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Dipaculao
Municipality in Aurora, Philippines From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dipaculao [ˌdiːpɐˈkuːlaʊ], officially the Municipality of Dipaculao (Tagalog: Bayan ng Dipaculao; Ilocano: Ili ti Dipaculao), is a municipality in the province of Aurora, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 33,131 people.[3]
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The municipality is home to the Dinadiawan River Protected Landscape.
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Etymology
The word Dipaculao was created while the Ilongots, the first inhabitants, were having thanksgiving festivities to commemorate the abundance of hunting and harvesting. Dipac [ˈdiːpak], the Ilongot chieftain, was drunk with basi and tuba. The Ilocanos who were present saw him fell and shouted: "Dipac naulaw" or "Naulaw ni Dipac" (Dipac got dizzy, idiomatically "Dipac is/got drunk"), hence born the name Dipaculao.[5]
But the etymology is doubtful as the name Dipaculao appeared during Spanish time as the Spanish Franciscan priests established Misión de San Miguel de Dipaculao in 1719, of course, there were no Ilocano settlers during that time as the Ilongots were headhunters.[6][7] The name Dipaculao is derived from Pakugao River, wherein Pakugao is composed of Ilongot words "paku", meaning "fern", and "gao", meaning "get."[8]
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History
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In the early part of 1921, immigrants from Central Luzon, including Ilocanos, mostly from neighboring Nueva Ecija, arrived at present-day municipality, which was then a large strip of virgin lands along the Pacific Coast in what was then part of the province of Nueva Vizcaya;[5] others arrived from the present size of Nueva Vizcaya. Another group of Ilocano settlers arrived from Ilocos Region, including La Union and Pangasinan.[9] Igorots from the Cordilleras arrived and settled the town, and lived along with Ilocanos and Ilongots.[9][10] Other ethnic groups who came and stayed in Dipaculao include Christianized Gaddang and Isinai settlers who settled the surrounding lowlands of Baler Bay, Gaddang arrived from Nueva Vizcaya and Mountain Province and Isinai came from Nueva Vizcaya.[11] Later that year, the large strip of land where the municipality is located returned to the jurisdiction of Tayabas, which is present-day Quezon Province.[12]
On November 27, 1950, Dipaculao was converted from a barrio of Baler into an independent municipality of Quezon thru Executive Order No. 375.[13] The late Anacleto Mijares was the first Municipal Mayor administered the transition of the municipality.[14]
On June 21, 1957, the sitios of Dimabuno, Laboy, Dinadiawan and Puangi were converted into barrios.[15][16][17][18] Several more sitios were converted into barrios on June 18, 1966.[19]
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Geography
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According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 361.64 square kilometers (139.63 sq mi) [20] constituting 11.49% of the 3,147.32-square-kilometer (1,215.19 sq mi) total area of Aurora.
Dipaculao is situated 12.54 kilometres (7.79 mi) from the provincial capital Baler, and 264.85 kilometres (164.57 mi) from the country's capital city of Manila.
Barangays
Dipaculao is politically subdivided into 25 barangays, as shown in the matrix below.[21] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate
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Demographics
As of the 2020 census, Dipaculao had a population of 33,131.[3] The population density was 92 inhabitants per square kilometer (240/sq mi).
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Economy
Poverty incidence of Dipaculao
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50
2000
40.76 2003
19.93 2006
28.50 2009
17.87 2012
14.50 2015
12.27 2018
11.35 2021
17.88 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34] |
Education
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The Dipaculao 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.[35]
Primary and elementary schools
- Bayabas Elementary School
- Borlongan Elementary School
- Calaocan Elementary School
- Diamanen Elementary School
- Dianed Elementary School
- Diarabasin Elementary School
- Dibutunan Elementary School
- Dinadiawan Elementary School
- Dipaculao Central School
- Ditale Elementary School
- Emeterio M. Quirino Elementary School
- Gupa Elementary School
- Ipil Elementary School
- John Wesley Child Development Center
- Laboy Elementary School
- Lipit Elementary School
- Lobbot Elementary School
- Maligaya Elementary School
- Mijares Elementary School
- Mucdol Elementary School
- Puangi Elementary School
- Sapangkawayan Elementary School
- Teodorico A. Molina Sr. Elementary School
- Toytoyan Elementary School
Secondary schools
- Borlongan National High School
- Dipaculao National High School
- Dinadiawan National High School
- Diarabasin National High School
- Father John Karash Memorial High School
- Mijares National High School
- Puangi National High School
Higher educational institution
- Dipaculao College of Science and Technology
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Gallery
South Poblacion
Dinadiawan white beach (a long stretch of clean, fine, golden white sand coastline)
Rock formations along the shoreline (north of Baler along the Dicadi highway)
Ampere Beach and Ampere Rock in Dipaculao
References
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