Alegria, officially the Municipality of Alegria (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Alegria; Tagalog: Bayan ng Alegria), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 25,620 people.[3]
Pre-1850: Native tribe; then a Spanish-era barrio called Tuburan after the spring (tubod) located at sitio Tubig (Santa Rosa) in the poblacion.
31 January 1850: Leaders of Tuburan ask Governor of Cebu to support their petition for civil separation from mother town (matriz) Malabuyoc.
4 February: Malabuyoc leaders send letter of support for said petition. Tuburan had a church made of tabique de pampango, a convent and tribunal of light materials, two rubble watchtowers and 410½ tributos (one family = 1 tribute;unmarried adult = ½ tribute).
15 February: Petition goes to the Civil Administrator and Commanding General of the Visayas then sent to Superior Government in Manila.
31 March: Assessor General recommends approval of said petition.
3 April: Captain and Governor-General of the Philippine Islands (Antonio María Blanco) approves establishment of Tuburan as a town.
24 August: Governor of Cebu recommends changing the town's name to avoid confusing it with similarly named barrios in Balamban and Bogo.
25 September: Captain and Governor-General of the Philippines (Antonio de Urbistondo y Eguía) issues order changing the town's name to Alegria.
9 August 1854: The Padre Cura of Malabuyoc, Lucas Clavesillas de la Soledad recommends to the Bishop of Cebu (Romualdo Jimeno Ballesteros, O.P.) the creation of Alegria as a parish.
17 September: Governor of Cebu proposes separating barrio Guiuanon (Madridejos) from Badian and adding it to Alegria to form a new parish territory.
31 October: Bishop of Cebu supports creation of said territory.
10 November: Bishop informs Governor of Cebu that Badian does not object to creation of a new parish and separation of Guiuanon.
21 February 1856: Petition for said separation and the creation of new parish territory received by the Minister of Royal Treasury in Manila.
27 February: Governor of Cebu asks the Captain and Governor-General to create said parish.
3 July: the town of Alegria created as a parish. Tributes: 781 (Poblacion - 521½, Guiuanon - 259½)
13 March 1857: Parish of Alegria Canonically erected. Titular St. Francis Xavier Feast 3 Dec.
Geographyedit
Alegria is bordered to the north by the town of Badian, to the west is the Tañon Strait, to the east are the towns of Dalaguete and Alcoy, and to the south is the town of Malabuyoc.
Barangaysedit
Alegria is politically subdivided into 9 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
The formal extraction of oil and gas reserves from the Alegria Oil Field Polyard-3 Well in Barangay Montpeller would generate numerous job opportunities and income for residents, neighboring towns and the entire Cebu province.[17]
Extracted oil will be sold to power plants at US$70 per barrel with a current production of 200 to 300 barrels per day, as told by Country Manager Edgar Benedict Cutiongco of China International Mining and Petroleum Company Inc. (CIMP), the service contractor of the oil extraction project. The Municipal government will receive an 18% income share coming from the 60% allotted to the National Government, while 14% will go to Barangay Montpeller and 8% to the Provincial Government.
Tourismedit
The municipality of Alegria launched the Kawayan Festival on 2 December 2006, in time for the annual town fiesta. Local contingents paraded the streets, and locally produced kawayan (bamboo) products were on display. Kawayan Festival has been part of the fiesta celebration in honor of Saint Francis Xavier since then.
There is also a plan to develop Alegria as the "Organic Vegetable Basket" in Cebu and in the Visayas region by its mayor, Verna Magallon.[18]
Educationedit
The public schools in the town of Alegria are administered by one school district under the Schools Division of Cebu Province.
Elementary schools:
Alangasil Elementary School — Sitio Alangasil, Madridejos
Alegria Central Elementary School — Poblacion
Anislag Primary School — Sitio Anislag, Guadalupe
Balha-an Elementary School — Sitio Balha-an, Madridejos
Cagay-an Primary School — Sitio Cagay-an, Lepanto
Cambunoc Elementary School — Sitio Cambunoc, Santa Filomena
Cangcalape Primary School — Sitio Cangcalape, Compostela
Compostela Elementary School — Compostela
Dugyan Primary School — Sitio Dugyan, Valencia
Guadalupe Elementary School — Guadalupe
Inghoy Elementary School — Sitio Inghoy, Valencia
Legaspi Elementary School — Legaspi
Lepanto Elementary School — Lepanto
Libo Elementary School — Sitio Libo, Lepanto
Lingatong Primary School — Sitio Lingatong, Guadalupe
Madridejos Elementary School — Madridejos
Mayana Elementary School — Sitio Mayana, Guadalupe
Montpeller Elementary School — Montpeller
Santa Filomena Elementary School — Santa Filomena
Valencia Elementary School — Valencia
High schools:
Inghoy National High School — Sitio Inghoy, Valencia
Madridejos National High School — Madridejos
Montpeller National High School — Montpeller
Santa Filomena National High School — Santa Filomena
^"2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
^ abcCensus of Population (2020). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^"PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
^ abLibro de Erecciones de Gobierno, Philippine National Archives
^ abCensus of Population and Housing (2010). "Region VII (Central Visayas)" (PDF). Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
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"Alegria: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
^Census of Population (2015). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
^Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^"Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
^"Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
^"2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
^"City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
^"2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
^"Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
^"PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
^"Town residents to benefit from Alegria oil field". SunStar. Sunstar Cebu. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
^Argyll Cyrus Geducos; Minerva BC Newman (21 May 2018). "Duterte opens Alegria oilfields". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
External linksedit
Media related to Alegria, Cebu at Wikimedia Commons