Alfonso Lista, formerly known as Potia, officially the Municipality of Lista is a 3rd class
municipality
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in the
province
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of
Ifugao
Ifugao, officially the Province of Ifugao ( ilo, Probinsia ti Ifugao; tl, Lalawigan ng Ifugao), is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Lagawe and it borders Benguet to the ...
,
Philippines
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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 34,061 people.
History
Potia was created as the
municipal district
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by virtue of ''Republic Act (RA) No. 1222'' on May 11, 1955, from the barrios of Potia, Dolowog, San Juan, San Quintin, Cabicalan, Pinto, Busilac, Santa Maria, and Namillangan in the municipal district of
Mayoyao
Mayoyao, officially the Municipality of Mayoyao is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ifugao, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 15,621 people.
History
Battle of Mayoyao Ridge
From July 26, to August 9, 1 ...
; the seat of government then was designated at Barrio Potia.
Originally called Mun-uupag ("bubbles of foam") by the early
Ifugao natives, Potia was derived from the term ''Putiak'', a phenomenon wherein plants and flowers in the area opened their pods as they dried and cracked open. The
Osmeña Commonwealth administration annexed the area presently compose Lista to the present-day
San Mateo, Isabela. However, due to opposition by local settlers in the area, major part of the area was later transferred to Mayoyao of then Ifugao sub-province of the old
Mountain Province.
On June 18, 1966, the day the old Mountain Province was divided into four political entities, one of which is Ifugao, by virtue of ''RA No. 4763'', Barrio Kiling was transferred from the adjacent Paracales (present-day
Paracelis, Mountain Province) to Potia, thus finishing the efforts to recover the "lost" territories of the municipality.
In 1959, the name of Potia was proposed to rename Lista in honor of its first mayor (1955–1959), Alfonso Lista.
It was formalized on December 15, 1988 through ''RA No. 6687''; Barangay Sta. Maria was confirmed as the seat of the municipal government.
However, several government documents including the Philippine Statistics Authority, Commission on Audit, and the municipality itself used the style "Alfonso Lista" as its name.
To avoid confusion with the name used on ''RA No. 6687'', on May 24, 2021, ''House Bill No. 9451'', introduced by Rep. Solomon Chungalao of the
Ifugao Lone District, was filed and approved.
On June 2, 2022, ''RA No. 11813'', the act renaming Lista as Alfonso Lista, was lapsed into law. A plebiscite, having no final schedule yet, will be supervised by the
Commission on Elections
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.
Geography
Barangays
Alfonso Lista is politically subdivided into 20
barangay
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s. These barangays are headed by elected officials:
Barangay Captain,
Barangay Council, whose members are called
Barangay Councilors. All are elected every three years.
Climate
Demographics
In the 2020 census, the population of Alfonso Lista was 34,061 people, with a density of .
The indigenes are largely
Ifugao
Ifugao, officially the Province of Ifugao ( ilo, Probinsia ti Ifugao; tl, Lalawigan ng Ifugao), is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Lagawe and it borders Benguet to the ...
, with smaller numbers of
Bontoc Bontoc may refer to:
* Bontoc, Mountain Province, Philippines
* Bontoc, Southern Leyte, Philippines
* Bontoc people, an ethnic group from Central Luzon, Philippines
* Bontoc language
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and
Gaddang originating in the surrounding areas.
[https://www.dilgcar.com/index.php/2015-07-10-09-25-49/municipality-of-alfonso-lista] The majority of the population, however, are
Ilokano who began farming the area in the 1930s.
Economy
Government
Alfonso Lista, belonging to the
lone congressional district of the province of
Ifugao
Ifugao, officially the Province of Ifugao ( ilo, Probinsia ti Ifugao; tl, Lalawigan ng Ifugao), is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Lagawe and it borders Benguet to the ...
, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.
Elected officials
See also
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References
External links
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