Ubay, Bohol

Ubay
Municipality

Downtown Ubay

Seal
Motto: Onward Ubay

Map of Bohol with Ubay highlighted
Ubay

Location within the Philippines

Coordinates: PH 10°03′N 124°28′E / 10.05°N 124.47°E / 10.05; 124.47Coordinates: PH 10°03′N 124°28′E / 10.05°N 124.47°E / 10.05; 124.47
Country Philippines
Region Central Visayas (Region VII)
Province Bohol
District 2nd District of Bohol
Founded
Established		 15 January 1844
5 October 1877
Barangay 44 (see § Barangays)
Government [1]
 • Type Sangguniang Bayan
 • Mayor Galicano Atup (LP)
 • Vice mayor Nelson Uy
 • Town Council
Area [2]  
 • Total 335.06 km2 (129.37 sq mi)
Population (2010 census)[3]
 • Total 68,578
 • Density 200/km2 (530/sq mi)
 • Voter  (2013) [4] 42,418
Demonym(s) Ubayanon
Ubayano
Time zone PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code 6315
IDD : area code  +63 (0)38
Income class 1st class
PSGC 071246000

Ubay is a first income class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines.[2] Ubay is in the north-east of the province, and has an area of 335 square kilometres (129 sq mi), with 61 kilometres (38 mi) of coastline.[2] According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 68,578, making Ubay the largest and most populated municipality in Bohol.[3] In the 2013 election, it had 42,418 registered voters.[4]

Ubay celebrates its town fiesta every 29 January in honor of the patron saint (Holy Infant).

Etymology

One etymology derivation is that the town's name is a contraction of the term ubay-ubay, meaning "alongside".[5]

According to Kaufmann's 1934 Visayan-English Dictionary,[6] the Visayan word "ubay" means:

  1. to accompany other in bed or along the side, be they persons or animals;
  2. the flow or rivers and streams. from one place to another.

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.

An alternative derivation is that the term 'ubay-ubay' or 'alongside' became the byword of seafarers who used to travel close to the shorelines of Ubay to avoid the strong current of the Canigao Channel. There was a single path to follow reach the island trading centres. This trail was located alongside (ubay) the sandy beach. Later on the term Ubay became the original name of the community.

History

Before the Spanish regime, Ubay was part of Talibon. On January 15, 1844, it separated from Talibon to become an independent municipality.[5]

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 Kingdom of Spain has the date October 5, 1877.

Geography

The town is situated east of Trinidad, north of Alicia and Mabini, and north-east of San Miguel. It is 124 kilometres (77 mi) north-east of Tagbilaran, 636 kilometres (395 mi) southeast of Manila and 71 kilometres (44 mi) east of Cebu City.

Climate

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The climate is typically equatorial – temperature range over the year is less than three degrees Celsius (5.4 deg F), and annual rainfall exceeds 1,500 millimetres (59 in). The dry season starts in February and lasts through April sometimes extending to mid‑May. The climate in Ubay falls within Coronas climate type IV, characterised by not very pronounced maximum rainfall with a short dry season from one to three months and a wet season of nine to ten months.[7]

Ubay has a tropical climate. Most months of the year are marked by significant precipitation, making agriculture favorable – it supports at least two rice crops per year. The short dry season has little impact. Ubay is classified as Am (Tropical monsoon climate) by Köppen–Geiger climate classification system.

Demographics

Population census of Ubay
YearPop.±% 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%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1980 38,289+2.29%
1990 48,902+2.48%
1995 50,745+0.70%
2000 59,827+3.59%
2007 65,900+1.34%
2010 68,578+1.46%
Source: National Statistics Office[3][8][9]

When the first national census was held in 1903, the municipality had a population 7,355. It continued to grow until 1960 with 34090 (annual growth rate of 2.73% over the period). The population markedly decreased in 1970 with the creation of the municipality of Pres. C.P. Garcia, formerly a constituent barangay. Since 1970, average annual growth rate (1970-2010) is 1.87%.

The primary language is Cebuano: Filipino and English are understood to a limited degree.

In the 2013 election, it had 42,418 registered voters, meaning that 62% of the population are aged 18 and over.[4]

Barangays

Poblacion

Ubay comprises 44 barangays organized into eight urban districts:

Barangay Population
2007 [8]		 Population
2010 [3]		 ±% p.a. Land
Area[9]		 Pop.
density		 District Date of Fiesta
PSGC Name
071246001 Achila 1,246 1,276 0.80% 3.84 km2
1.48 sq mi		 332/km2
860/sq mi		 IV January 15
071246002 Bay-ang 1,626 1,656 0.61% 6.32 km2
2.44 sq mi		 262/km2
680/sq mi		 III May 21
071246005 Benliw 2,006 2,223 3.48% 5.89 km2
2.27 sq mi		 377/km2
980/sq mi		 VII May 13
071246004 Biabas 2,207 2,573 5.25% 22.00 km2
8.49 sq mi		 117/km2
300/sq mi		 VIII May 17
071246007 Bongbong 779 807 1.18% 1.61 km2
0.62 sq mi		 501/km2
1,300/sq mi		 II December 8
071246008 Bood 2,397 2,717 4.27% 1.52 km2
0.59 sq mi		 1,788/km2
4,630/sq mi		 V January 16
071246009 Buenavista 711 688 −1.09% 6.51 km2
2.51 sq mi		 106/km2
270/sq mi		 I Last Saturday of April
25 Apr 2015
30 Apr 2016
29 Apr 2017
071246055 Bulilis 1,705 1,711 0.12% 7.40 km2
2.86 sq mi		 231/km2
600/sq mi		 II December 8
071246011 Cagting 1,853 1,597 −4.84% 10.44 km2
4.03 sq mi		 153/km2
400/sq mi		 VII January 24
071246027 Calanggaman 1,590 1,623 0.69% 6.18 km2
2.39 sq mi		 263/km2
680/sq mi		 III December 8
071246056 California 713 801 3.96% 3.19 km2
1.23 sq mi		 251/km2
650/sq mi		 II May 13
071246012 Camali-an 528 581 3.24% 5.32 km2
2.05 sq mi		 109/km2
280/sq mi		 III November 26
071246013 Camambugan 2,048 2,251 3.20% 5.47 km2
2.11 sq mi		 412/km2
1,070/sq mi		 IV May 15
071246015 Casate 2,710 2,512 −2.50% 4.60 km2
1.78 sq mi		 546/km2
1,410/sq mi		 IV April 5
071246017 Cuya 469 516 3.23% 0.66 km2
0.25 sq mi		 782/km2
2,030/sq mi		 VIII February 6
071246018 Fatima 3,056 3,235 1.92% 0.75 km2
0.29 sq mi		 4,313/km2
11,170/sq mi 		V May 13
071246019 Gabi 1,303 1,378 1.88% 16.46 km2
6.36 sq mi		 84/km2
220/sq mi 		II December 9
071246020 Governor Boyles 784 888 4.24% 8.24 km2
3.18 sq mi		 108/km2
280/sq mi 		I May 15
071246021 Guintabo-an 625 686 3.15% 0.66 km2
0.25 sq mi		 1,039/km2
2,690/sq mi 		VIII January 15
071246022 Hambabauran 962 1,106 4.76% 5.21 km2
2.01 sq mi		 212/km2
550/sq mi 		III January 15
071246023 Humayhumay 1,765 1,708 −1.09% 8.15 km2
3.15 sq mi		 210/km2
540/sq mi 		IV February 14
071246024 Ilihan 843 802 −1.65% 6.83 km2
2.64 sq mi		 117/km2
300/sq mi 		I May 15
071246025 Imelda 1,895 1,761 −2.41% 6.57 km2
2.54 sq mi		 268/km2
690/sq mi 		VII May 8 &
November 27
071246026 Juagdan 1,106 1,121 0.45% 1.31 km2
0.51 sq mi		 856/km2
2,220/sq mi 		VII May 23
071246016 Katarungan 1,294 1,524 5.60% 4.09 km2
1.58 sq mi		 373/km2
970/sq mi 		V May 30
071246031 Lomangog 2,033 2,025 −0.13% 6.42 km2
2.48 sq mi		 315/km2
820/sq mi 		II January 15
071246030 Los Angeles 397 436 3.17% 2.74 km2
1.06 sq mi		 159/km2
410/sq mi 		II April 27
071246032 Pag-asa 1,081 1,168 2.61% 3.78 km2
1.46 sq mi		 309/km2
800/sq mi 		III December 8
071246033 Pangpang 1,038 1,220 5.53% 4.50 km2
1.74 sq mi		 271/km2
700/sq mi 		IV December 15
071246034 Poblacion 3,698 3,633 −0.59% 1.99 km2
0.77 sq mi		 1,826/km2
4,730/sq mi 		V Last Friday of January
30 Jan 2015
29 Jan 2016
27 Jan 2017
071246037 San Francisco 1,497 1,677 3.86% 11.07 km2
4.27 sq mi		 151/km2
390/sq mi 		I June 26
071246038 San Isidro 583 707 6.64% 2.62 km2
1.01 sq mi		 270/km2
700/sq mi 		VI May 21
071246040 San Pascual 3,088 3,127 0.42% 9.73 km2
3.76 sq mi		 321/km2
830/sq mi 		I Last Saturday of April
25 Apr 2015
30 Apr 2016
29 Apr 2017
071246041 San Vicente 962 1,074 3.74% 9.66 km2
3.73 sq mi		 111/km2
290/sq mi 		VIII April 5
071246043 Sentinela 936 969 1.16% 2.71 km2
1.05 sq mi		 358/km2
930/sq mi 		VI May 29
071246044 Sinandigan 1,923 1,874 −0.86% 6.07 km2
2.34 sq mi		 309/km2
800/sq mi 		VII December 8
071246045 Tapal 1,212 1,371 4.19% 2.90 km2
1.12 sq mi		 473/km2
1,230/sq mi 		VI May 3
071246046 Tapon 2,514 2,481 −0.44% 1.53 km2
0.59 sq mi		 1,622/km2
4,200/sq mi 		V June 29
071246047 Tintinan 580 623 2.41% 0.31 km2
0.12 sq mi		 2,010/km2
5,200/sq mi 		VIII September 29
071246048 Tipolo 2,208 2,456 3.61% 6.55 km2
2.53 sq mi		 375/km2
970/sq mi 		VI April 5
071246049 Tubog 868 885 0.65% 5.14 km2
1.98 sq mi		 172/km2
450/sq mi		 III May 16
071246050 Tuboran 1,135 1,372 6.53% 5.47 km2
2.11 sq mi		 251/km2
650/sq mi		 IV January 15
071246052 Union 2,412 2,332 −1.12% 5.14 km2
1.98 sq mi		 454/km2
1,180/sq mi		 VI January 15
071246054 Villa Teresita 1,514 1,407 −2.41% 2.62 km2
1.01 sq mi		 537/km2
1,390/sq mi		 I November 28

Economy

Public market

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 Pres. Carlos P. Garcia.

Transport

The most common form of local transportation is the tricycle for nearer barangays. For far barangays, the motorcycle is the most common. All barangays are connected by roads and the only places without roads are the steep slopes of the central mountains.

The improvement of the Bohol circumferential road and the port facilities helped Ubay to become the trading and transportation hub of north-eastern Bohol, connecting it to the neighboring island of Leyte and the rest of Bohol province. Passenger and cargo traffic to these destinations has noticeably increased over the years indicating an increasing volume of trade between these points.

Land transportation is provided by various short and long-distance buses, jeeps and vans, connecting Ubay to the rest of the towns in the province. Tagbilaran can be reached from Ubay in two to three hours by bus or van. There are also daily combined road/ferry services to Metro Manila (Pasay City / Cubao, Quezon City).

Ubay seaport is considered the province's principal gateway to Leyte, and Samar.[10] Its improved port area is linked to the major port destinations of neighboring provinces such as Bato and Hilongos in Leyte, Maasin City in Southern Leyte, and Cebu City, the regional capital.[11] Four vessels travels to and from Cebu City daily,[10] and routes to and from Bato, Hilongos and Maasin City are also served daily. The journey time for each destination is 4–5 hours.[12]

Ubay Airport

Ubay is home to one of only two airports in Bohol (the other being Tagbilaran Airport), but Ubay Airport is completely undeveloped and has no scheduled service, nor any facilities. The runway is only about 400 metres (1,310 ft) but couldn't extend at the south-western end becomes it is close to hills, and the north-eastern end reaches housing and the sea.

Tourism and culture

Roman Catholic Church, Poblacion

Ubay's point of interests, destinations, and attractions include:

Delicacies

Ubay-ubay Festival

Like the Sinulog of Cebu, the Ubay-ubay Festival is the town's own version in celebration and honor of the patron saint, Sr. Santo Niño. This colorful and fascinating festivity is a well-attended event where devotees and tourists flock the town's major roads and venues to view the exciting grand street parade and the festival dance-competition. This celebration often held between 28 and 30 January, every year.[19]

Local government

Ubay Municipal Hall

Ubay is governed by the municipal mayor as head of the municipality. The vice mayor is the next highest position and acts as the presiding officer of municipal council.

List of former Chief Executives of Ubay

Infrastructure

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 (in Fatima) also provides services for emergencies. A pediatrics and OB-gynae clinic complements the health services available in town.

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

Public order and safety

The local police force is 37 police officers. Police–population ratio is 1:1,853, less favourable than the standard ratio of 1:1,000. The police are augmented by 492 Barangay Tanod volunteers. It is reported that crime rate in Ubay is relatively low. The local Fire Department is staffed by eight fire fighters with two fire trucks. Incidence of fires is reportedly low in the municipality.

Utilities

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 have no electricity, yet only 34.97 percent of the total households in the municipality have 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

Elementary schools

There are 44 public elementary schools in the municipality – one in each barangay except Cuya, and one on Tres Reyes island.[22]

There are 7 private elementary schools.[23]

Secondary and high schools

There are 16 public and private secondary and high schools in the municipality.[24]

Higher education

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

Notable Ubayanos

References

  1. ↑ "Municipality". Quezon City, Philippines: Department of the Interior and Local Government. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Municipal: Ubay, Bohol". PSA. Philippines: National Statistical Coordination Board. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay: as of May 1, 2010" (PDF). 2010 Census of Population and Housing. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "2013 National and Local Elections Statistics" (PDF). Commission on Elections. 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Municipality of Balilihan". Province of Bohol. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
  6. ↑ Kaufmann, J. (1934). Visayan-English Dictionary. Iloilo.
  7. ↑ Coronas 1920.
  8. 1 2 "Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City and Municipality: Central Visayas: 1995, 2000 and 2007" (PDF). National Statistics Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2011.
  9. 1 2 Saz 2007.
  10. 1 2 "Ubay Seaport". Bohol-Philippines.com. February 1, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Ubay Port Offers a better Life for many Boholanos". The Bohol Standard. July 4, 2010. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  12. ↑ "The Southern Leyte Connection". Leyte-Divers.com. February 1, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Ubay Stock Farm". Cebu Daily News. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
  14. ↑ Espinola, Manny; Maghirang, Antonio (2014). Ave, Jon P.; Rodriguez, Ces, eds. "NIA at 50 : A Legacy of Serving Filipino Farmers" (PDF). Photography Raneil Ibay; Graphic Artists: Mario Sta. Maria, Shannon Olaguer; Research Assistants: Jun Danganan, CJ Brillantes. pp. 62–63. ISBN 978-9719596202.
  15. ↑ "DA, BFAR as partners for Bohol’s self-sufficiency". EDCom Bohol. April 21, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Sinandigan Multi-Species Hatchery". Bohol Sunday Post. April 24, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  17. ↑ Akpenodu & Saloma 2011.
  18. ↑ "Gaviola Ancestral House". GV Hotel. January 1, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Ubay Annual Town Fiesta". Ubay LGU. January 1, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Eutiquio M. Bernales". Bohol Choice Cuts. 2004-07-04. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  21. ↑ Boysillo, Florencio (October 1990). "The Province of Bohol". Ubay Past and Present 47: 11.
  22. ↑ "List of Public Schools in Bohol 2nd District" (Spreadsheet). DepEd Bohol. Retrieved 21 Oct 2012.
  23. ↑ "List and Status of Private Schools as of January 22, 2015" (PDF). Deped - Central Visayas. January 31, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  24. ↑ "List of Public Schools in Bohol 2nd District". DepEd Bohol. Retrieved 21 Oct 2012.
  25. ↑ "Bohol Governors, Past and Present". Province of Bohol. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
  26. ↑ "A Legacy of Life and Work". Bohol Chronicle. Retrieved 2013-12-25.

Sources

  • Akpenodu, Erik; Saloma, Czarina (2011). Casa Boholana: Vintage Houses of Bohol. Ateneo de Manila University Press. ISBN 978-9715506182. 

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