Alegria, Cebu

Alegria
Alegria
	Municipality
	Municipality of Alegria
	Heritage park of Alegria
	Map of Cebu with Alegria highlighted
	OpenStreetMap
	Alegria Location within the Philippines
	Coordinates: 9°43′28″N 123°20′25″E
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Visayas (Region VII)
Province	Cebu
District	7th District
Founded	3 April 1850
Barangays	9 (see Barangays)
Government [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Verna V. Magallon
• Vice Mayor	Gilberto F. Magallon
• Representative	Peter John D. Calderon
• Electorate	17,015 voters (2019)
Area [2]
• Total	89.49 km2 (34.55 sq mi)
Elevation	188 m (617 ft)
Population (2015 census) [3]
• Total	23,300
• Density	260/km2 (670/sq mi)
• Households	4,969
Economy
• Income class	4th municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	40.51% (2015)[4]
• Revenue	₱74,029,156.11 (2016)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	6030
PSGC	072203000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)32
Climate type	tropical rainforest climate
Native languages	Cebuano; Tagalog

Alegria, officially the Municipality of Alegria (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Alegria; Tagalog: Bayan ng Alegria), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 23,300 people. [3]

It is home of the first onshore oil field in the Philippines, the Alegria Oil Field.

History

Timeline:[5]

Pre-1850: Native tribe; then a Spanish-era barrio called Tuburan after the spring (tubod) located at sitio Tubig (Santa Rosa) in the poblacion.
31 January 1850: Leaders of Tuburan ask Governor of Cebu to support their petition for civil separation from mother town (matriz) Malabuyoc.
4 February: Malabuyoc leaders send letter of support for said petition. Tuburan had a church made of tabique de pampango, a convent and tribunal of light materials, two rubble watchtowers and 410½ tributos (one family = 1 tribute; unmarried adult = ½ tribute).
15 February: Petition goes to the Civil Administrator and Commanding General of the Visayas then sent to Superior Government in Manila.
31 March: Assessor General recommends approval of said petition.
3 April: Captain and Governor-General of the Philippine Islands (Antonio María Blanco) approves establishment of Tuburan as a town.
24 August: Governor of Cebu recommends changing the town's name to avoid confusing it with similarly named barrios in Balamban and Bogo.
25 September: Captain and Governor-General of the Philippines (Antonio de Urbistondo y Eguía) issues order changing the town's name to Alegria.

Establishment of parish:[5]

9 August 1854: The Padre Cura of Malabuyoc, Lucas Clavesillas de la Soledad recommends to the Bishop of Cebu (Romualdo Jimeno Ballesteros, O.P.) the creation of Alegria as a parish.
17 September: Governor of Cebu proposes separating barrio Guiuanon (Madridejos) from Badian and adding it to Alegria to form a new parish territory.
31 October: Bishop of Cebu supports creation of said territory.
10 November: Bishop informs Governor of Cebu that Badian does not object to creation of a new parish and separation of Guiuanon.
21 February 1856: Petition for said separation and the creation of new parish territory received by the Minister of Royal Treasury in Manila.
27 February: Governor of Cebu asks the Captain and Governor-General to create said parish.
3 July: the town of Alegria created as a parish. Tributes: 781 (Poblacion - 521½, Guiuanon - 259½)
13 March 1857: Parish of Alegria Canonically erected. Titular St. Francis Xavier Feast 3 Dec.

Geography

Alegira is bordered to the north by the town of Badian, to the west is the Tañon Strait, to the east are the towns of Dalaguete and Alcoy, and to the south is the town of Malabuyoc.

Barangays

Alegria comprises 9 barangays:

PSGC	Barangay	Population			±% p.a.
		2015 [3]		2010 [6]
072203001	Compostela	6.5%	1,510	1,557	▾	−0.58%
072203002	Guadalupe	11.2%	2,606	2,598	▴	0.06%
072203003	Legaspi	7.3%	1,694	1,652	▴	0.48%
072203004	Lepanto	9.0%	2,102	2,143	▾	−0.37%
072203005	Madridejos	22.1%	5,141	4,459	▴	2.75%
072203006	Montpeller	6.0%	1,408	1,315	▴	1.31%
072203007	Poblacion	10.5%	2,450	2,255	▴	1.59%
072203008	Santa Filomena	13.7%	3,194	3,139	▴	0.33%
072203009	Valencia	13.7%	3,195	2,954	▴	1.50%
	Total		23,300	22,072	▴	1.04%

Climate

Climate data for Alegria, Cebu
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	29 (84)	29 (84)	30 (86)	32 (90)	31 (88)	30 (86)	30 (86)	30 (86)	30 (86)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	30 (86)
Average low °C (°F)	23 (73)	23 (73)	23 (73)	24 (75)	25 (77)	25 (77)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	23 (73)	24 (75)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	35 (1.4)	28 (1.1)	38 (1.5)	51 (2.0)	125 (4.9)	195 (7.7)	194 (7.6)	173 (6.8)	180 (7.1)	192 (7.6)	121 (4.8)	64 (2.5)	1,396 (55)
Average rainy days	9.2	8.2	9.9	11.3	22.5	27.3	28.0	27.2	27.1	26.9	19.7	12.7	230
Source: Meteoblue (Use with caution: this is modeled/calculated data, not measured locally.)[7]

Demographics

Population census of Alegria

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1903	9,579	—
1918	12,653	+1.87%
1939	13,303	+0.24%
1948	13,676	+0.31%
1960	12,817	−0.54%
1970	15,232	+1.74%
1975	14,928	−0.40%

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1980	16,351	+1.84%
1990	18,253	+1.11%
1995	18,403	+0.15%
2000	20,677	+2.53%
2007	21,699	+0.67%
2010	22,072	+0.62%
2015	23,300	+1.04%

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [3] [6] [8]

Economy

The formal extraction of oil and gas reserves from the Alegria Oil Field Polyard-3 Well in Barangay Montpeller would generate numerous job opportunities and income for residents, neighboring towns and the entire Cebu province.[9]

Extracted oil will be sold to power plants at US$70 per barrel with a current production of 200 to 300 barrels per day, as told by Country Manager Edgar Benedict Cutiongco of China International Mining and Petroleum Company Inc. (CIMP), the service contractor of the oil extraction project. The Municipal government will receive an 18% income share coming from the 60% allotted to the National Government, while 14% will go to Barangay Montpeller and 8% to the Provincial Government.

Tourism

The municipality of Alegria launched the Kawayan Festival on 2 December 2006, in time for the annual town fiesta. Local contingents paraded the streets, and locally produced kawayan (bamboo) products were on display. Kawayan Festival has been part of the fiesta celebration in honor of Saint Francis Xavier since then.

There is also a plan to develop Alegria as the "Organic Vegetable Basket" in Cebu and in the Visayas region by its mayor, Verna Magallon.[10]

References

Municipality of Alegria | (DILG)
"Province: Cebu". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
Census of Population (2015). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
"PSA releases the 2015 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Quezon City, Philippines. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
Libro de Erecciones de Gobierno, Philippine National Archives
Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. NSO. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
"Alegria: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. NSO.
"Town residents to benefit from Alegria oil field". SunStar. Sunstar Cebu. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
Argyll Cyrus Geducos; Minerva BC Newman (21 May 2018). "Duterte opens Alegria oilfields". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

External links

Media related to Alegria, Cebu at Wikimedia Commons
Alegria Profile at PhilAtlas.com
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[1] Municipality of Alegria | (DILG)

[nscb-area-2] "Province: Cebu". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 12 November 2016.

[PSA15–07-3] Census of Population (2015). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016.

[4] "PSA releases the 2015 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Quezon City, Philippines. Retrieved 12 October 2019.

[libro-5] Libro de Erecciones de Gobierno, Philippine National Archives

[NSO10–07-6] Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. NSO. Retrieved 29 June 2016.

[met_norms-7] "Alegria: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 9 May 2020.

[NSO07-07-8] Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. NSO.

[9] "Town residents to benefit from Alegria oil field". SunStar. Sunstar Cebu. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

[10] Argyll Cyrus Geducos; Minerva BC Newman (21 May 2018). "Duterte opens Alegria oilfields". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

Province of Cebu
Cebu City (capital)
Municipalities	Alcantara Alcoy Alegria Aloguinsan Argao Asturias Badian Balamban Bantayan Barili Boljoon Borbon Carmen Catmon Compostela Consolacion Cordova Daanbantayan Dalaguete Dumanjug Ginatilan Liloan Madridejos Malabuyoc Medellin Minglanilla Moalboal Oslob Pilar Pinamungajan Poro Ronda Samboan San Fernando San Francisco San Remigio Santa Fe Santander Sibonga Sogod Tabogon Tabuelan Tuburan Tudela
Component cities	Bogo Carcar Danao Naga Talisay Toledo
Highly urbanized cities	Cebu City Lapu-Lapu Mandaue (Administratively independent from the province but grouped under Cebu by the Philippine Statistics Authority. However, qualified voters in Mandaue are allowed to vote in elections for Cebu provincial officials by virtue of Republic Act No. 6641, in accordance with Section 452-c of the Local Government Code of 1991.)