Piñan

Piñan, officially the Municipality of Piñan (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Piñan; Subanen: Benwa Piñan; Chavacano: Municipalidad de Piñan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Piñan), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 20,221 people. [3]

Not to be confused with Biñan.
Piñan
Municipality
Municipality of Piñan
Seal
Nickname(s): 
  • Pineapple Capital of Zamboanga Peninsula
  • Inland Resort Capital of Zamboanga del Norte
Map of Zamboanga del Norte with Piñan highlighted
OpenStreetMap
Piñan
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 8°28′56″N 123°27′00″E
CountryPhilippines
RegionZamboanga Peninsula
ProvinceZamboanga del Norte
District 1st district
FoundedAugust 22, 1951
Barangays22 (see Barangays)
Government
 [1]
 • TypeSangguniang Bayan
 • MayorCecilia J. Carreon
 • Vice MayorDeogracias T. Cimafranca
 • RepresentativeRomeo M. Jalosjos Jr.
 • Municipal Council
Members
 • Electorate14,309 voters (2019)
Area
[2]
 • Total93.75 km2 (36.20 sq mi)
Elevation
68 m (223 ft)
Highest elevation
274 m (899 ft)
Lowest elevation
12 m (39 ft)
Population
 (2020 census) [3]
 • Total20,221
 • Density220/km2 (560/sq mi)
 • Households
4,609
Economy
 • Income class4th municipal income class
 • Poverty incidence46.49% (2018)[4]
 • Revenue₱112,538,000.00 (2020)
 • Assets₱321,768,000.00 (2020)
 • Expenditure₱124,384,000.00 (2020)
 • Liabilities₱45,224,000.00 (2020)
Service provider
 • ElectricityZamboanga del Norte Electric Cooperative (ZANECO)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
7105
PSGC
097209000
IDD : area code +63 (0)65
Native languagesSubanon
Cebuano
Chavacano
Tagalog
Websitewww.pinan.gov.ph

It is also known as New Piñan.[5]

Etymology

Piñan came from a Subano term “pinyayan” which means “tabuan” or a trading place. Before it was established as a formal settlement, this place has been a trading point between natives area and ambulant peddlers. Hence, sometime in 1903, Captain Finley, a military governor in Zamboanga established a “tabuan” in what is now known as Barangay Del Pilar. The “tabuan” became what is known to be Piñan and when the municipality was created, it was called New Piñan to vary it from Piñan.

History

From the time of its foundation, The name of the municipality of New Piñan was later changed to Piñan under Republic Act No. 2846 on June 19, 1960.

The inhabitants of Piñan were engaged in farming, they cultivated their field by using “kaingin” system in which the land was cleared by setting fire to the woody plant and bushes, after which, holes were bored in the ground with a pointed sticks and the seeds were then planted there. They also used wooded plows and harrows drawn by Carabao's . Then, finally, Piñan became the source of farm production using their famous horses or cattle driven caretela, until most of the time, people from neighboring municipalities go to Piñan to purchase agricultural products, in which then, they established a so-called “tabuan”.

Other version states that Piñan got its name from the native word “piña”, a pineapple fruit that grows abundantly in this locality before its creation. Vast tracts of pineapple plantations can be seen all over the area. Because of abundance of Piña fruits, natives called the place Piñan.

Piñan acquired its juridical personality on August 22, 1951, by virtue of Executive Order No. 457 by his Excellency, President of the Philippines, Elpedio Quirino, and an act creating the municipality of Piñan, from the municipality of Dipolog.

Piñan became a municipality on December 8, 1951, at 2:35 p.m. and was inaugurated through the painstaking effort of Serapio J. Datoc, who was at the time, the Governor of the province of Zamboanga (with the north portion now the province of Zamboanga del Norte), and declared as an independent municipality separate from its mother municipality of Dipolog (now city of Dipolog.)[6]

Geography

Barangays

Piñan is politically subdivided into 22 barangays.

  • Bacuyong
  • Bagong Silang
  • Calican
  • Del Pilar
  • Desin
  • Dilawa
  • Dionum
  • Lapu-lapu
  • Lower Gumay
  • Luzvilla
  • Poblacion North
  • Poblacion South
  • Santa Fe
  • Segabe
  • Sikitan
  • Silano
  • Teresita
  • Tinaytayan
  • Ubay (Daan Tipan)
  • Upper Gumay
  • Villarico

Climate
Climate data for Piñan, Zamboanga del Norte
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 28
(82)		 29
(84)		 30
(86)		 31
(88)		 30
(86)		 29
(84)		 29
(84)		 29
(84)		 30
(86)		 29
(84)		 29
(84)		 29
(84)		 29
(85)
Average low °C (°F) 23
(73)		 23
(73)		 23
(73)		 23
(73)		 24
(75)		 24
(75)		 24
(75)		 24
(75)		 24
(75)		 24
(75)		 24
(75)		 23
(73)		 24
(74)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 104
(4.1)		 76
(3.0)		 92
(3.6)		 97
(3.8)		 199
(7.8)		 238
(9.4)		 195
(7.7)		 193
(7.6)		 178
(7.0)		 212
(8.3)		 171
(6.7)		 110
(4.3)		 1,865
(73.3)
Average rainy days 14.7 12.5 15.8 17.5 27.6 28.5 29.0 27.5 26.9 27.9 23.5 18.2 269.6
Source: Meteoblue [7]

Demographics
Population census of Piñan
YearPop.±% p.a.
1960 24,699—    
1970 12,335−6.70%
1975 13,121+1.25%
1980 14,373+1.84%
1990 15,419+0.71%
1995 19,447+4.44%
2000 17,950−1.70%
2007 18,669+0.54%
2010 20,088+2.70%
2015 20,161+0.07%
2020 20,221+0.06%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [8] [9] [10][11]

Economy

References
  1.  Municipality of Piñan | (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. Census of Population (2020). "Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  5. "Zamboanga del Norte : Municipality of Pinan". Old website of Zamboanga del Norte. Archived from the original on 17 November 2002. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  6. "About Piñan". 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "Piñan: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  8. Census of Population (2015). "Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  9. Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. NSO. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  10. Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region IX (Zamboanga Peninsula)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. NSO.
  11. "Province of Zamboanga del Norte". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  12. "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  13. https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/NSCB_LocalPovertyPhilippines_0.pdf; publication date: 29 November 2005; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
  14. https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2003%20SAE%20of%20poverty%20%28Full%20Report%29_1.pdf; publication date: 23 March 2009; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
  15. https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2006%20and%202009%20City%20and%20Municipal%20Level%20Poverty%20Estimates_0_1.pdf; publication date: 3 August 2012; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
  16. https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2012%20Municipal%20and%20City%20Level%20Poverty%20Estima7tes%20Publication%20%281%29.pdf; publication date: 31 May 2016; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
  17. https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/City%20and%20Municipal-level%20Small%20Area%20Poverty%20Estimates_%202009%2C%202012%20and%202015_0.xlsx; publication date: 10 July 2019; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
  18. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.


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