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'''Sabangan''' ({{IPA|kne|sʌˈbaː.ŋʌn|ipa}}), officially the '''Municipality of Sabangan''' ({{langx|kne|Ili di Sabangan}}; {{langx|ilo|Ili ti Sabangan}}) is a municipality in the province of Mountain Province, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 8,556 people.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 17, 2024 |title=2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President |url=https://psa.gov.ph/content/2024-census-population-popcen-population-counts-declared-official-president |access-date=November 15, 2025 |website=psa.gov.ph}}</ref>
== History == === Chico River Dam Project === Sabangan was one of several municipalities in Mountain Province which would have been flooded by the Chico River Dam Project during the Marcos dictatorship, alongside Bauko, Bontoc, Sadanga, Sagada, and parts of Barlig.<ref name="Asiaweek1980">{{Cite magazine |date=1980-09-05 |title=Valley of Sorrow |magazine=Asiaweek}}</ref> However, the indigenous peoples of Kalinga Province and Mountain Province resisted the project and when hostilities resulted in the murder of Macli-ing Dulag, the project became unpopular and was abandoned before Marcos was ousted by the 1986 People Power Revolution.<ref name="Doyo2015">{{Cite book |title=Macli-ing Dulag: Kalinga Chief, Defender of the Cordillera |last=Doyo |first=Ma. Ceres P. |author-link=Maria Ceres Doyo |publisher=University of the Philippines Press |year=2015 |isbn=978971542772-2 |location=Diliman, Quezon City}}</ref>
==Geography== Sabangan is situated {{convert|18.46|km}} from the provincial capital Bontoc, and {{convert|369.59|km}} from the country's capital city of Manila.
===Barangays=== Sabangan is politically subdivided into 15 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
{{Div col|colwidth=15em}} * Bao-angan * Bun-ayan * Busa * Camatagan * Capinitan * Data * Gayang * Lagan * Losad * Namatec * Napua * Pingad * Poblacion * Supang * Tambingan {{div col end}}
==Climate== {{Weather box | location = Sabangan, Mountain Province | width = auto | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan high C = 21 | Jan low C = 15 | Feb high C = 23 | Feb low C = 15 | Mar high C = 24 | Mar low C = 16 | Apr high C = 26 | Apr low C = 18 | May high C = 25 | May low C = 19 | Jun high C = 25 | Jun low C = 19 | Jul high C = 24 | Jul low C = 19 | Aug high C = 24 | Aug low C = 19 | Sep high C = 24 | Sep low C = 19 | Oct high C = 24 | Oct low C = 18 | Nov high C = 23 | Nov low C = 17 | Dec high C = 22 | Dec low C = 16 | Jan precipitation mm = 35 | Feb precipitation mm = 46 | Mar precipitation mm = 63 | Apr precipitation mm = 117 | May precipitation mm = 402 | Jun precipitation mm = 400 | Jul precipitation mm = 441 | Aug precipitation mm = 471 | Sep precipitation mm = 440 | Oct precipitation mm = 258 | Nov precipitation mm = 94 | Dec precipitation mm = 68 | Jan rain days = 9.9 | Feb rain days = 19.5 | Mar rain days = 13.9 | Apr rain days = 18.9 | May rain days = 26.0 | Jun rain days = 27.3 | Jul rain days = 28.9 | Aug rain days = 28.5 | Sep rain days = 26.1 | Oct rain days = 19.7 | Nov rain days = 14.5 | Dec rain days = 12.8 | source 1 = Meteoblue <small>(modeled/calculated data, not measured locally)</small><ref name="met_norms"> {{cite web | url = https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climatemodelled/sabangan_philippines_1691329 | title = Sabangan: Average Temperatures and Rainfall | publisher = Meteoblue | accessdate = 8 March 2020 }}</ref> | date = 8 March 2020 }}
==Demographics== {{Philippine Census | align= none | cols = 3 | 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}} }}
== Economy == {{PH poverty incidence}}
==Government== ===Local government=== {{main|Sangguniang Bayan}} Sabangan, belonging to the lone congressional district of the province of Mountain Province, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.
===Elected officials=== <!--NOTE: Update needed by June 30, 2022 after oath-taking of the declared winners in the May 9, 2022 local elections.--> Members of the Municipal Council (2019–2022):<ref>{{cite web |title=2019 National and Local Elections |url=https://comelec.gov.ph/php-tpls-attachments/2019NLE/ElectionResults/2019NLE_LIst_of_Elected_CityMun_Candidates.pdf |access-date=March 13, 2022 |website=Commission on Elections}}</ref> * Congressman: Maximo Y. Dalog Jr. * Mayor: Marcial C. Lawilao Jr. * Vice-Mayor: Rodolfo L. Mencion * Councilors: ** Henrico B. Boguilis ** Roman B. Bacog ** Roger C. Bas-ilen ** Enrique G. Litilit ** Gabin Rhey G. Sudicalan ** William M. Malamion ** Minverva V. Lipawen ** Crispin P. Altaki
==Education== thumb|Camatagan Elementary School (front) and Pingad National High School (back) The Sabangan 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=May 15, 2025 |website=Department of Education}}</ref>
===Primary and elementary schools=== {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} * Bun-ayan Elementary School * Busa Elementary School * Camatagan Elementary School * Capinitan Elementary School * Data Elementary School * Dumanegdeg Primary School * Gayang Elementary School * Labbay Primary School * Lagan Elementary School * Legleg Primary School * Libo Elementary School * Madepdeppas Elementary School * Namatec Elementary School * Napua Elementary School * Pingad-Bao-angan Elementary School * Sabangan Central School * Sabangan Elementary School * Supang Elementary School * Tambingan Elementary School {{div col end}}
===Secondary schools=== {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} * Data National High School * Namatec National High School * Pingad National High School * Sabangan National High School * San Alfonso High School {{div col end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * [{{NSCB detail}} Philippine Standard Geographic Code] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20131004104825/http://census.gov.ph/ Philippine Census Information] *[https://sabanganmp.gov.ph/ Official Website]
{{Geographic location |Centre = Sabangan |North = Bontoc |East = Hungduan, Ifugao |South = Bauko / Hungduan, Ifugao |West = Bauko |Northwest = Sagada }} {{Mountain Province}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Municipalities of Mountain Province Category:Populated places on the Rio Chico de Cagayan