Pinabacdao

Pinabacdao
Municipality
Municipality of Pinabacdao
Seal
Nickname:  "The Home of Mayaw-Mayaw Festival"
Motto(s):  "Small Town, Big Dreams"
Map of Samar with Pinabacdao highlighted
Country	Philippines
Region	Eastern Visayas (Region VIII)
Province	Samar
Congr. district	2nd district of Samar
Established	1749
Reestablished	July 16, 1946
Barangays	24
Government
• Mayor	Engr. Teodorico Mabag
Area
• Total	183.06 km2 (70.68 sq mi)
Population  (1 August 2015)
• Total	18,252
• Density	100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Demonym	Pinabakdawanon
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	6716
Dialing code	55

Mayaw-Mayaw Festival of Pinabacdao

Our Lady of Sorrows Parish interior

Pinabacdao, officially the Municipality of Pinabacdao (Waray: Bungtó han Pinabácdao; Cebuano: Lungsod sa Pinabacdao; Filipino: Bayan ng Pinabacdao) is a fourth class municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 18,252.

It lies at the south-west central coast of Samar Island and crossed along by the Pan-Philippine Highway. Pinabacdao is bordered to the north by the municipality of Calbiga; to the east by the capital city of Borongan in the province of Eastern Samar; to the west by the municipality of Villareal and Villareal Bay; and to the south by the municipalities of Santa Rita and Basey.

It is considered as the center of rice production in the province of Samar. The home of Mayaw-Mayaw Festival, an ethnic and dance festival celebrated every May 10 of each year. Mayaw-Mayaw Festival won second runner-up in the festival dance competition and first prize winner in the float design competition during the 2015 Aliwan Fiesta which was held on April 23–25 in the cities of Manila and Pasay.

Etymology

The term "Pinabácdao" or "Pinabakdaw" is a Waray Sinamar-Lineyte dialect that means "asked to stand" in English Language or simply "pinatayó" in Filipino Language. But in the book Atlas de Filipinas by José María Algué, SJ - a Spanish-Roman Catholic priest and meteorologist in the observatory of Manila published in 1899 (In 1900 published in English: Atlas of the Philippine Islands by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey now U.S. National Geodetic Survey); Pinabacdao was cited as Pinabágdao and listed as a pueblo or town in the former island province of Samar.

Due to lack of official and authenticated historical accounts pertaining to the origin of the town's name, the municipal government is only relying on folktales which was handed from prominent ancestors to their eager descendants. Folktales revealed that the town of Pinabacdao got its present name by the time when the Philippines was still under the Spanish colonial era; the provincial governor of Samar asked Capitan Doquerez (believed to be the founder and first mayor of Pinabacdao) as to what punishment he would impose to those who violated any rule or law. Doquerez insisted that he will not impose fines and imprisonment, instead they will be punished by asking them to "bakdaw" or stand on an ant colony. The Spanish governor was then amused and concluded that since the punishment or "pena" in Spanish language is to "bakdaw" or stand the town deserves to be called "Pena-bakdaw" (respelled as Pinabacdao).

Another folktale or legend surrounding the town suggests that Pinabacdao's name was derived from miscommunication. These was the time when according to the folktale during the early years of settlement, officers from the Samar provincial government (probably on a mapping, census or exploratory survey) passed along the newly organized town and saw a man tied on a pole, standing on an ant colony. The Spanish officers asked one of the townsmen as to what is the name of the place. The townsman, not understanding the question in Spanish and thinking that the officer was pertaining to the tied man standing on ant colony immediately replied in Waray-waray dialect - "Pinabakdaw" or simply "asked to stand". This story was believed to be the reason why the bureaucrats recorded the name of the town as Pinabacdao.

In terms of official government record, the town is officially known as Pinabacdao by virtue of Executive Order No. 2 signed by president Manuel A. Roxas on July 8, 1946 and took effect on July 16, 1946.

Political and Administrative Divisions

The municipality of Pinabacdao is politically divided into 24 barangays, the smallest unit of local government in the Philippines. Each barangay has its own chairperson and councilors which forms the barangay council (Filipino: "Sanguniang Baranggay").

For administrative and statistical convenience, barangays are group into two districts - the upland barangays and pilot barangays. Upland district is composed of barangays situated in far-flung areas mostly those located in the eastern part of the municipality. Barangays located along Pan-Philippine Highway/National Road or commonly referred as Maharlika Highway (Filipino: "Daang Maharlika") comprises the Pilot district mostly those located in the western coastal and lowland areas. These districts have no form of any local government.

Barangay[A]	District	Population			±% p.a.	Classification	PSGC
		(2015)		(2010)
Bangon	Pilot	7.8%	1,425	1,243	2.64%	Rural	086013001
Barangay 1, Poblacion	Pilot	3.5%	641	656	−0.44%	Urban	086013002
Barangay 2, Poblacion	Pilot	4.9%	895	766	3.01%	Rural	086013003
Botoc	Pilot	4.1%	750	697	1.41%	Rural	086013004
Bugho	Upland	1.4%	254	237	1.33%	Rural	086013005
Calampong	Pilot	3.1%	572	512	2.13%	Rural	086013006
Canlobo	Upland	2.1%	392	276	6.91%	Rural	086013007
Catigawan	Upland	0.7%	135	134	0.14%	Rural	086013008
Dolores (Kasang-an)	Pilot	4.1%	742	670	1.96%	Rural	086013010
Lale	Pilot	5.2%	945	820	2.74%	Rural	086013011
Lawaan	Upland	1.8%	327	305	1.33%	Rural	086013012
Laygayon	Pilot	5.4%	994	816	2.64%	Rural	086013013
Layo	Upland	1.4%	260	219	3.32%	Rural	086013014
Loctob	Upland	1.4%	262	213	4.02%	Rural	086013015
Madalunot (Antol)	Pilot	5.0%	914	730	4.37%	Rural	086013016
Magdawat	Upland	2.5%	459	468	−0.37%	Rural	086013017
Mambog	Pilot	7.7%	1,412	1,368	0.60%	Rural	086013018
Manaing	Upland	1.7%	312	233	5.72%	Rural	086013019
Nabong	Pilot	7.2%	1,323	1,084	3.87%	Rural	086013026
Obayan	Pilot	6.8%	1,234	1,105	2.12%	Rural	086013020
Pahug	Pilot	5.0%	921	830	2.00%	Rural	086013021
Parasanon	Pilot	10.4%	1,902	1,736	1.75%	Rural	086013022
Pelaon	Upland	4.5%	829	754	1.82%	Rural	086013023
San Isidro	Pilot	1.9%	352	336	0.89%	Rural	086013025
Total			18,252	16,208	2.29%
^ Other names that are known in locality are italicized.

History

Pinabacdao was established in 1749 but became a barrio in 1902 as part of the Municipality of Calbiga. It was then reestablished by Executive Order No. 02 series of 1946 issued by President Manuel A. Roxas, and separated from Calbiga as a reestablished municipality on July 16, 1946.

Demographics

Population census of Pinabacdao

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1990	10,361	—
1995	11,590	+2.12%
2000	13,167	+2.77%
2007	14,492	+1.33%
2010	16,208	+4.16%
2015	18,252	+2.29%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority

Climate

Pinabacdao's climate is classified as tropical. Pinabacdao is a town with a significant rainfall. Even in the driest month there is a lot of rain. This location is classified as Af by Köppen and Geiger. The average annual temperature is 27.1 °C in Pinabacdao. The average annual rainfall is 2739 mm.

Education

To carry out its mandates and objectives, the Philippine Department of Education is organized into two major structural components. The Central Office maintains the overall administration of basic education at the national level. The Field Offices are responsible for the regional and local coordination and administration of the Department’s mandate.

At the sub-national level, the Field Offices are consist of regional offices and provincial/city schools division. Under the supervision of the provincial/city schools division offices are school districts.

School District of Pinabacdao

Before the creation of a separate school district for the municipality, schools were under the supervision of the District of Pinabacdao-San Sebastian. But due to an increasing number of schools in the municipality, Pinabacdao and San Sebastian municipalities had their own school district . The School District of Pinabacdao is tasked to manage and govern schools except the three secondary schools which are under the direct supervision of the Schools Division of Samar.

Primary Schools

• Bugho Primary School (BPS)
• Canlobo Primary School (CanPS)
• Catigawan Primary School (CPS)
• Loctob Primary School (LPS)
• Magdawat Primary School (MPS)

Elementary schools

• Bangon Elementary School (BES)
• Botoc Elementary School (BotES)
• Calampong Elementary School (CES)
• Dolores Elementary School (DES)
• Lale Elementary School (LES)
• Laygayon Elementary School (LayES)
• Madalunot Elementary School (MadES)
• Mambog Elementary School (MES)
• Nabong Elementary School (NES)
• Obayan Elementary School (OES)
• Pahug Elementary School (PES)
• Parasanon Elementary School (ParES)
• Pinabacdao Central Elementary School (PCES)

Secondary/High Schools

Name of School	Abbreviation	Campus	Location
Parasanon National High School	ParNHS	Main	Barangay Parasanon
Pinabacdao National High School	PNHS	Main	Barangay 1, Poblacion
Quintin Quijano Sr. Agricultural School (former West Coast Agricultural High School-WCAHS)	QQSAS	Main	Barangay Mambog

College and Training Center

• Pinabacdao One-Stop Training Center (POSTC)
• University of Eastern Philippines- Pinabacdao College of Agriculture (UEP-PCA)

See also

• List of renamed cities and municipalities in the Philippines

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System