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Dumanjug
Municipality
Dumanjug skyline
Nickname: Home of the Governors
Map of Cebu with Dumanjug highlighted
OpenStreetMap
DumanjugLocation within the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°03′N 123°29′E / 10.05°N 123.48°E / 10.05; 123.48
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Visayas
Province	Cebu
District	7th district
Founded	1855
Barangays	37 (see Barangays)
Government
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayorlo	Efren Guntrano Z. Gica
• Vice Mayor	Erwin Z. Gica
• Representative	Peter John D. Calderon
• Municipal Council	Members Francis Arthur L. Famor Rainero G. Asentista Miguela Luage-Yu Chong Rodrigo C. Pan Stanley P. Aldemita Evelinda T. Quirante Isaac S. Cambalon Julius Cesar A. Lañojan Jr.
• Electorate	39,166 voters (2022)
Area
• Total	85.53 km (33.02 sq mi)
Elevation	35 m (115 ft)
Highest elevation	212 m (696 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population
• Total	57,823
• Density	680/km (1,800/sq mi)
• Households	12,968
Economy
• Income class	3rd municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	37.87% (2021)
• Revenue	₱ 193.8 million (2020)
• Assets	₱ 1,400 million (2020)
• Expenditure	₱ 225.6 million (2020)
• Liabilities	₱ 804.1 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Cebu 1 Electric Cooperative (CEBECO 1)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	6035
PSGC	072224000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)32
Native languages	Cebuano Tagalog
Website	www.dumanjug.gov.ph

Dumanjug, officially the Municipality of Dumanjug (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Dumanjug; Tagalog: Bayan ng Dumanjug), is a municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 57,823 people.

Dumanjug is also known as "The Land of Golden Friendship".

Geography

Dumanjug is bordered to the north by Barili, to the west is the Tañon Strait, to the east is Sibonga, and to the south is Ronda. It is 128 kilometres (80 mi) from Cebu City and 33 kilometres (21 mi) from Sibonga.

Dumanjug is one of the eight municipalities comprising the 7th Congressional District Cebu Province.

It was established in 1855. Based on the cadastral survey map of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Dumanjug has an effective land area of 8,544 hectares (21,110 acres)

Barangays

Dumanjug is politically subdivided into 37 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

Barangay Bitoon, Calaboon, Camboang, Kanyuko, Li-ong, Poblacion, Tapon and Tangil which classified as coastal barangays.

Climate

Demographics

Dumanjug's population is characterized mainly by an increasing birth rate and a gradually declining mortality rate. The growth in population is thus attributed to higher rate of birth than of death.

The bulk of the household population is concentrated in the coastal barangays located in the western part of the municipality. The urban area comprising Poblacion, Sima, Ilaya, and Looc has the biggest slice of the population. Barangays Bitoon, Tangil, Tapon, Balaygtiki, Cogon and Liong are catching up with the urban barangays in terms of household population. With the urban area fast becoming a commercial hub, Bitoon, Paculob, Cogon and Liong are foreseen as upcoming dormitory communities.

Dumanjuganons speak Cebuano, the official language spoken in Cebu. Cebuano is also spoken in most areas of the Visayas and in many provinces of Mindanao.

Religion

The people of Dumanjug are mostly Catholics. The town has three Catholic parishes:

• St. Francis of Assisi church (Poblacion)
• St. Vincent Ferrer (Bitoon)
• Our Lady of the Holy Rosary (Bulak)

Economy

Poverty incidence of Dumanjug

Majority of the existing industrial establishments in Dumanjug are those of micro-scale industries or establishments. These include bakeshops, welding shops, and cottage industries. Their products are mostly bakery products, assembled vehicles and handicrafts. Most of these establishments are found in the poblacion area and Bitoon. There are also four existing rice and corn mills operating in the municipality.

The municipality has considerable quantities of high-grade dolomites and large phosphate reserves found in Kanghumaod, Balaygtiki, Bullogan, Kabalaasnan, Matalao and Kabatbatan.

The Dumanjug Agora Complex is the center of trade & commerce of the municipality. Within the complex, various commercial establishments contribute greatly to the movement of goods and generation of revenues. These establishments cover basic goods for daily needs to construction supplies, agri-feeds, dry goods and many more. Sunday is designated as market day when various livestock and farm products congregate in the market. Out of town traders create an atmosphere of competition and creating opportunities for local consumers. Opposite the Agora complex is Gaisano Grand Mall, the first mall to be constructed in southwestern Cebu.

Tourism

• Pityak / Tubod-Duguan Falls
• Windy Peak Campsite and Cotcoton Loranisa Farm
• SaDumanjugNi Ancestral House
• St. Francis de Assisi Parish Church - one of the oldest church in the Philippines
• Bisnok Festival
• Camboang Marin Sanctuary
• Cantarini Art Gallery
• Dona Josefa Paras Garcia Heritage Park
• Falls of Lelo-an and rock formations
• Julian Macoy photo gallery
• Kota Kanwa Beach
• La Montera Beach Resort
• Monkey Watching at Brangay Kabala-asnan - natural habitat
• The Seaplane
• Tangil Wharf
• Nanay Inie Beach (Sitio Bangag, Tangil)

Transportation

Dumanjug is currently served by eight bus operators

• Britt
• Ceres Bus Line
• Chan Transit
• Librando Trans
• Rough Riders

The municipality also has a RORO (Roll-On Roll Off) port situated in Tangil, which serves as the gateway between southern Cebu and mideastern Negros Island. There are two shipping companies effectively offering round-the-clock service.

Education

Dumanjug has 30 schools offering basic education, six secondary schools, and two tertiary education institutions. One of the town's prominent schools, the Little Flower School, was established in 1946 as the Dumanjug branch of the Colegio de San Carlos (now University of San Carlos). It was later renamed as the Dumanjug Catholic High School. It is currently administered by the Oblates of Notre Dame. Dumanjug's biggest school, Bitoon National Vocational School, is in the northern barangay of Bitoon. A satellite campus of the Cebu Technological University is also located in the same barangay.

The public schools in the town of Dumanjug are administered by two school districts under the Schools Division of Cebu Province.

Elementary schools:

• Balaygtiki Elementary School — Balaygtiki
• Bitoon Central Elementary School — Bitoon
• Bulak Elementary School — Bulak
• Bullogan Elementary School — Bullogan
• Calaboon Elementary School — Calaboon
• Cambanog Elementary School — Cambanog
• Camboang Elementary School — Camboang
• Cogon Elementary School — Cogon
• Cotcoton Elementary School — Cotcoton
• Doldol Elementary School — Doldol
• Dumanjug Central School — Liong
• Kabalaasnan Elementary School — Kabalaasnan
• Kang-actol Elementary School — Kang-actol
• Kanghalo Elementary School — Kanghalo
• Kanghumaod Elementary School — Kanghumaod
• Kantangkas Elementary School — Kantangkas
• Kanyuko Elementary School — Kanyuko
• Lamak Elementary School — Lamak
• Lawaan Elementary School — Lawaan
• Manlapay Elementary School — Manlapay
• Masa Elementary School — Masa
• Matalao Elementary School — Matalao
• Paculob Elementary School — Paculob
• Panlaan Elementary School — Panlaan
• Pawa Elementary School — Pawa
• Tangil Elementary School — Tangil
• Tapon Elementary School — Tapon
• Tubod-Bitoon Elementary School — Tubod-Bitoon
• Tubod-Dugoan Elementary School — Tubod-Dugoan

High schools:

• Bitoon National Vocational High School — Bitoon
• Bulak National High School — Bulak
• Cogon National High School — Cogon
• Dumanjug National High School — Liong
• Hipolito Boquecosa Memorial National High School — Bullogan
• Tubod Dugoan National High School — Tubod-Dugoan

Private schools:

• Little Flower School, Inc. — Poblacion Central

References

1.  Municipality of Dumanjug | (DILG)
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External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code

• Media related to Dumanjug at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Places adjacent to Dumanjug
Barili Carcar Tañon Strait Dumanjug Sibonga Ronda Argao

v t e Province of Cebu
Cebu City (capital and largest city)
Municipalities	Alcantara Alcoy Alegria Aloguinsan Argao Asturias Badian Balamban Bantayan Barili Boljoon Borbon Carmen Catmon Compostela Consolacion Cordova Daanbantayan Dalaguete Dumanjug Ginatilan Liloan Madridejos Malabuyoc Medellin Minglanilla Moalboal Oslob Pilar Pinamungajan Poro Ronda Samboan San Fernando San Francisco San Remigio Santa Fe Santander Sibonga Sogod Tabogon Tabuelan Tuburan Tudela
Component cities	Bogo Carcar Danao Naga Talisay Toledo
Highly urbanized cities	Cebu City Lapu-Lapu Mandaue (Administratively independent from the province but grouped under Cebu by the Philippine Statistics Authority. However, qualified voters in Mandaue are allowed to vote in elections for Cebu provincial officials by virtue of Republic Act No. 6641, in accordance with Section 452-c of the Local Government Code of 1991.)

• Municipalities of Cebu