Del Gallego, officially the Municipality of Del Gallego ( bcl, Banwaan kan Del Gallego; tl, Bayan ng Del Gallego), is a 4th class

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

in the

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions out ...

Camarines Sur Camarines Sur ( bcl, Habagatan na Camarines; tl, Timog Camarines), officially the Province of Camarines Sur, is a province in the Philippines located in the Bicol Region on Luzon. Its capital is Pili and the province borders Camarines Norte a ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,403 people. It used to be called Danawin and is located along Quilbay River. It was established throug
Executive Order No. 56 Series of 1936
signed by then President Manuel L. Quezon. The municipality celebrated its 80th foundation anniversary on October 5, 2017. Del Gallego is the last town in the northern part of Camarines Sur. This is where the Quirino Highway (Andaya Highway) road meets with the first town of

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Tagkawayan Tagkawayan, officially the Municipality of Tagkawayan ( tgl, Bayan ng Tagkawayan), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 54,003 people. It is the easternmost tow ...

. It is from

Pili Pili may refer to: Common names of plants * '' Canarium ovatum'', a Philippine tree that is a source of the pili nut * ''Heteropogon contortus'', a Hawaiian grass used to thatch structures Places * Pili, Camarines Sur, is a municipality in the ...

and from

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. According to the town's socio-economic profile in the year 1998, agricultural workers are greater in number reaching about 70% of the whole working force while the remaining 30% are engaged in non-agricultural occupations.

History

In 1959, the following sitios were converted into barrios: Sinuknipan, Sabang, Pasay and Bajo (renamed to San Juan).

Geography

Barangays

Del Gallego is politically subdivided into 32

barangay A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolita ...

Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, the population of Del Gallego was 26,403 people, with a density of .

Economy

The Del Gallego Town Proper is strategic for fishing and farming. There are many businesses (local and international) in the Municipal Proper. Del Gallego has a port and operates daily to the Bondoc Peninsula and Batangas. The Municipal Government is successfully improving the town and the towns people's lives. Also due to its location between two Major town centers Sipocot and Tagkawayan it now serves as a rest stop. • 1/3 of people rely on Agriculture • 1/4 of people rely on fishing • There are restaurants and several gas stations in the town • There are hotels in and near the town • It is more dependent on Tagkawayan for some market needs instead of Sipocot or Naga City • Market days are usually on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays and the market is least busy during Sundays. • 94% of people have access to electricity • People sell wood • 89% of people have access to clean and potable water • Its electricity is powered and supplied by Quezelco.

Transportation

The municipality is connected with Manila by the

Andaya Highway Rolando Andaya Highway, officially known as Quirino Highway and also known as Camarines Sur–Quezon Road, is a national primary highway located in the provinces of Camarines Norte, Quezon, and Camarines Sur in the Philippines. It serves as an alt ...

and daily rail services to and from Naga & Legazpi are provided by the

Philippine National Railways The Philippine National Railways (PNR) ( fil, Pambansang Daang-Bakal ng Pilipinas and es, Ferrocarril Nacional de Filipinas) is a state-owned railway company in the Philippines which operates one commuter rail service between Metro Manila a ...

. In order to spur development in the municipality, The Toll Regulatory Board declared Toll Road 5 the extension of

South Luzon Expressway The South Luzon Expressway (SLEX), signed as E2 of the Philippine expressway network and R-3 of the Metro Manila arterial road network, is a limited-access toll expressway that connects Metro Manila to the provinces in the Calabarzon region ...

. A 420-kilometer, four lane expressway starting from the terminal point of the now under construction SLEX Toll Road 4 at Barangay Mayao, Lucena City in Quezon to Matnog, Sorsogon, near the Matnog Ferry Terminal. On August 25, 2020, San Miguel Corporation announced that they will invest the project which will reduce travel time from Lucena to Matnog from 9 hours to 5.5 hours. Another expressway that will serve Del Gallego is the Quezon-Bicol Expressway (QuBEx), which will link between Lucena and

San Fernando, Camarines Sur San Fernando, officially the Municipality of San Fernando ( bcl, Banwaan kan San Fernando; tl, Bayan ng San Fernando), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population o ...

Education

Del Gallego has a total of thirteen (13) schools, eleven of which are public schools and the other two are private schools. Public Schools: * Bagong Silang Integrated School * Cabasag Elementary School * Del Gallego Central School * Del Gallego National High School * Kinalangan Elementary School * Magais Elementary School * Mansalaya Elementary School * Mansalaya National High School * Sabang Elementary School * Sinuknipan Elementary School * Sinuknipan National High School * Tabion Elementary School Private Schools: * Alfelor Sr. Memorial College * Colegio de Sta. Rita (Cam. Sur) Foundation, Inc.

Gallery

File:KILBAY Bridge.jpg, Kilbay Bridge File:Del Gallego Tabion Hills.jpg, Tabion Hills File:Sabang River, Del Gallego, Camarines Sur.jpg, Kilbay or Sabang River

References

External links

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