Dumanjug, Cebu

Dumanjug
Municipality
Dumanjug town center
Map of Cebu with Dumanjug highlighted
Dumanjug Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°03′N 123°26′E / 10.05°N 123.43°E / 10.05; 123.43Coordinates: 10°03′N 123°26′E / 10.05°N 123.43°E / 10.05; 123.43
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Visayas (Region VII)
Province	Cebu
District	7th district of Cebu
Founded	1855
Barangay	37 (see § Barangays)
Government [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Efren Gica (LP)
• Vice mayor	Rainero Asentista
• Town Council	Members Cesar Baricuatro Josephine Alpuerto Erwin Gica Joshua Dacumos Jovenal Rabin Roger Pan Evelinda Quirante Rex Boquecosa 2016 unofficial result
• Representative	Peter John Calderon
Area[2]
• Total	85.53 km2 (33.02 sq mi)
• Land	85.44 km2 (32.99 sq mi)
	Cadastral survey of Land area[3]
Population (2015 census)[4]
• Total	51,210
• Density	600/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
• Voter (2016)[5]	32,494
Demonym(s)	Dumanjuganon
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	6035
IDD : area code	+63 (0)32
Income class	3rd class
PSGC	072224000
Website	www.dumanjug.gov.ph

Dumanjug is a 3rd municipal income class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines,^[2] 73 kilometres (45 mi) south of Cebu City. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 51,210.^[4] In the 2016 election, it had 32,494 registered voters.^[5]

It was established in 1855.^[6] Based on the cadastral survey map of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Dumanjug has an effective land area of 8,544 hectares (21,110 acres). It is situated between Barili in the north and Ronda in the south. On the eastern border are Sibonga and Argao while on the western side is the Tañon Strait.

Barangays

Dumanjug comprises 37 barangays:

Demographics

In the 2016 election, it had 32,494 registered voters, meaning that 63% of the population are aged 18 and over.^[5]

Dumanjug's population is characterized mainly by an increasing birth rate and a gradually declining mortality rate. The growth in population is thus attributed to higher rate of birth than of death.

The bulk of the household population is concentrated in the coastal barangays located in the western part of the municipality. The urban area comprising Poblacion, Sima, Ilaya, and Looc has the biggest slice of the population. Barangays Bitoon, Tangil, Tapon, Balaygtiki, Cogon and Liong are catching up with the urban barangays in terms of household population. With the urban area fast becoming a commercial hub, Bitoon, Paculob, Cogon and Liong are foreseen as upcoming dormitory communities.

Dumanjuganons speak Cebuano, the official language spoken in Cebu. Cebuano is also spoken in most areas of the Visayas and in many provinces of Mindanao.

Religion

The people of Dumanjug are mostly Catholics. The town has three Catholic parishes:

• St. Francis of Assisi church (Poblacion) was completed in 1864, as engraved at the main entrance. Its construction started around 1854, when the Dumanjug Mission Post was elevated into a parish. The basic materials used were sea corals, limestone, and balayong (native black wood) which were abundant in the area then. The church, one of the biggest in the whole province of Cebu, is one of the few old church structures in the whole Philippines to have been designed, executed, supervised, and completed solely by Filipinos.
• St. Vincent Ferrer (Bitoon)
• Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (Bulak)

Economy

Poblacion Central

Majority of the existing industrial establishments in Dumanjug are those of micro-scale industries or establishments. These include bakeshops, welding shops, and cottage industries. Their products are mostly bakery products, assembled vehicles and handicrafts. Most of these establishments are found in the poblacion area and Bitoon. There are also four existing rice and corn mills operating in the municipality.

The municipality has considerable quantities of high-grade dolomite and large phosphate reserves found in Kanghumaod, Balaygtiki, Bullogan, Kabalaasnan, Matalao and Kabatbatan.

The Dumanjug Agora Complex is the center of trade & commerce of the municipality. Within the complex, various commercial establishments contribute greatly to the movement of goods and generation of revenues. These establishments cover basic goods for daily needs to construction supplies, agri-feeds, dry goods and many more. Sunday is designated as market day when various livestock and farm products congregate in the market. Out of town traders create an atmosphere of competition and creating opportunities for local consumers. Opposite the Agora complex is Gaisano Grand Mall, the first mall to be constructed in southwestern Cebu.

Transportation

Dumanjug is currently served by eight bus operators

The municipality also has a RORO (Roll-On Roll Off) port situated in Tangil, which serves as the gateway between southern Cebu and mideastern Negros Island. There are two shipping companies effectively offering round-the-clock service.

Education

Dumanjug has 27 schools offering basic education, seven secondary schools, two tertiary education institutions, and two school districts: District I (Dumanjug Central) and District II (Bitoon Central). One of the town's prominent schools, the Little Flower School, was established in 1946 as the Dumanjug branch of the Colegio de San Carlos (now University of San Carlos). It was later renamed as the Dumanjug Catholic High School. It is currently administered by the Oblates of Notre Dame. Dumanjug's biggest school, Bitoon National Vocational School, is in the northern barangay of Bitoon. A satellite campus of the Cebu Technological University is also located in Bitoon.

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		Barili	Carcar
	Tañon Strait		Sibonga
		Dumanjug
		Ronda	Argao

Province of Cebu
Cebu City (capital)
Municipalities	Alcantara Alcoy Alegria Aloguinsan Argao Asturias Badian Balamban Bantayan Barili Boljoon Borbon Carmen Catmon Compostela Consolacion Cordova Daanbantayan Dalaguete Dumanjug Ginatilan Liloan Madridejos Malabuyoc Medellin Minglanilla Moalboal Oslob Pilar Pinamungajan Poro Ronda Samboan San Fernando San Francisco San Remigio Santa Fe Santander Sibonga Sogod Tabogon Tabuelan Tuburan Tudela
Component cities	Bogo Carcar Danao Naga Talisay Toledo
Highly urbanized cities	Cebu City Lapu-Lapu Mandaue (Administratively independent from the province but grouped under Cebu by the Philippine Statistics Authority. Mandaue is grouped under the 6th legislative district of Cebu but still independent from the province.)