Padre Burgos, Quezon
Encyclopedia
Padre Burgos is a 5th class municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines
. It is located in Bondoc Peninsula
just east of Lucena City
, the provincial capital. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 19,877 people. It is bounded on the north by Atimonan, on the west and northwest by Pagbilao, on the east by Agdangan, and on the south by the Tayabas Bay
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The town is notable for its unspoiled beaches and the Tulay Buhangin (Tagalog
for "sand bridge"). All the population are of Tagalog descent. The economy is primarily based on coconut
husking and farming. Local tourism is also on the rise.
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Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. It is located in Bondoc Peninsula
Bondoc Peninsula
Bondoc Peninsula is a peninsula in Calabarzon Region, southern part of Luzon Island, Philippines, at ....
just east of Lucena City
Lucena City
Metro Lucena has an estimated population of 700,000 which is mostly concentrated in the flat south-central portion of Quezon, which includes the cities of Lucena and Tayabas, Sariaya, Candelaria, Lucban & Pagbilao . The people are often characterized as friendly and hardworking...
, the provincial capital. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 19,877 people. It is bounded on the north by Atimonan, on the west and northwest by Pagbilao, on the east by Agdangan, and on the south by the Tayabas Bay
Tayabas Bay
Tayabas Bay is a large bay in the southern part of Luzon island, Philippines, at . Several islands are located in the bay, largest of which is Marinduque.Some of its parts is in Quezon Province Tayabas Bay is a large bay in the southern part of Luzon island, Philippines, at . Several islands are...
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The town is notable for its unspoiled beaches and the Tulay Buhangin (Tagalog
Tagalog language
Tagalog is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by a third of the population of the Philippines and as a second language by most of the rest. It is the first language of the Philippine region IV and of Metro Manila...
for "sand bridge"). All the population are of Tagalog descent. The economy is primarily based on coconut
Coconut
The coconut palm, Cocos nucifera, is a member of the family Arecaceae . It is the only accepted species in the genus Cocos. The term coconut can refer to the entire coconut palm, the seed, or the fruit, which is not a botanical nut. The spelling cocoanut is an old-fashioned form of the word...
husking and farming. Local tourism is also on the rise.
Municipal Officials
- Mayor: Hon. Roger A. Panganiban
- Vice Mayor: Pablito S. Flores
- Councilors:
- Estelito L. Panganiban
- Ma. Geraldine Rowena A. Espina
- Cesar M. Parraba
- Edmundo V. Pasia
- Merlita O. Alemania
- Michael Angelo S. Flores
- Enrique M. Amado
- Cyress Lynn C. Hontiveros
- Jose C. Magpantay, Jr. (LNB President)
- Ferdinand M. Maligalig (SK Fed. President)
Barangays
Padre Burgos is politically subdivided into 22 barangayBarangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
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HistoryPadre Burgos was formerly known as Laguimanoc due to the shape of the coastline which resembles the bill of a chicken or “manok”. Another version is that chickens were so abundant in the town that hawks always sweeped down the place to snatch chicks from their mother hens. When hawks flew overhead, as warning to their neighborhood, people shouted “Hawk Manok” or “Lawin-Manok”. On January 1, 1917 the village of Laguimanoc, which was formerly a barrio of Atimonan, became a municipality. Ten years after, the town’s council changed the name to Padre Burgos, in honor of one of our country’s martyrs, Fr. Jose P. Burgos. The streets were named after local leaders who rendered valuable services to the community. Because of the physical and topographic conditions of the town, four (4) sitios where clusters of houses were built became the main district of the town namely Campo, Burgos, Basiao and Bundok-Punta. The community converged to be in this particular spot because of its sea which made this town as port of Laguimanoc. In the early days this port offered a good wharf for vessels plying between Manila and Southern Luzon. This was also a port of call for ships exporting lumber to Europe during the Spanish regime. In this town was the residence of the “Alcalde Mar” or Port Officer. Business and other industries were prospering and people conglomerated in this spot. Spots of the historical interest are the wharf symbol of commercial progress, the old church with the old-fashioned “canyon” markers of the people’s religious faith, the Bag Cement Slabs and Stone quarries Mute Testimonies of the effervescent power and grandeur of the early foreign settlers, the Hills near the railroad station where the Japs tortured and massacred civilians in the barrios of Marao and Polo where the Hunter’s Guerillas built their camps.Laguimanoc FestivalA festival celebrated on February 17 every year. This feast explains the history of the municipality. ""Laguimanoc"" was the former name of the municipality before it was renamed to Padre Burgos. |