Guipos, officially the Municipality of Guipos (; Subanen: ''Benwa Guipos'';

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: ''Municipalidad de Guipos''; ), is a

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in the

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Zamboanga del Sur Zamboanga del Sur ( Cebuano: ''Habagatang Zamboanga;'' Subanen: ''S'helatan Sembwangan/Sembwangan dapit Shelatan''; , Jawi: سلاتن سامبواڠن; ), officially the Province of Zamboanga del Sur, is a province in the Philippines located i ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 21,738 people. The town was officially established on October 7, 1991, by virtue of ''

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No. 7159'', signed by President

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. It was formed from barangays Guipos, Katipunan, Bagong Oroquieta, and Dalapang of the municipality of San Miguel; barangays Datagan, Dagohoy, Balongating, Baguitan, Magting, Sikatuna, Dacsol, Guling, and Canunan of the municipality of Dumalinao; barangays Lintum, Singclot and Litan of the municipality of Dinas; and barangay Regla of the municipality of San Pablo. Through ''Presidential Proclamation 682'', October 7, 2024 was declared a special non-working day in Guipos to commemorate the 33rd ''Araw ng Guipos''.

Geography

Barangays

Guipos is politically subdivided into 17

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s. Each barangay consists of

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s while some have

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. * Bagong Oroquieta * Baguitan * Balongating * Canunan * Dacsol * Dagohoy * Dalapang * Datagan * Guling * Katipunan * Lintum * Litan * Magting *

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(''Guipos'') * Regla * Sikatuna * Singclot

Climate

Demographics

Economy

References

External links

Guipos Profile at PhilAtlas.com
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