Alcoy, Cebu

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Municipality of Alcoy
Location
Map of Cebu showing the location of Alcoy
Government
Region	Central Visayas (Region VII)
Province	Cebu
District	2nd District of Cebu
Barangays	8[1]
Income class	5th class city; partially urban
Mayor	pop2000 = 14,571
Physical characteristics
Area	49.81 km²
Population      Total       Density	293/km² (2000)
Coordinates	9°41'N 123°30'E

Alcoy is a 5th class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 14,571 people. It is approximately 93 kilometers from the provincial capital Cebu City. It is bounded by the municipalities of Dalaguete to the north, Boljoon to the south, Badian and Alegria to the west, and Cebu Strait to the east.

[edit] Economy

Alcoy is mainly an agricultural town with Nug-as, a mountain barangay, producing 90% of commercial crops. The rest of the communities rely on subsistence fishing and backyard farming. The country's largest dolomite quarry is mined in Barangay Pugalo.

[edit] Barangays

Alcoy is administratively subdivided into 8 barangays.^[1]

• Atabay
• Daan-Lungsod
• Guiwang
• Nug-as
• Pasol
• Poblacion
• Pugalo
• San Agustin

[edit] Daan-Lungsod

Daan-Lungsod is the southern-most barangay. Tingko Beach is located in this small barangay. A fiesta is held in Daan-Lungsod every May 3 in honor of Santa Cruz.^{[citation needed]} Mambahi is the old name of Daan-Lungsod.^{[citation needed]} There is a reef called Mabad-on which appears during low tide, and is completely submerged during high tide. Mabad-on is listed as Mambahi Reef in the Philippine maritime and navigation map.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• e-Local Government Unit (eLGU) Website on the Municipality of Alcoy
• Department of Trade and Industry, Cebu: Profile page on Alcoy