Calintaan, officially the Municipality of Calintaan (), is a municipality in the province of Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.

History

Spanish colonial era

Ililin is the first village mentioned in the history of Calintaan; this village is now believed to be Barangay Iriron based on its location in the old maps. Records left by the Jesuits in 1666 mentioned that adults 20 to 24 years old were baptized in Ililin. The village is recorded as belonging to the Parish of Mangarin in 1733.

In the pre-dawn hours of October 23, 1739, 100 Moro pirates aboard five bancas laid siege to the village. Most of the residents escaped, but a few villagers and a visiting missionary were captured by the pirates and brought to Jolo. Word reached the Order of Augustinian Recollects in 1740 that the missionary, Fr. Leon de San Jose, has been killed.

In 1754, pirates again attacked Ililin, but the people beat the pirates into retreat. The pirates instead attacked Dongon, a neighboring village. Later records reveal that Ililin was eventually destroyed by the Moros. The residents migrated to plains and mountains further from the coast. In 1819, by which time Ililin was being called Iriron, a new parish was created with a population of 1,300 persons. Pirate attacks continued to plague the region, and residents continued to leave until, by 1829, the population had dwindled to 150. Only a few buildings were left, among them the church, a convent and the prison. This ranch was purchased by the Augustinian Recollects in 1894. The Order brought in a new administrator, Espiridion Jiminez, who would become "capital del pueblo" when the ranch became a pueblo in 1896.

World War II

Less than a year after Gonzales' election, World War II caused most of the residents of Calintaan to evacuate, including the mayor himself. In response to public demand, a high school was also opened in 1966, located in Poblacion, Calintaan. Calintaan's first municipal mayor was Felomino Jiminez, elected on November 14, 1967.

The new town

In 1970, the barrio high school became a municipal high school, with extension classes opening at Tanyag, Iriron and Concepcion. Meanwhile, the area's high school had continued to grow until, along with the barangay schools at Tanyag, Iriron and Concepcion, it became a national high school (CNHS) by executive order of Aquino. Sison's successor, attorney Eric Labrador (who had briefly served during those years of unrest) returned to office in 1995 and continued to oversee construction until the 1998 election of Renato Paulino. During Sison's term, the Apostolic Vicariate formed a farmers' cooperative and instructed area farmers in Integrated Pest Management (IPM).

The new millennium

Under Paulino's term as mayor, the area continued to expand, with new roads and public buildings, including a nursery and public market. He also oversaw the initiation of a gymnasium, which is not yet completed.

A rebel group known as the New Peoples Army (NPA) is still a threat to the peace of Calintaan notwithstanding governmental efforts to sway leftist groups to democracy.

In 2007, Lily Racca Estoya became the mayor, with former Mayor Paulino, who had just completed his third term, as her running mate.

Geography

Calintaan has a total land area of . It is covered in vast rice paddies and coryphas, which are used for making buri. The land area is around 82% mountainous with the rest of it being mostly coastal plains and hills.

Calintaan is from Mamburao.

Climate

Barangays

Calintaan is politically subdivided into 7 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

  • Concepcion
  • Iriron
  • Malpalon
  • New Dagupan
  • Poblacion
  • Poypoy
  • Tanyag

Demographics

Language

Tagalog is the main language spoken in Calintaan, being spoken by approximately 62% of the household population, followed by Ilocano which is spoken by about 22%.

Economy

The economy of Calintaan is mainly agricultural, and its major crop is rice. Other crops produced and sold in Calintaan include corn, legumes, coconuts, and bananas. Practices such as fishing, livestock, poultry, banana processing (banana chips) and buricraft (the production of goods made from buri fibers such as buntal) are also important to the economy.

Primary and elementary schools

  • Alfonso Valerio Elementary School
  • Alipondo Elementary School
  • Bagong Silang Elementary School
  • Balangabong Elementary School
  • Bulangcog Elementary School
  • Calintaan Central School
  • Concepcion Elementary School
  • Filomeno Jimenez Elementary School
  • Geronimo M. Apolonio Sr. Elementary School
  • Gutad Adventist Elementary School
  • Iriron Elementary School
  • Layaban Elementary School
  • Malpalon Elementary School
  • Nayong Kalikasan Elementary School
  • Nilapso Elementary School
  • New Dagupan Elementary School
  • Poypoy Elementary School
  • Tamisan Minority School
  • Tanyag Adventist Elementary School
  • Tanyag Elementary School
  • Tanyag Elementary School (Annex Gutad Primary School)
  • Ulango Elementary School
  • Vicente Ariola Elementary School

Secondary schools

  • Calintaan National High School
  • Concepcion National High School
  • Iriron National High School
  • Malpalon National High School
  • Poypoy National High School
  • Tanyag National High School

References

  • Calintaan Profile at PhilAtlas.com
  • [ Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
  • Philippine Census Information
  • Local Governance Performance Management System