Ubay, Bohol

Ubay
Municipality
Seal
Nickname(s): The Friendliest Town of Bohol Town of Warmest Friendship
Motto: Onward Ubay
Map of Bohol showing the location of Ubay
Ubay Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°03′N 124°28′E / 10.050°N 124.467°E / 10.050; 124.467Coordinates: 10°03′N 124°28′E / 10.050°N 124.467°E / 10.050; 124.467
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Visayas (Region VII)
Province	Bohol
District	2nd District of Bohol
Founded	January 15, 1844
Town Established	October 5, 1877
Barangays	44
Government[1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Galicano E. Atup. (Liberal)
• Vice Mayor	Nelson L. Uy (Liberal)
• Town Council	List Efren Tanjay Constancio Atuel Clarita Alesna Victor Bonghanoy Isidore Besas Allan Abad Eustaquio Bacolod Sabiniano Atupan
• ABC President	Lolita Ceballos
• SKF President	Mel Jorence Tanjay
Area[2]
• Total	299.45 km2 (115.62 sq mi)
Population (2010)[3]
• Total	68,578
• Density	230/km2 (590/sq mi)
Demonym	Ubayanon, Ubayano
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	6315
Dialing code	38
Income class	1st Class[4]
Standard Geographic Code	071246000

Ubay is a first class municipality in the island province of Bohol, Philippines. Ubay lies of the northeastern part of the province, and has a land area of approximately 299.45 square kilometers (115.62 sq mi), with about 61 kilometres (38 mi) of coastline. Also, according to the 2010 census, it has a population of 68,578, making Ubay as the largest and most populated municipality in Bohol.^[5]

Ubay celebrates its town fiesta every 29 January in honor of the patron saint.

Etymology

The town's name is a contraction of the term ubay-ubay, meaning "alongside".^[1]

According to the Diccionario Español-Bisaya, 1885 by Fr. Juan Feliz dela Encarnacion, the Bisayan word "ubay" means, a.) To accompany other in bed or along the side, be they persons or animals. b.) The running, flow or rivers, streams, etc. from one place to another. c.) A little bit much or somewhat plenty as when someone inquires about the bounties of a harvest or fish catch.

The flow of seawater between the mainland and the Island of Lapinig Grande (now Pres. C.P. Garcia town) could justify the second definition of Ubay. It is a situation that is permanent and the constant reference to the flow of water can make the term ubay be attached as the name of the place. Therefore the name of Ubay is a cachetonym or a name taken from a prominent feature of the place.^[6]

Geography

The town is situated east of Trinidad, north of Alicia and Mabini, northeast of San Miguel and is about 124 kilometres (77 mi) northeast from the provincial capital, Tagbilaran City, 636 kilometres (395 mi) southeast of Manila and 71 kilometres (44 mi) east of Cebu City.

Barangays

Ubay is politically subdivided into 44 barangays. These barangays are further subdivided into eight districts. Below is the list of barangays, which also includes their respective population size, land area, population density, district assignment, and date of their barrio fiesta

Barangay	Population (2007 census)	Population (2010 census)[7]	Land Area (km²) 2002 LGU[8]	Pop. density (per km²)	District	Date of Barrio Fiesta
Achila	1,246	1,276	3.84	332.3	IV	January 15
Bay-ang	1,626	1,656	6.32	262	III	May 21
Benliw	2,006	2,223	5.89	377.4	VII	May 13
Biabas	2,207	2,573	22.00	117	VIII	May 17
Bongbong	779	807	1.61	501.2	II	December 8
Bood	2,397	2,717	1.52	1787.5	V	January 16
Buenavista	711	688	6.51	105.7	I	Last Saturday of April
Bulilis	1,705	1,711	7.40	231.2	II	December 8
Cagting	1,853	1,597	10.44	153	VII	January 24
Calanggaman	1,590	1,623	6.18	262.6	III	December 8
California	713	801	3.19	251.1	II	May 13
Camali-an	528	581	5.32	109.2	III	November 26
Camambugan	2,048	2,251	5.47	411.5	IV	May 15
Casate	2,710	2,512	4.60	546.1	IV	April 5
Cuya	469	516	0.66	781.8	VIII	February 6
Fatima	3,056	3,235	0.75	4313.3	V	May 13
Gabi	1,303	1,378	16.46	83.7	II	December 9
Governor Boyles	784	888	8.24	107.8	I	May 15
Guintabo-an	625	686	0.66	1039.4	VII	January 15
Hambabauran	962	1,106	5.21	212.3	III	January 15
Humayhumay	1,765	1,708	8.15	209.6	IV	February 14
Ilihan	843	802	16.83	47.7	I	May 15
Imelda	1,895	1,761	6.57	268	VII	May 8 & Nov. 27
Juagdan	1,106	1,121	1.31	855.7	VIII	May 23
Katarungan	1,294	1,524	4.09	372.6	V	May 30
Lomangog	2,033	2,025	6.42	315.4	II	January 15
Los Angeles	397	436	2.74	159.1	II	April 27
Pag-asa	1,081	1,168	3.78	309	III	December 8
Pangpang	1,038	1,220	4.50	271.1	IV	December 15
Poblacion	3,698	3,633	1.99	1825.6	V	Last Friday of January
San Francisco	1,497	1,677	11.07	151.5	I	June 26
San Isidro	583	707	2.62	269.8	VI	May 21
San Pascual	3,088	3,127	9.73	321.4	I	Last Saturday of April
San Vicente	962	1,074	49.66	21.6	VIII	April 5
Sentinela	936	969	2.71	357.6	VI	May 29
Sinandigan	1,923	1,874	6.07	308.7	VII	December 8
Tapal	1,212	1,371	2.90	472.8	VI	May 3
Tapon	2,514	2,481	1.53	1621.6	V	June 29
Tintinan	580	623	0.31	2009.7	VIII	September 29
Tipolo	2,208	2,456	6.55	375	VI	April 5
Tubog	868	885	5.14	172.2	III	May 16
Tuboran	1,135	1,372	5.47	250.8	IV	January 15
Union	2,412	2,332	5.14	453.7	VI	January 15
Villa Teresita	1,514	1,407	12.62	111.5	I	November 28

Climate

Precipitation is throughout the year making agriculture favorable. Two climate conditions exist: Type D, which is characterized by rainfall more or less evenly distributed all year round and Type E, with no dry season and a very pronounced maximum rainfall from November to January.^[9]

Type E affects the eastern part of Ubay and Type D affects the western part of Ubay.

Climate data for Ubay, Bohol, Philippines
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	29 (84)	30 (86)	31 (88)	32 (90)	33 (91)	32 (90)	31 (88)	31 (88)	31 (88)	31 (88)	31 (88)	30 (86)	33 (91)
Average low °C (°F)	23 (73)	23 (73)	23 (73)	24 (75)	25 (77)	25 (77)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	23 (73)	23 (73)
Precipitation mm (inches)	415 (16.34)	261 (10.28)	233 (9.17)	68 (2.68)	131 (5.16)	170 (6.69)	132 (5.2)	234 (9.21)	301 (11.85)	185 (7.28)	259 (10.2)	242 (9.53)	2,631 (103.58)
Source: http://www.sunmap.eu/weather/asia/philippines/province-of-bohol/ubay

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History

Before the Spanish regime, Ubay was a part of Talibon. Gregoria "Berudja" Palestina y Reyes became the leader of the community and was very much respected by the Ubayanons. On January 15, 1844, it separated from Talibon to become an independent municipality. The first town executive was Toribio Reyes, the only child of Gregoria "Berudja" Palestina y Reyes.^[1]

The religious aspect of the town was established much later than the civil aspect of the town. The decree of the Spanish Governor General creating Ubay as a town in the religious aspect is dated October 22, 1877. However, Royal Order No. 695 issued by the King of Spain has the date October 5, 1877.

The civil aspect of the town is obtained from through inference from the records. At the National Archives, there is a yearly publication known as Guia de Forasteros (Guide to Foreigners). The listing from the year 1834 to 1865 is available. The first time that Ubay was listed as town was on year 1844 and listed every year thereafter. Therefore, Ubay became a town in the civil aspect in 1844.^[6]

Demographics

Population census of Ubay
Year Pop.   ±% p.a.   1903 7,355 —     1918 8,255 +0.77% 1939 21,213 +4.60% 1948 29,961 +3.91% 1960 34,090 +1.08% 1970 32,717 −0.41% 1975 34,195 +0.89%	Year Pop.   ±% p.a.   1980 38,289 +2.29% 1990 48,902 +2.48% 1995 50,745 +0.74% 2000 59,827 +3.35% 2007 65,900 +1.39% 2010 68,578 +1.34%

Ubay is the fastest growing municipality in Bohol with an annual population growth rate of 3.3 percent, higher than provincial (2.6%) and national (2.3%) average.^[8]

When the first national census held in 1903, the municipality has a population 7,355. It continued to grow until 1960 with 32,717 in 1.08 percent annual rate. The population suddenly decreased in 1970 upon the creation of the municipality of Pres. C.P. Garcia, which is used to be a constituent barangay.

The primary language of the population is Cebuano, while Filipino and English are also spoken in a limited amount.

Economy

Commerce and trade

Ubay has a number of business establishments mostly small-scale commercial trading firms engaged in retail and wholesale. A new public market building was completed recently. The regular market day is Monday and local traders from neighboring towns come to sell their merchandise consisting mostly of agricultural products and small consumer items like used clothes, household utensils and other products. Ubay also provides a market for the neighboring island municipality of Carlos P. Garcia. Local trade with Leyte and Cebu are facilitated by regular daily or twice-daily boat trips to and from Maasin City, Southern Leyte, and Bato, Leyte and Cebu City. Passenger and cargo traffic to these destinations has also noticeably increased over the years indicating an also increasing volume of trade between these points.

Communication

Various communication companies (4 phone companies) provided the public with access to local and international communication services. Messengerial, courier and postal services were also available in town. Internal transportation was relatively good because of the presence of good dirt roads crisscrossing the municipal landscape. The most common form of transportation was the tricycle for nearer barangays. For far barangays, the most common mode of transport was the motorcycle. Normally, motorcycle fare was very much higher than other forms but this was the only way to reach these barangays faster. All barangays were connected by roads and the only places where there were no roads were the steep slopes in the central mountains.

Transportation

The improvement of the Bohol circumferential road and the port facilities had helped Ubay to become the trading and transportation hub of northeastern Bohol connecting it to the neighboring island of Leyte and the rest of Bohol province.

Ubay is home to one of only two airports in Bohol (the other being Tagbilaran Airport), but Ubay Airport has no scheduled service, nor any facilities.

Land

Land transportation was adequate with various short and long-distance buses, jeeps and vans connected Ubay to the rest of the towns in the province. Tagbilaran could be reached from Ubay in two to three hours by bus or van. Bolanos Bus Lines, Mega Bus Lines, UltraBus Lines and Silver Star Bus Lines are the bus companies driving Ubay to Metro Manila (Pasay City / Cubao, Quezon City) route with each bus line having at least one daily trip.

Public services

Health

For health services, the town has two public health units staffed by doctors, nurses, midwives, dentists, medical technologists and sanitary inspectors. A small government hospital was established to provide outpatient services to local residents. A private 15-bed hospital also provides services for emergencies. A pediatric and OB-Gyne clinic compliment the health services available in town.

Barangay Health Workers (BHW) from each barangay provided direct health care assistance to barangay residents.

Public order and safety

The local police force was composed of 37 policemen. Police-population ratio was computed at 1:1,616, lower than the standard ratio of 1:1,000. The police was augmented by 492 Barangay Tanod volunteers. It was reported that crime rate in Ubay was relatively low. The local Fire Department was staffed by eight fire fighters with two fire trucks. Incidence of fires was reportedly low in the municipality.

Energy and water

Bohol was linked to the major source of geothermal power in Leyte through the underwater connection between Maasin City, Southern Leyte and Ubay. Presently, only three of the 44 barangays had no electricity, yet only 34.97 percent of the total households in the municipality had electricity compared to the province, which was 58.3 percent energized in 2000 .

The town proper and seven other barangays was served by the Ubay Water and Sanitation Cooperative. The cooperative planned to expand their service to eight other barangays in the near future. Due to consumer demand and the limited size of the supply, water service became difficult during dry months. Bohol province reported that 23.71 percent of its households had their own faucets from a community system while Ubay reported only 8.97 percent.

For the province, 21.68 percent of households had access to shared faucets while Ubay only had 8.86 percent. In Ubay, slightly more than half (51.83%) of the households had access to dug wells.

Education

College school

• Bohol Northern Star Colleges

To meet the increasing demands of growing college, the Bohol Northeastern College was founded in 1996 and established by famous Ubayano great political leaders, Erico B. Aumentado and former governor David B. Tirol. The name was later changed to Bohol Northern Star Colleges in January 2007.

Secondary and high schools

Elementary schools

Private elementary schools

Public elementary schools

Government

Ubay is govern by the Municipal Mayor as head of the municipality. The vice-mayor is the next highest position and act as the presiding officer of Municipal Council. They are elected every three years during the midterm and national elections, and they can serve until three terms of office. The Municipal Council or Sangguniang Bayan is composed of 8 regular members, and the ex officio members that are the Association of Barangay Chairmen President, and the Sangguniang Kabataan Federation President.

List of Local Chief Executives of Ubay^[11]

Term	Title	Name
1844	Gobernadorcillo	Toribio Reyes
1912 - 1924	Presidente Municipal	Ruperto Gaviola
1925 - 1930	Presidente Municipal	Jose Garces
1931 - 1935	Presidente Municipal	Carlos Boiser
1936 - 1940	Municipal Mayor	Ruperto Gaviola
1941 - 1942	Municipal Mayor	Lucio Cutanda
1942 - 1943	Military Mayor	Samson Sabalones
1944 - 1945	Military Mayor	Frank Lombardo
1946 - 1948	Municipal Mayor	Lucio Cutanda
1949 -	OIC Municipal Mayor	Marcelo Cuyno
1949 - 1952	Municipal Mayor	Lucio Cutanda
1953 - 1964	Municipal Mayor	Ricardo Boyles
1965 - 1968	Municipal Mayor	Sabiniano Cuyno
1969 - 1978	Municipal Mayor	Rufina B. Delima
1979 - 1980	OIC Municipal Mayor	Eutiquio M. Bernales Sr.
1981 - 1984	Municipal Mayor	Eutiquio M. Bernales Sr.
1985 - 1986	OIC Municipal Mayor	Pedro Sarabosing
1986 - 1987	OIC Municipal Mayor	Agapito Valleser
1987 – 1992	Municipal Mayor	Eliseo Boyles
30 Jun 1992 – 30 Jun 1995	Municipal Mayor	Eutiquio M. Bernales Sr.
30 Jun 1995 – 30 Jun 2004	Municipal Mayor	Manuel B. Alesna
30 Jun 2004 – 30 Jun 2013	Municipal Mayor	Eutiquio M. Bernales Sr.
30 Jun 2013 – present	Municipal Mayor	Galicano E. Atup

Present Government

The new mayor Galicano E. Atup was elected for his first term as town's chief executive after Eutiquio M. Bernales Sr.

Elected Officials - 2013-2016:

• Mayor: Galicano E. Atup
• Vice Mayor: Nelson L. Uy
• Municipal Councilors:
  • Efren Tanjay
  • Constancio Atuel
  • Clarita V. Alesna
  • Victor Bonghanoy
  • Isidore Besas
  • Allan Abad
  • Eustaquio Bacolod
  • Sabiniano Atupan

Ex-officio Councilors:

• Lolita A. Ceballos- ABC President
• Mel Jorence G. Tanjay- SK Federated President

Tourism

Ubay Stock Farm (USF)

Started in 1921 and measures 4,500 hectares, it is the largest and the oldest government livestock facilities in the Philippines. The place was chosen as one of the accredited livestock technology training facility for Visayas and Mindanao. It is located in barangay Lomangog.^[12]

Bohol Experimental Station

The Integrated Agricultural Research Center of Department of Agriculture in Central Visayas. It is a PhilRice's national lead agency for the planning, coordination, implementation, and monitoring of all rice research and development activities in the Philippines. It is stragetically located in barangay Gabi.

Capayas Dam

One of the largest dams in the province and located along the national highway in barangay Bay-ang. It is the major source of water supply of the town for home use and irrigation.

Ubay Agri-Park

The first of its kind in the Visayan region was recently launched to boost the agriculture and tourism industries in the area. A 100-hectare land situated along the national highway in Lomangog. Ubay Agri-Park helps to promote agri-tourism or "farm tourism," is also a showcase of Bohol’s advancement in farm technology. Guests or visitors can interact with the park’s personnel on various aspects of farm technology, and they leave the park much richer in agricultural knowledge or production.

Radio stations

Currently, Ubay has two radio stations in operation.

• Hot FM 102.3 MHz (FM Band) (Official Site)
• DYZD 1422 kHz (AM Band)

Notable Ubayanos

• Eutiquio Boyles - the fifth provincial governor of Bohol which served from October 16, 1916 - October 15, 1919. The barangay of Governor Boyles was named after him.^[13]

• Erico B. Aumentado - the only Bohol governor which served for three consecutive terms (2001–2010), former deputy speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives, former congressman of Bohol's 2nd District, former provincial vice-governor and Board Member.^[14]

• Arturo Mendez Evangelista - the first Boholano PNPAer to become the Provincial Director of Bohol Provincial Police Office (BPPO). Under his stewardship, the BPPO Police Mobile Group (701st PMG) was awarded as the PNP’s “PMG of the year 2006” nationwide for the first time.^[15]

References

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	Trinidad		Bohol Sea
	Ubay
	San Miguel	Alicia	Mabini

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