Pagbilao, officially the Municipality of Pagbilao ( tgl, Bayan ng Pagbilao), is a 1st class
municipality
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in the
province
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of
Quezon
Quezon, officially the Province of Quezon ( tl, Lalawigan ng Quezon), is a province in the Philippines located in the Calabarzon region on Luzon. Kalilayan was the first known name of the province. It was later renamed Tayabas. In honor of the ...
,
Philippines
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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 78,700 people.
It is located on the northern shore of
Tayabas Bay
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The bay is bordered on the north and east side by Quezon ...
on
Luzon
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, just east of
Lucena
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, the provincial capital.
Pagbilao is from
Lucena
Lucena, officially the City of Lucena ( fil, Lungsod ng Lucena), is a 1st class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Calabarzon region of the Philippines. It is the capital city of the Provinces of the ...
and from
Manila
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.
Geography
Barangays
Pagbilao is politically subdivided into 27
barangay
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s.
Climate
Demographics
Economy
Most of the vast lands of Pagbilao are mainly used for agricultural. These agricultural land are mostly coconut, rice and poultry farms. But some of these lands became industrial areas. Most of these industrial lands are ice plants, rice and oil mills which can be seen along the highway.
The Province of Quezon announced that they are planning to make an industrial park or economic zone in the Barangays of Alupaye and Bantigue of Pagbilao. It will really help the employment of the people of Quezon Province.
Commerce is also rapidly grown not only in the downtown area, but also spreading in the whole town. Commercial establishments are growing from Talipan up to downtown along the highway. La Suerte Mega Warehouse, the largest commercial center in town, is found in Alupaye, which most of the bus terminals can be found here.
Tourism is also growing in Pagbilao. There are many hotel and resorts can be found along the highway or in the beachfront of Barangay Bantigue, which has a great view of the islands of the town.
The
DEPED-Division of Quezon Province has its main office in town. It is one of largest employers not only in Pagbilao, but the whole Quezon Province. The municipal government is also one of the top employers in town, which focuses on public services.
The
Pagbilao Power Station, one of the Philippine's largest power plant stations, is found on Isla Grande in Pagbilao. It is said to be the largest employer in town.
Government
Elected officials
Municipal council (2019–2022):
*Mayor: Shierre Ann Portes-Palicpic
*Vice Mayor: Joseph C. Garcia
*Councilors:
** Michael E. Martinez
** Manuel D. Luna
** Joahnnes R. Mercado
** Aldrien R. Calabia
** Lolito M. Merle
** Apolinar R. Martinez
** Bernardita D. Ayaton
** Jacinto A. Piñon
** Wilfredo C. Zafra (ABC)
** Joseph Manuel G. Luce (SKMF)
Infrastructure
Transportation
The municipality is connected with Manila by the
Pan-Philippine Highway
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. Until 2014, there were also daily rail services to and from Naga and Legazpi 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 ...
. A new
Pagbilao station has already been set for construction under the
PNR South Long Haul
The PNR South Long Haul Project, also known as PNR Bicol is an proposed inter-city rail line in southern Luzon, Philippines. It is part of the larger Luzon Rail System, a network of long-distance standard-gauge lines being built by the Philippin ...
project, a reconstruction of the
PNR South Main Line
The PNR South Main Line ( fil, Pangunahing Linyang Patimog ng PNR, also known as Southrail and formerly the Main Line South) is one of the two trunk lines that form the Philippine National Railways' network in the island of Luzon, Philippines. ...
that passes through the area.
In order to spur development in the municipality, the
Toll Regulatory Board
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The TRB was created by virtue of Presidential Decree (“P.D.”) No. 1112 or the Toll Operation Decree. It possesses regulatory aut ...
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
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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 Pagbilao 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 ...
.
Communications
Pagbilao has numerous mobile phone, internet and cable services providers. The following are:
Education
Pagbilao has numerous primary and secondary educational institutions. The following are:
References
External links
Pagbilao Profile at PhilAtlas.com*
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