Liloan
Municipality of Liloan
From Suba bridge
From Suba bridge
Official seal of Liloan
Map of Cebu with Liloan highlighted
Map of Cebu with Liloan highlighted
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Liloan is located in Philippines
Liloan
Liloan
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°25′N 123°58′E / 10.42°N 123.97°E / 10.42; 123.97
CountryPhilippines
RegionCentral Visayas
ProvinceCebu
District 5th district
Founded1845
Barangays14 (see Barangays)
Government
[1]
  TypeSangguniang Bayan
  MayorAljew Fernando J. Frasco
  Vice MayorDarwin T. Apas
  RepresentativeVincent Franco D. Frasco
  Municipal Council
Members
  Electorate82,428 voters (2022)
Area
  Total45.92 km2 (17.73 sq mi)
Elevation
20 m (70 ft)
Highest elevation
231 m (758 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[3]
  Total153,197
  Density3,300/km2 (8,600/sq mi)
  Households
37,390
Economy
  Income class1st municipal income class
  Poverty incidence
7.20
% (2018)[4]
  Revenue369.4 million (2020)
  Assets829.7 million (2020)
  Expenditure515.1 million (2020)
  Liabilities374.9 million (2020)
Service provider
  ElectricityVisayan Electric Company (VECO)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
6002
PSGC
IDD:area code+63(0)32
Native languagesCebuano
Tagalog
Websitewww.liloan.gov.ph

Liloan, officially the Municipality of Liloan (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Liloan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Liloan), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 153,197 people.[3] Liloan lies within Metro Cebu.

Liloan is bordered on the north by the town of Compostela, to the west by Cebu City, on the east by the Camotes Sea, and on the south by the town of Consolacion. It is 18 kilometres (11 mi) from Cebu City.

History

Along its coastline, there is a spot called Silot, where a whirlpool is created by the ebbs and flows of the waters from the bay. This phenomenon is called lilo in Cebuano. Because of this, the town was known as Liloan, meaning "a place where there is a lilo".

Sometime in the 1970s, a newspaper article stated that the "pueblo de Liloan" was separated from the municipality of Mandaue (now Mandaue City), and was created a new municipality in 1840. However, in his "Breve reseña de lo que fue y de lo que es la Diócesis de Cebú en las Islas Filipinas," Redondo (1886) states that Lilo a was created as a parish in 1845 (in 1995, Lilo a celebrated its sesquicentennial - 150th – anniversary.)

The creation of the municipality of Liloan could have been at the same time the parish was established, but not earlier than its being a parish. As recorded, the first priest of Lilo served in 1845. The term of the first mayor was from 1845 to 1846.

During the war years (World War II), Liloan had three mayors at one time.

Cityhood

House Bill No. 5031 was filed last October 2, 2019, for the conversion of the municipality of Liloan into a component city in the province of Cebu.[5] The bill is currently pending with the committee on local government since November 4, 2019. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) highlights Liloan to quality for cityhood under the population requirement of the local government code.[6]

On June 30, 2022, House Bill No. 99 was filed by Rep. Vincent Franco Frasco which seeks to convert the municipality of Liloan into a component city to be known as the City of Liloan.[7]

Geography

Barangays

Liloan is politically subdivided into 14 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

PSGC Barangay Population ±% p.a.
2020[3] 2010[8]
072227001 Cabadiangan 1.3% 1,982 1,790 1.02%
072227002 Calero 3.5% 5,315 4,513 1.65%
072227003 Catarman 10.3% 15,829 14,839 0.65%
072227004 Cotcot 4.4% 6,796 5,185 2.74%
072227005 Jubay 7.8% 11,931 8,819 3.07%
072227006 Lataban 1.5% 2,245 1,863 1.88%
072227007 Mulao 0.7% 1,067 952 1.15%
072227008 Poblacion 9.8% 15,041 13,371 1.18%
072227009 San Roque 1.0% 1,521 1,331 1.34%
072227010 San Vicente 6.7% 10,219 8,665 1.66%
072227011 Santa Cruz 1.4% 2,203 1,899 1.50%
072227012 Tabla 0.9% 1,423 1,189 1.81%
072227013 Tayud 10.3% 15,814 13,616 1.51%
072227014 Yati 17.9% 27,367 22,468 1.99%
Total 153,197 100,500 4.30%

Climate

Climate data for Liloan, Cebu
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 28
(82)
29
(84)
30
(86)
31
(88)
31
(88)
30
(86)
30
(86)
30
(86)
30
(86)
29
(84)
29
(84)
28
(82)
30
(85)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 23
(73)
23
(73)
23
(73)
24
(75)
25
(77)
25
(77)
25
(77)
25
(77)
25
(77)
25
(77)
24
(75)
23
(73)
24
(75)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 70
(2.8)
49
(1.9)
62
(2.4)
78
(3.1)
138
(5.4)
201
(7.9)
192
(7.6)
185
(7.3)
192
(7.6)
205
(8.1)
156
(6.1)
111
(4.4)
1,639
(64.6)
Average rainy days 13.4 10.6 13.1 14.5 24.2 27.9 28.4 27.7 27.1 27.4 22.5 15.9 252.7
Source: Meteoblue[9]

Demographics

Population census of Liloan
YearPop.±% p.a.
1903 10,024    
1918 19,842+4.66%
1939 13,662−1.76%
1948 12,292−1.17%
1960 16,424+2.44%
1970 22,495+3.19%
1975 26,492+3.33%
1980 30,196+2.65%
1990 42,587+3.50%
1995 50,973+3.43%
2000 64,970+5.34%
2007 92,606+5.01%
2010 100,500+3.02%
2015 118,753+3.23%
2020 153,197+5.14%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[10][8][11][12]

Economy

Landmarks

Lighthouse

One of the best known landmarks in Liloan is its historic lighthouse at Bagacay Point. The original lighthouse was built in 1857 by the Spanish. The current tower was constructed in 1904 by order of William Howard Taft,[20] the first Governor-General of the Philippines and later the President of the United States. The tower is 22 metres (72 ft) tall and remains in active use today, using solar energy.[21] The lighthouse was declared a National Historical Landmark in 2004 by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (formerly known as National Historical Institute).[22]

Liloan Church (San Fernando Rey Parish Church)

The San Fernando Rey Parish Church

The designer of the church in Liloan is viewed by some as visionary. Despite Liloan having only 5,000 citizens, when the church was constructed in 1847, this local church was even larger than that of Mandaue, Cebu's second largest city.

Pier 88

Pier 88 with moored passengeir ferries. Waiting room in the backrgound , facility managd by Topline company. Photo: Bart Sakwerda/Budots Media
Pier 88 with moored passengeir ferries. Waiting room in the backrgound , facility managd by Topline company. Photo: Bart Sakwerda/Budots Media

Pier 88 is a noteworthy maritime terminal situated in the coastal town of Liloan, in the province of Cebu, Philippines. As a gateway connecting the islands of the Central Visayas region: Camotes, LapuLapu city, Cebu City, it plays a vital role in facilitating transport, commerce, and tourism. The Pier was officially inaugurated and opened to the public on May 27, 2023 by Bongbong Marcos. [23] 3d scan of the site was made by private company Data Ops Philippines on the 28-05-2023[24]

Titay's Rosquillos and Delicacies

The making of these little ringlet cookies dates back to 1907, when 21-year-old Margarita "Titay" (single, unmarried) was tinkering in her kitchen with her baking ingredients and made her new culinary creation. Kneading the dough manually and using a wooden eggbeater, some baking tins and a clay oven, she started a product that would put her little town in the national and international map of gastronomic delight.

The market for her unnamed cookie started with her neighbors and passers-by who were offered the snack with a bottle of soda. It was Sergio Osmeña (then Cebu governor, who later became Philippine president), who gave it the name "rosquillos" after the Spanish word rosca.

The biscuits have been a regular stopover of tourists and locals travelling north of Cebu. The company has withstood the taste of time. It started with just rosquillos and tablea making.[lower-alpha 1] It later expanded to an array of homemade delicacies including torta, mamon, monay, otap, CPA (chicken pork adobo), bao-bao and more.

Tourism

Rosquillos Festival

Celebrated every last week of May in honor of the town's patron saint, St. Ferdinand III. It celebrates the Rosquillos as the delicacy of Liloan and of Cebu.

Rosquillos Festival dancers as they perform their street dance in Pasigarbo sa Sugbo 2019.

List of heads of local government

  • Basilio Bantilan (1845 - 1846)
  • Hipolito Pepito (1846 - 1847)
  • Francisco Cabahug (1847 - 1848 and 1859 - 1860)
  • Esteban Cañete (1848 - 1849, 1850 - 1851 and 1852 - 1853)
  • Juan Delgado (1849 - 1850)
  • Juan Cabatingan (1851 - 1852 and 1861 - 1862)
  • Cruz Mendoza (1853 - 1855 and 1860 - 1861)
  • Alberto Yungco (1855 - 1857)
  • Victor Pepito (1857 - 1858, 1863 - 1865 and 1875 - 1879)
  • Pedro Pepito (1858 - 1859 and 1862 - 1863)
  • Felix Cabatingan (1865 - 1867)
  • Jacinto Cañete (1867 - 1869)
  • Apolonio Pilapil (1869 - 1871)
  • Custodio Mendoza (1871 - 1873, 1883 - 1885 and 1899 - 1900)
  • Guillermo Pepito (1873 - 1875)
  • Ambrosio Pepito (1879 - 1881)
  • Eugenio Pilapil (1881 - 1883 and 1889 - 1891)
  • Mamerto Cabatingan (1883 - 1887 and 1891 - 1893)
  • Sotero Cabatingan (1887 - 1889, 1900 - 1902 and 1905 - 1909)
  • Antonio Villamor (1893 - 1896)
  • Simeon Pilapil (1896 - 1898)
  • Mariano Pilapil (1898 - 1899)
  • Blas Cabatingan (1902 - 1904)
  • Marcelo Pilapil (1909 - 1911)
  • Francisco Ramas (1911 - 1912)
  • Jose Cabatingan (1912 - 1916)
  • Cirilo Ramas (1916 - 1919)
  • Cipiriano Jumapao (1919 - 1922)
  • Florintino Pilapil (1922 - 1925)
  • Santiago Noval (1925 - 1928)
  • Lazaro Ramas (1928 - 1937, 1937 - 1938, 1959 - 1963 and 1963 - 1965)
  • Catalino Noval (1941 - 1945, 1945 - 1946 and 1965 - 1967)
  • Jorge Pitogo (1946 - 1947 and 1947 - 1951)
  • Fabian Cañete (1951 - 1955)
  • Teofilo Ponce (1967 - 1971)
  • Cesar Bugtai (1971 - 1986)
  • Achilles Cañete (1986 - 1988 and 1988 - 1992)
  • Panphil Frasco (1992 - 1995, 1995 - 1998 and 1998 - 2001)
  • Maria Sevilla (2001 - 2004 and 2004 - 2007)
  • Duke Frasco (2007 - 2016)
  • Christina Garcia-Frasco (2016 – 2022)

See also

Notes

  1. pure cacao beans that are dried, roasted, ground and then formed into tablets

References

  1. Municipality of Liloan | (DILG)
  2. "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.
  3. 1 2 3 Census of Population (2020). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  4. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. December 15, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  5. Frasco, Vincent Franco. "AN ACT CONVERTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF LILOAN IN THE PROVINCE OF CEBU INTO A COMPONENT CITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF LILOAN" (PDF). House of Representatives. Retrieved April 20, 2021.
  6. "Liloan, Minglanilla qualify for cityhood". The Freeman. June 28, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  7. Antojado, Le Phyllis (July 2, 2022). "Free dialysis treatment, Liloan Cityhood among 10 bills filed by Frasco". The Philippine Star. Retrieved September 5, 2022.
  8. 1 2 Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region VII (Central Visayas)" (PDF). Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  9. "Liloan: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  10. Census of Population (2015). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  11. Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  13. "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  14. "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. November 29, 2005.
  15. "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. March 23, 2009.
  16. "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. August 3, 2012.
  17. "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. May 31, 2016.
  18. "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. July 10, 2019.
  19. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. December 15, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  20. Philippines' Light to Get Makeover
  21. Bagacay Point Light
  22. Declaring of Bagacay Point Lighthouse in Liloan, Cebu a National Historical Landmark
  23. Cebu's Pier 88 boosts PH's global connectivity efforts --- PBBM
  24. Philippines, Cebu, Lioan Pier 88 3d lowdetail - 3D model by Bart Sakwerda - 3d models and research (@bart.sakwerda), May 28, 2023, retrieved May 29, 2023

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