Gloria, Oriental Mindoro

Gloria is a 4th class municipality in the province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 38,667 people in 7,640 households.

The town previously a barangay called "Maligaya", and was the largest barangay during the administration President Diosdado Macapagal. Politicians from the place, led by Nicolas Jamilla Sr., a former guerrilla leader, battled for the conversion of Maligaya into a new town. They named it after the daughter of the president, Gloria, who was 10 years old at the time and became the Philippines' 14th President in 2001. Jamilla became Gloria's first mayor. Maligaya was retained as name of a barangay in the poblacion.

Barangays

Gloria is politically subdivided into 27 barangays.

* Agsalin * Agos * Andres Bonifacio * Balete * Banus * Banutan * Buong Lupa * Bulaklakan * Gaudencio Antonino * Guimbonan * Kawit * Lucio Laurel * Macario Adriatico * Malamig

* Malayong * Maligaya (Pob.) * Malubay * Manguyang * Maragooc * Mirayan * Narra * Papandungin * San Antonio * Sta. Maria * Santa Theresa * Tambong * Alma Villa

Highlights

Places

* Mt. Manguyang Camping Site - is a scenic spot in the southwest portion of Gloria town. Although frequented by Boy Scouts of the Philippines campers from Bulbugan Elementary School of the nearby barangay of Santa Maria, the promising Mt. Manguyang Camping Site has not yet been largely explored by locals.
*Walang Langit Falls - boats of an eighty-foot waterfalls in Barangay Boong Lupa. It is famous locally because of the cold atmosphere in the falls.
* Bulaklakan Tree Farm
* Beach Resorts
* Agsalin Fish Sanctuary

Events

* February 14-15 - Town Fiesta in honor on the Sacred Heart of Jesus
* October 1 - Foundation Day
* September 29 to October 1 - Kawayan Festival

External links

* [http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/default.asp Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
* [http://www.t-macs.com/kiso/local/ 2000 Philippine Census Information]
* [http://gloria.gov.ph/ Official Website of the Municipality of Gloria]