Aroroy

Aroroy
Municipality
Municipality of Aroroy
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Map of Masbate with Aroroy highlighted
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Aroroy Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 12°30′45″N 123°23′56″E
Country	Philippines
Region	Bicol Region
Province	Masbate
District	2nd district
Founded	1904
Barangays	41 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Arturo B. Virtucio
• Vice Mayor	Valentin C. Alonzo
• Representative	Elisa T. Kho
• Municipal Council	Members Archimedes R. Suguitao Lito B. Briones Arturo R. Virtucio II Jovimel P. Jaquilmo Julius M. Tuason Susan D. Valera Rudy R. Rañola Vicente R. Cioco
• Electorate	54,625 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	440.30 km^2 (170.00 sq mi)
Elevation	32 m (105 ft)
Highest elevation	346 m (1,135 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[3]
• Total	88,351
• Density	200/km^2 (520/sq mi)
• Households	18,792
Economy
• Income class	1st municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	29.93 % (2021)[4]
• Revenue	₱ 573.5 million (2020), 210.5 million (2012), 234.4 million (2013), 275.4 million (2014), 326.8 million (2015), 351 million (2016), 207.8 million (2017), 228.9 million (2018), 507.8 million (2019), 494.9 million (2021), 941.6 million (2022)
• Assets	₱ 1,192 million (2020), 445.7 million (2012), 404.4 million (2013), 568 million (2014), 797.2 million (2015), 901.9 million (2016), 540.4 million (2017), 582.1 million (2018), 1,084 million (2019), 1,776 million (2021), 2,511 million (2022)
• Expenditure	₱ 394.1 million (2020), 120.5 million (2012), 127.5 million (2013), 154.3 million (2014), 201.8 million (2015), 246.4 million (2016), 156.5 million (2017), 186 million (2018), 375.6 million (2019), 419 million (2021), 499.7 million (2022)
• Liabilities	₱ 217.5 million (2020), 106.7 million (2012), 91.96 million (2013), 198.2 million (2014), 345 million (2015), 345 million (2016), 124.7 million (2017), 93.9 million (2018), 285.7 million (2019), 301.3 million (2021), 578.8 million (2022)
Service provider
• Electricity	Masbate Electric Cooperative (MASELCO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	5414
PSGC	054101000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)56
Native languages	Masbateño Tagalog
Website	www.aroroy.gov.ph

Aroroy, officially the Municipality of Aroroy, is a municipality in the province of Masbate, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 88,351 people.^[3] The town is known for the Kalanay Cave, one of the most important archaeological sites in Masbate province.

Etymology

The town of Aroroy (Al-Oroy its former name), which came from the Spanish word for gold-"oro", was established back in 1822 upon the arrival of a Chinese expedition. The Chinese fleet was composed of seven vessels called "pancos". They entered Lanang River, which is part of Puerto Barrera, the former name of the area now covered by Aroroy. A Moro named Talcum guided this expedition. They were sent by the Chinese merchants who came to Aroroy to explore for gold coins near Lanang River.^[5]

History

Aerial view of Aroroy, 1939

When the present Masbate province was still part of the province of Ibalon (present-day Albay),^[6] a captain from the Spanish Army named Gregorio Cordero of Tondo, Manila was exiled in Masbate for the killing of his superior officer. Instead of being incarcerated in the castle of San Pascual in Burias Island, where political and military prisoners were imprisoned by the Captain-General of the Philippine Islands, he was brought to Masbate. Accompanied by his two daughters and a son, they established residency in the Port of Magdalena, Masbate town. He had with him four "Faluas" or Spanish vessels named – Jesus Maria Y Jose, Sacramento, Salvacion and Santa Ana for use in the vigilance against Moro pirates who preyed on the three islands of Masbate, Ticao and Burias.

When the Spaniards discovered the Chinese expedition, Cordero and about 150 men, who believed him to possess amulets (anting-anting) which made him invulnerable, sailed to Lanang River to find out the nationality of the said seven vessels which entered Lanang River. When investigated as to where they were going, the aliens answered in their Chinese manner that they were going to "Al-Oroy" meaning to the Gold or in Spanish “Al-oro”. Not satisfied with the results of the investigation with the belief that these are Moro vessels, Cordero and his men established their headquarters for over three months in the present poblacion of Aroroy, which was known as Al-Oroy taken from the Chinese reply.

Another expedition of Spaniards from Manila headed by a certain Sarmiento came to explore the gold in the river near Al-oroy in 1861. This expedition was aided by natives of Al-oroy, including Toribio Bunayag, Jose Pusing, Norberto Pusing and Protacio Fabon. The natives abandoned the expedition during the same year due to numerous attacks. This led to the death of Sarmiento and since then, the said river was called Rio Guinobatan or “River of Assaults”.

Since then the site of Al-Oroy became a "visita" or barrio of the town of Baleno but later was transferred to the town of San Agustin in the interior part of Port Barrera. In 1904, when the towns of Baleno and San Agustin were combined, the name Al-Oroy was changed to Aroroy. It was also in 1904 when Aroroy became a municipality because of its strategic location. San Agustin now a barangay of Aroroy.

Geography

Aroroy is geographically located between 12 degrees and 13 degrees Latitude and 123 degrees and 124 degrees Longitude or at the northernmost part of the province of Masbate, Bicol Region. It is bounded on the north by the Masbate Pass, to the East by the municipality of Baleno, to the West by the Sibuyan Sea and to the South by the municipalities of Milagros and Mandaon.^[7] It is 50 kilometres (31 mi) from Masbate City.

Barangays

Aroroy is politically subdivided into 41 barangays. ^[8] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

• Ambolong
• Amoroy
• Amotag
• Baga-uma
• Balawing
• Balete
• Bangon
• Cabangcalan
• Cabas-An
• Calanay
• Capsay
• Concepcion (formerly Sawmill^[9])
• Dayhagan
• Don Pablo Dela Rosa
• Gumahang
• Jaboyoan
• Lanang
• Luy-a
• Macabug
• Malubi
• Managanaga
• Manamoc
• Mariposa
• Mataba
• Matalangtalang
• Matongog
• Nabongsoran
• Pangle
• Panique
• Pinanaan
• Poblacion
• Puro
• San Agustin
• San Isidro
• Sawang
• Syndicate
• Talabaan
• Talib
• Tigbao
• Tinago
• Tinigban

Climate

Climate data for Aroroy, Masbate
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	27 (81)	28 (82)	29 (84)	31 (88)	31 (88)	30 (86)	29 (84)	30 (86)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	28 (82)	29 (84)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22 (72)	21 (70)	22 (72)	23 (73)	24 (75)	25 (77)	25 (77)	25 (77)	25 (77)	24 (75)	23 (73)	23 (73)	24 (74)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	65 (2.6)	44 (1.7)	42 (1.7)	39 (1.5)	87 (3.4)	150 (5.9)	184 (7.2)	153 (6.0)	163 (6.4)	154 (6.1)	127 (5.0)	100 (3.9)	1,308 (51.4)
Average rainy days	13.9	9.2	11.1	12.5	19.6	24.3	26.5	25.0	25.5	24.4	19.4	15.1	226.5
Source: Meteoblue[10]

Demographics

Population census of Aroroy

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1918 9,836 —     1939 31,289 +5.67% 1948 23,888 −2.95% 1960 18,371 −2.16% 1970 28,624 +4.53% 1975 30,457 +1.25% 1980 38,618 +4.86%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1990 53,060 +3.23% 1995 55,110 +0.71% 2000 58,751 +1.38% 2007 62,635 +0.89% 2010 76,139 +7.36% 2015 86,168 +2.38% 2020 88,351 +0.49%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[11][12][13][14]

In the 2020 census, the population of Aroroy was 88,351 people,^[3] with a density of 200 inhabitants per square kilometre or 520 inhabitants per square mile.

Economy

Poverty incidence of Aroroy

10 20 30 40 50 2006 49.00 2009 45.52 2012 43.25 2015 41.78 2018 37.26 2021 29.93 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]

References

1.  Municipality of Aroroy | (DILG)
2. "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.
3. Census of Population (2020). "Region V (Bicol Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
4. "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
5. LGU-Aroroy. "Municipality of Aroroy-Integrated Coastal Management Plan" (PDF). Local Government Unit of Aroroy, Masbate. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
6. LGU-Masbate City. "History of Masbate City". Local Government Unit of Masbate City. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
7. "Sustainable Solar Market Packages (SSMP)-Aroroy, Masbate" (PDF). www.doe.gov.ph. Department of Energy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
8. "Province: Masbate". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
9. "An Act Changing the Name of the Barrio of Sawmill, Municipality of Aroroy, Province of Masbate, to Concepcion". LawPH.com. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
10. "Aroroy: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
11. Census of Population (2015). "Region V (Bicol Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
12. Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region V (Bicol Region)" (PDF). Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
13. Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region V (Bicol Region)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.
14. "Province of Masbate". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
15. "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
16. "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
17. "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
18. "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
19. "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
20. "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
21. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
22. "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System