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Boac, officially the Municipality of Boac (Tagalog: Bayan ng Boac), is a municipality and capital of the province of Marinduque, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 57,283 people, making the most populous town in Marinduque.
Boac is named after the Tagalog word, biak, which means divided, due to the Boac River dividing the town in the geographic north and south. Gasan The Cultural Nerve Center of the province. Dubbed as one of the cleanest and greenest municipalities in the Philippines, Gasan's land area covers a forest reserve in the eastern part.
Site of the oldest Catholic school in Marinduque. Rebuilt in 1987 as museum and library. Boac Filipino November 30, 1987 Pilar Hidalgo Lim: First woman to finish with distinction from the University of the Philippines in 1913 One of the leaders of the woman suffrage. Boac Filipino May 24, 1982 Puwerto ng Laylay, Boac Port of Laylay, Boac ...
The municipality is bounded by the provincial capital, Boac, to the north and east, by Buenavista to the southeast and by the Sibuyan Sea to the south and west. It is the second-oldest municipality in Marinduque, after Boac. Residents of Gasan are called Gaseños. Gasan is 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) from Boac.
Poverty incidence of Torrijos 10 20 30 40 50 2006 50.00 2009 35.16 2012 17.31 2015 23.05 2018 20.34 2021 10.09 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Transportation Access to the municipality: Via sea - Balanacan Port Mogpog (ferry coming from Lucena, ro/ro and fastcrafts) Via air - Marinduque Airport -(Cebu Pacific Operated by Cebgo) Manila-Marinduque Flight Starts Operation on April 1, 2019 ...
Buenavista, officially the Municipality of Buenavista (Tagalog: Bayan ng Buenavista), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Marinduque, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,043 people, making it the least populated municipality in the province. [3] Buenavista is 30 kilometres (19 mi) from Boac.
During the Spanish colonization in the late 1500s, Marinduque was part of the Batangas Province. Later on, it became part of the province of Mindoro. Marinduque only became a province of its own during the American colonization. Its first government was established in Boac, now known as the province’s capital town. [1]
Monserrat de Marinduque, the first visita, (now Boac), was established with Fray Alonzo Banol as its minister a year later in 1580. The Franciscans ceded the administration of the island in 1618 to the Archbishop of Manila , Miguel García Serrano , who then entrusted the island to the Society of Jesus .