Alabat, Quezon
Alabat | |
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| Municipality of Alabat | |
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| Motto(s): Mapayapa, Maunlad, Maganda at Masayang Bayan ng Alabat | |
Map of Quezon with Alabat highlighted | |
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Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 14°06′08″N 122°00′49″E / 14.102261°N 122.013569°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Calabarzon |
| Province | Quezon |
| District | 4th district |
| Founded | 1882 |
| Conversion as Municipality | 1900 |
| Barangays | 19 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Jose Ramil R. Arquiza |
| • Vice Mayor | Ireneo R. Layosa Jr. |
| • Representative | Keith Micah DL. Tan |
| • Municipal Council | Members |
| • Electorate | 12,023 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 57.61 km2 (22.24 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 29 m (95 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 418 m (1,371 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 15,936 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (720/sq mi) |
| • Households | 3,988 |
| Demonym | Alabatin |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 5th municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 15.59 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 129.1 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 189 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 108.7 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 21.04 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Quezon 1 Electric Cooperative (QUEZELCO 1) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 4333 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)42 |
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| Website | www |
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Alabat, officially the Municipality of Alabat (Tagalog: Bayan ng Alabat), is a municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 15,936 people.
The name Alabat came from the local Tagalog word Alabat, meaning "balustrade".
The town is home to a few speakers of the critically endangered Inagta Alabat language, one of the most endangered languages in the world as listed by UNESCO.
It is founded in the year 1882 by a Spanish priest from Gumaca and built an ermita that honours Our Lady of Monte Carmelo. Its first name was Gordo, which means "fat", due to the island's shape. It was change to Gordon, Barcelona, and later on Alabat. The formal establishment of the town is in the year of 1900.