Mabini | |
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| Municipality of Mabini | |
.jpg) Plaza Mabini .jpg) Mabini Municipal Hall .jpg) Mabini Town Proper | |
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| Nickname: Diving Capital of the Philippines | |
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| Coordinates:13°44′58″N120°56′26″E / 13.749581°N 120.940458°E /13.749581; 120.940458 | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Calabarzon |
| Province | Batangas |
| District | 2nd district |
| Founded | January 1, 1918 |
| Named after | Apolinario Mabini |
| Barangays | 34 (seeBarangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Noel B. Luistro |
| • Vice Mayor | Jose Nelson A. Hernandez |
| • Representative | Gerville R. Luistro |
| • Municipal Council | Members
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| • Electorate | 35,913 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 44.47 km2 (17.17 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 53 m (174 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 490 m (1,610 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2024 census)[3] | |
• Total | 49,876 |
| • Density | 1,122/km2 (2,905/sq mi) |
| • Households | 11,725 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 1st municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 7.24 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 327.2 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 881.6 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 238.7 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 79.12 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Batangas 2 Electric Cooperative (BATELEC 2) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 4202 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)43 |
| Native languages | Tagalog |
Mabini, officially theMunicipality of Mabini (Tagalog:Bayan ng Mabini), is amunicipality in theprovince ofBatangas,Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 49,876 people.[5]
It is known for its world class diving and snorkeling sites.[6]
The town got its name afterApolinario Mabini, a Filipino revolutionary hero.[7]
According to legend, the firstMalay settlers to inhabit the vast fertile land bordering the two bodies of water now known asBatangas Bay andBalayan Bay first found anchor along the shores of the land protruding down southwestward, known as theCalumpan Peninsula.
The Malay settlers found the land fertile and agriculturally appropriate and the sea rich in marine resources, and they established their settlement in this once vast unknown land.
As more Malay settlers arrived from distant lands, more settlements were founded until even the upland regions of the peninsula were settled. The inhabitants had their own form of village government. They were ruled by a headman, adatu, or a sultan, in case of big settlements. Malay civilization began to take roots.
Rapid increase of population meant that it did not take long before several nearby regions were inhabited to comprise the whole province of Kumintang, better known later as Batangas.
During the Spanish colonial rule, the Calumpan Peninsula was made a part of thepueblo ofBauan, in the province of Kumintang. The same peninsula territory of Bauan was subdivided into barrios: Mainaga, Pulong-Niogan, Pulong-Balibaguhan, Anilao, Solo, Pulong-Anahao, Bagalangit, Nag-Iba, Malimatoc, Saguing and Talaga. For more than three hundred years, while the archipelago was underSpanish control, the peninsula remained a part of the “pueblo” of Bauan until the early part of the American occupation. The people of this peninsula, like other people of other regions, suffered untold hardships under the Spanish rule.
ThePhilippine Revolution of 1896 ended Spanish rule in the country, and in the Calumpan Peninsula the revolutionaries were led by Don Francisco Castillo, known as Apian Kiko.
Mabini, derived from the Philippine heroApolinario Mabini, was founded when inhabitants of the region wanted a new municipality independent of the town of Bauan.
Eleven barrios of the Calumpan Peninsula and the whole of the Maricaban Island was declared this new, independent municipality.
The new municipality of Mabini was inaugurated on January 1, 1918, with Captain Francisco Castillo, known as the founder of the town, as the first appointed Municipal President.[7]
According to thePhilippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 44.47 square kilometres (17.17 sq mi) [8] constituting1.43% of the 3,119.75-square-kilometre (1,204.54 sq mi) total area of Batangas.
Mabini is 18 kilometres (11 mi) fromBatangas City and 123 kilometres (76 mi) fromManila.
Mabini is politically subdivided into 34barangays, as indicated in the matrix below.[9] Each barangay consists ofpuroks and some havesitios.
| PSGC | Barangay | Population | ±% p.a. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024[10] | 2010[11] | |||||
| 041016001 | Anilao Proper | 1.3% | 650 | 611 | ▴ | 0.43% |
| 041016002 | Anilao East | 3.3% | 1,626 | 1,566 | ▴ | 0.26% |
| 041016003 | Bagalangit | 4.9% | 2,458 | 2,613 | ▾ | −0.42% |
| 041016004 | Bulacan | 2.7% | 1,351 | 1,281 | ▴ | 0.37% |
| 041016005 | Calamias | 2.3% | 1,123 | 1,023 | ▴ | 0.64% |
| 041016006 | Estrella | 1.4% | 716 | 631 | ▴ | 0.87% |
| 041016007 | Gasang | 4.9% | 2,455 | 2,349 | ▴ | 0.30% |
| 041016008 | Laurel | 2.4% | 1,220 | 1,183 | ▴ | 0.21% |
| 041016009 | Ligaya | 1.8% | 889 | 1,205 | ▾ | −2.07% |
| 041016010 | Mainaga | 3.9% | 1,951 | 1,735 | ▴ | 0.81% |
| 041016011 | Mainit | 2.2% | 1,076 | 1,050 | ▴ | 0.17% |
| 041016012 | Majuben | 1.5% | 725 | 640 | ▴ | 0.86% |
| 041016014 | Malimatoc I | 1.9% | 955 | 938 | ▴ | 0.12% |
| 041016015 | Malimatoc II | 2.0% | 999 | 1,141 | ▾ | −0.91% |
| 041016016 | Nag‑Iba | 1.8% | 886 | 904 | ▾ | −0.14% |
| 041016017 | Pilahan | 1.5% | 765 | 643 | ▴ | 1.20% |
| 041016018 | Poblacion | 3.8% | 1,911 | 1,472 | ▴ | 1.81% |
| 041016019 | Pulang Lupa | 1.9% | 969 | 1,220 | ▾ | −1.57% |
| 041016020 | Pulong Anahao | 2.5% | 1,227 | 1,200 | ▴ | 0.15% |
| 041016021 | Pulong Balibaguhan | 1.9% | 940 | 887 | ▴ | 0.40% |
| 041016022 | Pulong Niogan | 3.5% | 1,755 | 1,268 | ▴ | 2.26% |
| 041016023 | Saguing | 2.6% | 1,302 | 1,313 | ▾ | −0.06% |
| 041016024 | Sampaguita | 3.3% | 1,621 | 1,550 | ▴ | 0.31% |
| 041016025 | San Francisco | 4.1% | 2,052 | 1,762 | ▴ | 1.05% |
| 041016026 | San Jose | 1.8% | 876 | 865 | ▴ | 0.09% |
| 041016027 | San Juan | 4.3% | 2,124 | 1,975 | ▴ | 0.50% |
| 041016028 | San Teodoro | 3.8% | 1,913 | 1,783 | ▴ | 0.48% |
| 041016029 | Santa Ana | 1.2% | 585 | 712 | ▾ | −1.34% |
| 041016030 | Santa Mesa | 2.3% | 1,126 | 1,193 | ▾ | −0.40% |
| 041016031 | Santo Niño | 1.4% | 678 | 531 | ▴ | 1.69% |
| 041016032 | Santo Tomas | 2.4% | 1,210 | 1,136 | ▴ | 0.43% |
| 041016033 | Solo | 5.5% | 2,725 | 2,756 | ▾ | −0.08% |
| 041016034 | Talaga Proper | 3.3% | 1,636 | 1,571 | ▴ | 0.28% |
| 041016035 | Talaga East | 3.4% | 1,716 | 1,684 | ▴ | 0.13% |
| Total | 49,876 | 44,391 | ▴ | 0.80% | ||
Barangay San Juan was formerly the sitios of Nag-ilong and Lugay in the barrio of Mainaga, constituted into a separate and independent barangay throughRepublic Act No. 212, approved June 1, 1948.[12]
| Climate data for Mabini, Batangas | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28 (82) | 30 (86) | 31 (88) | 33 (91) | 32 (90) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20 (68) | 20 (68) | 20 (68) | 22 (72) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 22 (72) | 21 (70) | 22 (72) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 11 (0.4) | 13 (0.5) | 14 (0.6) | 32 (1.3) | 101 (4.0) | 142 (5.6) | 208 (8.2) | 187 (7.4) | 175 (6.9) | 131 (5.2) | 68 (2.7) | 39 (1.5) | 1,121 (44.3) |
| Average rainy days | 5.2 | 5.0 | 7.4 | 11.5 | 19.8 | 23.5 | 27.0 | 25.9 | 25.2 | 23.2 | 15.5 | 8.3 | 197.5 |
| Source: Meteoblue[13] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 11,925 | — |
| 1939 | 10,259 | −0.71% |
| 1948 | 11,850 | +1.61% |
| 1960 | 15,548 | +2.29% |
| 1970 | 19,522 | +2.30% |
| 1975 | 21,694 | +2.14% |
| 1980 | 23,637 | +1.73% |
| 1990 | 30,474 | +2.57% |
| 1995 | 33,499 | +1.79% |
| 2000 | 37,474 | +2.43% |
| 2007 | 40,629 | +1.12% |
| 2010 | 44,391 | +3.28% |
| 2015 | 46,211 | +0.77% |
| 2020 | 50,858 | +2.04% |
| 2024 | 49,876 | −0.47% |
| Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[14][15][11][16][17] | ||
In the 2020 census, Mabini had a population of 50,858.[18] The population density was 1,100 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,800/sq mi).
Poverty incidence of Mabini
10 20 30 40 2000 17.80 2003 17.18 2006 39.50 2009 11.70 2012 6.58 2015 7.28 2018 9.82 2021 7.24 Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] |
Jeepneys andtricycles are the main means of transportation around the town. Currently, there are two piers that serve the area: Anilao Pier and Talaga Pier, mainly catering for motor bancas going to and from the nearby island-town ofTingloy.[citation needed]
The Mabini Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.[27]
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