Guinobatan
Guinobatan | |
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| Municipality of Guinobatan | |
Guinobatan Municipal Hall | |
| Nickname: The Sparkling Gem of Bicol | |
Map of Albay with Guinobatan highlighted | |
OpenStreetMap | |
Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 13°11′N 123°36′E / 13.18°N 123.6°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Bicol Region |
| Province | Albay |
| District | 3rd district |
| Founded | 1672 (as a barrio of Camalig) 1688 (as a Municipal District) 1731 (as Pueblo de Guinobatan) |
| Founded by | Don Francisco Bagamasbad Don Ambrosio Balagan Don Diego Catindog Don Juan Labao Don Reymundo Dimasibot |
| Barangays | 44 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Paul "Chino" N. Garcia (PDP) |
| • Vice Mayor | Ann Y. Ongjoco (NUP) |
| • Representative | Fernando T. Cabredo |
| • Municipal Council | Members |
| • Electorate | 60,427 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 244.43 km2 (94.37 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 169 m (554 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 474 m (1,555 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 59 m (194 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 85,786 |
| • Density | 350/km2 (910/sq mi) |
| • Households | 20,327 |
| Demonym | Guinobateño Guinobatanon |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 1st municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 21.90 |
| • Revenue | PHP 388.700 million (2022) |
| • Assets | PHP 1,072.000 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | PHP 261.300 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | PHP 265.000 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Albay Electric Cooperative (ALECO) |
| • Water | Guinobatan Water District |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 4503 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)52 |
| Native languages | Tagalog, East Miraya, Bikol |
| Feast date | August 15 |
| Catholic diocese | Diocese of Legazpi |
| Patron saint | Nuestra Señora de la Asuncion |
| Website | www |
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Guinobatan, officially the Municipality of Guinobatan (Central Bikol: Banwaan kan Guinobatan; East Miraya Bikol: Banwa ning Guinobatan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Guinobatan), is a municipality in the province of Albay, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 85,786 people.
The town is the birthplace of General Simeón Ola, the last Filipino general to surrender to the Americans after the Philippine–American War.