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El Salvador was created from the barrios of El Salvador and Molugan with their sitios known as Sala, Sambulawan, Sinaloc, Lagtang, Talaba, Kalabaylabay and Hinigdaan, formerly part of [[Cagayan, Misamis Oriental|Cagayan]], [[Misamis Oriental]], in 1948.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lawph.com/statutes/ra268.html|title=An act creating the municipality of El Salvador, province of Misamis Oriental|publisher=LawPH.com|accessdate=2011-04-08}}</ref> |
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== Geography == |
== Geography == |
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Revision as of 03:13, 9 April 2011
8°34′N 124°31′E / 8.567°N 124.517°E
Municipality of El Salvador
Dakbayan sa El Salvador Bayan ng El Salvador | |
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 Map of Misamis Oriental showing the location of El Salvador. | |
| Country |  Philippines |
| Island | Mindanao |
| Region | Northern Mindanao (Region X) |
| Province | Misamis Oriental |
| Barangays | 15 |
| Incorporated (City) | December 22, 2009[1] |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 41,905 |
| • Languages | Cebuano Filipino (Tagalog) English |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| Website | www.elsalvadormisor.gov.ph |
El Salvador (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa El Salvador; Filipino (Tagalog): Bayan ng El Salvador) is a 1st class municipality in the Province of Misamis Oriental on the Mindanao island, southern part of the Philippines. According to the 2007 Philippine census, it has a population of about 41,905 people and records 7,290 households in the 2000 Philippine census. The town serves as a pilgrimage site for the Divine Mercy devotees.
History
El Salvador was created from the barrios of El Salvador and Molugan with their sitios known as Sala, Sambulawan, Sinaloc, Lagtang, Talaba, Kalabaylabay and Hinigdaan, formerly part of Cagayan, Misamis Oriental, in 1948.[2]
Geography
El Salvador is located in the Province of Misamis Oriental in Northern Mindanao (Region X). It is bordered by the Municipality of Alubijid to the west and Opol to the east and south. On the north, lies Macajalar Bay in the Bohol Sea.
Barangay
El Salvador is politically subdivided into 15 barangays, namely:
- Amoros
- Bolisong
- Pedro Sa. Baculio
- San Francisco de Asis
- Cogon
- Himaya
- Hinigdaan
- Kalabaylabay
- Molugan
- Poblacion
- Kibonbon
- Sambulawan
- Sinaloc
- Taytay
- Ulaliman
Accessibility
El Salvador does not have air and sea transportation facilities. Nearby Cagayan de Oro City is the main entry point to Misamis Oriental and Northern Mindanao (Region X). From there, one would then take a bus or jeepneys from the Westbound-Bulua Integrated Bus and Jeepney Terminal.
Economy
El Salvador hosts several plants and factories west of Misamis Oriental. These are Asia Brewery, Tanduay Rhum, Virgin Cola Bottling Plant (Visayas and Mindanao region distributor), The Aoso, Zest-O Corporation, WL Foods Corporation, Universal Robina Corporation, Timber Industries of the Philippines, Inc. (TIPI) and Union Plywood Corporation.
Transportation
By land
- Motorized-sikad is the most popular land transportation in the city proper.
Highlights
- Divine Mercy Shrine, located in the Divine Mercy Hills overlooking Macajalar Bay. The shrine has a 50-foot statue of the Divine Mercy Christ. It serves as a pilgrimage site for the Divine Mercy devotees. As a pilgrimage and sacred site, visitors are not allowed to wear shorts and other revealing clothing. Those who do so will be forced to cover themselves with a blue cloth provided by the shrine administrators.
Cityhood
Recently, El Salvador lost its cityhood, along with 15 other cities in the Philippines, after the Supreme Court of the Philippines granted a petition filed by the League of Cities of the Philippines, and declared the Cityhood Law RA 9435 which allowed the town to acquire its city status, unconstitutional. The said cities, the court ruled, did not meet the requirements for cityhood. On December 10, 2008, El Salvador and the other 15 cities affected filed a motion for reconsideration with the Supreme Court.
More than a year later, on December 22, 2009, acting on said appeal, the court reversed its earlier ruling as it ruled that "at the end of the day, the passage of the amendatory law (regarding the criteria for cityhood as set by Congress) is no different from the enactment of a law, i.e., the cityhood laws specifically exempting a particular political subdivision from the criteria earlier mentioned. Congress, in enacting the exempting laws, effectively decreased the already codified indicators."[3] As such, the cityhood status of El Salvador is effectively restored.
But on August 24, 2010, in a 16-page resolution, the Supreme Court reinstated its November 18, 2008 decision striking down the Cityhood laws[4] making El Salvador a municipality again.
See also
- Macajalar Bay
- Misamis Oriental
- Northern Mindanao, designated as Region X of the Philippines.
- Metro Cagayan de Oro, fourth largest metropolitan area in the Philippines.
References
External links
- Official website of the City Government of El Salvador
- Philippine Standard Geographic Code
- 2000 Philippine Census Information
 Province of Misamis Oriental | |
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Cagayan de Oro (capital and largest city) | |
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