Aborlan | |
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| Municipality of Aborlan | |
_(26420639408).jpg) Palm plantation in Sagpangan, in Aborlan municipality | |
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 Map of Palawan with Aborlan highlighted | |
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.svg)  Aborlan Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 9°26′19″N 118°32′53″E / 9.438639°N 118.548136°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Mimaropa |
| Province | Palawan |
| District | 3rd district |
| Founded | June 28, 1949 |
| Barangays | 19 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • mayor of Aborlan[*] | Jaime Ortega |
| • Vice Mayor | Marvin C. Madeja |
| • Representative | Edward Solon Hagedorn |
| • Municipal Council | Members |
| • Electorate | 29,443 voters (2022) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 807.33 km2 (311.71 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 210 m (690 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 64 m (210 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[4] | |
| • Total | 38,736 |
| • Density | 48/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| • Households | 9,715 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 1st municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 15.44 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 369.7 million (2020) |
| • Assets | ₱ 868.3 million (2020) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 245.6 million (2020) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 226.8 million (2020) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Palawan Electric Cooperative (PALECO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 5302 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)48 |
| Native languages | Aborlan Tagbanwa Palawano Tagalog |
Aborlan, officially the Municipality of Aborlan (Tagalog: Bayan ng Aborlan), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Palawan , Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 38,736 people.[4]
Formerly a municipal district, Aborlan became a municipality on June 28, 1949 by virtue of Executive Order No. 232.[6][7] In 1951, the municipality lost the barrios of Berong and Alfonso XII when those were transferred to the newly created town of Quezon.[8]
Aborlan is the province's only town with an agricultural college, now called Western Philippines University. It was founded in 1910.[6]
- ^ Municipality of Aborlan | (DILG)
- ^ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
- ^ "Elevation of Aborlan, Palawan, Philippines".
- ^ a b Census of Population (2020). "Mimaropa". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Aborlan" (PDF). Provincial Government of Palawan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- ^ Executive Order No. 232, s. 1949 (June 28, 1949), Converting into municipalities the municipal districts of Aborlan and Brooke’s Point, both of the Province of Palawan, Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines, retrieved September 22, 2023
- ^ Republic Act No. 617 (May 15, 1951), An act to create the municipality of Quezon in the province of Palawan, The Corpus Juris, retrieved September 22, 2023