Dingle Baong Sumandig | |
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| Municipality of Dingle | |
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| Etymology:dingding maingle(OldKinaray-a: hard wall) | |
| Nickname: Spelunker's Paradise | |
| Anthem:Town of Dingle | |
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| Coordinates:11°03′N122°40′E / 11.05°N 122.67°E /11.05; 122.67 | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Western Visayas |
| Province | Iloilo |
| District | 4th district |
| Founded as a visita ofPototan | 1593(Diego Álvarez,OSA) |
| Established as the pueblo of Baong | 1611(Pedro del Castillo, OSA) |
| Annexed toDumangas | 1629 |
| Re-established as the pueblo of Baong | 1634(Alonso de Méntrida, OSA) |
| Annexed toLaglag | 1641 |
| Founded as the pueblo of Dingle | 1823(Juan Marcelino Dayot) |
| Annexed toPototan | 1904 |
| Chartered as the municipality of Dingle | 1907(Adriano Hernández y Dayot) |
| Barangays | 33 (seeBarangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Rufino P. Palabrica III (Nacionalista) |
| • Vice Mayor | Quindialem D. Villanueva (PFP) |
| • Representative | Ferjenel G. Biron (Nacionalista) |
| • Municipal Council | Members
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| • Electorate | 28,060 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 98.37 km2 (37.98 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 56 m (184 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 318 m (1,043 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Population (2024 census)[3] | |
• Total | 46,032 |
| • Density | 467.9/km2 (1,212/sq mi) |
| • Households | 11,698 |
| Demonym(s) | Filipino: Taga-Dingle Kinaray-a: Dingleanon Hiligaynon: Dingleanon Spanish: dingleño (m), -ña (f) |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 1st municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 17.13 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 249 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 937.9 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 152.5 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 127.8 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Iloilo 2 Electric Cooperative (ILECO 2) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 5035 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)33 |
| Native languages | Karay-a Hiligaynon Tagalog |
| Website | https://lgudingle.wixsite.com/lgudingle |
Dingle (IPA:[ˈdiŋlɛʔ],locally /ˈdiŋliʔ/), officially theMunicipality of Dingle (Kinaray-a:Banwa ka Dingle,Hiligaynon:Banwa sang Dingle,Tagalog:Bayan ng Dingle), is a 1st municipal income classmunicipality in theprovince ofIloilo,Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 46,032 people.[5]
The town is known for itsbaroque-architecture church and its archaeological cave sites, such as theLapuz Lapuz Cave, famous for revealing the hunter-gatherer lives of the ancient people ofPanay.
The nameDingle is believed to have been formed by joining the OldKaray-a wordsdingding for wall, andmaingle for hard.[6] This hard wall refers to a rock formation found on the banks of theJalaur River in barangay Namatay situated in the eastern part of the municipality.[6] Locally, this hard wall is known asdalipe ortampi.[6]
Before the Spanish contact, the town was known asSumandig after anAtidatu of the same name. The name means "to lean one thing to another" in the Karay-a language.[7] The settlement however was officially calledBaong upon its establishment as avisita in 1593 by theAugustinians.[6] The name comes from the physical form of the settlement which was situated in a depression surrounded by low rising hills. The said name translates tokawa or vat, a cooking utensil similar to, but very much bigger than acarajay.[6] Baong is also aDioscoridea named Cultivated Dioscorea, and papillary Dioscorea byFray Francisco Manuel Blanco.[7]
At around 1212, the site of modern-day Dingle was under the jurisdiction ofSimsiman.[6] The area was first inhabited by theAti or PanayNegritos with Pulpulan as chief. UnderMarikudo, son of Pulpulan, Simsiman remained as the seat of government of the Ati polity.[6] The settlement was eventually calledSumandig after an Ati ruler whose domain covered the areas alongMount Putian from current-day barangay Lincud in the north to Suague river in the south and from the creek up to present-day barangay Alegria in the west.[6] Sumandig's seat of government is present-day sitio Mananiw in barangay Tabugon, Dingle.[6]
Buyóng Labaw Donggon (lit. "Most Honored"), the firstMalay datu of Sumandig in the 29,000-verse epicHinilawod and"the most high god, all-powerful, magnanimous, a god of gifts and graces"[8] in theSuludnon society and in the oldPanayan religion, built his home with his wifeUwang Matan-ayon (lit. "Generous One") beside the spring of Moroboro in Dingle.[9] Matan-ayon was a daughter ofDatu Paiburong,[10] the first ruler ofIrong-irong.[11]
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Sumandig, which was then a district ofSibucao, had a rock believed to have been Labaw Donggon's throne.[12] There, wedding ceremonies were held by the natives to ask for his blessings.[12] It is said that the god took two lovers whose parents were not in favor of their love; so those who yearn for true love, sacrifice offerings before his altar.[8] Young maidens sigh and exclaim,"Abao, Labao Dung-gon, taga-i aco bana! (Oh, Labaw Donggon, give me a husband!)"[8] TheAugustinian Hernando Morales destroyed the rock in 1598, removing every bit of it.[12] It was noted that there were still nativemundos of Dingle who worshipped Labaw Donggon even until the last years of Spanish rule in the Philippines.[8] These worshippers would stealthily enter a certain cave in the evening of a certain day of the year in order to render homage and to offer burnt offerings of poultry, doves, rice, bananas, and pigs to the ancientVisayan god.[8] It took the Augustinians two centuries to uproot the custom of offering sacrifices to Labaw Donggon.[7]
In 1586, Datu Disayaran, the chief ofSiwaragan who traces his descent from Labaw Donggon of Sumandig,[13] and his son Datu Bantugan, led the serious abortive revolt against theSpaniards in Dingle, known at this point as Baong, by the descendants of the settlers fromBorneo, the native priests calledmaaram, and the marauding Ati who refused conversion to theCatholic faith.[13] Said revolt was the first revolt against Spanish rule in Panay.[13]
Fray Diego Álvarez of theAugustinians founded Baong as avisita ofPototan in 1593.[14] Pototan, a village then ruined, was briefly annexed to Baong after the former's population significantly decreased.[15] Accordingly, a church was built in Baong.[14] Around this time, Baong had a population of more than 1,000 and was a well-known place for recreation.[14] Baong became apueblo on its own right on April 23, 1611.[14] TheEstado of 1612 indicates that Baong had two priests to attend 800tributos or 2,400 souls.[15]
1614 Dutch Attack
In 1614, aDutch fleet of 10 galleons under the command ofJoris van Spilbergen were seen in Iloilo waters. Fray Diego de Oseguera, parish priest of Baong, and Fray Juan de Lecea, the Augustinian prior ofOgtong, came to Baong with supplies and did much to placate the people of Baong who were completely restless after seeing how little the Spaniards could do against theDutch.[14] The friars brought the valuable things of the convent of Ogtong to Baong into akaracoa, while the rest were buried which they later found.[14] What was supposed to be a day's journey, the group reached Baong in two days. FrayAlonso de Méntrida was first to arrive in Baong from Ogtong where he was welcomed by Fray Diego Oseguera.[14] Although the convent was poor, they acted as if they were wealthy.[14] They shared all the rice and beef of the convent with all the fugitives who kept coming every moment, without taking account of anything.[14] 300 native allies who joined the Spaniards have been cornered and were unable to go anywhere because the natives were also at war.[14] Through the intervention of the friars, the townspeople were led back to the pueblo after they have hunkered down from the mountains while soldiers were dying from lack of food after all the rice and every supply in the convent have been consumed.[14] Fray Francisco Encinas of theSociety of Jesus also came to hide in the convent of Baong.[14]
This convent of Baong [Dingle] had more than one thousand Indians, and was a well-known place for recreation; but now, although it endures, it has but six hundred Indians. As it is remote from trade, and situated inland, residence there is regarded as exile.
In 1617, the prior of Baong was asked to contribute an annual rent of 10 pesos to theMonastery of Santo Niño inCebu.[15]
In 1628, the pueblo of Baong and its visitas had two Augustinian priests and a population of 2,400.[14] In 1629, however, the pueblo was nearly depopulated because of the incursion of the Ati and run-away slaves who destroyed farms and killed most of the settlement's population.[7] Although the pueblo endured, only about 600 of the inhabitants survived.[14] As it is remote from trade and situated inland in Panay, residence here was regarded as exile.[14] During the same year, Baong was made a mere visita ofDumangas.[14] This was motivated by the decrease in population, as many townspeople had left because of fear of theAtis, the so-calledremontados, who would suddenly come down from the mountains to plunder their ricefields.[15]
In 1634, Fray Alonso de Méntrida managed to secure a seemingly independent existence for the settlement but in 1641, the pueblo became so small[15] when it was again depopulated that it was annexed as a visita to Laglag, present-dayDueñas, and remained as such for 182 years.[6] Not even the report ofAugustinian Father Provincial Pedro Velasco in 1760 mentioned it.[15] For the next two centuries, Baong will be sharing its history with Laglag.
Re-establishment of the pueblo
On March 8, 1820, with the support of 31cabezas de barangay of theprincipalía or the hispanizedChristian descendants of the pre-colonial datus of Dingle and certification of the parish priest ofLaglag, Fray Juan Frayle,OSA (Dinglecura párroco, 1829–1849), a petition for the re-elevation of Dingle into a pueblo was submitted to Miguel Calderón,alcalde mayor (equivalent to the present-day provincial governor) ofIloilo, through the leadership of the Dingleñoteniente mayor (deputygobernadorcillo[16]) of Laglag,Don Juan Marcelino Dayot (Dingle gobernadorcillo, 1829–1835).[17]
On April 28, 1823, Dingle was thus re-elevated into a pueblo after five years under Dumangas and 182 years under Laglag.[17] Its first gobernadorcillo in almost 200 years was Don Julio Dator (1823–1827).[6] In 1829, during the tenure of Don Juan Marcelino Dayot as gobernadorcillo and Fray Juan Frayle as parish priest of Laglag,[6] under which parish Dingle still belonged to, construction of thepresent church made of granite stone quarried from nearbyBulabog Putian mountains commenced.[15] In 1838, the pueblo had 3,736 people.[15] Two of the more notable gobernadorcillos of Dingle who sold some of their vast landholdings to pay for the tributes of their constituents were Don Magdaleno Muyco (1835–1843, 1851–1853) and Don Luís Cantalicio Dayot (1853–1861, 1869–1873), respectively better known to the Dingleanons asTan Mano andTan Cantaling.[6]
On November 21, 1849, governor-generalClavería issued a decree requiring Filipinos to adopt Spanish and indigenous names from theCatalogo Alfabetico de Apellidos for civil and legal purposes. Upon the orders of Iloilo alcalde mayor Felipe Combe, surnames with the same initial letters as the initial letters of the corresponding pueblo were to be assigned. As such, surnames starting with the digraphsda- andde- were distributed to Dingle, e.g.Daguro, Dairo, Dayatan, Deaño, Deatrás.
On August 16, 1850, by order ofgovernor-generalUrbiztondo, Dingle became a parish independent from that of Laglag, recently renamed asDueñas in 1845.[6] Its first patron wasSt. Monica.[15] It was later changed to theAssumption of Our Lady, and finally, toSt. John the Baptist.[15] In 1865, Fray Fernando Llorente y Santos ordered the continuation of the construction of the current structure of theParish Church of St. John the Baptist which was completed in 1886.[6] Fray Llorente, during the time when he was parish priest from 1865 to 1874, had a cemetery with a chapel built under his direction, and two schools for children of both sexes, and formed an orchestra and musical band of 42 boys whom he instructed by himself.[18] Fray Melquiades Arizmendi continued the completion of the church from 1876 to 1887,[15] while Fray Rafael Murillo completed the construction from 1887 to 1893.[15] The construction of the church from Fray Llorente covered the terms of gobernadorcillos Domingo Osano, Luís Cantalicio Dayot, and Santiago and Tomás Sanico.[6] The bell tower, however, remains unfinished to this day. In 1896, the population of Dingle swelled to 12,504.[15]
Cry of Lincud
During the second phase of thePhilippine Revolution againstSpain during theSpanish–American War, Dingle staged the first armed uprising in the province of Iloilo and in the island of Panay. The leaders of the victorious uprising were Gen.Adriano Hernández y Dayot, Gen. Julio Hernández y Dayot, Maj. Estefano Muyco y Dayot, Maj. Nicolás Roces, Lt. Col. Francisco Jalandoni, and Col. Quintín Salas who fought together with 600revolucionarios.[19] Now known as the "Cry of Lincud," the revolt commenced at the house of José Dayot in Barrio Lincud on October 28, 1898.[19] Today, this event which started the Philippine Revolution in Iloilo is commemorated as a special non-working holiday.[20][21] ThroughPresidential Proclamation 697, October 28, 2024 was declared aspecial non-working day in celebration of Cry of Lincud.[22]
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In December 1900, a fire destroyed all the buildings in town save for the stone church.[23] Following the assistance obtained by Don Maximiliano Dayot from the American government in Iloilo, the town was rebuilt, but the structures were of bamboo andnipa owing to the difficulty of obtaining lumber.[23] In the same year, the town was recorded to have a population of 11,000.[23]
In 1903, by virtue of Act No. 719, an Act reducing the fifty-one municipalities of the province of Iloilo to seventeen, Dingle, alongside the town ofMina, was annexed toPototan under the Americans, the latter being larger in population and was economically more prosperous.[24] Nonetheless, through the efforts of thenIloilo 4th District AssemblymanAdriano Hernández y Dayot, the separation of the town from Pototan was given impetus in 1907.[25] Mina, however, would remain with Pototan until their eventual separation in 1968 by virtue of Republic Act No. 5442.[26]
The Americans believed that education is essential for self-rule so that they made this the keystone of their system of governance in the islands.[27] The school house then was called the "tribunal." The first one was built on the site presently occupied by the municipal building.[27] A Mr. Eastman, an American, was principal. However, the teachers employed were Dingleanons. Notable among them was José Muyco y Dayot.[27]
During the administration of municipal president Don Tomás Sanico in 1912–1915, the construction of theGabaldon school house was started and it remains to be the main edifice of the Dingle Elementary School complex.[6] Funds were provided for by an appropriation bill sponsored byNueva Ecija AssemblymanIsauro Gabaldón.[6] The building was completed in 1917 during the second term of municipal president Don Vicente Dayot (1916–1919).[6] The first superior to hold office in the new building was Juan Datiles and its first school principal was José Lagora.[6] The first Dingleanon principal however was Paciano Dajay.[6]
The cause of education was further served during the terms of office of municipal presidents Don Luís Dayot y Roces (1925–1928) and Don Julio Muyco y Dayot (1931–1934, 1938–1945), and municipal mayor Cristino Abelardo Muyco Aportadera (1934–1938).[6] It was during the incumbency of Luís R. Dayot when the Jalandoni-Dayot Elementary School was established. Dayot also donated a school building to the Bureau of Public Schools.[28] More primary schools were opened in the barrios during the terms of office of the last two mentioned municipal mayors.[6]
During his second term in office as municipal president (1919–1922), Julio Muyco y Dayot became responsible for the establishment of the firstpeuriculture center in Dingle which extended basic health services to the townspeople.[6] TheCentro de Peuriculture de Dingle was incorporated on November 6, 1922, with María D. Dayot as president.[29]
Shortly after the establishment of American rule, the Philippine islands were afflicted bycholera anddysentery epidemics which caused the death of more than 200,000 people.[6]Smallpox was likewise still unchecked by vaccination becoming a cause for considerable worry.[6] During the administration of municipal president Don Cipriano J. Montero Sr. (1928–1931), theantipolo system of human waste disposal was imposed.[6]
Water
In 1926, during the term of office of Luís R. Dayot as municipal president, the Iloilo Metropolitan Waterworks, created by virtue of Commonwealth Act No. 3222 dated September 16, 1926, constructed their waterworks system in Barrio Lincud. Its original pipelines are still in operation as of date, supplying water to Dingle andPototan.[when?] Two natural springs, Lubong-Tubig and Talinab, serve the as water source.
Immediately after the U.S. declaration of war on Japan on December 8, 1941, a squadron of Japanese planes flew over Dingle on its way to bombIloilo City.[6] The townspeople went out of their houses into the streets and looked at the passing formation quite indifferent and unconcerned, unaware that war was going on.[6] Only when a lone straggler, on its way from the bombing mission overflew the town at a very low altitude and directed bursts of machine gun fire against the citizen army training center, now Camp Adriano D. Hernandez, did the townspeople seek some sort of shelter.[6]
Residents from thepoblacion of Dingle left their homes and sought refuge in the town's far-flung barrios and mountainsides.[6] They were joined by many others from Iloilo City and its adjoining towns, including Dingleanons who have been residing from other provinces.[6] Among the more prominent who took shelter in Dingle were the families of post-war Iloilo governor Mariano Peñaflorida and post-war Iloilo 4th District Assemblyman Ceferino de los Santos of Pototan, and the brothersEugenio andFernando Lopez ofJaro, Iloilo.[6] Peñaflorida stayed at Barrio Caguyuman at the foot of MountBulabog while the latter three sought refuge at Mount Dumingding.[6] Thatched makeshift shelters and lean-tos blossomed overnight on the town's foothills and mountainsides. Many barrio residents shared their homes with the evacuees.[6]
Iloilo Civil Resistance Government
In Iloilo, the civil resistance government, with headquarters at Barrio Moroboro, Dingle, was headed byTomás Confesor as wartimegovernor of free Panay andRomblon with former Dingle municipal president Luís R. Dayot who, as assistant, helped finance the war effort in Panay.[28] Former Dingle mayor Cristino Abelardo Muyco Aportadera wasdeputy governor.
In 1942, Julio Dayot Muyco and Numeriano Dayot Dator continued to act respectively as municipal mayor and vice-mayor of the Iloilo civil resistance government at Barrio Moroboro while lawyer José Dacudao was designated by the Japanese as puppet mayor and governed from the poblacion.[6] Many Dingleanons were employed by the civil resistance government as clerks and aides, and as provincial guards. Dacudao felt the futility of his efforts in complying with unreasonable Japanese demands and in helping the Dingleanons against Japanese cruelties and atrocities that he left the puppet mayorship.[6] His wife, Remedios Dacudao, assumed the post from 1943 to 1945.[6] It was during her tenure as puppet mayor when 14 Dingleanons were executed by the Japanese.[6] A passing Japanese patrol rounded up 14 able-bodied Dingleanons suspected of being guerillas and were later beheaded on Dayot Street, behind thetown's Catholic church.[27] Mayor Remedios Dacudao was, however, able to offer some measure of help by persuading the Japanese to leave without added civilian casualties.[6]
Guerilla movement
Among the Dingleanons who took a more active part in the military operations of theguerilla movement were Lt. Raymundo Muyco Espino and his elder brother, Lt. Alfonso Muyco Espino.[6] Brig. Gen. Alfredo D. Dayot and Brig. Gen. Noé D. Dayot, survivors of the 1942Bataan Death March, joined the former after they were released as prisoners of war inCapas, Tarlac.[6] On the other hand, Gen. Vivencio D. Dayot, the first Filipino radar expert, was sent to theUnited States to avoid his capture by the Japanese forces as his contribution to the development of radar was vital to the needs of theImperial Japanese Army.[6] Others with similar notable exploits were Lt. Mateo Luto, Capt. Fulgencio Dairo, and Maj. Abelardo Muyco. These men, together with many other Dingleanons involved in the guerilla movement, took part in ambushes against enemy patrol and reconnaissance forces.[6] These ambushes, however, often resulted in heightened enemy operations, then called "penetration" involving reprisal raids and search and destroy missions conducted against the civilian population.[27]
Also in 1942, the guerillas burned all the houses and public buildings within the poblacion.[27] Only the market place and the Catholic church were left practically undamaged.[27] This they did while conducting some sort ofscorched earth policy.[27] The guerillas believed that with the houses and buildings gone, the Japanese would not set up a permanent garrison in the town.[27]
Post-war rehabilitation
The war against Japan officially ended on September 2, 1945, with the signing of the term of formal surrender of the Japanese Imperial Government.[27] The aftermath of the war found most of the poblacion in ruins.[27] This, however, was the handiwork of the guerillas and not of the Japanese occupation forces.[27]
The town made a rebound under the leadership of municipal mayor Julio Dayot Muyco, then serving a carry-over of his term.[27] He initiated rehabilitation schemes for the municipality, with priorities extended to the peace and order situation, the re-establishment of classes, and the reconstruction of damaged roads and public buildings.[27] The town's economy visibly improved.[27] Market activities resumed in the poblacion's public market, first on Sundays, but later on through a consensus among the town's officials, on Saturdays.[27]
It was also during this period when municipal mayor Julio Dayot Muyco worked out for the donation of a permanent site for the Dingle Citizen Army Training Center, an army training camp.[27] Former Dingle municipal president Luís R. Dayot made the initial seven-hectare grassland donation for the said purpose.[28] This site, now thePhilippine Army CampAdriano D. Hernandez, today serves as a training and mobilization center not only for the town and province of Iloilo, but also serves the country's citizen army training requirements.[27]
Julián Masna was appointed municipal mayor in 1945 during the last days of theCommonwealth government under PresidentSergio Osmeña, and continued the reconstruction and rehabilitation work begun by Julio Dayot Muyco.[27]
In 1947, Alfonso Muyco Espino was elected municipal mayor during the country's first post-war local elections. He ran as aLiberal against former puppet mayor Remedios Dacudao, aNacionalista.[27] During his administration, more municipal and barrio roads were constructed.[27] The town plaza and the poblacion itself underwent major beautification changes.[27] The swimming pool in Barrio Moroboro was deepened and widened.[27] These improvements brought in more tourists, whose patronage generated some income for the municipality and for some enterprising small businesses that catered to their needs.[27] In the same year, theDingle Agricultural and Technical College (DATEC) and Dingle Junior High School were opened in Barrio San Matias.[27]
In 1954, thesitio of Nazuni was converted into a barrio and was added as abarangay of Dingle.[30]
In 1955, PresidentRamon Magsaysay personally inaugurated the Jalaur Diversion Irrigation Dam constructed at Barrio Moroboro during the administration of municipal mayor Alfonso Muyco Espino and vice-mayor Maximiliano D. Dayot for the benefit of about 11,0000 farmers and 14,000 hectares of farmland in the municipalities of Dingle,Zarraga,Pototan,Barotac Nuevo,Dumangas,Anilao, andBanate.[6]
In 1955–1956, José J. Perono composed the hymn "Town of Dingle," the official municipal hymn of the Municipality of Dingle, officially adopted by the municipality during the incumbency of municipal mayor Robin Espino Solinap (2001–2006).
The topography of Dingle is relatively rolling hills and narrow plains from the poblacion. The flat lands extend along theJalaur River through its borderline to the southeast. This starts to roll upward from the poblacion going to the north-west. From the west of the poblacion rises the slopes, steep and mountainous. This indicates that the topography of Dingle meets a certain type-cropping pattern.
Dingle is 38 kilometres (24 mi) fromIloilo City.
| Climate data for Dingle, Iloilo | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 32 (90) | 32 (90) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 30 (85) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23 (73) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 24 (74) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 57 (2.2) | 37 (1.5) | 41 (1.6) | 42 (1.7) | 98 (3.9) | 155 (6.1) | 187 (7.4) | 162 (6.4) | 179 (7.0) | 188 (7.4) | 114 (4.5) | 78 (3.1) | 1,338 (52.8) |
| Average rainy days | 12.0 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 10.2 | 19.5 | 24.6 | 26.9 | 25.1 | 25.5 | 25.2 | 18.0 | 13.0 | 216.9 |
| Source: Meteoblue[31] | |||||||||||||
Dingle is politically subdivided into 33barangays. Each barangay consists ofpuroks and some havesitios.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1903 | 12,129 | — |
| 1918 | 13,333 | +0.63% |
| 1939 | 16,698 | +1.08% |
| 1948 | 18,475 | +1.13% |
| 1960 | 19,748 | +0.56% |
| 1970 | 23,375 | +1.70% |
| 1975 | 26,368 | +2.45% |
| 1980 | 29,179 | +2.05% |
| 1990 | 35,415 | +1.96% |
| 1995 | 35,639 | +0.12% |
| 2000 | 38,311 | +1.56% |
| 2007 | 40,828 | +0.88% |
| 2010 | 43,290 | +2.15% |
| 2015 | 45,335 | +0.88% |
| 2020 | 45,965 | +0.29% |
| 2024 | 46,032 | +0.03% |
| Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[32][33][34][35][36] | ||
In the 2024 census, the population of Dingle was 46,032 people,[37] with a density of 470 inhabitants per square kilometre or 1,200 inhabitants per square mile.
Poverty incidence of Dingle
Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]
The Panay Diesel Power Plant located at Tinocuan and Tabugon, Dingle provides 110 megawatts of electricity to Panay. The power plant is operated by theNational Power Corporation.
Two natural springs, Lubong-Tubig and Talinab, serve as the water source for the Dingle-Pototan Water District. While the Jalaur Diversion Irrigation Dam built in 1955, also known as Moroboro Dam, provides irrigation to the agricultural lands of Dingle and nearby towns.
Bulabog Putian is the only limestone rock formation on Panay. It was designated aNational Park through Congressional Bill No. 1651, and such is considered a "nationally significant area." It occupies a land area of 834.033 hectares covering five of the 33 barangays of Dingle. The park contains 13 known caves namely: Lungib, Hapu-Hapo, Maarhong, Guizo, Maestranza, Linganero,Lapuz Lapuz, Ticondal, Butac, Tuco, San Roque, Pitong Liko, and Nautod. The Maestranza Cave is historically important as it served as a hide-out of the revolutionary forces during the Spanish colonial period and on its stone walls bear the inscriptions of the revolutionary troops.
Mount Manyakiya is a natural viewing deck that provides a panoramic view ofNegros Island as well as the low lying towns of the province of Iloilo. Nautod Wall, one of the major rock-climbing destination in the Philippines, can be found here.
The Dingle Town Fiesta is celebrated every 24th day of June in honor of its patron saint,John the Baptist. The Pagdihon Festival is a celebration in commemoration of the Cry of Lincud, the first revolt against the Spaniards in Panay. It is held every 4th week of October.
Parish Priests of theParish of St. John the Baptist of Dingle
Fiesta Queens of Dingle
Cuisine
Dulce de Dingle (papaya rosette), exclusively from Dingle, is a traditional candy from the 1940s made from papaya andyema (egg-based custard). The sweets is made by shaving thin strips of green papaya, cooking them in sugar, and shaping them by hand into small flowers with a stick of sweet yema as forming as its stem.
The elected municipal officials of thelocal government unit of Dingle, Iloilo for 2022–2025.
| Local Government Unit of Dingle | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | |||||
| Ferjenel G. Biron (NP) | |||||
| Mayor | |||||
| Rufino P. Palabrica III (NP) | |||||
| Vice Mayor | |||||
| Quindialem Deaño-Villanueva (NUP) | |||||
| Sangguniang Bayan Members | |||||
| Thalea Julina P. Memoracion-Wong (NP) | Edwin L. Cabayao (NP) | ||||
| Rufino C. Sorianosos (Independent) | Rhenan Val D. Ariola (PDPLBN) | ||||
| Jimmy C. Quicoy (NP) | Marilyn M. Solinap (NP) | ||||
| Mia Marie L. Pasquin (NP) | Jessie M. Alecto (NP) | ||||
| ABC President | |||||
| Rollie Pelarin | |||||
| SK Federation President | |||||
| Raymund C. Domopoy | |||||
Source:[6]
Principalía clans of Dingle
Theprincipalía, the distinguished upper class and hispanized Christian descendants of the pre-colonialdatus, included only those exempted from tribute (tax) to theSpanish crown. Colonial documents would refer to them as "de privilegio y gratis", in contrast to those who paytribute ("de pago"). This social class inherited their vast estates from their pre-Spanish ancestors[46] and only its members were allowed to vote and be elected to public office. The principalía represented the wealthiest, the most educated, and upwardly mobile segment of colonial society, and were ranked just below Spanish officials themselves. It was the truearistocracy andnobility of the Spanish-colonial Philippines.[47]
The honorificdon anddoña and was reserved to the principalía, whose right to rule was recognized byPhilip II on June 11, 1594.[48]
The five most prominent clans that formed part of theprincipalía dingleña were the Daraug, Dator, Dayot, Muyco, and Osano clans—all five share the same root and have intermarried with one another, as was the practice of thedatu class before the Spanish colonial-era.[6][19]
Thegobernadorcillo was elected from among the ranks of the principalía by twelve seniorcabezas de barangay, the latter being the Spanish-era equivalent of the pre-colonial datu (i.e., lord).[49]
In 1823, Don Julio Dator became the first gobernadorcillo of the pueblo of Dingle in almost two centuries upon its re-elevation as a pueblo after five years under Dumangas and 182 years under Laglag.[6] Don Juan Marcelino Dayot, founder of the pueblo of Dingle,[17] commenced with the construction of the town's currentstone church[15] and served as gobernadorcillo for six years from 1829 to 1835.[6] Until 1850, however, Dingle was still under the parish of Laglag.[6] Of note, the brothers-in-law Don Magdaleno Muyco (Tan Mano), who was married to Doña Nicolasa Dayot (Tana Kulasa), and Don Luís Cantalicio Dayot (Tan Cantaling), the longest-serving gobernadorcillo of the pueblo, sold a number of their vast landholdings to pay for the tributes of their constituents during their years in office as gobernadorcillos.[6]
However, it was the friar curates who truly governed the pueblos, not only in matters connected with their ministry, but in every path of life, without excepting private life; for although there existed in each pueblo an administrative authority assisted by a board known by the name of "Común de principales" (council of the principal men of the village), all authorities, with very rare exceptions, were completely under the dominion of the former, for they were absolutely satisfied that any opposition to the slightest desire of the curate would sooner or later bring upon them serious trouble.[50]
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| Order | Gobernadorcillo | Years in Office | Cura párroco |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Julio Dator | 1823–1827 | Juan Frayle,OSA Parish Priest ofLaglag (1796–1812, 1819–1829) Parish Priest of Laglag for the annex of Dingle (1829–1838) |
| 2 | Buenaventura Osano | 1827–1829 | |
| 3 | Juan Marcelino Dayot | 1829–1835 | |
| 4 | Magdaleno Muyco | 1835–1838 | |
| 1839–1843 | Benito González,OSA Parish priest of Laglag (1839–1845) Parish priest of Laglag for the annex of Dingle (1845–1849) | ||
| 5 | Buenaventura Osano | 1843–1845 | |
| 6 | Alejandro Daráug | 1845–1849 | |
| 1849–1851 | |||
| 7 | Magdaleno Muyco | 1851–1853 | Julián Núñez,OSA Parish Priest of Dingle (1851–1855) |
| 8 | Luís Cantalicio Dayot | 1853–1855 | |
| 1855–1861 | Manuel Portal,OSA Parish Priest of Dingle (1855–1865) | ||
| 1861–1863 | |||
| 9 | Alejandro Daráug |
The distinction of being part of the principalía was originally a hereditary right, as no amount of wealth could change one'sclass.[49] However, a royal decree dated December 20, 1863 (signed in the name ofQueen Isabella II by the Minister of the Colonies, José de la Concha) extended the distinction asprincipales to citizens paying 50pesos in land tax.[51] It made possible the creation of newprincipales under certain defined criteria, among which was proficiency in theCastilian language.[52]
The first in the pueblo to benefit from this royal decree was Don Santiago Sanico who was first elected as gobernadorcillo in 1873.[6]
| Order | Gobernadorcillo | Years in Office | Cura párroco |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alejandro Daráug | 1863–1865 | Manuel Portal,OSA Parish Priest of Dingle (1855–1865) | |
| 10 | Domingo Osano | 1865–1869 | Fernando Llorente y Santos,OSA Parish Priest of Dingle (1865–1874) |
| 11 | Luís Cantalicio Dayot | 1869–1873 | |
| 12 | Santiago Sanico | 1873–1874 | |
| 1874–1876 | José Lobo,OSA Parish Priest of Dingle (1874–1876) | ||
| 1876–1877 | Melquiades Arizmendi,OSA Parish Priest of Dingle (1876–1877) | ||
| 1877–1879 | Rafael Murillo,OSA Parish Priest of Dingle (1877–1893) | ||
| 13 | Tomás Sanico | 1879–1885 | |
| 14 | Santiago Sanico | 1885–1887 | |
| 15 | Julián Dalipe | 1887–1893 | |
| 1893 | Agapito Lope,OSA Parish Priest of Dingle (1893) | ||
| Quintín Isar,OSA Parish Priest of Dingle (1893–1897) |
In 1893, theMaura Law was passed to reorganize town governments with the aim of making them more effective and autonomous. The law changed the title of chief executive of the town from gobernadorcillo tocapitán municipal.[53]
| Order | Capitán municipal | Years in Office | Cura párroco |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Gabriel Sinoy | 1894–1897 | Quintín Isar,OSA Parish Priest of Dingle (1893–1897) |
| Nicolás Puras,OSA Parish Priest of Dingle (1897–1898) |
During the initial phase of the Philippine revolution in Panay organized by Gen.Adriano Hernández y Dayot,[19] Don Vicente Dayot, son ofjuez de paz (justice of the peace) Don Maximiliano Dayot y del Rosario, served his first term as town head at the age of 9 during the absence of capitán municipal Don Gabriel Sinoy.[6]
| Order | Presidente local | Years in Office | Cura párroco |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Vicente Dayot | 1898 | Nicolás Puras,OSA Parish Priest of Dingle (1897–1898) |
| 18 | Gabriel Sinoy | 1898 | |
| 1899–1900 | Ciriaco Pendón Parish Priest of Dingle (1899–1910) |
| Order | Municipal President | Years in Office |
|---|---|---|
| Gabriel Sinoy | 1900–1902 | |
| 19 | Nicolás Roces | 1902–1904 |
Dingle was reduced to the status of barrio from 1904 to 1907 after it was merged with the Municipality ofPototan, alongsideMina, by virtue of Act No. 719, an Act reducing the fifty-one municipalities of the province of Iloilo to seventeen.[24] During this interlude, the heads of government for Dingle were Pototan municipal presidents Don Rafael Parcon (1904–1906) and Don Magdaleno Silva (1906–1907).
| Order | Capitán del barrio (of Dingle) | Years in Office | Municipal President (ofPototan) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolás Roces | 1904–1907 | Rafael Parcon(1904–1906) | |
| Magdaleno Silva(1906–1907) |
Dingle was re-established as a municipality in 1907 afterIloilo 4th District AssemblymanAdriano Hernández y Dayot succeeded in persuading Governor-GeneralJames Francis Smith to issue an executive order separating Dingle from Pototan.[19]
| Order | Municipal President | Years in Office | Order | Municipal Vice-president | Years in Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | Julián Dalipe | 1907–1908 | |||
| 21 | Juan Cancio Dacudao | 1908–1909 | 1 | Julio Dayot Muyco | 1908–1909 |
| 22 | Julio Dayot Muyco | 1909–1910 | |||
| 23 | Tomás Sanico | 1910–1916 | 2 | Celestino Dañocup | 1910–1913 |
| 3 | Julián Masna | 1913–1916 | |||
| 24 | Vicente Dayot | 1916–1919 | 1916–1919 | ||
| 25 | Julio Dayot Muyco | 1919–1922 | 4 | Manuel Roces | 1919–1925 |
| 26 | Tomás Sanico | 1922–1925 | |||
| 27 | Luís Roces Dayot | 1925–1928 | 5 | Celestino Dañocup | 1925–1928 |
| 28 | Cipriano Montero Sr. | 1928–1931 | 6 | Simplicio Dabalus | 1928–1931 |
| 29 | Julio Dayot Muyco | 1931–1934 | 7 | Numeriano Dayot Dator | 1931–1934 |
| Order | Mayor | Years in Office | Order | Vice-mayor | Years in Office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Cristino Abelardo Muyco Aportadera | 1934–1938 | 8 | Vicente Muyco | 1934–1938 |
| 31 | Julio Dayot Muyco | 1938–1942 | 9 | Numeriano Dayot Dator | 1938–1942 |
| Julio Dayot Muyco Civil Resistance Government | 1942–1945 | Numeriano Dayot Dator Civil Resistance Government | 1942–1945 | ||
| José Dacudao Japanese Puppet Mayor | 1942 | ||||
| Remedios Dacudao Japanese Puppet Mayor | 1943–1945 | ||||
| 32 | Julián Masna | 1945–1948 | 10 | Salvador Dayot Dator | 1945–1948 |
| 33 | Alfonso Muyco Espino | 1948–1957 | 11 | Cipriano Montero Sr. | 1948–1951 |
| 12 | Maximiliano Dalipe Dayot | 1951–1957 | |||
| 34 | Felipe Defensor(appointed) | 1957 | 13 | Leonardo Muyco Aportadera | 1957 |
| 35 | Leonardo Muyco Aportadera | 1959–1963 | 14 | Maximino Muyco | 1959–1963 |
| 36 | Rufino Aportadera Palabrica Jr. | 1964–1967 | 15 | Felipe Potente | 1964–1967 |
| 37 | Roberto Aportadera Palabrica Sr. | 1968–1986 | 16 | Cipriano Dayot Montero Jr. | 1968–1971 |
| 17 | Teodoro Luntao Jr. | 1971–1986 | |||
| 38 | José Aportadera OIC Mayor | 1986–1988 | 18 | Remegio Confesor Sr. OIC Vice-mayor | 1986–1988 |
| 39 | Teodoro Luntao Jr. | 1988–1992 | 19 | Robin Espino Solinap | 1988–1992 |
| 40 | Henry Anotado | 1992–2001 | 20 | Jessie Alecto | 1992–2001 |
| 41 | Robin Espino Solinap | 2001–2006 | 21 | Reblun Luntao-Lacson | 2001–2006 |
| 42 | Reblun Luntao-Lacson | 2006-2007 | 22 | Quindialem Deaño-Villanueva | 2006-2007 |
| 43 | Rufino Palabrica III | 2007–2016 | 23 | Reblun Luntao-Lacson | 2007–2010 |
| 24 | Jessie Alecto | 2010-2016 | |||
| 44 | Jessie Alecto | 2016–2018 | 25 | Rufino Palabrica III | 2016–2018 |
| 45 | Rufino Palabrica III | 2018–present | 26 | Jimmy Quicoy | 2018–2019 |
| 27 | Quindialem Deaño-Villanueva | 2019–present |
{{cite book}}:ISBN / Date incompatibility (help){{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link){{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)Títulos:i De los Indios.ii De la libertad de los Indios.iii De las Reducciones, y Pueblos de Indios.iv De las caxas de censos, y bienes de Comunidad, y su administracion.v De los tributos, y tassas de los Indios.vi De los Protectores de Indios.vii De los Caciques.viii De los repastimientos, encomiendas, y pensiones de Indios, y calidades de los titulos.ix De los Encomenderos de Indios.x De el buen tratamiento de los Indios.xi De la sucession de encomiendas, entretenimientos, y ayudas de costa.xii Del servicio personal.xiii Del servicio en chacras, viñas, olivares, obrajes, ingenios, perlas, tambos, requas, carreterias, casas, ganados, y bogas.xiv Del servicio en coca, y añir.xv Del servicio en minas.xvi De los Indios de Chile.xvii De los Indios de Tucuman, Paraguay, y Rio de la Plata.xviii De los Sangleyes.xix De las confirmaciones de encomiendas, pensiones, rentas, y situaciones.
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