Mansalay

Mansalay
Municipality of Mansalay
Downtown area
Downtown area
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Map of Oriental Mindoro with Mansalay highlighted
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Mansalay is located in Philippines
Mansalay
Mansalay
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 12°31′14″N 121°26′19″E / 12.52044°N 121.43851°E / 12.52044; 121.43851
CountryPhilippines
RegionMimaropa
ProvinceOriental Mindoro
District 2nd district
Barangays17 (see Barangays)
Government
[1]
 • TypeSangguniang Bayan
 • MayorFerdinand M. Maliwanag
 • Vice MayorShernan Fajutnao Gamol
 • RepresentativeAlfonso V. Umali Jr.
 • Electorate31,072 voters (2022)
Area
 • Total446.62 km2 (172.44 sq mi)
Elevation
70 m (230 ft)
Highest elevation
473 m (1,552 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[3]
 • Total59,114
 • Density130/km2 (340/sq mi)
 • Households
13,332
Economy
 • Income class2nd municipal income class
 • Poverty incidence
33.45
% (2021)[4]
 • Revenue₱ 230.3 million (2020)
 • Assets₱ 727.2 million (2020)
 • Expenditure₱ 223.3 million (2020)
 • Liabilities₱ 168 million (2020)
Service provider
 • ElectricityOriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative (ORMECO)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
5213
PSGC
IDD:area code+63 (0)43
Native languagesBuhid
Hanunó'o
Ratagnon
Romblomanon
Tagalog

Mansalay, officially the Municipality of Mansalay (Tagalog: Bayan ng Mansalay), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 59,114 people.[3]

This town is notable for its indigenous Mangyan population. The municipal hall is located on the upper land of Mansalay Town proper, in front of a Medical Care Hospital. Nearby is the church and the only Catholic School, Mansalay Catholic High School. Santa Catalina is the town's patron saint.

The town also has a wide ammonite formation area discovered in the 1940s. Since then, thousands of ammonite fossils have been discovered. Due to the complexity and vastness of the collection found in the area, the town has been called the Ammonite Capital of the Philippines. Various local and international scientific institutions have conducted research on the ammonite formations of Mansalay. Scholars have argued that due to the natural significance of the area to Southeast Asian pre-history, the site has a big chance of being declared as a UNESCO World Heritage Site or a UNESCO Geopark Reserve.[5][6] It is 144 kilometres (89 mi) from Calapan.

  1. ^ Municipality of Mansalay | (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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  3. ^ a b Census of Population (2020). "Mimaropa". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  5. ^ https://www.kahaku.go.jp/english/research/researcher/papers/123551.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ "Mindoro students 'discover' Jurassic town". 19 March 2015.

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