Dingle, Iloilo

Dingle (, locally /ˈdiŋliʔ/), officially the Municipality of Dingle (, , ), is a 1st municipal income class municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.

The town is known for its baroque-architecture church and its archaeological cave sites, such as the Lapuz Lapuz Cave, famous for revealing the hunter-gatherer lives of the ancient people of Panay.

Etymology

The name Dingle is believed to have been formed by joining the Old Karay-a words dingding for wall, and maingle for hard.

Before the Spanish contact, the town was known as Sumandig after an Ati datu of the same name. The name means "to lean one thing to another" in the Karay-a language.

History

Early history

left|thumb|269x269px|Map of [[Panay showing the ancient polities belonging to the Confederation of Madja-as.

The ancient banwa of Sumandig in the sakup of Irong-irong form the present-day municipalities of Dingle and Dueñas.]]

At around 1212, the site of modern-day Dingle was under the jurisdiction of Simsiman. Matan-ayon was a daughter of Datu Paiburong, the first ruler of Irong-irong.

left|thumb|445x445px|Labaw Donggon and Matan-ayon, folk heroes of the ancient Visayan epic [[Hinilawod and progenitors of the pre-colonial kadatuan and the Spanish-colonial principalía of Dingle, who settled by the spring of Moroboro in Dingle.]]

Sumandig, which was then a district of Sibucao, had a rock believed to have been Labaw Donggon's throne. There, wedding ceremonies were held by the natives to ask for his blessings. These worshippers would stealthily enter a certain cave in the evening of a certain day of the year in order to render homage and to offer burnt offerings of poultry, doves, rice, bananas, and pigs to the ancient Visayan god. Said revolt was the first revolt against Spanish rule in Panay. Around this time, Baong had a population of more than 1,000 and was a well-known place for recreation.

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In 1617, the prior of Baong was asked to contribute an annual rent of 10 pesos to the Monastery of Santo Niño in Cebu.) of Laglag, Don Juan Marcelino Dayot (Dingle gobernadorcillo, 1829–1835). Its first gobernadorcillo in almost 200 years was Don Julio Dator (1823–1827). It was later changed to the Assumption of Our Lady, and finally, to St. John the Baptist. Fray Melquiades Arizmendi continued the completion of the church from 1876 to 1887, Through Presidential Proclamation 697, October 28, 2024 was declared a special non-working day in celebration of Cry of Lincud.

American occupation

thumb|Abangay Bridge over the Abangay River between Dingle and Pototan, Iloilo. Completed and opened for traffic on June 15, 1912, during the term of Adriano Hernández y Dayot as Iloilo governor.|318x318px

thumb|Dingle Town Hall in 1929|318x318px

thumb|Inauguration of the bronze monument of Gen. Adriano Hernández y Dayot erected in 1931 in the town plaza of Dingle|318x318px

In December 1900, a fire destroyed all the buildings in town save for the stone church. Following the assistance obtained by Don Maximiliano Dayot from the American government in Iloilo, the town was rebuilt, but the structures were of bamboo and nipa owing to the difficulty of obtaining lumber. Mina, however, would remain with Pototan until their eventual separation in 1968 by virtue of Republic Act No. 5442.

Education

The Americans believed that education is essential for self-rule so that they made this the keystone of their system of governance in the islands. The school house then was called the "tribunal." The first one was built on the site presently occupied by the municipal building.

Shortly after the establishment of American rule, the Philippine islands were afflicted by cholera and dysentery epidemics which caused the death of more than 200,000 people. Former Dingle mayor Cristino Abelardo Muyco Aportadera was deputy governor.

In 1942, Julio Dayot Muyco and Numeriano Dayot Dator continued to act respectively as municipal mayor and vice-mayor of the Iloilo civil resistance government at Barrio Moroboro while lawyer José Dacudao was designated by the Japanese as puppet mayor and governed from the poblacion.

In 1955, President Ramon Magsaysay personally inaugurated the Jalaur Diversion Irrigation Dam constructed at Barrio Moroboro during the administration of municipal mayor Alfonso Muyco Espino and vice-mayor Maximiliano D. Dayot for the benefit of about 11,0000 farmers and 14,000 hectares of farmland in the municipalities of Dingle, Zarraga, Pototan, Barotac Nuevo, Dumangas, Anilao, and Banate.

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Barangays

Dingle is politically subdivided into 33 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

Abangay
Agsalanan
Agtatacay
Alegria
Bongloy
Buenavista
Caguyuman
Calicuang
Camambugan
Dawis
Ginalinan Nuevo
Ginalinan Viejo
Gutao
Ilajas
Libo-o
Licu-an
Lincud
Matangharon
Moroboro
Namatay
Nazuni
Pandan
Poblacion
Potolan
San Jose
San Matias
Siniba-an
Tabugon
Tambunac
Tanghawan
Tiguib
Tinocuan
Tulatula-an

Demographics

In the 2024 census, the population of Dingle was 46,032 people, with a density of .

Economy

Education

The Dingle Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.

Primary and elementary schools

Abangay Elementary School
Agsalanan Elementary School
Agustin Muyco Elementary School (Lincud Elementary School)
Agtatacay-Gutao Elementary School (Agtatacay Elementary School)
Alegria Elementary School
Bongloy Elementary School
Calicuang Elementary School
Camambugan Elementary School
Dingle Central Elementary School
Dingle Family Farm School
Goodnews Learning Center
Ilajas Elementary School
Isabel Roces Memorial Elementary School
Libo-o Elementary School
Matangharon Elementary School
Mater Carmeli School
Moroboro Elementary School
Muyco-Daguro Elementary School (Caguyuman Elementary School)
Nazuni Elementary School
Potolan Elementary School
San Jose Elementary School
San Matias Elementary School (Licu-an Elementary School)
Siniba-an Elementary School
Sra. Consolacion Muyco Aportadera Memorial Elementary School
Tabugon Elementary School
Tinocuan Elementary School
White Elementary School

Secondary schools

Calicuang National High School
Dingle National High School
Rufino G. Palabrica Sr. National High School
Tabugon National High School
Nazuni Summit Comprehensive National High School

Higher educational institution

Iloilo State University of Fisheries Science and Technology (Dingle Campus)

Infrastructure

Power

The Panay Diesel Power Plant located at Tinocuan and Tabugon, Dingle provides 110 megawatts of electricity to Panay. The power plant is operated by the National Power Corporation.

Water

Two natural springs, Lubong-Tubig and Talinab, serve as the water source for the Dingle-Pototan Water District. While the Jalaur Diversion Irrigation Dam built in 1955, also known as Moroboro Dam, provides irrigation to the agricultural lands of Dingle and nearby towns.

Landmarks

Bulabog Putian National Park

Bulabog Putian is the only limestone rock formation on Panay. It was designated a National Park through Congressional Bill No. 1651, and such is considered a "nationally significant area." It occupies a land area of 834.033 hectares covering five of the 33 barangays of Dingle. The park contains 13 known caves namely: Lungib, Hapu-Hapo, Maarhong, Guizo, Maestranza, Linganero, Lapuz Lapuz, Ticondal, Butac, Tuco, San Roque, Pitong Liko, and Nautod. The Maestranza Cave is historically important as it served as a hide-out of the revolutionary forces during the Spanish colonial period and on its stone walls bear the inscriptions of the revolutionary troops.

Mt. Manyakiya

Mount Manyakiya is a natural viewing deck that provides a panoramic view of Negros Island as well as the low lying towns of the province of Iloilo. Nautod Wall, one of the major rock-climbing destination in the Philippines, can be found here.

Water

Lake Bito
Jalaur River
Lubong-Tubig Spring
Talinab Spring

Historical

Memorial to the Cry of Lincud Heroes
Adriano Dayot Hernández bronze monument
Dingle Parish Church – Finished in 1886, this church, a fine example of Filipino baroque adaptation, is made of limestones from Bulabog Mountain, painstakingly carried by the early parishioners through narrow, steep, and dangerous trails to the present site.

Other landmarks

The Moroboro Suspension Bridge is a ruined post-WWII bridge that traverses the Jalaur River.
Camp Pasica is a 13-hectare Girl Scout Camp.
Camp Adriano D. Hernandez is a 37-hectare military training camp of the Philippine Army named in honor of the revolutionary hero, Gen. Adriano Hernández y Dayot.
Jalaur Diversion Irrigation Dam
Museo de Dingle
Welcome Sign

Culture

Festivals

The Dingle Town Fiesta is celebrated every 24th day of June in honor of its patron saint, John the Baptist. The Pagdihon Festival is a celebration in commemoration of the Cry of Lincud, the first revolt against the Spaniards in Panay. It is held every 4th week of October.

Parish Priests of the Parish of St. John the Baptist of Dingle

Pedro del Castillo, OSA (1611–1614)
Diego de Oseguera, OSA (1614–1615)
Antonio Porras, OSA (1615–1617)
Fernando Alvarado, OSA (1617)
Juan Yáñez y Morales, OSA (1617–1620)
Francisco Oliva, OSA (1620–1623)
Pedro Ramírez, OSA (1623–1629)
Vicente Suárez, OSA (1629–1632)
Tomás de Villanueva, OSA (1632–1633)
Pedro del Castillo, OSA (1633–1635)
Tomás de Morales, OSA (1635–1638)
Juan Ponce, OSA (1653–1684)
Francisco de Mesa, OSA (1659–1663)
Alejandro Rey, OSA (1669–?)
Ildefonso de Escos, OSA (1669–1671)
Manuel López, OSA (1683–1684)
Andrés Alonso Martín, OSA (1693–1695)
Pedro de Vera, OSA (1695–1699)
José Zamora, OSA (1701–1704)
Agustín Barzán, OSA (1710–1713)
Andrés Alonso Martín, OSA (1713– 1716)
Agustín Barzán, OSA (1716)
Domingo de la Concepcíon, OSA (1720–1722)
Fernando Camporredondo, OSA (1737–1740)
Juan Sánchez, OSA (1753–1759)
Pedro Maza, OSA (1788–1790)
Juan Frayle, OSA (1796–1812)
Juan Frayle, OSA (1829–1838)
Benito González, OSA (1845– 1849)
Julián Núñez, OSA (1851–1855)
Manuel Portal, OSA (1855–1865)
Fernando Llorente y Santos, OSA (1865–1874)
José Lobo, OSA (1874–1876)
Melquiades Arizmendi, OSA (1876–1877)
Rafael Murillo, OSA (1877–1893)
Agapito Lope, OSA (1893)
Quintín Isar, OSA (1893–1897)
Nicolás Puras, OSA (1897–1898)
Ciriaco Pendón (1899–1910)
Felix Gedican (1910–1937)
Vicente Gonzales (1937–1939)
César Sandoval (1940–1946)
José Buenaflor (1947–1953)
Diosdado Parreñas (1953–1956)
Eligio Villavert (1956–1965)
Ismael Castaño (1965–1968)
Manuel Garin (1968–1975)
Nemesio Espinosa (1975)
Victor Casa (1975–1979)
Eriberto Daniel (1979–?)

Fiesta Queens of Dingle

Editha Osano (1946)
Muse of the Night (1947)
Editha Osano (1948)
Lourdes Cadiz, Carnival (1949)
Araceli Daquiado (1950)
Nelida H. Osano (1951)
Muse of the Night (1952)
Norma Tumbucon (1953)
Consejo Porras (1954)
Leonisa Dana, Carnival (1955)
Editha P. Osano (1956)
Zenaida B. Abang, Carnival (1957)
Evelyn Denoman (1958)
Ethel P. Sontillanosa (1959)
Thelma S. Kilayko (1960)
Renee Espino (1961)
Angelita Lazarito (1962)
Glenda Gloria (1963)
Emilia Lee Ang (1964)
Josephine C. Go (1965)
Catherine Torres (1966)
Czarina C. Abang (1967)
Violeta Pradilla (1968)
Ma. Teresa Gayoso (1969)
Muse of the Night (1970)
Muse of the Night (1971)
Muse of the Night (1983)
Mylene L. Palabrica (1984)
Genalyn P. Magbanua (1985)
Cherry G. Layson (1986)
Ma. Corazon O. Aportadera (1987)
Ma. Veronica M. Guazo (1988)
Girlie Parania (1989)
Wendy C. Datorin (1990)
Anne Cecil P. Quilaton (1991)
Sheryl Ann Distua (1992)
Ann Rapunzel O. Ganzon (1993)

<big>Cuisine</big>

Dulce de Dingle (papaya rosette), exclusively from Dingle, is a traditional candy from the 1940s made from papaya and yema (egg-based custard). The sweets is made by shaving thin strips of green papaya, cooking them in sugar, and shaping them by hand into small flowers with a stick of sweet yema as forming as its stem.

Government

Municipal officials

The elected municipal officials of the local government unit of Dingle, Iloilo for 2022–2025.

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! colspan=5 style="background:#ccf;" align="center"| <big>Local Government Unit of Dingle</big>

!colspan=5 align="center" | Representative

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|colspan=5 align="center" | Ferjenel G. Biron (NP)

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!colspan=5 align="center" | Mayor

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|colspan=5 align="center" | Rufino P. Palabrica III (NP)

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!colspan=5 align="center" | Vice Mayor

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|colspan=5 align="center" | Quindialem Deaño-Villanueva (NUP)

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!colspan=5 align="center" | Sangguniang Bayan Members

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| colspan=2 align="center" |Thalea Julina P. Memoracion-Wong (NP)

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| colspan=2 align="center" |Edwin L. Cabayao (NP)

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| colspan=2 align="center" |Rufino C. Sorianosos (Independent)

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| colspan=2 align="center" |Rhenan Val D. Ariola (PDPLBN)

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| colspan=2 align="center" |Jimmy C. Quicoy (NP)

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| colspan=2 align="center" |Marilyn M. Solinap (NP)

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| colspan=2 align="center" |Mia Marie L. Pasquin (NP)

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| colspan=2 align="center" |Jessie M. Alecto (NP)

!colspan=5 align="center" |ABC President

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|colspan=5 align="center" | Rollie Pelarin

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!colspan=5 align="center" |SK Federation President

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|colspan=5 align="center" | Raymund C. Domopoy

List of heads of government

Source: and only its members were allowed to vote and be elected to public office. The principalía represented the wealthiest, the most educated, and upwardly mobile segment of colonial society, and were ranked just below Spanish officials themselves. It was the true aristocracy and nobility of the Spanish-colonial Philippines.

The honorific don and doña and was reserved to the principalía, whose right to rule was recognized by Philip II on June 11, 1594.

The five most prominent clans that formed part of the principalía dingleña were the Daraug, Dator, Dayot, Muyco, and Osano clans—all five share the same root and have intermarried with one another, as was the practice of the datu class before the Spanish colonial-era.

In 1823, Don Julio Dator became the first gobernadorcillo of the pueblo of Dingle in almost two centuries upon its re-elevation as a pueblo after five years under Dumangas and 182 years under Laglag.

thumb|Signature of Don Juan Marcelino Dayot, Dingleño teniente mayor (deputy gobernadorcillo) of [[Dueñas, Iloilo|Laglag and later gobernadorcillo of Dingle (1829–1835), instrumental for the re-establishment of Dingle as a pueblo after 187 years as a visita under Dumangas and Laglag|185x185px]]

thumb|Signature of Fray Juan Frayle, OSA — cura párroco of the Parish of [[Jerome|St. Jerome of Laglag, Iloilo, and its annex, Dingle (1829–1849), and builder of the current foundation of Dingle Church — from the page containing his certification concerning the elevation of the visita of Dingle into a pueblo|185x185px]]

thumb|Don Luís Cantalicio Dayot y del Rosario, the longest-serving gobernadorcillo of Dingle (1853–1861, 1869–1873)|245x245px

thumb|Fray Fernando Llorente y Santos, OSA, cura párroco of the Parish of [[John the Baptist|St. John the Baptist of Dingle, Iloilo (1865–1874), and builder of the current structure of Dingle Church|213x213px]]

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! Order !! Gobernadorcillo !! Years in Office

!Cura párroco

| 1 || Julio Dator|| 1823–1827

| rowspan="4" |Juan Frayle, OSA Parish Priest of Laglag (1796–1812, 1819–1829) Parish Priest of Laglag for the annex of Dingle (1829–1838)

| 2 || Buenaventura Osano|| 1827–1829

| 3 || Juan Marcelino Dayot|| 1829–1835

| rowspan="2" | 4 || rowspan="2" | Magdaleno Muyco|| 1835–1838

|1839–1843

| rowspan="3" |Benito González, OSA Parish priest of Laglag (1839–1845) Parish priest of Laglag for the annex of Dingle (1845–1849)

| 5 || Buenaventura Osano|| 1843–1845

| rowspan="2" | 6 || rowspan="2" | Alejandro Daráug|| 1845–1849

|1849–1851

| 7 || Magdaleno Muyco|| 1851–1853

| rowspan="2" |Julián Núñez, OSA Parish Priest of Dingle (1851–1855)

| rowspan="3" | 8 || rowspan="3" | Luís Cantalicio Dayot|| 1853–1855

|1855–1861

| rowspan="3" |Manuel Portal, OSA Parish Priest of Dingle (1855–1865)

| rowspan="2" |1861–1863

|Alejandro Daráug

The distinction of being part of the principalía was originally a hereditary right, as no amount of wealth could change one's class. It made possible the creation of new principales under certain defined criteria, among which was proficiency in the Castilian language.

The first in the pueblo to benefit from this royal decree was Don Santiago Sanico who was first elected as gobernadorcillo in 1873.

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! Order !! Capitán municipal !! Years in Office

!Cura párroco

| rowspan="2" | 16 || rowspan="2" | Gabriel Sinoy|| rowspan="2" | 1894–1897

|Quintín Isar, OSA Parish Priest of Dingle (1893–1897)

|Nicolás Puras, OSA Parish Priest of Dingle (1897–1898)

Revolution presidents (1898–1900)

During the initial phase of the Philippine revolution in Panay organized by Gen. Adriano Hernández y Dayot, During this interlude, the heads of government for Dingle were Pototan municipal presidents Don Rafael Parcon (1904–1906) and Don Magdaleno Silva (1906–1907).

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! Order !! Capitán del barrio (of Dingle) !! Years in Office

!Municipal President (of Pototan)

| rowspan="2" | || rowspan="2" | Nicolás Roces|| rowspan="2" | 1904–1907

|Rafael Parcon (1904–1906)

|Magdaleno Silva (1906–1907)

Presidentes & vice presidentes municipal

Dingle was re-established as a municipality in 1907 after Iloilo 4th District Assemblyman Adriano Hernández y Dayot succeeded in persuading Governor-General James Francis Smith to issue an executive order separating Dingle from Pototan.

thumb|191x191px|[[Iloilo's 4th congressional district|Iloilo 4th District Assemblyman Adriano Hernández y Dayot (1907–1909), later Iloilo Governor (1912–1914), and the first Filipino Assistant Director (1914–1916) and Director of Agriculture (1916–1925) — instrumental for the separation of Dingle from Pototan and Mina in 1907 following Act No. 719 of 1904 merging the three as one municipality under Pototan.]]

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! Order !! Municipal President!! Years in Office

!Order

!Municipal Vice-president

!Years in Office

|20

|Julián Dalipe

|1907–1908

| 21|| Juan Cancio Dacudao||1908–1909

|Julio Dayot Muyco

|1908–1909

|22

|Julio Dayot Muyco

|1909–1910

| rowspan="2" | 23|| rowspan="2" | Tomás Sanico|| rowspan="2" | 1910–1916

|Celestino Dañocup

|1910–1913

| rowspan="2" |3

| rowspan="2" |Julián Masna

|1913–1916

| 24|| Vicente Dayot|| 1916–1919

|1916–1919

| 25|| Julio Dayot Muyco|| 1919–1922

| rowspan="2" |4

| rowspan="2" |Manuel Roces

| rowspan="2" |1919–1925

|26

|Tomás Sanico

|1922–1925

| 27|| Luís Roces Dayot||1925–1928

|Celestino Dañocup

|1925–1928

| 28|| Cipriano Montero Sr.|| 1928–1931

|Simplicio Dabalus

|1928–1931

| 29|| Julio Dayot Muyco||1931–1934

|Numeriano Dayot Dator

|1931–1934

Municipal Mayors

{| class="wikitable"

! Order !! Mayor!! Years in Office

!Order

!Vice-mayor

!Years in Office

|30

|Cristino Abelardo Muyco Aportadera

|1934–1938

|Vicente Muyco

|1934–1938

| 31|| Julio Dayot Muyco

| 1938–1942

|Numeriano Dayot Dator

|1938–1942

|Julio Dayot Muyco Civil Resistance Government

|1942–1945

|Numeriano Dayot Dator Civil Resistance Government

|1942–1945

|José Dacudao Japanese Puppet Mayor

|1942

|Remedios Dacudao Japanese Puppet Mayor

|1943–1945

| 32||Julián Masna|| 1945–1948

|10

|Salvador Dayot Dator

|1945–1948

| rowspan="2" | 33|| rowspan="2" | Alfonso Muyco Espino

| rowspan="2" | 1948–1957

|11

|Cipriano Montero Sr.

|1948–1951

|12

|Maximiliano Dalipe Dayot

|1951–1957

| 34||Felipe Defensor (appointed)|| 1957

|13

|Leonardo Muyco Aportadera

|1957

| 35|| Leonardo Muyco Aportadera|| 1959–1963

|14

|Maximino Muyco

|1959–1963

| 36|| Rufino Aportadera Palabrica Jr.

| 1964–1967

|15

|Felipe Potente

|1964–1967

| rowspan="2" | 37|| rowspan="2" | Roberto Aportadera Palabrica Sr.

| rowspan="2" | 1968–1986

|16

|Cipriano Dayot Montero Jr.

|1968–1971

|17

|Teodoro Luntao Jr.

|1971–1986

|38

|José Aportadera OIC Mayor

|1986–1988

|18

|Remegio Confesor Sr. OIC Vice-mayor

|1986–1988

|39

|Teodoro Luntao Jr.

|1988–1992

|19

|Robin Espino Solinap

|1988–1992

|40

|Henry Anotado

|1992–2001

|20

|Jessie Alecto

|1992–2001

|41

|Robin Espino Solinap

|2001–2006

|21

|Reblun Luntao-Lacson

|2001–2006

|42

|Reblun Luntao-Lacson

|2006-2007

|22

|Quindialem Deaño-Villanueva

|2006-2007

| rowspan="2" |43

| rowspan="2" |Rufino Palabrica III

| rowspan="2" |2007–2016

|23

|Reblun Luntao-Lacson

|2007–2010

|24

|Jessie Alecto

|2010-2016

|44

|Jessie Alecto

|2016–2018

|25

|Rufino Palabrica III

|2016–2018

| rowspan="2" |45

| rowspan="2" |Rufino Palabrica III

| rowspan="2" |2018–present

|26

|Jimmy Quicoy

|2018–2019

|27

|Quindialem Deaño-Villanueva

|2019–present

Notable personalities

General Adriano Hernández y Dayot – Revolutionary hero
Guillermo Gómez Rivera – Filipino writer, journalist, poet, playwright, historian, linguist
Merlie Muyco Alunan – Palanca Awardee for Literature
Nancy Deaño – Olympic competitor
Most Rev. Jose S. Palma, D.D., S.Th.D – current Archbishop of Cebu and former president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines

References

External links

[ Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
Philippine Census Information
Local Governance Performance Management System