Magallanes, Sorsogon

Magallanes is a 4th class municipality in the province of Sorsogon, Philippines. According to the August 1, 2007 census, it has a population of 34,418 people in 5,886 households.

History^[1]

Known to the Spaniards as Encoienda de Yguey, with two visitas - Parina and Caditaan. The present townsite of Magallanes is the, then, visita of Parina. With the approval of the Spanish colonial government, the town was founded on April 30, 1859, upon the initiative of Spanish abaca trader, Don Manuel de Castro. The name of the town was chosen in honor of the first circumnavigator of the world, Ferdinand Magellan.

De Castro, who was operating a astillero, became the first gobernadorcillo.

Magallanes became an independent parish on December 11, 1863.

It is in Magallanes where Gibalong (now sitio San Isidro) is located, at the mouth of Ginangra River, reputed to be the place where the first Christian mass in Luzon was celebrated. The name ibalon or Tiera de Gibalong, which is also used to identify the Bicol region at the time, came from the name of the place - Gibalong.

It is also in Magallanes where Bagatao Island can be found. It is considered as one of the most important and biggest shipyards at the time, where some of the biggest and most magnificent Spanish galleons were built. It was then known as the Real Astillero de Bagatao

Barangays

Magallanes is politically subdivided into 34 barangays.

Aguada Norte Aguada Sur Anibong Bacalon Bacolod Banacud Biga Behia Binisitahan del Norte Binisitahan del Sur Biton Bulala

Busay Caditaan Cagbolo Cagtalaba Cawit Extension Cawit Proper Central Ginangra Hubo Incarizan Lapinig Magsaysay

Malbog Pantalan Pawik Pili Salvacion Santa Elena Siuton Tagas Tulatula Norte Tulatula Sur

Population

MAGALLANES 34,418

Aguada Norte 1,540 / Aguada Sur 1,111 / Anibong 434 / Bacalon 604 / Bacolod 1,012 / Banacud 1,340 / Biga 1,152 / Behia 2,321 / Binisitahan del Norte 835 /

Binisitahan del Sur 684 / Biton 1,973 / Bulala 478 / Busay 460 / Caditaan 3,151 / Cagbolo 939 / Cagtalaba 511 / Cawit Extension 1,420 / Cawit Proper 1,018 /

Ginangra 629 / Hubo 809 / Incarizan 1,362 / Lapinig 680 / Magsaysay 243 / Malbog 342 / Pantalan 1,245 / Pawik 647 / Pili 1,293 / Poblacion 613 /

Salvacion 888 / Santa Elena 1,063 / Siuton 1,703 / Tagas 508 / Tulatula Norte 767 / Tulatula Sur 643 /

References

1. ^ page 24, Tracing from Solsogon to Sorsogon, 2nd Edition (2007), ISBN 978-971-814-099-4

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information

Coordinates: 12°49′44″N 123°50′10″E / 12.829°N 123.836°E / 12.829; 123.836