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Alabat | |
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| Municipality of Alabat | |
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| Motto(s): Mapayapa, Maunlad, Maganda at Masayang Bayan ng Alabat | |
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.svg)  Alabat Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 14°06′08″N 122°00′49″E / 14.102261°N 122.013569°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Calabarzon |
| Province | Quezon |
| District | 4th district |
| Founded | 1882 |
| Conversion as Municipality | 1900 |
| Barangays | 19 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • mayor of Alabat[*] | Jose Ramil R. Arquiza |
| • Vice Mayor | Ireneo R. Layosa Jr. |
| • Representative | Keith Micah DL. Tan |
| • Municipal Council | Members |
| • Electorate | 11,711 voters (2022) |
| Area | |
• Total | 57.61 km2 (22.24 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 29 m (95 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 418 m (1,371 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[3] | |
• Total | 15,936 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (720/sq mi) |
| • Households | 3,988 |
| Demonym | Alabatin |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 5th municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 15.59 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 89.32 million (2020) |
| • Assets | ₱ 136.4 million (2020) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 83.84 million (2020) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 51.38 million (2020) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Quezon 1 Electric Cooperative (QUEZELCO 1) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 4333 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)42 |
| Native languages | Tagalog |
| Website | www |
Alabat, officially the Municipality of Alabat (Tagalog: Bayan ng Alabat), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 15,936 people.[3]
The name Alabat came from the local Tagalog word Alabat, meaning "balustrade".
The town is home to a few speakers of the critically endangered Inagta Alabat language, one of the most endangered languages in the world as listed by UNESCO.
It is founded in the year 1882 by a Spanish priest from Gumaca and built an ermita that honours Our Lady of Monte Carmelo. Its first name was Gordo, which means "fat", due to the island's shape. It was change to Gordon, Barcelona, and later on Alabat. The formal establishment of the town is in the year of 1900.
- ^ Municipality of Alabat | (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.
- ^ a b Census of Population (2020). "Region IV-A (Calabarzon)". 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.