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Malabuyoc Municipality

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MALABUYOC, where nature and adventure meet

Dinopol, Patrecia Marie G.

MALABUYOC MUNICIPALITY

Malabuyoc Municipality is located about 126 kilometers Southwest of Cebu City, the capital
of Cebu Province, the Philippines.

Based on the 2015 census, the municipality has almost twenty thousand residents, and over
ten thousand of them are registered voters.

Malabuyoc is in the north of Alegria Municipality, in the South of Ginatilan Municipality, in


the East of Boljoon Municipality, and bounded by Tañon Strait in the West.

The story has it that the name Malabuyoc came from the experience of the locals in the olden
golden days who said that the branches of fruit trees in the area were heavy with fruits that they
“bend down” – which means ‘buyoc’ in Cebuano language. The prefix ‘mala’ might mean to
‘really bend down’ to the point of touching the Earth.
BARANGAYS OF MALABUYOC

Malabuyoc is comprised of 14 barangays, political units under the jurisdiction of its


municipality.

Armeña (Cansilongan), Barangay I (Poblacion), Barangay II (Poblacion), Labrador (Bulod),


Lombo, Looc, Mahanlud, Mindanao (Pajo), Montañeza (Inamlang), Salmeron (Bulok), Santo
Niño, Sorsogon (Balikmaya), Tolosa (Calatagan).

According to the census in 2015, Malabuyoc has a total population of almost twenty
thousand residents. The electoral roll in 2016 has registered over twelve thousand eligible voters,
which is about over 60% of the total population.

Most of the barangays’ main economy is based on agriculture, especially the fruit trees and
other farm products.

YEAR ESTABLISHED AS TOWN

The town of Malabuyoc was officially founded in 1832. Before then, the place used to be a
barrio of the now neighboring town of Samboan, at the time when the coverage of the parish
church was synonymous with township. And so when Malabuyoc was separated from Samboan,
it was assigned its own parish under the patronage of San Nicolas de Tolentino.

LEADERS OF MALABUYOC

The town of Malabuyoc was officially founded in 1832 by Agustin Fuentes, Leon
Carbonella, Jose Balentos, Pedro Vildosola and Martin Carredo, all pioneering residents of the
place.

Erlinda Q. Piedad is a Filipino politician. She is currently serving as mayor of Malabuyoc, a


municipality in Cebu Province, Central Visayas Region or Region 7, Philippines.
REFERENCES:

https://www.travelingcebu.com/malabuyoc-municipality.html

https://www.philstar.com/the-freeman/cebu-lifestyle/2016/10/23/1636019/treasures-waiting-
malabuyoc#:~:text=Anyway%2C%20whatever%20the%20origin%20of,pioneering%20residents
%20of%20the%20place.

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Lo-oc,_Cebu

https://peoplaid.com/2023/10/14/erlinda-piedad/

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