Dolores, officially the Municipality of Dolores (), is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in the
province
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of
Quezon
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,
Philippines
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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 32,514 people.
It is located at the foot of
Mount Banahaw.
Etymology
Dolores is a shortened form of its original name, ''Nuestra Señora de los Dolores'', a
Spanish title that translates to
Our Lady of Sorrows
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in
English.
History
The town was established in 1834 as a ''pueblo''. This was decided by provincial officials of
Batangas
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and
Tayabas
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, with the agreement from the bishop of
Nueva Caceres and the
archbishop of Manila
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. It was later approved by the
Governor-General of the Philippines
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that a town shall be founded near Sitio Hambujan.
On April 11, 1835, the Governor-General issued a decree establishing the boundary of the town, then known as ''Nuestra Senora de los Dolores''. In May 1835, the local government was inaugurated with Don Francisco Fernando as the first ''Governadorcillo''. The town's seat of government was then Barrio de Maranli (present-day Poblacion), which remains the case until transferring to Bulakin II in September 1966.
Beginning on May 17, 1902, Dolores was temporarily consolidated with the municipality of
Tiaong (Tiaon) by virtue of Act No. 402.
Geography
Barangays
Dolores is politically subdivided into 16
barangay
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s, as indicated below. Each barangay consists of
puroks and some have
sitios
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.
* Antonino (Ayusan)
* Bagong Anyo (
Poblacion
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)
* Bayanihan (
Poblacion
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)
* Bulakin I
* Bulakin II
* Bungoy
* Cabatang
* Dagatan
* Kinabuhayan
* Maligaya (Poblacion)
* Manggahan
* Pinagdanlayan
* Putol
* San Mateo
* Santa Lucia
* Silanganan (Poblacion)
Climate
Demographics
Economy
Dolores' economy is primarily based on agriculture. It has of land area devoted to local crops such as coconut,
rambutan, citrus, and other fruit trees, etc.
The business sector of Dolores is dominated by retail of agricultural products.
Tourism
*Bangkong Kahoy Valley Nature Retreat and Field Study Center
*Lukong Valley Farms
*National Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows
*Paeng Falls
Notes
External links
Dolores profile at PhilAtlas.com*
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1830s establishments in the Philippines