Mount Imbing

{{Short description|Mountain in the Philippines}} {{Infobox mountain  | name = Mount Imbing | native_name = | other_name = | etymology =  | image = | image_caption = | elevation_m = 700 | elevation_ref = <ref name=gvp/> | prominence = | prominence_ref =  | range = | listing =  | country = Philippines | region_type = Region | region = Zamboanga Peninsula | state_type = Province | state = Zamboanga del Sur | subdivision3_type = Municipality | subdivision3 = Lapuyan | subdivision4_type = District | subdivision4 = 2nd congressional  | location = | coordinates = {{coord|7|41|6|N|123|14|11|E|display=inline,title|type:mountain_region:PH-ZAS}} | coordinates_ref = {{efn|group=note|Itarong ang posisyon base sa gitas-on data (DEM 3") gikan sa Viewfinder Panoramas.<ref name = "vp"/> Ang bug-os nga algoritmo anaa dinhi.}}  | geology = | orogeny = | age = | biome = | plant = | animal =  | map = Philippines | map_caption = Location of Mt. Imbing on Mindanao island  | width =  }} '''Mount Imbing''' is a mountain in the southern island of Mindanao in the Philippines.<ref name=gvp>{{Cite gvp |title= Imbing |vn=271803 |access-date=2024-06-24}}</ref> The majority of the mountain is located in the municipality of Lapuyan in the Province of Zamboanga del Sur in the Zamboanga Peninsula. Because it is located in the boundary area between two municipalities, part of its slope is located within San Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur. It is named after Thimuay Imbing,<ref>Hapalla JGH. An introduction to Subanen culture. Culture and peace studies. Ateneo de Zamboanga University. 2002;2(1):1–11.</ref> the most prominent ancestral leader of the Subanen people during the American colonial period.<ref name="LapuyanLGUProfile">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=About Lapuyan: Facts and Profile |url=http://lapuyan.gov.ph/index.php/about-lapuyan-sp-1069976057/facts-and-profile |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224131030/http://lapuyan.gov.ph/index.php/about-lapuyan-sp-1069976057/facts-and-profile |archive-date=2017-02-24 |access-date=2017-07-14 |website=lapuyan.gov.ph |publisher=Local Government Unit of Lapuyan}}</ref><ref name="ApatanLusayStudy">{{Cite journal |last=Apatan-Lusay |first=Kimberly F. |date=December 2020 |title=Thimuay Mbeng and the Imbing Clan: Their Role in the Christianization of the Subanen in Lapuyan, Zamboanga Peninsula (1912-1946) |journal=Academia Lasalliana Journal of Education and Humanities |volume=2 |pages=35–49}}</ref> It is 800 km south of the Philippine capital of Manila and rises 720 meters abve sea level and about 436 meters from the surrounding terrain.{{Efn|Topographic prominence determined from DEM 3" data from Viewfinder Panoramas<ref name = "vp">{{Cite web |url= {{Viewfinderlink}}|title= Viewfinder Panoramas Digital elevation Model|date= 2015-06-21|format= }}</ref> The full algorithm is available here.|group=note}} Its foothills are about 5.9 kilometers wide.{{Efn|The largest extension of the contour to give topographic prominence.|group=note}}

The land surrounding Mount Imbing is mostly hilly, except in the east. {{Efn|Calculated from the intersection of all height data (DEM 3") from Viewfinder Panoramas, within a 10 kilometer radius.<ref name = "vp"/> The full algorithm is available here.|group=note}} The highest point in the area has an altitude of 1,140 meters and is 12.7 km north of Mount Imbing.{{Efn|Calculated from height data (DEM 3") from Viewfinder Panoramas.<ref name = "vp"/> The full algorithm can be found here.|group=note}} The nearest large town is Lapuyan, 7.0 km southwest of Mount Imbing. Bays and lagoons are common in the area around Mount Imbing. {{Efn|Less than 20 kilometers away compared to the average density of the Earth, according to GeoNames. <ref name = "gn1710957">[{{Geonameslink|gnid=1710957|name=mount%20imbing}} Mount Imbing] at [{{Geonamesabout}} GeoNames.Org (cc-by)]; post updated 2010-08-14; database download sa 2015-11-25</ref>|group=note}}

The area around Mount Imbing is almost covered with forest.<ref name="nasalandcover">{{Cite web |title=NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification |url=http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=MCD12C1_T1 |access-date=30 January 2016 |publisher=NASA/MODIS}}</ref> There is about 90 people per square kilometer around Mount Imbing which is quite densely populated.<ref name="nasapop">{{Cite web |title=NASA Earth Observations: Population Density |url=http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=SEDAC_POP |access-date=30 January 2016 |publisher=NASA/SEDAC}}</ref>

== Climate == The climate is moderate. The average temperature is 22 °C. The hottest month is February at 24 °C and the coldest is August at 10 °C.<ref name="nasa">{{Cite web |title=NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index |url=http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php |access-date=30 January 2016 |publisher=NASA}}</ref> The average rainfall is 2,828 millimeters per year. The wettest month is July with 383 millimeters of rain and the driest is December with 115 millimeters.<ref name="nasarain">{{Cite web |title=NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM) |url=http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=TRMM_3B43M&year=2014 |access-date=30 January 2016 |publisher=NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission}}</ref> {| |{{Climate chart|Mount Imbing|20|25|220|21|27|250|20|27|146|21|27|184|19|24|237|21|24|246|19|24|383|-3|23|246|19|24|268|21|26|299|21|26|234|19|24|115|float=left}} |}

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