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1757:-Calauit Island is a 4,000 has. Protected are with active environmental and resources management separated by the narrow mangrove channel from nearby Busuanga Island. It includes an 18-kilometers coastline and along the coasting line is about 9-km of reef, although much of it are limestone rock and sand, rubble communities dominated by sea grass, seaweeds and micro invertebrates. About 70-80% of the coastal area of the island is surrounded by coral reefs of moderate cover and sea grass beds, and latter serving as feeding grounds for dugongs and turtles. Another 40% meters wide fins the reef, with an estimated of 1.80 km of living covered. In the 1979 Presidential 1578 declared Calauit Island Game Preserve and Wildlife Sanctuary for the endemic and exotic animals. The latter consisted of a total of 104 composed of GIRAFFES, ZEBRAS, IMPALAS, WATERBUCKS, GRANT GAZELLES, ELANDS, TOPI and BUSHBACKS imported from Kenya and arrived at Calauit Island in March 1977. These animals are now numbered more than 600 mostly island born and only a few of the original stocks lived. The game preserve was originally managed by Ministry of Natural Resources by the Presidential Commission for the conservation of the Tamaraw (PCCT) through the Presidential Assistance for Cultural Minorities (PANAMIN). Later on the management of the park is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) through the Conservation and Resources management Foundation (CRMF). At present, management of the park is under the Palawan Council for Sustainable Development (PCSD). 1906: 1930: 1851:
Chinabayan, also called Sinibayan, is approximately near to Sinibayan River and the waterfalls found in Barangay New Busuanga. Chinabayan traverses along Barangay San Rafael and Barangay Sagrada where forest cover is much more extensive. Meanwhile, the hilly portions of the mountain range is covered by lowland beach and limestone forest while those that are confined to the sides of hills following the municipality's streams and river have thicker forest covers. The central hills have low elevation (less than 700 meters above sea level) while some have an elevation reaching more than 500 meters. Also, on the western portion are numerous islets while on the northern tip is the Calauit Island. The Salvacion Mountain Range located in Salvacion, the Sinabuyan Mountain Range between New Busuanga and Cheey, and the Naapac Mountain Range in San Rafael are among the major mountain ranges of the municipality.
1770:– Is considered as one of the tourist attraction in the municipality. It is bound with silica sand and famous for its sparkling white beaches. The water is so clear that you can see the corals under. The abundant marine life and coral reefs attracts people from neighboring barangays and town to go swimming, scuba diving and snorkeling. This activity cannot be enjoyed if you cannot go to this place. And if you dream of natural resort with all the breathtaking beauty, then go to this island, and is one of the best places to go during summertime. It has a total land of 50 hectares and approximately 30 minutes travel time from the poblacion. Development of the island is potential. The means of transportation form the poblacion to the island is to hire a motorized boat around P200.00 one way. There are no cottages in the island; accommodation is in poblacion, at the rate P 100.00 per day. 1882: 1918: 1973:. Sub-surface textures of these soils can be classified as either loam to clay loam and sandy clay; these fall under the medium to fine- textures soils. The types of soil in the municipality vary on its geographical location. According to the report of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist, those soils located in the plains, valleys and plateaus are made up of silt clay loam while those soils located in the area where it is gently sloping to slightly steep are composed of sandy clay to sandy clay loam. For coastal plains on the southern part of the municipality, the major type of soil is hydrosol while in some valley areas, there is rich Busuanga loam. Of these types of soil, silt clay loam soil, given its properties, makes it suitable for the community to plant their crops and grow their vegetables. 1894: 1875:
distinguished of its bedded chert is dominant in the municipality while the Quaternary Alluvium which consists of unconsolidated floodplain deposits accumulated at the foot of the hills can be found in the low – lying coastal areas and along the river channels of most of the barangays in Busuanga. On the other hand, Malajon Limestone, typified by creamy to dark gray massive coralline, marbleized limestone, is commonly found in Elet and Kalapisauan Islands located northwest of the municipality. Most of the land formations are karst limestone having silicon dioxide as its major elements. Limestone distribution over the municipality, however, can only be observed in few areas such as Barangay Buluang.
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Busuanga is the largest island as it covers 1/3 of Busuanga Island and about 3.8% of Palawan's total land area. Based from the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP 2001–2009) of the municipality, the total land area of the municipality is 52, 748 hectares while according to DENR –CENRO, the total land area was 53, 051 ha. It is bounded by Mindoro strait on the north, municipality of Coron on the east, South China Sea on the west and Culion Island on the south. A majority (59%) of the land area of the Municipality of Busuanga consists of the Calauit Game Preserve and Wildlife Sanctuary (3,323ha) and the Yulo King Ranch (YKR) (28. 380ha). Lilu Marie Capiral is currently living in this municipality.
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the beach, as white silica of more or less 5 km. Assorted fishes are available in a whole year. Fisherman usually staying as a resting place. The island is one of the municipality's sources of edible bird's nests and its quano for fertilizers. Inside the caves, you will find the writings on the wall in Spanish. A mini-pool, a table forms rock, and a bench. Vacationers/Adventurers believed that it was a natural built. It invites the adventurous who dare and explore its interior for discovery, mystery and fun.
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alienable and disposable (A&D) land and 12, 950 hectares (28.7%) of forest land; SEMP-ECAN Zoning Project which formulated a NAMRIA-land classification map, however, revealed that the A&D land is only about 48%. On the other hand; while CLUP showed the allocation of municipal land uses with 46% devoted to brushland and grassland, 39% to forest, 8% for agriculture, and 1% for built-up areas or only about 392 hectares of the total land area.
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of the best place to go during summertime. A transportation facility from poblacion to Concepcion is service by two units of buses/jeepneys plying between Busuanga to Coron wherein regular fare is only P38.00. The resort is presently operating with the necessary accommodation. There are transportation and cottages to cater the needs of tourist.
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for several days and nights. This was followed, in April 1945, by an ambush kill of two Japanese Officers coming from the manganese mines. Within the same month three more enemy soldiers died in the hands of the gallant Bolo Battalion. This foreshadowed the doom of Japanese invaders and the end of war.
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belongs to the non-volcanic micro-continental fragment of the northern Palawan group of islands which includes all areas on- and offshore north of the Ulugan Bay Fault. Based on geophysical observations, these groups of islands are believed to be part of the southeastern continental shelf of mainland
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In barangay Panlaitan. The abundant marine life attracts the people from neighboring barangays to go swimming, scuba diving and snorkeling and other activities, and its noted for its beautiful coral reefs and seaweeds. It cannot be docked during rainy season due to large waves. It is approximately
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It is located 17 km away from the poblacion and both accessible by land and water transportation. It is an ideal place to those who would dare and like to dip in cool fresh water. Transportation is by 2 units of buses and jeepneys plying between Busuanga and Coron and vice versa at the rate of
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This time it was the municipal council who sought the power of the court (CFI) to issue an order for the execution of the municipality's transfer to Salvacion against the indifference of the officials concerned. A little "cold war" almost sprung to the surface between the people of Salvacion and New
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Accordingly, as early as the 9th century A.D., Chinese traders were known to transact business with the natives of the coastal regions of Calamianes, and referred to some places as "Pa-laoyu", "Kia-ma-yan", and "Pa-ki-nung", meaning Palawan, Calamian, and Busuanga, respectively, as mentioned in their
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The island abound with silica sand with an area of about 90 hectares and famous for its sparkling white beaches. It is approximately 50 minutes from the poblacion to the islands and the transportation facilities are to hire a pump boat. There are also tourist accommodations in the island. Foremost
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located near Panlaitan. The island is called Malajom(in native dialect) or Black Island due to its unique physical characteristics. It has three small caves with mini-pool inside, and a black rock of about 150 feet into a majestic cave. The island has natural grass which serves as flooring around
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In 1942, still a nondescript barrio under the municipality of Coron, Busuanga entered the era of war. The Japanese occupation of Coron and Busuanga was primarily due to the manganese mines-good source of precious metals for ammunitions. Provoked and with no alternatives, the Busuangenos formed the
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The history of Busuanga could well be said to date back as early as 3,000 B.C. at the time group of nomadic people were known to make such waves of immigration by way of land-bridges from the Asia mainland, some of which lagged and drifted along the Philippines Archipelago. Much later, the Malayans
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It is approximately 15 nautical miles from barangay Panlaitan. It is abound with silica sand and famous for its sparkling white beaches. It can be docked even in low tide. It is approximately 1 hour travel to Panlaitan. Means of transportation from Poblacion to Dibutunai amounted to P300.00 one
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In New Busuanga. It is located 16 km from the poblacion and accessibility by both water and land transportation. It is special place to those who would dare and like to dip in cool fresh water. Transportation is serviced by 2 units of jeepneys plying between poblacion to New Busuanga and by
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The Island is abounding with silica sand and famous for its sparkling white beaches. It has natural beauty with locally made cottages that will attract people to get there especially during summertime. Its white beaches sand with prolific fish life is suitable for snorkeling and scuba diving. The
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It is about ten (10) hectares situated in the islands of considered as one of the tourist's attraction in the municipality. The abundant marine life white beaches attracts the people to go swimming, and if you dream of a natural resort with all the breathtaking beauty then go to this place and one
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The Municipality of Busuanga is composed of 14 barangays namely: Bogtong, Buluang, Cheey, Concepcion, Maglalambay, New Busuanga, Old Busuanga, Panlaitan, Quezon, Salvacion, San Isidro, San Rafael, Sagrada and Sto. Niño. San Isidro, Panlaitan, Maglalambay are island barangays. Meanwhile, as shown in
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On September 24, 1944, however, US bomber planes raided, and several Japanese ships, among them big tankers, were bombed and sunk off Concepcion coast. The sea became so thick laden with oil from the tankers that it burned furiously and spread out the nearby mangroves creating a bright sea-inferno
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Later, 1636, the Spaniards began constructing fortification with small muzzle-loading artilleries to defend the barrio from an almost perennial raids and onslaught of Muslim rebels. With the establishment of a strong naval station at Puerto Princepe Alfonso, now Balabac, together with the forts of
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Due to the mountainous features of the municipality, most of the areas have high variations of slope composition. Areas more than 50% slope account for 2% of the municipality; about 32% represent those areas with more than 18% slope but lesser than 50% slope; while 59% are areas with less than 18%
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On September 2, 1974, with some constabulary men acting as peacekeepers and mediators between the people of New Busuanga and Salvacion, the municipality was finally transferred and laid to its ultimate site. This historic transfer of the municipal site was characterized by clashing sentiments and
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It was Governor Gaudencio Abordo, then Congressman of Palawan, and foremost of the earliest Palaweno Statesman, who trigged the session of Congress in 1950 into his bill for the realization of the municipality. The bill number 381, sought for the creation of Busuanga, including all the barrios in
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In the clear, cold dawn that settled after the storm, the inhabitants were amazed to find-in a mixed awe and terror-a massive phenomenal transformation in their place. Out of the darkness of the storm, a wide new channel through the western portion of the mainland into the sea. Thus, nature gave
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According to the age-old legend, *a small limpid river with a narrow picturesque bank no bigger than a brook flow and runs southwards inland in a beautiful valley where people had their livelihood and seems to have always enough. Everyday the inhabitants make good spoils of the bounties of nature
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Consequently, the barrio council of Salvacion in collaboration filed a case of "Mandamus" with some municipal councilors against the involved municipal officials. But while serving in the middle of his tenure, the incumbent mayor, Antero Hachero, died, and the mandamus case hung like the word of
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It was Tiburcio Barracoso, a southern, of a prominent clan from Salvacion, who ascended the mayorship by rights and virtue of popular election. His first bold act of moving the municipal site to Salvacion created the first wave of "locality conflict" between the southerners and the northerners.
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More than 3000 years before the conversion of Busuanga into a municipality in 1951, the name BUSUANGA was already attributed to the island. Actually the name is ascribed to that of a big river, the largest in the municipality (an average width of 100 meters; length is unknown), christened by the
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On the other side, there are different sources of information indicating the composition of various land classification of the municipality. Department of Environment and Natural Resource- CENRO have identified the total municipal land area of Busuanga with 32, 144 hectares (71.3%) classified as
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As stated in the Flora Survey and Biodiversity Assessment for Core Zoning Report by the PCSD in 2006, the geology of Busuanga consists of several formations. These include King Ranch Formation, Liminangcong Formation, Quaternary Alluvium and Malajon Limestone. The Liminangcong Formation which is
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For some nebulous reasons, however, the bill had a hard and jolty time getting its way into the local government. Due to an admixture of conflicting personal and political interest and motives waged from all directions at once, the bill remained unexecuted in the local administration concerned.
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The bill was approved for various justifiable and sound reasons, among them, Salvacion possessed a relatively more suitable and strategic location geographically and more economically developed community, making in the most suited political center for public service and the strategic seat of the
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About the tenure of the late Mayor Antero Hachero between 1968 and 1971, the then representative of Palawan, Ramon V. Mitra Jr. was fighting another bill in the session of Congress; this time it provided for the proper relocation and immediate transfer of the municipal site, from New Busuanga to
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The land classification map of the Municipality of Busuanga in 2006 (in accordance with SEMP- ECAN Zoning Project). It can be seen that majority of the land is classified as alienable and disposable; dominance of this land classification is primarily because secondary brushland/ shrub lands are
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The municipality's western and central portions are predominantly rough and mountainous with rolling to hilly terrain. A part of this is the Chinabayan Mountain and Wayan Range that still support extensive parches of Molave forest and Cogon grassland (features which are dominant in the locale).
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The Island is abounding with silica and like any other island is also famous for its sparkling white beaches. It is approximately 45 minutes travel from the poblacion to the island and the transportation facilities is to hire a pump boat wherein pump boat hire is amounted to P500.00 one way.
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At the northernmost part of the province of Palawan, Calamianes group of islands is found. This is composed of five islands namely: Busuanga, Calauit, Coron, Culion and Linapacan as it corresponds to four major municipalities which are Busuanga, Coron, Culion and Linapacan. The Municipality of
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In 1622, the colonization of Palawan under Count San Augustine reached the island of Busuanga. A number of Augustinian-Recollect missionaries landed in the eastern coast of the mainland, converted the inhabitants to Christianity and built church for them together with the establishment of the
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In 1380, nearly a century and half before Christianity reached the Philippines, an Arab missionary from Mallaca, named Mahdu introduced Islam in Sulu. Through the next centuries the Islamic faith must have spread and secured a profound influence in the lives of the early Filipinos. Thus, our
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Late of the same year, members of the Resistance Movement burned down the semi-permanent school buildings in Busuanga, Salvacion, Cheey and Calauit, which they fear would be a good headquarters for the Japanese. Spreading havoc and massacre, the enemies were already enjoying their plunder.
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Oral tradition has it, that the entire island of Busuanga was once the realm of a Cuyonon datu named Datu Macanas. The island was once part of the four jurisdictions of Cuyonon datus with the other three being Datu Magbanua who reigned over Cuyo archipelago, Datu Cabaylo who had Taytay and
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With peace fully reigning in the island, schools were re-opened; and the people vanishing their painful experience of war happily sent their children to school. Accordingly, the US government gave aids and full support for rehabilitation of the people from their low economic state.
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In 1904, with American Military Government ruling the province under Governor Wright, the island of Culion was made into a government reservation, providing a colony for lepers and a vast government farm, its jurisdiction and control eventually served from the municipality of Coron.
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The Island is also considered one of the tourist attractions due to its unique and special features. It is also abound with silica sand and famous for its sparkling white beaches. The means of transportation to the island is to hire a pump boat amounting to P300.00 one way.
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Note: On July 15, 2002, plebiscites held in Culion and Busuanga simultaneously with the election of barangay officials and Sangguniang Kabataan representatives resulted in the ratification of the transfer of Halsey and Burabod to Culion and the creation of Barangay Carabao.
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Table 2, Barangay Cheey has the largest area as it comprises about 32% of total land area of the municipality. It is followed by Sto. Niño with 11%. Busuanga has also a high number of Islets which mostly are home for the Indigenous People (Tagbanuas) in the municipality.
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Busuanga has two distinct climate types. It is dry from December to May and rainy from June to November; the warmest months are March, April, and May while the coldest are December, January, and February. It has an average yearly rainfall measurement of 2,873.9 mm.
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slope. The relatively flat areas are generally devoted to rice and tree plantations. Areas with slope that ranges from 0-3% can be used for agricultural and urban development while those slope classes with 3-18% can be allocated for human settlement expansion.
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About the year 1938, four or five years before the Second World War, manganese mine deposits were uncovered in the island. In the mining boom that followed a national road was expedite from Coron to the northern barrios passing through Bintuan to Concepcion.
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around, and lived a contented life. Until on that one fateful day, a violent, strong storm raged and made a rampage of the whole island; and on five or fourteen consecutive days, dilute the place with heaviest rains and strongest winds to sweep the island.
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On December 30, 1951, with a temporary "wood and nipa" structure for a municipal building, the first town mayor, by virtue of appointment, served his term, Mayor Adriano Custodio. He ruled the first few months of its founding years up to December 1952.
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The year 1950 came to be the dawn of the birth of Busuanga as a full pledged municipality. With 13 daughter barrios already settled and populated, it only waited for some process of law turned for its promulgation into an independent municipality.
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Given official recognition by Mayor Restituto Bacnan in 1937, mainly for religious commitments to the members of the Evangelical Church, the barrio was directed another official order in that time for its dissolution. Dissolution followed.
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On June 2 of the same year, some former inhabitants of Culion was resettled to a place southeastern of the mainland and founded Concepcion, known then as "Kinamotean", from the word camote, a root crop growing abundantly in the place.
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Immediately after the war, the US Government built and caused the establishment of Long Range (LORAN) Transmitting Station on the western coast of Panlaitan. The station was staffed and maintained by US Coast Guards until 1970.
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Thus Busuanga came out of the ashes of war still recouping and, one year after, still wavering from the moral and economic depression which it suffered in war, was forced to emerge into a full-pledged independent municipality.
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its realm, into a municipality. Both houses of Congress approved the bill without much restraint, and its final approval by the President of the Philippines was eventually contained and sealed in the Republic of Act No. 560.
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1 hour travel from barangay Panlaitan. Accommodation is in Panlaitan proper, and transportation facilities are to hire a pump boat from the poblacion to the island wherein pump boat hire is amounted to P300.00 one way.
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The succeeding mayors however did not cause further migration of the municipal site since the political tide and atmosphere in the higher level favored New Busuanga; and there the municipality remained until 1974.
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Meanwhile, though Palawan as a whole is outside the typhoon belt, the northern portion where Busuanga is located experiences persistent gales and torrential rains especially during the months of July to August.
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and Indonesians followed. For some thousands of years, they explored, discovered, utilized, and finally spread and populated the Philippines Island, presumably including the island of Busuanga.
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The founding of New Busuanga, formerly called "Kanyepet", is significant. If only its most controversial creation, a part of which she would still play in the last phase of Busuanga history.
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The soil classification and fertility of lands in the municipality is affected by climate, rainfall, and its varying elevation. There are six major types of soil in Busuanga namely:
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Sometime, between 1906 and 1911, with the Governor Edmund Miller in office a number of school buildings were erected in some of the barrios, (Salvacion, Concepcion, Calauit, etc.)
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Accordingly, when a northerner, Antonio Capague, 1956 to a 1959, won the next election in 1955, the municipal site was moved again from Salvacion back to New Busuanga.
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New Busuanga, the controverter, once-dissolved barrio founded by the members of the Evangelical Church, became politically the favored site for the municipality.
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means of transportation from the poblacion is to hire a motorboat amounting to P300.00 one way. Tourist accommodations in the place were locally made cottages.
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convictions by the people and their leaders, both from personal and political motives and interest that made no little significance to the history of Busuanga.
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In 1898, the Treaty of Peace between the United States and Spain brought the more democratic Americans to the island, thus ending the epidotic Spanish rule.
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In the 2020 census, the population of Busuanga was 25,617 people, with a density of 65 inhabitants per square kilometre or 170 inhabitants per square mile.
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The town of Busuanga was created from the barrios of Concepcion, Salvacion, Busuanga, New Busuanga, Buluang, Quezon, Calawit, and Cheey of the town of
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Damocles upon the would-be successor. Eventually when laureano Custodio won in the 1972 local election, the same fell hair to the mandamus.
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China before the Tertiary period (Mid-Oligocene) (particularly during the beginning of the sea-floor spreading of the South China Sea).
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Cuyo, Taytay, Labao, etc. combined with the powerful Spanish fleets cruising the seas, the Muslim attacks was eventually put to an end.
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birth to this great river, evolved out of a small brook which up to this day serves an unmistakable beautiful natural landmark.
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An outcrop of deformed Liminangcong chert near the Marina del Sol yacht club in Busuanga showing distinct folding
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ancestors possessed dominantly an Islamic-pagan life and culture, long before the Spaniards came to the islands.
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Busuanga has three mineral springs . It has several river systems as well. The major ones are as follows.
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natives after the great calamitous upheaval in nature, handed down then by word of mouth to be a legend.
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Spanish local government in the barrio, known then as Busuanga*, the oldest barrio in the municipality.
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Busuanga, from the vernacular word meaning "burst" in English, is the popular rendition of this event.
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Triassic-Jurassic aged limestone of Malajon Island (Black Island) with a wave-cut notch at its base
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Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007
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Approximately area of the island is 100 hectares. Tourist accommodations are the cottages.
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Resistance Movement, foremost of which was the daring Bolo Battalion under Ignacio Libarra.
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P38.00 regular and P10.00 from the poblacion. Development of this falls is potential.
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Source: ECAN Zones Management Framework and Guidelines for Busuanga Municipality, 2006
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Closer view of bedded Liminangcong chert outcrop near the Marina del Sol yacht club
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Administratively independent from the province but grouped under Palawan by the
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pump boat amounting to P260.00 one way. Development of the falls is potential.
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Thus ended the conflict between the two locality-after almost two decades.
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An act to create the municipality of Busuanga in the province of Palawan
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surrounding islands and Datu Cabangon reigning over south of Taytay.
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Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay
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The territory of Busuanga covers the western one-third of
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These are the barrios found, in chronological order:
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Busuanga during the Spanish Regime : 1600-1898
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For the island, see 3160:Local Governance Performance Management System 1939:shell fossil from Elet Island in the same town 1839:way. Development of the island is potential. 1307:1951-Conversion of Busuanga into Municipality 1022:1951-Conversion of Busuanga into Municipality 551:Busuanga Island Electric Cooperative (BISELCO) 3309: 3180: 2847:"Busuanga: Average Temperatures and Rainfall" 2793:NSCB - 2001 Factsheet - 12 New Cities Created 1103:BARRIOS FOUNDED IN THEIR CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER 774:Busuanga, now Old Busuanga, the mother barrio 695:Quezon was reinstated as a barangay in 2000. 8: 2369: 2347:Chinabayan / Sinibayan Falls in New Busuanga 1087:Busuanga is politically subdivided into 16 3316: 3302: 3294: 3187: 3173: 3165: 2709: 2707: 2705: 2703: 2368: 1989: 881:The final seat of the municipal government 50: 2898:Census of Population and Housing (2010). 2766:Republic Act No. 560 (26 May 2012), 2673:. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. 1745:Islet of Elet as seen aboard a motorboat 1386: 1101: 894: 129:Map of Palawan with Busuanga highlighted 2637: 1877: 583: 571: 554: 541: 465: 433: 425: 409: 406:392.90 km (151.70 sq mi) 396: 350: 288: 272: 262: 214: 179: 142: 121: 113: 85: 73: 68: 2811:Burabod and Halsey are not listed by 626: 603: 546: 530: 519: 508: 497: 483: 472: 454: 446: 438: 417: 401: 381: 336: 325: 314: 303: 293: 250: 238: 226: 133: 48:Municipality in Mimaropa, Philippines 7: 3202: 3195:Places adjacent to Busuanga, Palawan 2965:Local Water Utilities Administration 2931:Censuses of Population (1903–2007). 1818:of which are locally made cottages. 27:Municipality in Palawan, Philippines 3150:Philippine Standard Geographic Code 1993:Climate data for Busuanga, Palawan 1749:Famous of these are the following: 25: 3145:Busuanga Profile at PhilAtlas.com 2989:. Philippine Statistics Authority 2688:from the original on May 25, 2021 3325: 3265: 3248: 3240: 3221: 1928: 1916: 1904: 1892: 1880: 156: 155: 148: 123: 100: 90: 81:Cambaya Beach in Busuanga Island 75: 3496:Philippine Statistics Authority 2878:Philippine Statistics Authority 2724:Philippine Statistics Authority 2671:Philippine Statistics Authority 2623:Philippine Statistics Authority 2542:Philippine Statistics Authority 2316:Busuanga River in Old Busuanga 1321:1979 (formerly Sitio Dipuyai) 1117:Percentage of Total Land Area 1030:1979 (formerly Sitio Dipuyai) 843:The municipal site controversy 760:The American regime: 1901-1914 282: 1: 3266: 3222: 3155:Philippine Census Information 2868:Census of Population (2015). 2714:Census of Population (2020). 2558:Poverty incidence of Busuanga 2370:Population census of Busuanga 2344:Concepcion Fall in Conception 1511:Malajon Island/ Black Island 1406:Percentage of Total Land Area 1049:, which both are part of the 3249: 3241: 2961:Municipality Population Data 2328:Malabnas River in San Rafael 1091:. Each barangay consists of 823:Foundation: the ABORDO Bill) 527:₱ 178.1 million (2020) 516:₱ 431.8 million (2020) 505:₱ 174.4 million (2020) 2112:Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 2042:Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 366:Estanislao H. Rodriguez III 117:The Last Shades of Paradise 3537: 3346:(capital and largest city) 2943:National Statistics Office 2911:National Statistics Office 2373: 2325:Lele River in New Busuanga 2322:Dipuyal River in Sto. Niño 2299: 1992: 1935:Triassic to Jurassic-aged 1774:D.LAS HAMACAS BEACH RESORT 1665:South Malbinchilao Island 538:₱ 148 million (2020) 480:3rd municipal income class 422:608 m (1,995 ft) 375:Bernard Patrick D.L. Ultra 40: 29: 3521:Municipalities of Palawan 3339: 3200: 2987:"Poverty incidence (PI):" 2822:making their count as 14. 2539: 2400:—     2255: 2181: 2111: 2041: 2036: 2033: 2030: 2027: 2024: 2021: 2018: 2015: 2012: 2009: 2006: 2003: 2000: 1997: 1709:Other Islands (no names) 1379:Source: DENR-CENRO, 2016 180: 143: 134: 122: 114: 86: 74: 69: 60: 2933:"Region IV-B (Mimaropa)" 2900:"Region IV-B (Mimaropa)" 2870:"Region IV-B (Mimaropa)" 2648:Municipality of Busuanga 2331:Ditapec River in Calauit 2319:Binalayan River in Cheey 1122:Busuanga (Old Busuanga) 906:Busuanga (Old Busuanga) 650:Municipality of Busuanga 548: • Electricity 200:12.133519°N 119.936314°E 70:Municipality of Busuanga 41:Not to be confused with 34:. For the squirrel, see 2798:April 23, 2006, at the 1396:Small Island and Islets 1074:Administrative boundary 2357:abundant in the area. 2334:Kiwit River in Sagrada 1951:Rough Mountainous Land 1801:H.WEST NALAUT ISLAND – 1753:A. CALAUIT SAFARI PARK 1746: 865:municipal government. 703:(Chinese) narratives. 657: 451:65/km (170/sq mi) 419:Highest elevation 414:15 m (49 ft) 369:Diomedes T. Jagmis Jr. 311:Elizabeth M. Cervantes 3481:Highly urbanized city 2802:, July–December 2000. 1808:I.MALTATAYOK ISLAND – 1780:E.CALUMBUYAN ISLAND – 1744: 1065:Geographical Location 427:Lowest elevation 357:John Silver D. Edonga 205:12.133519; 119.936314 1836:M.DIBUTUNAI ISLAND – 1829:L.CHINIBAYAN FALLS – 1794:G.CONCEPCION FALLS – 1489:Kalampisauan Island 448: • Density 430:0 m (0 ft) 169:Location within the 2371: 2256:Average rainy days 1959:an Miguel Clay Loam 1822:K.PAGBINIT ISLAND – 1815:J.NAGTENGA ISLAND – 1787:F.TREASURE ISLAND – 1768:C. PAMALICAN ISLAND 1698:West Nalaut Island 1577:North Malbinchilao 1391: 1104: 196: /  3386:Brooke's Point 2818:2017-08-03 at the 2300:Source: Meteoblue 1747: 1599:Pamanlican Island 1555:Manobeleng Island 1533:Mangueguey Island 1387: 1251:1925, December 10 1209:1917, November 17 1102: 1003:Post World War II. 981:1925, December 10 957:1917, November 17 898:Names of Barangay 660:), is a 3rd class 440: • Total 403: • Total 372:Zandro T. De Jesus 360:Ma. Ana D. Mercado 354:Erdolfo D. Borejon 333:Edgardo L. Salvame 3508: 3507: 3501: 3466:Sofronio Española 3291: 3290: 3286: 3285: 2967:Research Division 2629: 2628: 2547: 2546: 2535: 2534: 2459: 2458: 2304: 2303: 1761:B. BLACK ISLAND – 1736: 1735: 1687:Tantangon Island 1654:South Cay Island 1643:Salvacion Island 1412:Calumboyan Island 1363: 1362: 1167:1904, 02 of June 1111:Year Established 1034: 1033: 933:1904, 02 of June 901:Year Established 658:Bayan ng Busuanga 648:, officially the 643: 642: 633:Calamian Tagbanwa 487:Poverty incidence 363:Persis D. Sanchez 340:Municipal Council 299:Sangguniang Bayan 295: • Type 36:Busuanga squirrel 16:(Redirected from 3528: 3491: 3330: 3329: 3328: 3318: 3311: 3304: 3295: 3269: 3268: 3252: 3251: 3244: 3243: 3225: 3224: 3203: 3189: 3182: 3175: 3166: 3138:Busuanga Turismo 3125: 3124: 3122: 3120: 3109: 3103: 3102: 3100: 3098: 3087: 3081: 3080: 3073: 3067: 3066: 3064: 3056: 3050: 3049: 3047: 3039: 3033: 3032: 3030: 3022: 3016: 3015: 3013: 3005: 2999: 2998: 2996: 2994: 2983: 2977: 2976: 2974: 2972: 2953: 2947: 2946: 2928: 2922: 2921: 2919: 2917: 2904: 2895: 2889: 2888: 2886: 2884: 2865: 2859: 2858: 2856: 2854: 2843: 2837: 2836: 2835:. 2 August 2017. 2829: 2823: 2809: 2803: 2790: 2784: 2783: 2782: 2781: 2772:, archived from 2763: 2757: 2756: 2754: 2752: 2741: 2735: 2734: 2732: 2730: 2711: 2698: 2697: 2695: 2693: 2687: 2668: 2660: 2654: 2646: 2642: 2562: 2561: 2476: 2471: 2463: 2462: 2389: 2384: 2376: 2375: 2372: 1990: 1963:borlan Clay Loam 1932: 1920: 1908: 1896: 1884: 1544:Manolaba Island 1522:Malcatop Island 1434:Diboyayan Island 1423:Denicolan Island 1392: 1105: 1053:, lying between 1051:Calamian Islands 895: 629:Native languages 620: 619: 611: 599: 591: 589: 543:Service provider 211: 210: 208: 207: 206: 201: 197: 194: 193: 192: 189: 159: 158: 152: 127: 104: 94: 79: 51: 21: 3536: 3535: 3531: 3530: 3529: 3527: 3526: 3525: 3511: 3510: 3509: 3504: 3489:Puerto Princesa 3475: 3347: 3343:Puerto Princesa 3335: 3326: 3324: 3322: 3292: 3287: 3253: 3234:South China Sea 3196: 3193: 3134: 3129: 3128: 3118: 3116: 3111: 3110: 3106: 3096: 3094: 3089: 3088: 3084: 3075: 3074: 3070: 3062: 3058: 3057: 3053: 3045: 3041: 3040: 3036: 3028: 3024: 3023: 3019: 3011: 3007: 3006: 3002: 2992: 2990: 2985: 2984: 2980: 2970: 2968: 2955: 2954: 2950: 2930: 2929: 2925: 2915: 2913: 2902: 2897: 2896: 2892: 2882: 2880: 2867: 2866: 2862: 2852: 2850: 2845: 2844: 2840: 2831: 2830: 2826: 2820:Wayback Machine 2810: 2806: 2800:Wayback Machine 2791: 2787: 2779: 2777: 2765: 2764: 2760: 2750: 2748: 2743: 2742: 2738: 2728: 2726: 2713: 2712: 2701: 2691: 2689: 2685: 2666: 2662: 2661: 2657: 2644: 2643: 2639: 2634: 2617: 2616: 2615: 2614: 2612: 2609: 2607: 2604: 2602: 2599: 2597: 2594: 2592: 2589: 2587: 2583: 2582: 2579: 2576: 2573: 2570: 2555: 2367: 2354: 2310: 2305: 2250: 2245: 2240: 2235: 2230: 2225: 2220: 2215: 2210: 2205: 2200: 2195: 2190: 2176: 2171: 2166: 2161: 2156: 2151: 2146: 2141: 2136: 2131: 2126: 2121: 2116: 2106: 2101: 2096: 2091: 2086: 2081: 2076: 2071: 2066: 2061: 2056: 2051: 2046: 1979: 1955:Coron Clay Loam 1947: 1940: 1933: 1924: 1921: 1912: 1909: 1900: 1897: 1888: 1885: 1868:Busuanga Island 1864: 1845: 1676:Tanabon Island 1588:Northwest Rock 1456:Dimipac Island 1445:Dicoyan Island 1429:Not Determined 1418:Not Determined 1385: 1373: 1195:1908, April 24 1114:Land Area (ha) 1085: 1076: 1067: 1043:Busuanga Island 1039: 949:1908, April 24 883: 858: 845: 825: 796: 762: 741: 722: 713: 682: 638: 636: 634: 623:+63 (0)48 613: 609: 605: 600: 595: 585: 580: 493: 389:16,439 voters ( 378: 349: 348: 322:Elvin D. 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Busuanga
Busuanga Island
Busuanga squirrel
Buruanga
Municipality
Cambaya Beach in Busuanga Island
Flag of Busuanga
Official seal of Busuanga
Map of Palawan with Busuanga highlighted
Busuanga is located in Philippines
Philippines
12°08′01″N 119°56′11″E / 12.133519°N 119.936314°E / 12.133519; 119.936314
Country
Philippines
Region
Mimaropa
Province
Palawan
District
1st district
Founded
Barangays
Barangays
Sangguniang Bayan
Mayor
Vice Mayor
Representative
Municipal Council
Electorate
2022

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