Manukan, officially the Municipality of Manukan ( ceb, Lungsod sa Manukan; Subanen: ''Benwa Manukan'';

Chavacano Chavacano or Chabacano is a group of Spanish-based creole language varieties spoken in the Philippines. The variety spoken in Zamboanga City, located in the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao, has the highest concentration of speaker ...

: ''Municipalidad de Manukan''; tl, Bayan ng Manukan), is a 3rd class

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in the

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Zamboanga del Norte Zamboanga del Norte ( Cebuano: ''Amihanang Zamboanga''; Subanon: ''Utara Sembwangan''; tl, Hilagang Zamboanga), officially the Province of Zamboanga del Norte, is a province in the Philippines situated within the Zamboanga Peninsula region in ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 36,887 people. It is located west of

Dipolog City Dipolog, officially the City of Dipolog ( ceb, Dakbayan sa Dipolog; Subanen: ''Gembagel G'benwa Dipuleg/Bagbenwa Dipuleg''; Chavacano: ''Ciudad de Dipolog''; fil, Lungsod ng Dipolog), is a 3rd class component city and capital of the province o ...

, the provincial capital, and north-east of

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, the regional capital.

History

During the Pre-Spanish era this town was inhabited by the Subanons. During the Spanish colonization, Manukan was a

barrio ''Barrio'' () is a Spanish word that means " quarter" or " neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city, usually delimited by functional (e.g. residential, commercial, industrial, etc.), social, a ...

part of (Dapitan City). In the creation of the municipality of

Katipunan The Katipunan, officially known as the Kataastaasan, Kagalanggalangang Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan or Kataastaasan Kagalang-galang na Katipunan ng mga Anak ng Bayan (KKK; en, Supreme and Honorable Association of the Children of the Nation ...

, this barrio became a barangay Manukan. Chickens were plenty and breeds that supply the northern part of Mindanao come from this town. "Manukan" word means

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. On June 16, 1951, thru the effort of former Congressman (and later Senator) Roseller T. Lim with the help of Governor Serapio J. Datoc of the former Province of Zamboanga, President

Elpidio Quirino Elpidio Rivera Quirino (born Elpidio Quirino y Rivera; ; November 16, 1890 – February 29, 1956) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the sixth president of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953. A lawyer by profession, Quirino ente ...

signed into law Republic Act No. 655 creating the municipality of Manukan. In 1952, the barrios of Manukan, Lipras, Dipane, Linay, Mate, Sirongan, Libuton, Disakan, Siparok, Ponot, and Manawan of

were formed into the town of Manukan. Sitio Libuton became a barangay in 1954. Lipras was renamed San Antonio in 1957.

Geography

Climate

Barangays

Manukan is politically subdivided into 22

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s. The central

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is where the municipal seat is located. Nine of the barangays are along the national highway and the rest of them are mountain barangays, being three or more kilometers away from the national highway that runs mostly along the coast of the municipality.

Demographics

Economy

Education

Manukan I District *Manukan East Central School *Manukan West Central School *L. Disakan *Libuton ES *Mate ES *Palaranan ES *Patunan ES *Upper Disakan *Serongan ES *Suisayan ES *Patagan PS *Pangandao PS *Sitog PS *Tiniguiban *Upper Disakan NHS *Manukan National High School Manukan II District *Linay CS *Dipane ES *J. Aguirre *Gupot ES *Lingatongan *Loquillos ES *Lupasang ES *Meses PS *Saluyong ES *Villaramos *San Antonio *Manukan NHS *Villaramos NHS *Saint Estanislao Kostka College Inc.

References

External links

Manukan Profile at PhilAtlas.com
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