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Sapang Dalaga, Misamis Occidental

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Country
  
Philippines

Barangays
  
28

Area
  
93.93 km²

Province
  
Misamis Occidental

Founded
  
August 12, 1957

Time zone
  
PST (UTC+8)

Local time
  
Wednesday 5:19 PM

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Region
  
Northern Mindanao (Region X)

District
  
1st district of Misamis Occidental

Weather
  
28°C, Wind N at 10 km/h, 78% Humidity

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Sapang Dalaga is a fifth class municipality in the province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines, 96 kilometres (60 mi) from Ozamiz City and 50 kilometres (31 mi) from Dipolog City airport. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 19,983 people.

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Map of Sapang Dalaga, Misamis Occidental, Philippines

The town is rich in mineral resources such as gold, copper and manganese, and has mountains, rivers, waterfalls and beaches. Baga (waterfalls in the native language) with its scenic beauty is a kilometer from the town center, can be reached by foot or motor vehicles. Panoramic mountains such as Mount Dasa and Mount Pedoluan reside. Casul Bay which connects to Murcielagos Bay can be navigated.

Etymology

Its name is derived from the phrase sapa ng dalaga (ancient Visayan language dating back to the 14th century before Spanish colonization), meaning "maiden in a creek".

The names of some barangays were derived from rivers and trees, for example, Guinabot came from a river, Locus was derived from the native locus tree.

Barangays

Sapang Dalaga is politically subdivided into 28 barangays.

Economy

Its economy is based on agriculture, with root crops such as gabi, palaw, sweet potato, ube and apale. It has plantation of coconuts, lanzones, mangosteen, rambotan, marang, hibi (June plume), guyabano, santol, durian and native bananas. Herbal plants such as Salingkapao (tawa-tawa), buyo, dalapot (sambong) grows in each household plot. Vegetables such as string beans, squash, malunggay, likway, bago and sikwa can be found. Sea foods such as bongcawel, saang, bacase, king crabs, nukos (squid), lato (seaweeds), kitong, dangget, lapu-lapu, pasayan (prawn) can be bought every Friday (market day).

References

Sapang Dalaga, Misamis Occidental Wikipedia