Piñan, officially the Municipality of Piñan (;
Subanen: ''Benwa Piñan'';
Chavacano
Chavacano or Chabacano () is a group of Spanish-based creole language varieties spoken in the Philippines. The variety spoken in Zamboanga City, located in the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao, has the highest concentration of spea ...
: ''Municipalidad de Piñan''; ), is a
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality' ...
in the
province
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of
Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 20,221 people.
It is also known as New Piñan.
Etymology
Piñan came from a Subano term ''pinyayan'' which means ''tabuan'' (trading place). Before it was established as a formal settlement, this place has been a trading point between natives to the area and ambulant peddlers. In 1903, Captain Finley, a military governor in Zamboanga, established a ''tabuan'' in what is now known as Barangay Del Pilar. The ''tabuan'' became known as Piñan, and when the municipality was created it was called New Piñan to differentiate it from Piñan.
Another version states that Piñan got its name from the native word ''piña'', a pineapple fruit that grows abundantly in this locality. Vast tracts of pineapple plantations can be seen all over the area. Because of abundance of ''piña'' fruits, natives called the place Piñan.
History
The inhabitants of Piñan were engaged in farming. They cultivated their field by using the
“kaingin” system, in which the land was cleared by setting fire to woody plant and bushes, after which holes were bored in the ground with pointed sticks and seeds were planted. They also used wooden plows and
harrows drawn by
carabaos. Then, Piñan became the source of farm production using their famous horse- or cattle-driven
caretelas, and people from neighboring municipalities began coming to Piñan to purchase agricultural products and establish ''tabuan''.
By virtue of ''
Executive Order
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No. 467'' signed by
President Elpidio Quirino
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A lawyer by profession, Quirino entered p ...
on August 22, 1951, the municipality of New Piñan, along with
Polanco, was organized, separated from
Dipolog
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in the
old undivided Zamboanga province. The municipality contains sixteen ''
sitios'', organized into ''
barrio
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s'', with one with the same name the seat of the government. It was inaugurated through the effort of Serapio J. Datoc, the then-Governor of Zamboanga, and declared as an independent municipality.
The name of the municipality was renamed Piñan through ''
Republic Act No. 2846'', enacted on June 19, 1960.
In 1963, the barrios of Dampalan, Labag, Princess La Maya, Marapong, and Sibulan were separated from Piñan to form the new independent municipality of
Sergio Osmeña
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.
Geography
Barangays
Piñan is politically subdivided into 22
barangay
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s. Each barangay consists of
puroks while some have
sitios.
* Adante
* Bacuyong
* Bagong Silang
* Calican
* Del Pilar
* Desin
* Dilawa
* Dionum
* Lapu-lapu
* Lower Gumay
* Luzvilla
* Poblacion North
* Poblacion South
* Santa Fe
* Segabe
* Sikitan
* Silano
* Teresita
* Tinaytayan
* Ubay (Daan Tipan)
* Upper Gumay
* Villarico
Climate
Demographics
Economy
References
External links
Piñan profile at PhilAtlas.com*
Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>
Philippine Census Information
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Municipalities of Zamboanga del Norte
Political divisions established by Philippine executive order