Dapitan City
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Dapitan City Dakbayan sa Dapitan |
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| Location of Dapitan City in the province of Zamboanga del Norte | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Region : | Zamboanga Peninsula | ||
| Province : | Zamboanga del Norte | ||
| Barangays : | 50 | ||
| District: | 1. District of Zamboanga del Norte | ||
| PSGC : | 097201000 | ||
| Income class : | 3rd income bracket | ||
| Households : | 13,560 May 1, 2000 census
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| Population : | 82,418 August 1, 2015 census
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| Population density : | 368.4 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Area : | 223.73 km² | ||
| Coordinates : | 8 ° 39 ′ N , 123 ° 25 ′ E | ||
| Postal code : | 7101 | ||
| Area code : | +63 65 | ||
| Website: | www.dapitancity.gov.ph | ||
| Geographical location in the Philippines | |||
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Dapitan City is a city in the Zamboanga del Norte Province of the Philippines .
It is also called the “Shrine City of the Philippines” because of the memorial that commemorates the exile of Jose Rizal , the Filipino folk hero.
Origin of name
There are two versions of how Dapitan got its name. After the first, the place was previously called “Daquepitan”. The name later changed first to “Dacpitan”, to be simplified to “Dapitan”.
The second version is based on the word Dapit , which in the local dialect Cebuano means to invite . According to this, a group of Boholanos from the island of Panglao in the province of Bohol is said to have been invited by Datu Pagbuaya, the recognized founder of the city, to follow him to Dakung Yuta . Dakung Yuta was the original name of Mindanao. The settlement they built after their arrival they called Dapitan . Incidentally, this is the traditional version of the origin of the city's name.
Barangays
Dapitan City is politically divided into 50 barangays
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history
The first settlers were the Subanons, a nomadic people of Indonesian descent who settled along the river banks ("suba" = river). The fear of pirates, who sought refuge in bad weather in the natural harbors that the bay-rich coast around Dapitan offers, drove the Subanons deeper into the hinterland.
In early maps of Mindanao the city is entered under different names: As "Dapito" in the Kaerius map of 1598, as "Dapite" in Dudley's map of 1646 and as "Dapyto" in a Spanish map of 1652. The place appeared as Dapitan then in 1729 in Moll's map of the East Indies and in Murillo Velarde's map of 1734.
With the arrival of the Spaniards came Jesuit missionaries who set up several mission stations on the peninsula, in Dapitan as well as in Iligan City and Butuan City . Outside of these strategic "bridgeheads", however, the hinterland remained untouched by Christianity for a long time. Around 1629 a regular mission was established in Dapitan, led by the Jesuit Father Petro Gutierrez.
On July 17, 1892, Jose Rizal was deported to Dapitan after the La Liga Filipina was banned . Rizal has been accused of being involved in the activities of the emerging rebellion against the Spanish colonial power. During the time of his exile he built a school, a hospital and a water supply system and was involved in agriculture and horticulture. His stay lasted until July 31, 1896.
After the end of Spanish domination in 1898, the place was dependent on the province of Misamis. During the American occupation, Dapitan became part of the Zamboanga Province and remained so until it was divided into the two new provinces of Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur in 1952 .
On June 22, 1963, Dapitan was established by Republic Act No. In 3811 the then President Diosdado Macapagal raised it to the status of a notarized city. At that time it was the only town in the Zamboanga del Norte province.
On April 23, 2000, the Jose Rizal Memorial Protected Landscape was established.
Attractions
- The Rizal Shrine, located in the Jose Rizal Memorial Protected Landscape, is the city's most significant landmark.
- The Rizal Museum.
- The Casa Cuadrada, Rizal's house that was reconstructed with natural materials.
- Ilihan Hill with the remains of Fort de Dapitan and a panoramic view of Dapitan Bay
- Aliguay Island
- Selinog Island
Educational institutions
The Jose Rizal Memorial State University has in Dapitan City headquarters.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Homepage of the Jose Rizal Memorial State University ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
