Ramon Magsaysay, officially the Municipality of Ramon Magsaysay ( ceb, Lungsod sa Ramon Magsaysay;
Subanen: ''Benwa Ramon Magsaysay'';
Chavacano
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: ''Municipalidad de Ramon Magsaysay''; tl, Bayan ng Ramon Magsaysay), is a 4th class
municipality
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in the
province
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of
Zamboanga del Sur
Zamboanga del Sur ( Cebuano: ''Habagatang Zamboanga;'' Subanen: ''S'helatan Sembwangan/Sembwangan dapit Shelatan''; Chavacano: ''Zamboanga del Sur''; tl, Timog Zamboanga; mdh, Pagabatan Sambuanga), officially the Province of Zamboanga del Sur, ...
,
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 27,280 people.
The municipality was formed on February 13, 1957, out of 23 barrios of the Municipality of Aurora, and was originally called Liargao. It was renamed after
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Ramon Magsaysay
Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay Sr. (August 31, 1907 – March 17, 1957) was a Filipino statesman who served as the seventh president of the Philippines, from December 30, 1953, until his death in an aircraft disaster on March 17, 1957. An automo ...
who created the municipality by virtue of Executive Order Number 239. Republic Act Number 2788 marked the renaming of Liargao to Ramon Magsaysay on June 19, 1960.
Geography
Barangays
Ramon Magsaysay is politically subdivided into 27
barangay
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s.
Climate
Demographics
Economy
References
External links
Ramon Magsaysay Profile at PhilAtlas.com*
Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>
Philippine Census Information
Municipalities of Zamboanga del Sur
Establishments by Philippine executive order
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