Magsaysay, officially the Municipality of Magsaysay ( ceb, Lungsod sa Magsaysay; tl, Bayan ng Magsaysay), is a 3rd class

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in the

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of Davao del Sur,

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 56,263 people. As with much of the rural area of Davao del Sur, the predominant economic activity is based on rice farming.

History

The whole area under jurisdiction of the municipality of Magsaysay were all once part of

Bansalan Bansalan, officially the Municipality of Bansalan ( ceb, Lungsod sa Bansalan; tl, Bayan ng Bansalan), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Davao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 62,737 people. ...

. It was populated firstly by Bagobos and

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until settlers from the

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came to the area and eventually became the dominant ethnicity of the area. The most populous village in the area was Kialeg, now the town center, which was renamed Magsaysay in 1959 in honor of the late president Ramon Magsaysay. The municipality of Magsaysay was created from 18 barangays of Bansalan on June 17, 1967 signed by President

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. Barangay Magsaysay, formerly and still colloquially known in the present as Kialeg, became the town center of the newly created municipality and was thus was officially renamed Barangay Poblacion. A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck at Magsaysay on February 7, 2021, resulting in some damage to property to the nearby towns and cities.

Geography

Climate

Barangays

Magsaysay is politically subdivided into 22

barangay 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 ...

Demographics

Economy

Media

* Kastigador Balita Mindanao (Weekly Newspaper) * 95.3 MHz DXET Radyo Kastigo Magsaysay

References

External links

Magsaysay Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index
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Philippine Census Information

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