Aborlan
{{Short description|Municipality in Palawan, Philippines}}
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| established_date = June 28, 1949
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| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Jaime Ortega
| leader_title1 = Vice Mayor
| leader_name1 = Marvin C. Madeja
| leader_title2 = Representative
| leader_name2 = Edward Solon Hagedorn
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| 2=Marissa U. Zumarraga
| 3=Alex Pedro P. Peneyra
| 4=David C. Mosteiro Jr.
| 5=Mamerto N. Chavez
| 6=Marvin C. Madeja
| 7=Ibandio M. Caralipio
| 8=Joel P. Lumis Jr.
| 9=Roger B. Jagmis
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Aborlan, officially the Municipality of Aborlan ({{langx|tl|Bayan ng Aborlan}}), is a municipality in the province of {{ifnotempty| {{wikidata|property|preferred|P131}} | {{wikidata|property|preferred|linked|P131}} | Palawan }}, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 38,736 people.{{PH census|current}}
Aborlan is the province's only town with an agricultural college, now called Western Philippines University. It was founded in 1910.
Etymology
History
Formerly a municipal district, Aborlan became a municipality on June 28, 1949 by virtue of Executive Order No. 232.{{cite web|title=Aborlan |url=http://www.palawan.gov.ph/docs/PDF/south_PDF/ABORLAN.pdf |publisher=Provincial Government of Palawan |access-date=22 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021085611/http://www.palawan.gov.ph/docs/PDF/south_PDF/ABORLAN.pdf |archive-date=21 October 2013 }}{{cite PH act|chamber=EO|number=232, s. 1949|date=June 28, 1949|title=Converting into municipalities the municipal districts of Aborlan and Brooke’s Point, both of the Province of Palawan|publisher= Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1949/06/28/executive-order-no-232-s-1949/|accessdate=September 22, 2023}} In 1951, the municipality lost the barrios of Berong and Alfonso XII when those were transferred to the newly created town of Quezon.{{cite PH act|chamber=RA|number=617|url=https://thecorpusjuris.com/legislative/republic-acts/ra-no-617.php|title=An act to create the municipality of Quezon in the province of Palawan |publisher=The Corpus Juris|date=May 15, 1951 |access-date=September 22, 2023 }}
Geography
It lies in a vast plain between the Sulu Sea and the mountains, {{convert|68|km}} south of Puerto Princesa City.
=Barangays=
Aborlan is politically subdivided into 19 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
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- Apo-Aporawan
- Apoc-apoc
- Aporawan
- Barake
- Cabigaan
- Gogognan
- Iraan
- Isaub
- Jose Rizal
- Mabini
- Magbabadil
- Plaridel
- Ramon Magsaysay
- Sagpangan
- San Juan
- Tagpait
- Tigman
- Poblacion
- Culandanum
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=Climate=
{{Weather box
| location = Aborlan, Palawan
| width = auto
| metric first = Yes
| single line = Yes
| Jan high C = 29
| Jan low C = 23
| Feb high C = 30
| Feb low C = 23
| Mar high C = 31
| Mar low C = 24
| Apr high C = 31
| Apr low C = 25
| May high C = 30
| May low C = 26
| Jun high C = 30
| Jun low C = 26
| Jul high C = 29
| Jul low C = 25
| Aug high C = 29
| Aug low C = 25
| Sep high C = 30
| Sep low C = 25
| Oct high C = 29
| Oct low C = 25
| Nov high C = 29
| Nov low C = 25
| Dec high C = 29
| Dec low C = 24
| Jan precipitation mm = 73
| Feb precipitation mm = 68
| Mar precipitation mm = 96
| Apr precipitation mm = 104
| May precipitation mm = 193
| Jun precipitation mm = 246
| Jul precipitation mm = 225
| Aug precipitation mm = 199
| Sep precipitation mm = 213
| Oct precipitation mm = 250
| Nov precipitation mm = 226
| Dec precipitation mm = 143
| Jan rain days = 15.4
| Feb rain days = 13.7
| Mar rain days = 17.8
| Apr rain days = 19.4
| May rain days = 27.0
| Jun rain days = 28.5
| Jul rain days = 29.1
| Aug rain days = 27.8
| Sep rain days = 28.3
| Oct rain days = 28.5
| Nov rain days = 25.6
| Dec rain days = 21.8
{{cite web
| url = https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climatemodelled/aborlan_philippines_1732385
| title =Aborlan: Average Temperatures and Rainfall
| publisher = Meteoblue
| access-date = 17 November 2019 }}
| date = 17 November 2019
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Demographics
{{Philippine Census
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| 1995 = {{PH census population|1995}}
| 2000 = {{PH census population|2000}}
| 2007 = {{PH census population|2007}}
| 2010 = {{PH census population|2010}}
| 2015 = {{PH census population|2015}}
| 2020 = {{PH census population|2020}}
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| footnote= Source: Philippine Statistics Authority{{PH census|2015}}{{PH census|2010}}{{PH census|2007}}{{LWUA population data}}
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In the 2020 census, the population of Aborlan was 38,736 people,{{PH census|current}} with a density of {{convert|{{sigfig|38,736/807.33|2}}|PD/km2|disp=or}}.
Economy
{{PH poverty incidence}}
References
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External links
- {{commonscat-inline}}
- [https://www.philatlas.com/luzon/mimaropa/palawan/aborlan.html Aborlan Profile at PhilAtlas.com]
- [{{NSCB detail}} Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131004104825/http://census.gov.ph/ Philippine Census Information]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204028/http://www.blgs.gov.ph/lgpmsv2/cmshome/index.php?pageID=23&frmIdDcfCode=7&fLguType=CM&frmIdRegion=7&frmIdProvince=42&frmIdLgu=882 Local Governance Performance Management System]
{{Geographic location
| Centre = Aborlan
| Northeast = Puerto Princesa
| Southeast = Sulu Sea
| Northwest = South China Sea
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{{Palawan}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Municipalities of Palawan
Category:Political divisions established by Philippine executive order
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