Leon B. Postigo, officially the Municipality of Leon B. Postigo (; Subanen: ''Benwa Leon B. Postigo'';

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: ''Municipalidad de Leon B. Postigo''; ), is a

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in the

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Zamboanga del Norte Zamboanga del Norte (Cebuano language, Cebuano: ''Amihanang Zamboanga''; Subanon language, Subanon: ''Utara Sembwangan''; ), officially the Province of Zamboanga del Norte, is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines situated w ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 27,639 people.

History

In the early 1980s, the councils of six ''

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s'', along with residents of Maras, in the then southern

Sindangan Sindangan, officially the Municipality of Sindangan (; Subanon language, Subanen: ''Benwa Sindangan''; Chavacano: ''Municipalidad de Sindangan''; ), is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Zamboa ...

demanded for a new municipality, which was originally proposed to be called ''Talinga'', with the barangay with the same name, located 11 kilometers from

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, to be the seat of government. The proposed municipality was to intervene the distance of Sindangan and Salug from each other, which were about 40 kilometers. Then assemblyman Guardson R. Lood sponsored ''Parliamentary Bill No. 300'', which was also co-authored by eight other assemblymen. The bill was approved as ''

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Blg. 204'' on March 25, 1982; 17 ''barangays'' in southwestern part of the mother municipality, but excluding Maras, were separated to create the municipality, originally named Bacungan, with another barangay with the same name, which was not included in the original plan, to be the seat of government. A plebiscite for ratification, along with ten more newly-created local entities including nearby Godod, was held on May 17, coinciding with the barangay elections. It was renamed to its current name by virtue of ''

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No. 6830'' on December 30, 1989, in honor of Leon Bayot Postigo, a

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corporal whose 10-hectare lot in the town was donated by his heirs to the local government.

Geography

Barangays

Leon B. Postigo is politically subdivided into 18

s. Each barangay consists of

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s while some have

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. * Bacungan (

) * Bogabongan * Delusom * Mangop * Manil * Mawal * Midatag * Morob * Nasibac * Palandok * Santa Maria * Sipacong * Talinga * Tinaplan * Tiniguiban * Tinuyop * Tiogan * Titik

Climate

Demographics

Economy

References

External links

Leon B. Postigo Profile at PhilAtlas.comOfficial website
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