Lupon, Davao Oriental
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Lupon is a 1st class municipality in the province of Davao Oriental, Philippines
Philippines
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. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 57,092 people in 10,812 households.
Lupon is said to have derived its name from the native word "naluponan" meaning, a body of land accumulated at the mouth of a river resulting from years of continued accretion". The settlers shortened the word "naluponan" into what is called now "Lupon". This "naluponan" area was then applied to the mouth of the Sumlug river of Lupon municipality of today.
First Settlers
Lupon was primarily inhabited by the mandaya and mansaka in the hinterlands, and the native kalagans in the shorelines of Lupon connected to Pantukan municipality and San Isidro municipality today. But, through the wave of migration [local immigrants from Luzon and the Visayas (Christians and Muslims alike)] and the coming of logging concessions, the population of Lupon had increased through the succeeding years.Creation into a Municipal District
Lupon first became a regular barrio of Pantukan in 1919. Two years later Governor General Francis Burton Harrision issued an Executive Order No. 8, series of 1921 creating Lupon as a Municipal District comprising eight (8) barrios that include Poblacion Lupon, Sumlog, Cocornon, Tagugpo, Piso, Maputi, Langka, Banaybanay.For the meantime, Datu Commara Manuel was appointed as the municipal district president from 1921-1929. The American Occupation in the Philippine Islands was so serious of pacifying inhabitants from rebellion against the American regime. What they did was to create Mindanao into a Moro Province at the expense of the Christians both Catholic and Protestants also inhabiting the whole region. It was on this ground the Lupon was said to have been made into a sultanate with Datu Manuel as its sultan. But such an idea of Lupon becoming a sultanate was short-lived as Datu Manuel was replaced by the succeeding municipal district presidents.
These were the municipal district presidents after Datu Manuel: Alfredo Lindo (1929–1931); Luis Yabut (1931–1933) ; Teodoro Panuncialman (1933–1939); Carlos Badolato (1939 to the Outbreak of World War II); Sixto Carreon (1940 onward to the Japanese Occupation); Cresencio Tuballa (1944–1945 time of the Philippine Commonwealth military and Recognized Guerrillas); Claudio Libre (1945–1946); Cresencio Tuballa (1946); Carlos Badolato (1946–1947).
Creation into a Regular Municipality
Lupon was created into a regular municipality on August 8, 1948 by virtue of the Executive Order Series of 1948, issued by President Elpidio Quirino with Teodoro Panuncialman as the first appointed mayor of Lupon. But such appointment was cut short by another appointment of Crisanto Magno as mayor of Lupon from 1948 to 1950; however he did retrieved the appointment back again in 1950-1951.This time in 1951, a local election installed Crisanto Magno as the first elected mayor of Lupon from 1951 to 1955. Then the succeeding elected mayors were privileged to take responsibility of the unbroken mayoralty seat of Lupon. Oswaldo Barol (1955–67); Eulalio Angala Jr. (1967–79); Francisco M. dela Cruz (1979–86); then at the transition from the Marcos to the Aquino administration brought about by the February 1986 Edsa Revolution, Jose Lim was appointed Office In-Charge (1986–87); then Francisco dela Cruz was again re-elected (1988–98); Quiñones was elected in May (1998–2001); Guiñez was elected in May 2001. But his untimely death brought the vice-mayor Barabag to the mayoralty seat in 2002 to finish the term up until 2004.
Cultural Background
Accordingly, Lupon, like many areas of Mindanao, is inhabited by the Mandaya, Mansaka, the native Kalagans, and the local immigrants from all points of the Visayas, Luzon and Mindanao. The immigrants brought with them their culture resulting into the mixture of beliefs and practices. Intermarriages also brought new phenomenon of progress and modification of culture and tradition.The co-existence among Muslims and Christians of the Lupon populace was indeed superb in terms of harmony and understanding as one Filipino people in areas like politics and social order, religion and beliefs, while maintaining also its uniqueness in its racial and religious differences. They work hand in hand in bringing forth to birth the progress and development of what we see and observe today of Lupon of the new millennium. They help each other in building a stable government for the promotion of its socio-economic progress.
The spirit of commaraderie and participation, indeed, made Lupon produce good instrumentd for leadership and tireless commitment to progress since it all started from being a settlement, to a barrio, to a municipal district, and finale as a regular municipality through the years.
Mayors of Lupon
Here is the list of the Mayors of Lupon, Davao Oriental:
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Barangays
Lupon is politically subdivided into 21 barangayBarangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
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Vision, Mission and Goals of Lupon
VisionA peaceful and highly progressive community with active people participation in rendering public services where every common citizen share justly the fruits of development and attune with the province priority programs.
Mission
Mission a place of fulfillment for the visions and goals set-forth by the early leaders and earnestly supplemented by the present and in-coming leadership with the unfailing support of people's organization.
Goals
To achieve and sustain a desirable economic growth and integrate its socio-economic development program with a dynamic peace and order adequately reinforced by a responsive infrastructure support with a balance ecology.