Sablan, Benguet

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Sablan

Municipality

Municipality of Sablan

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Sablan

Location within the Philippines

Coordinates:  16°30′N 120°31′ECoordinates:  16°30′N 120°31′E

Country  Philippines

Region Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)

Province Benguet
District Lone District
 Barangays 8 (see Barangays)

Government
 [1]
 • Type Sangguniang Bayan
 • Mayor Manuel B. Munar Jr.
 • Vice Mayor Arthur C. Baldo
 • Representative Nestor B. Fongwan
 • Electorate 7,603 voters (2019)

Area
 [2]
 • Total 105.63 km2 (40.78 sq mi)

Elevation 497 m (1,631 ft)

Population
 (2015 census) [3]
 • Total 11,457
 • Density 110/km2 (280/sq mi)
 • Households 2,599

Economy
 • Income class 5th municipal income class
 • Poverty incidence 6.75% (2015)[4]
 • Revenue ₱63,120,567.12 (2016)

Time zone UTC+8 (PST)

ZIP code 2614

PSGC 141112000

IDD : area code  +63 (0)74

Climate type tropical rainforest climate

Native languages Kankanaey
Ibaloi
Ilocano
Tagalog

Sablan, officially the Municipality of Sablan (Ilocano: Ili ti Sablan; Tagalog: Bayan ng

Sablan), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Benguet, Philippines. According to
the 2015 census, it has a population of 11,457 people.  [3]

Contents
  1Etymology
 2History
 3Geography
o 3.1Barangays
o 3.2Climate
 4Demographics
 5Education
o 5.1Public schools
o 5.2Private schools
 6Transportation
 7Gallery
 8References
 9External links

Etymology[edit]
The term "Sablan" was derived from the local word "Sabdang", a local tree which thrived
in the area.[5]

History[edit]
Sablan was created officially as a municipal district on July 1, 1927 under Executive
Order No. 61 dated May 17, 1927 by then American Governor General Leonard Wood.

Geography[edit]
Sablan is at the mid-western tip of Benguet. It is bounded by Kapangan on the
north, Tublay on the northeast, La Trinidad on the east, Baguio City in the
southeast, Tuba in the south, Aringay on the southwest, and Burgos to the west.
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of
105.63 square kilometres (40.78 sq mi) [2] constituting 3.81% of the 2,769.08-square-
kilometre- (1,069.15 sq mi) total area of Benguet.
Barangays[edit]
Sablan is politically subdivided into 8 barangays.[6]

PSGC Barangay Population ±% p.a.

2015 [3]
2010 
[7]

14111200
2
Bagong 6.2% 705 764 ▾ −1.52%

14111200
3
Balluay 4.7% 536 507 ▴ 1.06%

14111200
4
Banangan 15.8% 1,808 1,756 ▴ 0.56%
 PSGC Barangay Population ±% p.a.
2015 
[3]
2010  [7]

14111200
5
Banengbeng 9.4% 1,072 1,108 ▾ −0.63%

14111200
6
Bayabas 21.5% 2,467 2,068 ▴ 3.42%

14111200
7
Kamog 12.8% 1,468 1,064 ▴ 6.32%

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0
Pappa 5.2% 593 594 ▾ −0.03%

14111201
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Poblacion 24.5% 2,808 2,650 ▴ 1.11%

TOTAL 11,457 10,511 ▴ 1.65%

Climate[edit]
hideClimate data for Sablan, Benguet
Ma Ap Ma Au No Yea
Month Jan Feb Jun Jul Sep Oct Dec
r r y g v r
22 23 24 25 23 21 21 21 22 23 22
24 23
Average high °C (°F) (72 (73 (75 (77 (73 (70 (70 (70 (72 (73 (72
(75) (73)
) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
12 12 14 16 16 16 16 16 15 14 12
17 15
Average low °C (°F) (54 (54 (57 (61 (61 (61 (61 (61 (59 (57 (54
(63) (59)
) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
1,04
15 16 24 33 102 121 177 165 144 170 56 23
Average precipitation  6
(0.6 (0.6 (0.9 (1.3 (4.0 (4.8 (7.0 (6.5 (5.7 (6.7 (2.2 (0.9
mm (inches) (41.2
) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )
)
12. 20. 23. 25. 23. 23. 21. 14. 194.
Average rainy days 6.3 6.6 9.5 8.2
8 6 5 4 4 2 4 0 9
Source: Meteoblue [8]

Demographics[edit]
Population census of Sablan
Year Pop. ±% p.a. Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1939 2,930 —     1990 8,440 +0.66%
1948 2,786 −0.56% 1995 9,170 +1.57%
1960 4,741 +4.53% 2000 9,652 +1.10%
1970 5,681 +1.82% 2007 10,890 +1.68%
1975 7,345 +5.29% 2010 10,511 −1.28%
 1980 7,900 +1.47% 2015 11,457 +1.65%

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [3] [7] [9][10]

In the 2015 census, Sablan had a population of 11,457.  [3] The population density was
110 inhabitants per square kilometre (280/sq mi).

Education[edit]
Public schools[edit]
As of 2014, Sablan has 14 public elementary schools and 2 public secondary schools.[11]
[12][13]

Elementary Secondary
(2013-2014)[13] show (2013-2014)[12] show

Private schools[edit]
Saint Louis School of Sablan is the only private secondary school in the municipality,
located at barangay Poblacion.

Transportation[edit]
Major roads within the Sablan include the Naguilian Road (formerly Quirino Highway)
and Asin–Nangalisan–San Pascual Road.

Gallery[edit]


Municipal hall
 
 

Downtown Sablan
 

Fruit and souvenir stalls along Naguilian Road

 

Immaculate Conception Parish Church
 


 Rural landscape

References[edit]
1. ^  Municipality of Sablan | (DILG)
2. ^ Jump up to:    "Province: Benguet". PSGC Interactive. Quezon
a b

City, Philippines:  Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 12

November 2016.
3. ^ Jump up to:a b c d e Census of Population (2015). "Cordillera
Administrative Region (CAR)". Total Population by Province,
City, Municipality and Barangay.  PSA. Retrieved  20
June  2016.
4. ^ "PSA releases the 2015 Municipal and City Level Poverty
Estimates". Quezon City, Philippines. Retrieved  12
October  2019.
5. ^ "Municipality of Sablan, Benguet profile".  DILG - CAR.
Department of Interior and Local Government (Philippines).
Retrieved 16 September  2014.
6. ^ "Municipal: Sablan, Benguet". PSGC Interactive. Quezon
City, Philippines:  Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8
January  2016.
7. ^ Jump up to:a b Census of Population and Housing
(2010).  "Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)". Total
Population by Province, City, Municipality and
Barangay.  NSO. Retrieved  29 June2016.
8. ^ "Sablan: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue.
Retrieved 21 March  2020.
9. ^ Censuses of Population (1903–2007).  "Cordillera
Administrative Region (CAR)". Table 1. Population
Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly
Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007.  NSO.
10. ^ "Province of Benguet". Municipality Population Data.  Local
Water Utilities AdministrationResearch Division. Retrieved 17
December 2016.
11. ^ "Masterlist of Public Elementary Schools for the School
year 2012- 2013"  (XLSX).  Department of Education
(Philippines), July 15, 2013. Retrieved  28 December  2014.
12. ^ Jump up to:a b "Masterlist of Secondary Schools (School Year
2013- 2014)". Department of Education (Philippines), July 4,
2013. Archived from the original  (XLSX) on 1 July 2014.
Retrieved 20 November 2014.
13. ^ Jump up to:a b "Masterlist of Public Schools SY 2013-
2014"  (XLSX).  Department of Education (Philippines), 22
October 2014. Retrieved  28 December  2014.

External links[edit]
 Media related to Sablan, Benguet at Wikimedia Commons

 Sablan Profile at PhilAtlas.com

 Philippine Standard Geographic Code
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Places adjacent to Sablan, Benguet

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 Local Government Units of BLISTT

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 Province of Benguet

La Trinidad (capital)

 Atok

 Bakun

 Bokod

 Buguias

 Itogon

 Kabayan

 Kapangan

 Kibungan

 La Trinidad

 Mankayan

 Sablan

 Tuba

 Tublay

 Baguio (Administratively independent from the province but grouped under Benguet by the  Philippine Statistics Authority.)

: List of barangays in Benguet

Categories: 
 Municipalities of Benguet
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