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'''Lobo''', officially the '''Municipality of Lobo''' ({{langx|tl|Bayan ng Lobo}}), is a municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the {{PH wikidata|population_as_of}}, it has a population of {{PH wikidata|population_total}} people.{{PH wikidata|population_reference}}
==Etymology== The name "Lobo" may have come from: {{ordered list | list-style-type = square|the Spanish and Tagalog term for "wolf", ''lobo''|the Tagalog word "'''''lubog'''''", that later became the word "''Lobu''" or "''Lobo''"|the Lobo River, which flows through Lobo itself and|the balloon that landed into Mt. Banoi. }}
The town was proclaimed as the "Atis Capital of the Philippines" through ''Resolution 2011-61'' in September 2011.<ref name="PhilStar-AtisCapital">{{cite news|title=Government boosts atis production in Lobo|url=http://www.philstar.com:8080/agriculture/2015/11/29/1526944/government-boosts-atis-production-lobo|accessdate=30 November 2016|work=The Philippine Star|date=29 November 2015}}</ref>
==History== ===Legend of Datu Kumintang and Gat Bahaghari=== According to legend, Lobo was first inhabited by the followers of Datu Kumintang of Borneo, along with Gat Bahaghari and his family. They traveled to Rosario and trailing along the Rosario-Lobo River, they reached the “Wawa of Lobo” (now Fabrica) which his followers named Bahaghari in honor of Gat Bahaghari. Attracted by the panoramic view and soil fertility of this place, Gat Bahaghari and his followers decided to establish a permanent settlement in this area.
Some followers of Gat Bahaghari thought that in order to detect approaching pirates, they built their houses on the top of a hill overlooking the sea which is now the Municipal Cemetery of Lobo.
Beneath the hill on the west side is low land treasured with ''sumasagitsit'' or running tiny streams of water which they utilized to irrigate their farms. With the help of the streams, their farms became very productive that enabled them to transport their excess products to their bountiful harvests, they replied that they came from sumasagitsit. The term sumasagitsit was later on changed to Masagitsit until it was changed as Barangay Masaguitsit.<ref name="wow">{{Cite web |title=Lobo, Batangas History|url=https://www.wowbatangas.com/lobo-batangas-history/|access-date=2024-03-23|website=WOWBatangas}}</ref>
===Foreign rule=== Lobo's history is related with that of Rosario. Rosario was founded by Augustinian friars in 1687 that originated from the southeastern coast of Batangas which is Lobo. When Rosario was founded, Lobo became a barrio of Rosario with the present municipalities of Taysan, San Juan, and Padre Garcia.
{{stack|float=right|[[File:PadreGarciaChurchjf9806 13.JPG|thumb|The first stone church of Rosario in Padre Garcia]]}} The inhabitants were forced to flee the coast of Lobo to avoid the Moros, during which they recited the rosary, giving Rosario its name. The settlement was reestablished at the north-west bank of Kansahayan River in Hilerang Kawayan, now a barangay called Pinagbayanan in Taysan. However, at the height of the Moro Wars in the second half of the 18th century, the Moro raids reached Hilerang Kawayan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taysan, Batangas - Pinagbayanan |url=https://www.taysan.gov.ph/about-us/barangays/pinagbayanan |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Taysan.gov.ph |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rosario, Batangas History |url=https://rosariobatangas.ph/history/ |access-date=2024-03-23 |website=Rosariobatangas.ph|language=en-US}}</ref> Fearing more attacks from the Moros, Rosario was relocated again by the Dominican priests and headed north from Hilerang Kawayan while holding a novena and praying the rosary. On the last day of the novena, the inhabitants settled at the river bank of Tubig ng Bayan, now Padre Garcia. The residents erected a stone church south of the river bank and dedicated it to their saint, the Lady of the Rosary.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Most Holy Rosary Parish |url=http://osjphil.org/parish-15.html |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=osjphil.org}}</ref> The town was named ''Santo Rosario'' and remained in the location for a long time until 1902.
On December 12, 1848, the barrio of Bolboc was separated from Rosario and was named San Juan de Bocboc, then in 1850, the barrio of Mercedes became Taysan. It was not until September 27, 1871 that the barrio of Lobo became an independent municipality. Settlers residing in the place gathered together to decide the name until they saw a balloon from people celebrating their fiesta in the municipality of Batangas fly towards Mt. Banoi. They were amazed that they named the place Lobo to commemorate the incident.<ref name="wow"></ref> The parish of Lobo was established on February 4, 1873 and was dedicated to Saint Michael.
thumb|left|200px|Malabrigo Lighthouse in 1903 after being finished According to Manuel Sastron's publication of ''Batangas y Su Provincia'', he described Lobo as the most remarkably isolated municipality in Batangas as travel to Lobo was difficult due to the narrow road towards the town center and dangerous sea waves for small boats. He recorded that Lobo's population in the 19th century was only 6,700 people. He referenced the Lobo River as being large and being fed by four to five tributaries. Sastron said that Lobo was peaceful and crimes rarely occur.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Manuel Sastron's publication of Batangas y su Provincia|url=https://www.batangashistory.date/2018/03/sastronlobo.html|access-date=2024-03-23|website=batangashistory.date}}</ref>
Before the end of the Spanish period, the Malabrigo Point Lighthouse was proposed to be made in barrio Malabrigo. It was one among the Spaniards built as part of the ''Plan General de Alumbrado de Maritimo de las Costas del Archipelago de Filipino'' which would make 55 lighthouses in the Philippines.<ref name="Espasyo">{{cite journal|url=https://ovpaa.up.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ESPASYO-6-full-download.pdf|title=Infrastructures of Colonial Modernity Public Works in Manila from the Late 19th to the Early 20th Centuries|first1=Gerard|last1=Lico|first2=Mary Delia|last2=Tomacruz|journal=Espasyó: Journal of Philippine Architecture and Allied Arts|volume=6|date=2014–2015|issn=2094-3725|publisher=National Commission for Culture and the Arts|access-date=November 8, 2018|archive-date=January 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128132841/https://ovpaa.up.edu.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/ESPASYO-6-full-download.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
thumb|right|{{center|1918 Map of Batangas with Lobo and barrios}}
When the American occupation began, Lobo was consolidated to Taysan through the Act No. 708<ref>{{cite PH act|chamber=Act|number=708|date=March 28, 1903|url=https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1903/act_708_1903.html|title=An Act Reducing Thirteen of the Municipalities in the Province of Batangas to Five|accessdate=July 15, 2023}}</ref> but became independent again when Taysan was consolidated to Rosario in the same year through Act No. 958.<ref>{{cite PH act|chamber=Act|number=958|date=March 28, 1903|url=https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1903/act_958_1903.html|title=An Act Reducing The Twenty-two Municipalities of the Province of Batangas to Sixteen, and Repealing Act Numbered Seven Hundred and Eight, entitled "An Act Reducing Thirteen of the Municipalities in the Province of Batangas into Five."|accessdate=July 15, 2023}}</ref> Lobo was commonly misspelled as ''Loboo'' by the Americans.
==Geography== Lobo is located at {{coord|format=dms}}. The town is located near the southern tip of the Batangas province, about {{convert|145|km}} from Manila.
Lobo has white sand beaches and has protected mangrove forests and fish sanctuaries.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mining the white gold |url=https://businessmirror.com.ph/2018/12/02/mining-the-white-gold/ |access-date=2 April 2023 |work=BusinessMirror |date=2 December 2018}}</ref>
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of {{convert|175.03|km2}}{{PSGC detail|area}} constituting {{percentage|175.03|3,119.75|2|pad=yes}} of the {{convert|3,119.75|km2|2|adj=mid|-}} total area of Batangas.
===Barangays===
Lobo is politically subdivided into 26 barangays, as shown in the matrix below.{{PSGC detail|nscb}} Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
According to the 2020 census, the most populated barangay in Lobo is Balibago with 3,454 residents living while the least populated barangay in Lobo is Malalim na Sanog with 306 residents living. Lobo originally had 7 barangays named as Masagitsit (now Masaguitsit), Bignay, Tayuman, Malapad na Parang, Mabilog na Bundok, Malabrigo, and Sabana (non-existent as of present).
In 1959, the sitio of Biga in Barangay Tayuman was converted into a barangay. <!-- arranged by PSGC for easier updates in the future --> {{PH brgy table lite|top}} {{PH brgy table lite|041015001| Apar | 1176| 959}} {{PH brgy table lite|041015002| Balatbat | 2400| 2137}} {{PH brgy table lite|041015003| Balibago | 3454| 2967}} {{PH brgy table lite|041015004| Banalo | 2515| 2195}} {{PH brgy table lite|041015005| Biga | 2030| 1782}} {{PH brgy table lite|041015006| Bignay | 501| 432}} {{PH brgy table lite|041015007| Calo | 918| 913}} {{PH brgy table lite|041015008| Calumpit | 819| 734}} {{PH brgy table lite|041015009| Fabrica | 2056| 1742}} {{PH brgy table lite|041015010| Jaybanga | 1873| 1652}} {{PH brgy table lite|041015011| Lagadlarin | 2086| 1853}} {{PH brgy table lite|041015012| Mabilog na Bundok | 1740| 1675}} {{PH brgy table lite|041015013| Malabrigo | 1744| 1546}} {{PH brgy table lite|041015014| Malalim na Sanog | 306| 205}} {{PH brgy table lite|041015015| Malapad na Parang | 1461| 1455}} {{PH brgy table lite|041015016| Masaguitsit | 1377| 1234}} {{PH brgy table lite|041015017| Nagtalongtong | 2066| 1994}} {{PH brgy table lite|041015018| Nagtoctoc | 617| 591}} {{PH brgy table lite|041015019| Olo{{nbhyph}}olo | 1406| 1377}} {{PH brgy table lite|041015020| Pinaghawanan | 488| 419}} {{PH brgy table lite|041015021|San Miguel| 802| 732}} {{PH brgy table lite|041015022| San Nicolas | 939| 763}} {{PH brgy table lite|041015023| Sawang | 2138| 1831}} {{PH brgy table lite|041015024| Soloc | 2223| 1801}} {{PH brgy table lite|041015025| Tayuman | 1652| 1409}} {{PH brgy table lite|041015026| Poblacion | 2717| 2672}} {{PH brgy table lite|bottom|37070}} {{clear left}}
===Climate=== {{Weather box | location = Lobo, Batangas | width = auto | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan high C = 27 | Jan low C = 21 | Feb high C = 28 | Feb low C = 20 | Mar high C = 30 | Mar low C = 21 | Apr high C = 32 | Apr low C = 22 | May high C = 31 | May low C = 24 | Jun high C = 30 | Jun low C = 24 | Jul high C = 29 | Jul low C = 24 | Aug high C = 29 | Aug low C = 24 | Sep high C = 29 | Sep low C = 24 | Oct high C = 29 | Oct low C = 23 | Nov high C = 28 | Nov low C = 22 | Dec high C = 27 | Dec low C = 22 | Jan precipitation mm = 52 | Feb precipitation mm = 35 | Mar precipitation mm = 27 | Apr precipitation mm = 27 | May precipitation mm = 82 | Jun precipitation mm = 124 | Jul precipitation mm = 163 | Aug precipitation mm = 144 | Sep precipitation mm = 145 | Oct precipitation mm = 141 | Nov precipitation mm = 100 | Dec precipitation mm = 102 | Jan rain days = 12.0 | Feb rain days = 8.1 | Mar rain days = 8.8 | Apr rain days = 9.7 | May rain days = 17.9 | Jun rain days = 22.6 | Jul rain days = 26.2 | Aug rain days = 24.5 | Sep rain days = 24.6 | Oct rain days = 22.0 | Nov rain days = 16.7 | Dec rain days = 14.9 | source 1 = Meteoblue<ref name="met_norms"> {{cite web | url = https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climatemodelled/lobo_philippines_1705881 | title =Lobo: Average Temperatures and Rainfall | publisher = Meteoblue | accessdate = 5 May 2020 }}</ref> | date = 5 May 2020 }} {{clear left}}
==Demographics== {{Philippine Census | align= left | title= Population census of {{PH wikidata|name}} | 1903 = {{PH census population|1903}} | 1918 = {{PH census population|1918}} | 1939 = {{PH census population|1939}} | 1948 = {{PH census population|1948}} | 1960 = {{PH census population|1960}} | 1970 = {{PH census population|1970}} | 1975 = {{PH census population|1975}} | 1980 = {{PH census population|1980}} | 1990 = {{PH census population|1990}} | 1995 = {{PH census population|1995}} | 2000 = {{PH census population|2000}} | 2007 = {{PH census population|2007}} | 2010 = {{PH census population|2010}} | 2015 = {{PH census population|2015}} | 2020 = {{PH census population|2020}} | 2024 = {{PH census population|2024}} | 2030 = | footnote= Source: Philippine Statistics Authority{{PH wikidata|population_reference}}{{PH census|2015}}{{PH census|2010}}{{PH census|2007}}{{LWUA population data}} }}
In the 2024 census, Lobo had a population of 41,251 people.{{PH wikidata|population_reference}} The population density was {{convert|{{sigfig|41,251/175.03|2}}|PD/km2}}.
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== Economy == {{PH poverty incidence}}
==Government== {{main|Sangguniang Bayan}} thumb|Municipal hall before 2021
===Elected officials=== Lota L. Manalo and Jurly R. Manalo are the current mayor and vice mayor, respectively.<ref name="DILG detail">{{DILG detail}}</ref>
The Municipal Councilors are:
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}} *Geronimo Alfiler * Angelito Abiera * Michael Cueto *Jan-Michael Anyayahan * Victoriano Dueñas * Mark Ernani Tiu * Amador Ambrocio Sulit * Leslee Aguilar {{div col end}}
==Lobo Church== {{Infobox church | name = Lobo Church | full_name = Saint Michael the Archangel Parish Church | native_name = {{native name|fil|Simbahan ni San Miguel sa Lobo}} | image = File:Saint Michael the Archangel Parish Church, Lobo.jpg | image_size = | imagelink = | alt = | caption = Church facade in 2024 | pushpin_map = Luzon mainland#Philippines | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_mapsize = | map_caption = Location in Luzon##Location in the Philippines | coordinates = {{coord|13.648239|N|121.209740|E|dim:30_region:PH-00_type:landmark|display=inline|format=dms}} | location = | country = | denomination = Roman Catholic | website = | former_name = | founded = {{start date and age|1873}} | founder = | dedication = Saint Michael the Archangel | dedicated = | consecrated = 1987 | events = | status = Parish church | functional_status = Active | heritage_designation = | designated = | architect = | architectural_type = | style = Neo-classic | groundbreaking = {{start date and age|1980}} | completed = {{start date and age|1986}} | construction_cost = | closed = | demolished = | capacity = | length = | width = | height = | materials = Concrete | deanery = Immaculate Conception<ref>{{Cite web|title=Church of St. Michael The Archangel, Lobo, Batangas, Philippines |url=http://gcatholic.org/churches/asia-east/64970.htm |website=GCatholic.org |access-date=November 11, 2024}}</ref> | parish = St. Michael the Archangel | archdiocese = Lipa | province = | metropolis = | diocese = | district = | archbishop = <!-- cathedrals only --> | bishop = | rector = | priest = | embedded = }}
'''Saint Michael the Archangel Parish Church''', commonly known as '''Lobo Church''', is a Neo-classic parish church in the municipality of Lobo. The church is under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lipa. The parish is dedicated to Saint Michael and its feast day is celebrated every May 8. The church was founded in 1873 while the current building was built in 1980 to 1986.
===History=== thumb|left|upright=0.8|Church marker installed at the entrance of the church In March 1871, Lobo, a visita under the jurisdiction of Taysan, and its residents requested the Governor-General for the visita to be an independent town and its parish due to reasons of long walking distance and difficult travel to the mother town. On September 27, 1871, the visita with the barrios of Masagitsit, Tayuman, Bignay, Malapad na Parang, Mabilog na Bundok, Malabrigo, and Sabana was made into a town. Still, the request to the parish was temporarily suspended until the church, the convent, and a school were adequately built.
On November 20, 1872, the King of Spain approved the request to build the parish<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=St. Michael the Archangel Parish Lobo, Batangas |url=http://osjphil.org/osjcentenary401.php |website=Oblates of St. Joseph - Philippines |access-date=November 17, 2024}}</ref> and on February 4, 1873, the Governor, Viceroy of the Philippine Islands, enacted the king's order, formally founding the parish. The parish started as a tuklong made from bamboo and cogon in 1874, then it was built into a church and a convent made of wood and bamboo in 1886, initiated by Fr. Isidro Gamboa. The parish was administered by Augustinian Recollect friars until 1902.
When the Diocese of Lipa was made in 1910, the parish was given to a Belgian priest, Fr. Raymundo Esquinet, along with the parishes of San Jose, Ibaan, Bauan, Taysan, Cuenca, and Tombol. In 1915, the parish was given to the OSJ missionaries along with Taysan's parish, Nuestra Señora de la Merced Parish Church. The parish was under the guidance of the congregation until 1917.
In 1979, the church was renovated into a concrete building but was destroyed by Typhoon Yeyeng in 1981. A temporary chapel was made to continue parish activities. Five years later, the parish church was completely rebuilt and was blessed in 1987.<ref name=":2" />
==Fish sanctuaries== thumb|Lobo seashore Lobo has several fish sanctuaries:<ref>{{cite news |last1=Casayuran |first1=Mario |last2=Terrazola |first2=Vanne Elaine |title=Locals realize what the real 'gold' is in Lobo, Batangas |url=https://mb.com.ph/2018/04/22/locals-realize-what-the-real-gold-is-in-lobo-batangas/ |access-date=2 April 2023 |work=Manila Bulletin |date=22 April 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Gonzales |first1=Yuji Vincent |title=Environmental group opposes large-scale Batangas mining project |url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/697150/environmental-group-opposes-large-scale-batangas-mining-project |access-date=2 April 2023 |work=INQUIRER.net |date=9 June 2015 |language=en}}</ref> * Lobo Mangrove Conservation Area * Sawang and Olo-Olo Fish Sanctuary and Refuge Area * Malabrigo Fish Sanctuary and Refuge Area * Biga Fish Sanctuary and Refuge Area {{clear right}}
==Education== The Lobo Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 15, 2021 |title=Masterlist of Schools |url=https://www.deped.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SY-2020-2021-Masterlist-of-Schools-Address-only-1-1.pdf |access-date=September 30, 2025 |website=Department of Education}}</ref>
===Primary and elementary schools=== {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} * Apar Elementary School * Balatbat Elementary School * Balibago Elementary School * Banalo Elementary School * Biga Elementary School * Bignay Primary School * Calo Elementary School * Calumpit Elementary School * Jaybanga Elementary School * Lagadlarin/Olo-Olo Elementary School * Lobo Elementary School * Mabilog Na Bundok Elementary School * Malabrigo Elementary School * Malapad Na Parang Elementary School * Masaguitsit Elementary School * Nagtaluntong Elementary School * Nagtoctoc Elementary School * Pinaghawanan Elementary School * Punas Elementary School * San Miguel Elementary School * San Nicolas Elementary School * Sawang Elementary School * Soloc Elementary School * St. Michael the Archangel Parochial School {{div col end}}
===Secondary schools=== {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} * Balibago-Biga National High School * Basilio S. Marasigan Memorial National High School * Jaybanga Integrated National High School * Lobo Institute * Lobo Senior High School * Lord Immanuel Institute Foundation * Malabrigo National High School * Malapad na Parang National High School * Masaguitsit Banalo National High School {{div col end}}
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="200" heights="150"> File:Malabrigo Light House.jpg|Malabrigo Point Lighthouse File:Lobo,Batangasjf9999 20.JPG|Park File:Lobo,Batangasjf9902 12.JPG|Downtown Lobo File:LoboChurchjf9812 02.JPG|Saint Michael the Archangel Parish Church </gallery>
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== {{Commons category|position=left}} * [http://www.ilovelobo.ph/ Official website] * [{{NSCB detail}} Philippine Standard Geographic Code] * {{Facebook|ParokyaniSanMiguelLobo}}
{{Geographic location | Centre = Lobo | North = {{nowrap|Taysan / Rosario}} | East = San Juan | South = {{nowrap|''Isla Verde Passage''}} | West = Batangas City }} {{Batangas|state=expanded}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lobo, Batangas}} Category:Municipalities of Batangas