| City of El Salvador Dakbayan sa El Salvador Lungsod ng El Salvador |
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| Map of Misamis Oriental showing the location of El Salvador. | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Island | Mindanao |
| Region | Northern Mindanao (Region X) |
| Province | Misamis Oriental |
| Barangays | 15 |
| Incorporated (Town) | June 15, 1948 |
| Incorporated (City) | June 27, 2007 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Atty. Alfredo Q. Tan |
| • Vice Mayor | Emelita B. Almirante |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 41,905 |
| • Languages | Cebuano, English |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) |
| ZIP Code | 9017 |
| Website | www.elsalvadormisor.gov.ph |
El Salvador (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa El Salvador; Filipino (Tagalog): Lungsod ng El Salvador) is a city in the province of Misamis Oriental on the Mindanao island, southern part of the Philippines. According to the 2007 Philippine census, it has a population of about 41,905 people and records 7,290 households in the 2000 Philippine census. The city serves as a pilgrimage site for the Divine Mercy devotees, that is why it is also called "The City of Mercy or The Savior".
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El Salvador was created from the barrios of El Salvador and Molugan with their sitios known as Sala, Sambulawan, Sinaloc, Lagtang, Talaba, Kalabaylabay and Hinigdaan, formerly part of Cagayan de Misamis, Misamis Oriental, in 1948.[1]
Recently, El Salvador lost its cityhood, along with 15 other cities in the Philippines, after the Supreme Court of the Philippines granted a petition filed by the League of Cities of the Philippines, and declared the Cityhood Law RA 9435 which allowed the town to acquire its city status, unconstitutional. The said cities, the court ruled, did not meet the requirements for cityhood. On December 10, 2008, El Salvador and the other 15 cities affected filed a motion for reconsideration with the Supreme Court.
More than a year later, on December 22, 2009, acting on said appeal, the court reversed its earlier ruling as it ruled that "at the end of the day, the passage of the amendatory law (regarding the criteria for cityhood as set by Congress) is no different from the enactment of a law, i.e., the cityhood laws specifically exempting a particular political subdivision from the criteria earlier mentioned. Congress, in enacting the exempting laws, effectively decreased the already codified indicators."[2] As such, the cityhood status of El Salvador is effectively restored.
But on August 24, 2010, in a 16-page resolution, the Supreme Court reinstated its November 18, 2008 decision striking down the Cityhood laws[3] making El Salvador a municipality again.
Voting 7-6, with two justices not taking part, the SC reinstated its Nov. 18, 2008 decision declaring as unconstitutional the Republic Acts (RAs) converting 16 municipalities into cities.
On February 15, 2011, the supreme court upheld for the 3rd time the cityhood of El Salvador and 15 other towns in the Philippines. [4]
El Salvador is located in the Province of Misamis Oriental in Northern Mindanao (Region X). It is bordered by the Municipality of Alubijid to the west, Opol to the east and Manticao and Naawan to the south. On the north, lies Macajalar Bay in the Bohol Sea.
El Salvador is politically subdivided into 15 barangays, namely:
El Salvador city can be reached in an hour via plane from Manila to Cagayan de Oro, then about 15 minutes bus ride west. Like any other place the national highway snakes through it. Visitors and Locals can go around the city by just hailing a "sikad-sikad" or motorboat, "jeepneys" or motorcycles to the far-flung barangays.
PLDT and MISORTEL are among the major phone lines, also transmitters or "cell sites" for all major "telecom" providers like Globe, Smart and Sun Cellular are serviceable in this city. Internet access is also available. Internet cafes can be found in various places in within the city. Broadband service is also available.
With regards to financial matters. Rural Bank of El Salvador and lending institutions such as FICCO and others are accessible at office hours in this place.
El Salvador hosts several plants and factories west of Misamis Oriental. These are Asia Brewery, Tanduay Rhum, Virgin Cola Bottling Plant (Visayas and Mindanao region distributor), The Aoso, Zest-O Corporation, WL Foods Corporation, Universal Robina Corporation, Timber Industries of the Philippines, Inc. (TIPI) and Union Plywood Corporation.
Private schools:
Public schools:
Feast day: August 5 (Our Lady of Snows) & August 16 (Saint Roch (aka San Roque))
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