Magsaysay, officially the Municipality of Magsaysay (; ), is a

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in the

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Davao del Sur Davao del Sur (; ), officially the Province of Davao del Sur (; ), is a Provinces of the Philippines, province in the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. Its capital is Digos. Davao City is the largest city in terms of area an ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 56,263 people. As with much of the rural area of Davao del Sur, the predominant economic activity is based on rice farming.

History

The whole area under jurisdiction of the municipality of Magsaysay were all once part of Bansalan. It was populated firstly by Blaan and

Bagobo The Lumad are a group of Austronesian indigenous peoples in the southern Philippines. It is a Cebuano term meaning "native" or "indigenous". The term is short for Katawhang Lumad (Literally: "indigenous people"), the autonym officially ado ...

until settlers from the

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came to the area and eventually became the dominant ethnicity of the area. The most populous village in the area was Kialeg, now the town center, which was renamed Magsaysay in 1959 in honor of the late president

Ramon Magsaysay Ramon del Fierro Magsaysay Sr. (August 31, 1907 – March 17, 1957) was a Filipino statesman who served as the seventh President of the Philippines, from December 30, 1953, until his death in an 1957 Cebu Douglas C-47 crash, aircraft disast ...

. The municipality of Magsaysay was created from 18 barangays of Bansalan on June 17, 1967 signed by President

Ferdinand Marcos Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino lawyer, politician, dictator, and Kleptocracy, kleptocrat who served as the tenth president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He ruled the c ...

. Barangay Magsaysay, formerly and still colloquially known in the present as Kialeg, became the town center of the newly created municipality and was thus was officially renamed Barangay Poblacion. A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck at Magsaysay on February 7, 2021, resulting in some damage to property to the nearby towns and cities.

Geography

Barangays

Magsaysay is politically subdivided into 22

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s. Each barangay consists of

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s while some have

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. * Bacungan * Balnate * Barayong * Blocon * Dalawinon * Dalumay * Glamang * Kanapulo * Kasuga * Lower Bala * Mabini * Malawanit * Malongon * New Ilocos * Poblacion (Kialeg) * San Isidro * San Miguel * Tacul * Tagaytay * Upper Bala * Maibo * New Opon

Climate

Demographics

Economy

Media

* Kastigador Balita Mindanao (Weekly Newspaper) * 95.3 MHz DXET Radyo Kastigo Magsaysay

References

External links

Magsaysay Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive Index
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