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Lubang, officially the Municipality of Lubang ( tgl, Bayan ng Lubang), is a 4th class
The Municipality of Lubang like most, if not all of the municipalities in the Philippines elects a Municipal Mayor who deals with the executive affairs of the municipality, a Municipal Vice Mayor who oversees the Municipal Council, and members of the Municipal Council. Currently, the Mayor of Lubang is Michael L. Orayani and the Vice Mayor is Charles Z. Villas.
The municipality also has ten municipal councilors, eight of which are elected along with the Mayor and Vice Mayor while the other two are from the Federation of ''Sangguniang Kabataan'' officers and the Association of Barangay Chairmen of the municipality. Currently, the following are the councilors of the municipality:
#Guimba, Eugenio (NUP)
#Villas, Raffy (PDPLBN)
#Valisno, Cris Andrev (PDPLBN)
#Abeleda, Imee (LP)
#Daulat, BuliBuli (NUP)
#Tiatson, Michael (LP)
#Moreno, Alma (LP)
#Agas, Orly (LP)
#Lim, Aldous Cesar (Association of Barangay Chairmen President)
The municipality, as part of the Province of
Lubang Profile at PhilAtlas.com
* Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>Philippine Census InformationLocal Governance Performance Management System
{{Authority control Municipalities of Occidental Mindoro
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...
of Occidental Mindoro
Occidental Mindoro ( tl, Kanlurang Mindoro), officially the Province of Occidental Mindoro, is a province in the Philippines located in the Mimaropa region. The province occupies the western half of the island of Mindoro. Its capital is Mambura ...
, Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,437 people.
The municipality encompasses the north-western half of Lubang Island
Lubang Island is the largest island in the Lubang Group of Islands, an archipelago which lies to the northwest of the northern end of Mindoro in the Philippines. The Lubang Islands are about southwest of Manila. There are seven islands in the gro ...
, as well as Cabra Island
Cabra is a barangay in the Philippines that covers the island of the same name. The island is the north-westernmost of the Lubang Group of Islands in the Verde Island Passage southwest of the country's main island of Luzon and northwest of the is ...
. The municipality of Lubang is part of the Lubang Island Group, which constitutes seven islands that are geographically distinct from any landmasses, making the island group biologically unique - and endangered at the same time. The islands are under consideration to be set as a UNESCO
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tentative site due to its geographic importance, biological diversity, and intact rainforests.
Geography
Barangays
Lubang is politically subdivided into 16barangay
A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolitan ...
s.
Climate
Demographics
Economy
Government
The Municipality of Lubang like most, if not all of the municipalities in the Philippines elects a Municipal Mayor who deals with the executive affairs of the municipality, a Municipal Vice Mayor who oversees the Municipal Council, and members of the Municipal Council. Currently, the Mayor of Lubang is Michael L. Orayani and the Vice Mayor is Charles Z. Villas.
The municipality also has ten municipal councilors, eight of which are elected along with the Mayor and Vice Mayor while the other two are from the Federation of ''Sangguniang Kabataan'' officers and the Association of Barangay Chairmen of the municipality. Currently, the following are the councilors of the municipality:
#Guimba, Eugenio (NUP)
#Villas, Raffy (PDPLBN)
#Valisno, Cris Andrev (PDPLBN)
#Abeleda, Imee (LP)
#Daulat, BuliBuli (NUP)
#Tiatson, Michael (LP)
#Moreno, Alma (LP)
#Agas, Orly (LP)
#Lim, Aldous Cesar (Association of Barangay Chairmen President)
The municipality, as part of the Province of Occidental Mindoro
Occidental Mindoro ( tl, Kanlurang Mindoro), officially the Province of Occidental Mindoro, is a province in the Philippines located in the Mimaropa region. The province occupies the western half of the island of Mindoro. Its capital is Mambura ...
, also elects provincial government officials. Currently, the provincial government is led by Governor Eduardo Gadiano and by Vice Governor Peter Alfaro.
In the House of Representatives of the Philippines
The House of Representatives of the Philippines ( fil, Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan ng Pilipinas, italic=unset, ''Kamara'' or ''Kamara de Representantes'' from the Spanish language, Spanish word ''cámara'', meaning "chamber") is the lower house ...
, it is part of the Lone District of Occidental Mindoro currently represented by Congresswoman Josephine Y. Ramirez-Sato.
References
External links
Lubang Profile at PhilAtlas.com
* Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>Philippine Census Information
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