Mabini (Davao de Oro)

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Municipality of Mabini (Doña Alicia)
Location of Mabini (Doña Alicia) in the Davao de Oro province
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Basic data
Region : Davao region
Province : Davao de Oro
Barangays : 11
District: 2. District of Davao de Oro
PSGC : 118203000
Income class : 3rd income bracket
Households : 6524
May 1, 2000 census
Population : 41,102
August 1, 2015 census
Coordinates : 7 ° 19 ′  N , 125 ° 51 ′  E Coordinates: 7 ° 19 ′  N , 125 ° 51 ′  E
Mayor : Amir B. Muñuz
Geographical location in the Philippines
Mabini (Doña Alicia) (Philippines)
Mabini (Doña Alicia)
Mabini (Doña Alicia)

Mabini (Doña Alicia) is a Filipino municipality in the Davao de Oro province . It has 41,102 inhabitants (August 1, 2015 census). Mabini is located in the southeast of the Davao de Oro province, approx. 70 km east of Davao City and can be reached in a good 2 hours by buses and jeepneys .

The community's population lives mainly from agriculture and fishing. The municipality's land use is described as follows: 14,883 hectares are designated as being used for agriculture, 14,640 hectares are forest areas, 200.5 hectares are grass areas, 45.5 hectares are designated as developed fishing areas and 36 hectares are alluvial land with mangroves in the coastal area of ​​the municipality.

There is a University of Southeastern Philippines campus in the community .

Mabini Protected Landscape and Seascape

The marine nature reserve Mabini Protected Landscape and Seascape was proclaimed on May 31, 2000 with presidential decree 7586 and thus has the status of a marine nature reserve. It covers an area of ​​6,106 hectares and includes the islands of Kopiat and Lunod in the Gulf of Davao . The island of Kopiat is uninhabited, but has a forest of coconut palms and dense mangrove vegetation on the southern coast. The island of Lunod was designated as a mangrove reserve in 1981.

The area of ​​the Mabini Protected Landscape and Seascape is located in an area that is assigned to climate type II, with a very pronounced dry season from February to May and November to December. The rainy season runs from June to October.

A total of 9 rivers and streams flow into the nature reserve, three of which have a name: the Lapinigan, Tagbalawlaw and Pindasan Rivers.

In the nature reserve, the 36 hectares of mangrove forest in the coastal area include another 72 hectares on the islands of Lunod and Kopiat. There are different types of mangrove in the reserve: Rhizophora apiculata , Langarai (Bruguiera parviflora) , Tabigi (Xylocarpus granatum) , Pototanc (Bruguiera sexangula) , Saging-saging (Aegiceras corniculatum) known as black mangrove. But there are other offspring of other plant families in the Natural Park as the Tongog (Rapanea apoensis) to the group of asteroids is associated, the Pagatpat (Sonneratiacalba) from the family of Lythraceae , Bani (Pongamia pinnata) from the family of legumes and Talisai or Katappenbaum (Terminalia catappa) .

The following bird species are also found in the nature reserve: Olive-backed Sunbird (Nectarinia jugularis) , Little tern (Sterna abifrons sinensis) , the gray wagtail , the Little Slaty flycatcher (Culicicapa helianthea panayensis) , Coleto (Sarcops calvus calcyon chloris ) , white-striped kingfishers collaris) , the river Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis bengalensis) , the Brown shrike , the little mangrove crane (Butorides striatus javanicus) , the zebra dove , which spring dust that Zwergsalangane , the white-rumped swift , the mearnsia , the wandering whistling duck , the tree sparrow and the Olive -capped Flowerpecker (Dicaeum nigrilore) .

Barangays

Mabini is politically divided into eleven barangays .

  • Cadunan
  • Pindasan
  • Cuambog (Pob.)
  • Tagnanan (Mampising)
  • Anitapan
  • Cabuyuan
  • Del Pilar
  • Libodon
  • Golden Valley (Maraut)
  • Pangibiran
  • San Antonio

See also

source

  • Mabini Protected Landscape and Seascape published by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Republic of the Philippines, available on the homepage of the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau PAWB