Pinili
Municipality
Municipality of Pinili
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Pinili is located in Philippines
Pinili
Pinili
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 17°57′14″N 120°31′37″E / 17.954°N 120.527°E / 17.954; 120.527
CountryPhilippines
RegionIlocos Region
ProvinceIlocos Norte
District 2nd district
Barangays25 (see Barangays)
Government
 [1]
 • TypeSangguniang Bayan
 • MayorRommel T. Labasan
 • Vice MayorMaynard Francis R. Bumanglag
 • RepresentativeEugenio Angelo M. Barba
 • Municipal Council
Members
 • Electorate12,486 voters (2022)
Area
[2]
 • Total89.48 km2 (34.55 sq mi)
Elevation
70 m (230 ft)
Highest elevation
415 m (1,362 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[3]
 • Total17,626
 • Density200/km2 (510/sq mi)
 • Households
4,374
Economy
 • Income class3rd municipal income class
 • Poverty incidence
6.01
% (2018)[4]
 • Revenue₱ 104.8 million (2020)
 • Assets₱ 729 million (2020)
 • Expenditure₱ 161 million (2020)
 • Liabilities₱ 64.88 million (2020)
Service provider
 • ElectricityIlocos Norte Electric Cooperative (INEC)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
2905
PSGC
012819000
IDD : area code +63 (0)77
Native languagesIlocano
Tagalog

Pinili, officially the Municipality of Pinili (Ilocano: Ili ti Pinili; Tagalog: Bayan ng Pinili), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,626 people.[3]

History

Pinili was once a forested hilly part of the towns of Paoay, Badoc, and Batac. Pinili is both a Tagalog and Ilokano word for 'chosen'.[5]

Then vicar of the Philippine Revolution Gregorio Aglipay and his Sandataan guerrilla chose the then thickly forested hilly area of Pinili to be his and his guerrillas’ last stand against the advancing American troops who are out to subdue President Emilio Aguinaldo and his followers north of the capital Manila. Some are romanticizing that it was Aglipay who selected the name Pinili, but in fact it was the area's elders themselves who chose to unite and be one municipality after the Philippine-American War for unity and closer cooperation.[6]

Pinili was made an independent town on January 20, 1920, after then Governor General Francis Burton Harrison signed on Dec. 20, 1919 his Executive Order No. 92. Felipe Arcangel was appointed by townmate Aglipay as the first town chief executive.

Later on during the Japanese occupation in the 1940s, bolomen from the town, headed by Mariano Gamatero, with three subordinate officers ranked major, Agustin Cabie, Cecilio Vermudez, and Florencio Tacub, fought guerrilla warfare using military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility, to fight the larger and less-mobile Japanese troops.

On the first day of 2020, Pinili's history is re-enacted at the town square after a Thanksgiving Mass in Kullabeng, the site where Aglipay used to meet up with elders of the area before it became a town. It was also there where Aglipay, then no longer a Catholic, celebrated what was to be called the first Aglipayan Mass.

Geography

Barangays

Pinili is politically subdivided into 25 barangays. [7] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

Climate

Climate data for Pinili, Ilocos Norte
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 29
(84) 		31
(88) 		32
(90) 		34
(93) 		32
(90) 		31
(88) 		30
(86) 		30
(86) 		30
(86) 		30
(86) 		30
(86) 		29
(84) 		31
(87)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 18
(64) 		19
(66) 		20
(68) 		23
(73) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		22
(72) 		21
(70) 		19
(66) 		22
(71)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 9
(0.4) 		11
(0.4) 		13
(0.5) 		23
(0.9) 		92
(3.6) 		122
(4.8) 		153
(6.0) 		137
(5.4) 		139
(5.5) 		141
(5.6) 		42
(1.7) 		14
(0.6) 		896
(35.4)
Average rainy days 4.6 4.0 6.2 9.1 19.5 23.2 24.0 22.5 21.5 15.2 10.5 6.0 166.3
Source: Meteoblue[8]

Demographics

Population census of Pinili
YearPop.±% p.a.
1939 7,890—    
1948 8,318+0.59%
1960 10,472+1.94%
1970 12,211+1.55%
1975 12,741+0.86%
1980 13,521+1.20%
1990 14,950+1.01%
1995 14,817−0.17%
2000 15,903+1.53%
2007 16,185+0.24%
2010 16,732+1.22%
2015 17,300+0.64%
2020 17,626+0.37%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[9][10][11][12]

In the 2020 census, the population of Pinili was 17,626 people,[3] with a density of 200 inhabitants per square kilometre or 520 inhabitants per square mile.

Economy

Poverty Incidence of Pinili
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[13][14]
[15][16][17][18][19]


Government

Local government

Main article: Sangguniang Bayan

Pinili, belonging to the second congressional district of the province of Ilocos Norte, 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

Members of the Municipal Council
(2019–2022)[20]
Position Name
Congressman Eugenio Angelo M. Barba
Mayor Rommel T. Labasan
Vice-Mayor Maynard Francis R. Bumanglag
Councilors Mel Lawrence O. Coloma
Rey A. Gabur
Julius P. Fernandez
Amor M. Bagarino
Jerry P. Fernandez
Louie Joy D. Pagdilao
Anunciacion D. Pagdilao
Reizel A. Cabie

References

  1. ^  Municipality of Pinili | (DILG)
  2. ^ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Census of Population (2020). "Region I (Ilocos Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  5. ^ "The Philippines 'chosen' town". Manila Standard. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  6. ^ "Pinili turns its centennial page". Manila Standard. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
  7. ^ "Province: Ilocos Norte". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  8. ^ "Pinili: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  9. ^ Census of Population (2015). "Region I (Ilocos Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  10. ^ Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region I (Ilocos Region)" (PDF). Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  11. ^ Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region I (Ilocos Region)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.((cite encyclopedia)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ "Province of Ilocos Norte". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  13. ^ "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  14. ^ "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
  15. ^ "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
  16. ^ "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
  17. ^ "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
  18. ^ "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
  19. ^ "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  20. ^ "2019 National and Local Elections" (PDF). Commission on Elections. Retrieved March 10, 2022.

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