Saturday, April 18, 2015

Calabanga is a first class municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. It is composed of 48 barangays, 14 of which are within the urban area and the remaining 34 barangays are within the rural areas. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 78,119 people, and a land area of 16,380 hectares (40,500 acres), which constitutes 3.1% of the province’s land area.

It is bounded on the west by the Bicol River and beyond the municipality of Cabusao; on the south by the municipality of Bombonand Naga City; on the east by the forest lands of Mount Isarog, the Tigman River and each tributary forming the natural boundary and beyond the municipality of Tinambac; on the north by the fishing grounds of San Miguel Bay, and beyond, the municipalities of Sipocot, Basud and Mercedes.
Map of Camarines Sur showing the location of Calabanga

Official Seal of Calabanga


Topography and slope

The topographic landscape of the municipality could be characterized as generally flat with a slope 0-3%, gently sloping (3-8%) towards the direction of the eastern portion and finally rolling up to higher steeps towards the direction of the southeastern part going to Mt. Isarog. The 0-3% slope is a broad area of flat to nearly level land which extends from Barangay Balongay along the Bicol River to Poblacion area and surrounding areas down to Barangay Manguiring. This is the dominant slope of the municipality.

Soil and water resources

There are six (6) soil types that could be found in the Municipality. These are the (1) Hydrosol which is dominant along the Bicol River covering parts of Barangays Balongay, San Bernardino and Punta Tarawal; (2) Balong Clay; (3) Pili Clay Loam; (4) Tigaon Clay which covers the poblacion; (5) Annan Clay Loam which could be found toward the direction of Tinambac and (6) Mountain Soil in the Mt. Isarog area.
The municipality of Calabanga is endowed with abundant natural resources. The major river systems, the Tigman, Hinaguianan and Inarihan rivers are presently utilized for irrigation purposes. They originate their main tributaries from Mt. Isarog and flow down in the northwestern direction ultimately discharging the flow to San Miguel Bay.
Calabanga is blessed with many natural spring water resources found in the eastern portion of the municipality along the northwestern flanks of Mt. Isarog. Most of these are found to be potential sources for potable water supply of the municipality, aside from the Hamislag and Tawang rivers.
Calabanga is bounded by water bodies, the San Miguel Bay on the northern part and the Bikol River on the western part which are sources of abundant supplies of fish of various species and other marine products.

Land use

With its generally flat terrain, the dominant land use is agricultural. The built-up areas and major rivers have the smallest portion of the total area. Built-up areas are clustered within the urban barangays. The urban areas expand in an almost linear development or ribbon like development pattern.
Proposed land use as embodied in the Comprehensive Land use Plan has delineated the Residential, Commercial, institutional area within the Urban Land Use while the agricultural, agro-industrial, special use could be found in the General land use.


Barangays

Calabanga is politically subdivided into 48 barangays, fourteen (14) of which are within the urban area while the remaining 34 barangays belong to the rural areas. It has 11 coastal barangays.

  • Balatasan
  • Balombon
  • Balongay
  • Belen
  • Bigaas
  • Binanuaanan Grande
  • Binanuaanan Pequeño
  • Binaliw
  • Bonot-Santa Rosa
  • Burabod
  • Cabanbanan
  • Cagsao
  • Camuning
  • Comaguingking
  • Del Carmen
  • Dominorog
  • Fabrica
  • Harubay
  • La Purisima (Quipayo)
  • Lugsad
  • Manguiring
  • Pagatpat
  • Paolbo
  • Pinada
  • Punta Tarawal
  • Quinale
  • Sabang
  • Salvacion-Baybay
  • San Antonio Poblacion
  • San Antonio (Quipayo)
  • San Bernardino
  • San Francisco
  • San Isidro
  • San Lucas
  • San Miguel
  • San Pablo
  • San Roque
  • San Vicente (
  • Santa Cruz Pob.
  • Santa Cruz (Quipayo)
  • Santa Isabel
  • Santa Salud
  • Santo Domingo
  • Santo Niño (Quipayo)
  • Siba-o
  • Sibobo
  • Sogod
  • Tomagodtod

History

In 1578 when the head Mission of Quipayo was established, Calabanga was only a visita or barrio. At that time, the place had vast forests and swamps and an abundance of wildlife such as monkeys, wild chickens, and forest lizard. Others say, it derived its name from the Bicol word “Calabangan”, the plural term of “labang” or “litag”, meaning a kind of snare for catching wild animals. Another legend says that Calabanga originated from the word “Calagbangan” meaning the wide, long, and straight street spanning from the church through the poblacion, east to west, called locally as “calabaan” or “calacbangan”.
Calabanga became known with 400 tributes. On July 15, 1749, it was separated from Quipayo by virtue of the approval of Don Fray Joan de Arechera, Bishop Elect of Nueva Segovia of the Commissary of the King, in the petition signed & filed by 37 Calabangueños on April 28, 1749 for town to be conveniently administered.
There were 2 visitas, visita de Cagapad and visita de hinarijan and 12 barrios. The barrios were san Antonio, San Vicente, Sta. Catalina, Nuestra Señora de Salud, San Lucas, San Miguel, Sta. Isabel, Nuestra Señora del Carmen, San Roque, San Pablo, San Jose (now Balongay) and Belen.
Calabanga is one of the municipalities of the province of Camarines Sur and a member of the Metro Naga Development Council. With its fishing grounds and the vast agricultural area, it is a major supplier of fish and other marine products and prime agricultural products in the province as well as in Metro Manila.

Economy

Calabanga is blessed with rich natural resources. It has big uplands and vast fishing grounds. Agricultural areas are the most extensive areas covering more than half of the total land area in this municipality. It is the dominant land use. Land devoted to crop production is approximately 7,609.79 has. Which include rice, corn and coconut as the major crops and other crops such as abaca, coffee, vegetables, rootcrops and fruit trees.
Side by side with agriculture, fishing and livestock raising constitutes major economic activities. The fish grounds of San Miguel Bay as well as the Bikol River are the rich sources of plentiful fish, shellfish, oysters, capiz shells, prawns, shrimps and other marine species providing various livelihood industries such as fish processing, fish paste and bagoong making and other marine by-product. These marine by-products as well as shrimps, prawn, mudcrabs are supplied to the city of Naga, other neighboring provinces as well as in Manila. Other water sources include Inarihan, Tigman and Hinaguinan river aside from the fishponds for the brackish and freshwater species.
Livestock raising is a thriving industry in the municipality, an inventory of livestock and poultry farms shows that there are 5 commercial piggery and 3 commercial poultry farms operating in the municipality aside from the backyard animal raising which is very common in rural areas.
Next to agriculture and fishing, commerce, trade and industry are important and significant aspects in the economy of the municipality. Commercial and industrial activities are more concentrated in the urban areas that include among others wholesale and retail trade, minor service centers, transport business, community and personal services, drugstores, agri-supplies, gasoline stations while industrial activities include rice milling, fish processing, bamboo craft, furniture making, garments, metal crafts, ice plant, welding and auto repair shops as well as other small enterprises. Nipa shingle production is also one industry predominant at western barangays where nipa swamps could be found. The products are sold not only within the municipality but to nearby towns and Naga City.
The presence of a new Calabanga Public Market which started operation last 1998 finally resolved the demands for a bigger marketing center, while Cooperatives throughout the municipality are gradually developing its enterprises.
The municipality is home to two malls, the LCC Center Calabanga which is located in the poblacion of the town, and the small Quipayo Community Center.
Calabanga's Market
Calabanga's Market

Education

The literacy rate in the municipality is high at 98.5%. The NSO survey in year 2000 for household population, 5 years old and over in terms of educational attainment, reflects the following; of the total population, 29,555 are in the elementary grade; 15,037 are in high school; only 2,623 or 0.045% of the population has no grade completed. 4, 446 are college under graduates with 1,057 degree holders and 201 with post baccalaureate degrees.
There are 38 public elementary schools in the entire municipality; eight high schools; one vocational and some five private schools that offer pre-school, grade school and high school. College education is being offered by two government- owned institutions, the Calabanga Community College and the Central Bicol State University of Agriculture (formerly : CSSAC - Calabanga Campus and privately owned computer Schools, one of which offer a multi- grade schooling from elementary to college levels (Malayan Computer College).(edited last Dec.3,2009 by Gilbert Caganda).
Name of SchoolAddress
Calabanga Central Division Pilot SchoolSan Francisco Calabanga Camarines Sur
Calabanga West Central SchoolSan Francisco Calabanga Camarines Sur
Balatasan Elementary SchoolBalatasan Calabanga Camarines Sur
Balombon Elementary SchoolBalombon Calabanga Camarines Sur
Balongay Elementary SchoolBalongay Calabanga Camarines Sur
Binaliw Elementary SchoolBinaliw Calabanga Camarines Sur
Binanuaanan Grande Elementary SchoolBinanuaanan Grande Calabanga Camarines Sur
Binanuanan Pequeño Elementary SchoolBinanuaanan Pequeño Calabanga Camarines Sur
Burabod Elementary SchoolBurabod Calabanga Camarines Sur
Cagsao Elementary SchoolCagsao Calabanga Camarines Sur
Camuning Elementary SchoolCamuning Calabanga Camarines Sur
Comaguingking Elementary SchoolComaguingking Calabanga Camarines Sur
Dominorog Elementary SchoolDominorog Calabanga Camarines Sur
G. Dumalasa Elementary SchoolBonot Sta. Rosa Calabanga Camarines Sur
Fabrica Elementary SchoolFabrica Calabanga Camarines Sur
Harubay Elementary SchoolHarubay Calabanga Camarines Sur
Hinaguianan Elementary SchoolManguiring Calabanga Camarines Sur
Ilihan Elementary SchoolTomagodtod Calabanga Camarines Sur
Lope Guisic Elementary SchoolSto. Domingo Calabanga, Camarines Sur
Lugsad Elementary SchoolLugsad Calabanga Camarines Sur
Manguiring Elementary SchoolManguiring Calabanga Camarines Sur
Pagatpat Elementary SchoolPagatpat Calabanga Camarines Sur
Paolbo-Belen Elementary SchoolPaolbo Calabanga Camarines Sur
Pinada Elementary SchoolPinada Calabanga Camarines Sur
Punta Tarala Elementary SchoolPunta Tarawal Calabanga Camarines Sur
Quinale Elem. SchoolQuinale Calabanga Camarines Sur
Quipayo Elementary SchoolLa Purisima Calabanga Camarines Sur
Ratay Elementary SchoolSta. Cruz Calabanga Camarines Sur
Sabang Elementary SchoolSabang Calabanga Camarines Sur
Salvacion Baybay Elementary SchoolSalvacion Baybay Calabanga Camarines Sur
Siba-O Elem. SchoolSiba-O Calabanga Camarines Sur
Sibobo Elementary SchoolSibobo Calabanga Camarines Sur
Sta. Cruz Quipayo Elementary SchoolSta. Cruz Quipayo Calabanga Camarines Sur
Taculod Elementary SchoolSan Roque Calabanga Camarines Sur
Tomagodtod Elementary SchoolTomagodtod Calabanga Camarines Sur
Union Elementary SchoolSan Lucas Calabanga Camarines Sur
San Bernardino Elementary SchoolSan Bernardino Calabanga Camarines Sur
Taculod Elementary SchoolSan Roque Calabanga Camarines Sur
Calabanga National High SchoolSta. Cruz Poblacion Calabanga Camarines Sur
Union National High SchoolSto. Domingo Calabanga Camarines Sur
Jose De Villa National High SchoolMaguiring Calabanga Camarines Sur
Medroso - Mendoza High SchoolBinanuaanan Pequeno, Calabanga Camarines Sur
Quipayo High SchoolSan Antonio Quipayo Calabanga Camarines Sur
Sabang High SchoolSabang Calabanga Camarines Sur
West Coast High SchoolDominorog Calabanga Camarines Sur
Central Bicol State University of Agriculture Laboratory High School Calabanga CampusSta. Cruz Poblacion Calabanga Camarines Sur
Nuestra Seniora De La Salud Family Rural SchoolSta Salud Calabanga Camarines Sur
Dominican School of CalabangaSan Francisco Calabanga Camarines Sur
Inarihan SDA Multi-Grade SchoolPaolbo Calabanga Camarines Sur
Hansel and Gretel Learning SchoolSan Isidro Calabanga Camarines Sur
Central Bicol State University of AgricultureSta. Cruz Calabanga Camarines Sur
WorldTech Research InstituteSan Antonio Calabanga Camarines Sur
Calabanga Community CollegeSta. Cruz Poblacion Calabanga Camarines Sur
Dominican School of Calabanga

Local Government

Elected officials June 2013 – 2016:
Mayor: Eduardo Severo
Vice-Mayor: Ramoncito Roco Robles
Councillors:

Danilo N. Campil
Manuel N. Mendoza
Jude Anthony C. Hilado
Sonia H. Medroso
Danilo Bico
Levi Sta. Ana Jr
Erma Barrios
Job R. Casida

Tourism

Calabanga is well known because of the Hinulid Shrine, which became the destination of all the pilgrims every April of the year in celebrating the Holy Week. It is also known as the "Alay lakad" where thousands of pilgrims walk from different places, neighboring Towns and Cities to Hinulid Shrine. The faith and beliefs by the pilgrims to "Amang Hinulid" as a miraculous savior is one of the reasons why thousands of pilgrims visits the shrine.

Amang Hinulid

Our Lady of La Porteria Parish
Calabanga is also a place to visit not just because of its religious sites and events, also Calabanga can  offer tourists a place to relax and have fun. In 2010, The Village or known as the LRV-Agri Science Farm and Resort located at San Bernardino Calabanga Camarines Sur was opened to the public to serve a more relaxing environment and an Eco-Friendly environment for pleasure where you can swim, harvest vegetables, fishing, boat rides, spa/massage, camping and  many more activities to be made in just one place. Unlike CWC, The Village offers a different kind of activity that will suit and satisfy the needs and wants of the locals and foreign tourists.
Birds-eye-view of LRV-Agri Science Farm and Resort
LRV-Agri Science Farm and Resort

References

  1. ^ "Municipalities". Quezon City, Philippines: Department of the Interior and Local Government. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Province: CAMARINES SUR". PSGC Interactive. Makati City, Philippines: National Statistical Coordination Board. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d "Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay: as of May 1, 2010". 2010 Census of Population and Housing. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  4. http://goturismoateneo.blogspot.com/2012/10/come.html








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