Mauban

Mauban, officially the Municipality of Mauban (Tagalog: Bayan ng Mauban), is a municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 71,081 people.^[6]

Mauban
Municipality
Municipality of Mauban
(From top, left to right:) Panoramic view of Mauban town center from Rizal Hill Park; Rizal Monument at Rizal Hill Park; Pansacola Ancestral House; Saint Bonaventure Parish Church; public bath built in 1725
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Map of Quezon with Mauban highlighted
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Mauban Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 14°11′28″N 121°43′51″E
Country	Philippines
Region	Calabarzon
Province	Quezon
District	1st district
Founded	July 15, 1583
Barangays	40 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Erwin Dwight C. Pastrana
• Vice Mayor	Alween M. Sardea
• Representative	Wilfrido Mark M. Enverga
• Municipal Council	Members Kathryn M. Gapasangra Nathaniel E. Calucin Abelardo A. Mandrique Ronel E. Manaog Yolanda V. Santayana Melanie G. Pasamba Waldrof M. Llamas Raquel M. Almacen
• Electorate	48,534 voters (2025)
Area [2]
• Total	415.98 km2 (160.61 sq mi)
Elevation [3]	58 m (190 ft)
Highest elevation	376 m (1,234 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2024 census)[4]
• Total	70,135
• Density	168.60/km2 (436.68/sq mi)
• Households	17,587
Demonym	Maubanin
Economy
• Income class	1st municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	15.94 % (2021)[5]
• Revenue	₱ 887.5 million (2022)
• Assets	₱ 2,320 million (2022)
• Expenditure	₱ 564 million (2022)
• Liabilities	₱ 671.7 million (2022)
Service provider
• Electricity	Manila Electric Company (Meralco)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	4330
PSGC	0405627000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)42
Native languages	Tagalog
Website	www.mauban.gov.ph

Etymology

The town got its name from the local word uban referring to white hair which early settlers believe it as a symbol of wisdom.^[7]

History

Established as a municipality in 1583, Mauban developed under the Spanish colonial government structure.^[7]

Geography

Mauban is 170 kilometres (110 mi) southeast of Manila and 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Lucena, the provincial capital.

Barangays

Mauban is politically subdivided into 40 barangays, as indicated below. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

• Bagong Bayan (Poblacion)
• Daungan (Poblacion)
• Lual (Poblacion)
• Mabato (Poblacion)
• Rizaliana (Poblacion)
• Sadsaran (Poblacion)
• Abo-abo
• Alitap
• Baao
• Balaybalay
• Bató
• Cagbalete I
• Cagbalete II
• Cagsiay I
• Cagsiay II
• Cagsiay III
• Concepción
• Liwayway
• Lucutan
• Lual Rural
• Luya-luya
• Macasin
• Polo
• Remedios I
• Remedios II
• Rosario
• San Gabriel (formerly Tubog^[8])
• San Isidro
• San José
• San Lorenzo
• San Miguel
• San Rafael
• San Roque
• San Vicente
• Santa Lucía
• Santo Ángel
• Santo Niño
• Santol
• Soledad
• Tapucan

Climate

Climate data for Mauban, Quezon
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	26 (79)	27 (81)	29 (84)	31 (88)	31 (88)	30 (86)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	28 (82)	26 (79)	29 (84)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22 (72)	22 (72)	22 (72)	23 (73)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	23 (73)	23 (73)	23 (74)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	83 (3.3)	55 (2.2)	44 (1.7)	37 (1.5)	90 (3.5)	123 (4.8)	145 (5.7)	125 (4.9)	135 (5.3)	166 (6.5)	163 (6.4)	152 (6.0)	1,318 (51.8)
Average rainy days	15.1	10.8	11.9	11.4	19.9	23.7	26.3	23.9	23.9	22.1	20.2	18.6	227.8
Source: Meteoblue[9]

Demographics

Population census of Mauban

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1903	12,021	—
1918	12,516	+0.27%
1939	14,832	+0.81%
1948	14,417	−0.31%
1960	18,703	+2.19%
1970	29,822	+4.77%
1975	32,653	+1.84%
1980	37,814	+2.98%
1990	43,740	+1.47%
1995	47,442	+1.53%
2000	50,134	+1.19%
2007	55,866	+1.50%
2010	61,141	+3.34%
2015	63,819	+0.82%
2020	71,081	+2.29%
2024	70,135	−0.32%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[10][11][12][13][14]

Economy

Poverty incidence of Mauban

10 20 30 40 50 2000 44.14 2003 42.20 2006 29.30 2009 21.46 2012 26.51 2015 18.09 2018 7.95 2021 15.94 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]

In 2000, the Quezon Power Project, a 440 megawatt coal power plant was constructed to bring consistent power to the area. It was the first privately built, owned, and operated power generating facility in the Philippines.^[23]

Education

There are two schools district offices which govern all educational institutions within the municipality. They oversee the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.^[24] These are Mauban North Schools District and Mauban South Schools District.

Mauban also has two private schools, Central Quezon Academy in Barangay Mabato^[25] and Mother Perpetua Parochial School in Barangay Lual Poblacion.^[26] It also has one college, Pambayang Kolehiyo ng Mauban.^[27]

Primary and elementary schools

• Alitap Elementary School
• Bagong Bayan Elementary School
• Balaybalay Elementary School
• Cagbalete I Annex Elementary School
• Cagbalete I Elementary School
• Cagbalete II (P.H. Dela Costa) Elementary School
• Cagsiay I Elementary School
• Cagsiay II Elementary School
• Cagsiay III Annex Elementary School
• Cagsiay III Elementary School
• Concepcion Elementary School
• Doña Aurora Elementary School
• Liwayway Elementary School
• Mabato Elementary School
• Mauban North Elementary School I
• Mauban North Elementary School II
• Mauban South Central Elementary School I
• Mauban South Central Elementary School II
• Remedios I Elementary School
• Remedios I Preschool (Annex) Bulusok
• Remedios II Elementary School
• San Lorenzo Elementary School
• San Miguel- San Rafael Elementary School
• SWA Elementary School
• Plaridel Elementary School
• Polo Elementary School
• Rosario Elementary School
• San Jose Elementary School
• Santa Lucia Elementary School
• Santo Niño Elementary School

Secondary schools

• Cagbalete Island National High School
• Cagsiay I National High School
• Cagsiay III National High School
• Dr. Maria D. Pastrana National High School
• Liwayway National High School
• Manuel S. Enverga Memorial School of Arts and Trades

List of cultural properties

Cultural Property wmph identifier[i]	Site name	Description	Province	City or municipality	Address	Coordinates	Image
	Spanish-Era Public Bath of Mauban	Built in 1725, the public bath was declared an Important Cultural Property by the National Museum of the Philippines	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon	San Buenaventura Street	14°11′33″N 121°43′56″E
	RAS Copra Mill	The first copra mill in the town, owned and operated by the Sardea Family since the 1970s	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon		14°11′29″N 121°44′00″E
	1925 Rizal Monument	Built on the town promontory called Calvario in 1925.	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon		14°11′21″N 121°43′51″E
	NCR & Rienton Bus Terminal	Norma Cambal Rienton & Rienton Bus Lines, operating since the 1950s	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon		14°11′24″N 121°43′55″E
	Virgilio Pansacola Ancestral House	Ancestral house of Virgilio Pansacola, built in 1915.	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon		14°11′23″N 121°43′50″E
	Taino Ancestral House	Ancestral house of the Taino Clan	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon		14°11′23″N 121°43′50″E
	Padre Horacio de la Costa Ancestral House	Ancestral house of Horacio de la Costa, S.J., first Filipino Provincial Superior of the Jesuits	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon		14°11′23″N 121°43′50″E
	Talabong-Pansacola Ancestral House	Ancestral house of the Talabong-Pansacola Family	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon		14°11′23″N 121°43′49″E
	Almires-Clemente Ancestral House	Ancestral house of the Almires-Clemente Family, and residence of Regional Trial Court Judge Ramón Clemente. Completed on 15 December 1915.	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon		14°11′23″N 121°43′49″E
	Alquiros-Pastrana Ancestral House	Ancestral house of the Alquiros-Pastrana Family	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon		14°11′24″N 121°43′50″E
	Quintana-Pastrana Ancestral House	Ancestral house of the Quintana-Pastrana Family	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon		14°11′24″N 121°43′51″E
	Garcia-Pastrana Ancestral House	Ancestral house of the García-Pastrana Family	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon		14°11′25″N 121°43′51″E	Upload Photo
	Llamas-Naranjilla Ancestral House	Ancestral house of the Llamas-Naranjilla Family	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon		14°11′21″N 121°43′49″E
	Dejumas-Pastrana Ancestral House	Ancestral house of the Dejumas-Pastrana family. Formerly the Administration Building of Filipinas College	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon		14°11′21″N 121°43′49″E
	Mauban Old Catholic Cemetery	Former municipal graveyard for Roman Catholics	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon		14°11′32″N 121°43′43″E
	Central Quezon Academy	Rosario Building of Central Quezon Academy, established in 1929.	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon		14°11′29″N 121°43′50″E
	Encomienda Ancestral House	Ancestral house of the Encomienda Clan	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon		14°11′29″N 121°43′49″E
	Pelejo Ancestral House	Ancestral house of the Pelejo Clan	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon	Rizal corner Clemente streets	14°11′27″N 121°43′49″E
	Gloria Pastrana Ancestral House	Ancestral house of Gloria Pastrana	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon	Rizal Street	14°11′26″N 121°43′55″E
	Pomarada Ancestral House	Ancestral house of the Pomarada Clan	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon	Rizal Street	14°11′26″N 121°43′55″E
	Bantayan Ancestral House	Ancestral house of the Bantayan Clan	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon	Evangelista corner Gómez streets	14°11′28″N 121°43′52″E
	Eleazar-Ysrael Ancestral House	Ancestral house of the Eleazar-Ysrael Family, completed in 1928.	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon	Gómez Street	14°11′28″N 121°43′51″E
	Pomarada Ancestral House (Jacinto corner Gómez streets)	Ancestral house of the Pomarada Clan	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon	Jacinto corner Gómez streets	14°11′29″N 121°43′50″E
	Balquiedra Ancestral House	Ancestral house of the Balquiedra lan	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon	Gómez corner Jacinto streets	14°11′29″N 121°43′50″E
	Inaanuran Ancestral House	Ancestral house of the Inaanuran Clan	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon	Jacinto Street	14°11′28″N 121°43′49″E
	Pastores Ancestral House	Ancestral house of the Pastores Clan, built in 1915.	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon	Gómez Street	14°11′28″N 121°43′51″E
	Balamban Ancestral House	Ancestral house of the Balamban Clan	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon	Aguinaldo corner Plaridel streets	14°11′27″N 121°43′47″E
	Fortunado Ancestral House	Ancestral house of the Fortunado Clan	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon	Aguinaldo Street	14°11′27″N 121°43′47″E
	Domingo Moreno Ancestral House	Ancestral house of Domingo Moreno	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon	R. Pansacola corner Aguinaldo streets	14°11′26″N 121°43′46″E
	Camposagrado Ancestral House	Ancestral house of the Camposagrado Clan	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon	R. Pansacola corner Bonifacio streets	14°11′27″N 121°43′46″E
	Del Banco Ancestral House	Del Banco Ancestral House, dated 23 Nov 1911 on its cement steps.	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon	San Buenaventura Street	14°11′26″N 121°43′54″E
	Ysrael Ancestral House	Ancestral house of the Ysrael Clan	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon	San Buenaventura Street	14°11′26″N 121°43′54″E
	Sardea Ancestral House	Ancestral house of the Sardea Clan	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon	San Buenaventura Street	14°11′26″N 121°43′54″E
	Calvario Ancestral House	Ancestral house of the Calvario Clan	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon	Jocson corner Evangelista streets	14°11′32″N 121°43′53″E
	Felipe Escudero, Sr. Ancestral House	Ancestral house of Felipe Escudero, Sr.	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon	Jocson corner General Flores streets	14°11′32″N 121°43′52″E
	Villamayor Ancestral House	Ancestral house of the Villamayor Clan	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon	Aguinaldo Street	14°11′32″N 121°43′50″E
	Pasamba Ancestral House	Ancestral house of the Pasamba Clan	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon	Bonifacio corner Clemente streets	14°11′31″N 121°43′48″E
	Times Theatre of Mauban	Owned by José Rozaldo, operating since the 1950s	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon		14°11′25″N 121°43′57″E
	Mauban Sea Wall	Built in 1935, this structure was declared a Significant Cultural Property by the National Museum of the Philippines.	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon		14°11′22″N 121°43′59″E
	Times Kitchenette and Lodging House	Times Kitchenette and Lodging House, owned by Anita Remolona-Rozaldo	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon		14°11′25″N 121°43′57″E
	Saint Bonaventure Parish Church of Mauban	Parish church of Mauban, dedicated to Saint Bonaventure	Quezon	Mauban, Quezon		14°11′25″N 121°43′51″E

Notable personalities

• Manuel S. Enverga - Filipino representative for Quezon's 1st congressional district, 1953 - 1969
• Mark Enverga - Filipino representative for Quezon's 1st congressional district, 2007 - 2016, and since 2019
• Buenaventura Villamayor - Filipino chess player
• Rene Saguisag - Filipino senator from 1987 to 1992
• Horacio de la Costa - Filipino Jesuit priest, historian, first Filipino Provincial Superior of the Society of Jesus in the Philippines, and first Filipino Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Ateneo de Manila
• Eli Remolona - Governor, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
• Jose Mari Gonzales - Actor and former Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines

Notes

1. wmph is an internal identifier used by Wikimedia Philippines to identify the monument. This is not an official identifier, and only shown temporarily in the templates until the government creates an updated complete list.