Aborlan

{{Short description|Municipality in Palawan, Philippines}}

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| established_date = June 28, 1949

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| leader_name = Jaime Ortega

| leader_title1 = Vice Mayor

| leader_name1 = Marvin C. Madeja

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| 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

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| 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

Many stories tell about how the town got its present name:{{cite web|url=https://www.coa.gov.ph/download/palawan/aborlan-executive-summary-2018.pdf|title=Executive Summary (Aborlan)|publisher=Commission on Audit|accessdate=September 18, 2023|date=2018}}

  • Abelnan, a legendary tree of the gods; and
  • The English phrase "A Boar Land" that an American man shouted as he noticed the place with wild boars, thus making the place called Aboarland.

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

| source 1 = Meteoblue

{{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

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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

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References

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