Sagbayan Explained

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Leader Name:Restituto Q. Suarez III (suspended)[1]
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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.

Its main attraction is Sagbayan Peak, a tourism site overlooking a scenic valley with an observation platform and children's playground.[2] While some similar hill formations are visible, it is not within the main Chocolate Hills area.

Sagbayan is from Tagbilaran.

Sagbayan celebrates its feast on May 4/August 28, to honor the town patron San Agustin.[3]

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.[4]

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

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,[5] in honor of Salustiano Borja, the first elected civil governor of the Province of Bohol.

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[6]). 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.[7]

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.[8]

Geography

Barangays

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

Climate

Demographics

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Bohol governor, 68 others suspended over Chocolate Hills resort mess . 28 May 2024 . Philippine Daily Inquirer . 28 May 2024 . en.
  2. Web site: Best of Bohol Attractions. www.bohol-philippines.com. 2019-02-21.
  3. Web site: Bohol Festivals Timetable. www.bohol-philippines.com. 2019-04-01.
  4. News: Toponyms of Bohol and its Towns, Part 10. Jes B. Tirol. Bohol Chronicle. March 13, 2011 .
  5. 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. EO. 1949. 9 February 1949.
  6. EO. 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..
  7. An Act Changing the Name of the Municipality of Borja, Province of Bohol, to Sagbayan. RA. 1741. 21 June 1957.
  8. Web site: SitRep No. 35 re Effects of Magnitude 7.2 Sagbayan, Bohol Earthquake . . November 3, 2013 . November 7, 2013.