Gloria, Oriental Mindoro
Gloria | |
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| Municipality of Gloria | |
| Nickname(s): Agricultural Production and Eco-Tourism Center of Oriental Mindoro | |
Map of Oriental Mindoro with Gloria highlighted | |
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Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 12°58′20″N 121°28′40″E / 12.9722°N 121.4778°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Mimaropa |
| Province | Oriental Mindoro |
| District | 2nd district |
| Founded | October 1, 1964 |
| Named after | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
| Barangays | 27 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | German D. Rodegerio |
| • Vice Mayor | Vic Ruskin M. Ong |
| • Representative | Alfonso V. Umali Jr. |
| • Electorate | 33,105 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 245.52 km2 (94.80 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 194 m (636 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 50,496 |
| • Density | 210/km2 (530/sq mi) |
| • Households | 12,050 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 3rd municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 23.14 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 311.2 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 637.6 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 196 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 102.6 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative (ORMECO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 5209 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)43 |
| Native languages | Tawbuid Tagalog |
| Website | www |
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Gloria, officially the Municipality of Gloria (Tagalog: Bayan ng Gloria), is a municipality in the province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 50,496 people.
The town was previously a barangay called Maligaya, the largest barangay during the administration of President Diosdado Macapagal. Local politicians, led by former guerrilla chief Nicolas Jamilla, Sr., battled for the conversion of Maligaya into a new town. They renamed it after the ten-year-old daughter of the President, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who later on herself became the fourteenth President in 2001. Jamilla became the first mayor of the town, which kept the old name "Maligaya" as the name of a barangay in the poblacion.