mountain Province which would have been flooded by the Chico River Dam Project during the Marcos dictatorship, alongside Bauko, Bontoc, Sadanga, Sagada, and parts of Barlig.[5] However, the indigenous peoples of Kalinga Province and Mountain Province resisted the project and when hostilities resulted in the murder of Macli-ing Dulag, the project became unpopular and was abandoned before Marcos was ousted by the 1986 People Power Revolution.[6]
Sabangan is politically subdivided into 15 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
| Climate data for Sabangan, Mountain Province | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21 (70) |
23 (73) |
24 (75) |
26 (79) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
22 (72) |
24 (75) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15 (59) |
15 (59) |
16 (61) |
18 (64) |
19 (66) |
19 (66) |
19 (66) |
19 (66) |
19 (66) |
18 (64) |
17 (63) |
16 (61) |
18 (63) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 35 (1.4) |
46 (1.8) |
63 (2.5) |
117 (4.6) |
402 (15.8) |
400 (15.7) |
441 (17.4) |
471 (18.5) |
440 (17.3) |
258 (10.2) |
94 (3.7) |
68 (2.7) |
2,835 (111.6) |
| Average rainy days | 9.9 | 19.5 | 13.9 | 18.9 | 26.0 | 27.3 | 28.9 | 28.5 | 26.1 | 19.7 | 14.5 | 12.8 | 246 |
| Source: Meteoblue (modeled/calculated data, not measured locally)[7] | |||||||||||||
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| Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[8][9][10][11] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Poverty incidence of Sabangan
5
10
15
20
25
30
2006
2009
2012
2015
2018
2021
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] |
Sabangan, belonging to the lone congressional district of the province of Mountain Province, 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.
Members of the Municipal Council (2019–2022):[20]
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Places adjacent to Sabangan
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