Malabuyoc Municipality
Malabuyoc Municipality
Malabuyoc Municipality
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.
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
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.
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.
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