Dingle, Iloilo

Coordinates: 11°03′N 122°40′E / 11.05°N 122.67°E / 11.05; 122.67
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Dingle
Municipality of Dingle
Dingle Church
Flag of Dingle
Official seal of Dingle
Nickname: 
Spelunker's Paradise
Anthem: Town of Dingle
Dingle nga Matahum (Beautiful Dingle)
Map of Iloilo with Dingle highlighted
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Dingle is located in Philippines
Dingle
Dingle
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 11°03′N 122°40′E / 11.05°N 122.67°E / 11.05; 122.67
CountryPhilippines
RegionWestern Visayas
ProvinceIloilo
District 4th district
Founded1593
Established1611
Re-established1823
Chartered1907
Barangays33 (see Barangays)
Government
[1]
 • TypeSangguniang Bayan
 • MayorRufino P. Palabrica III
 • Vice MayorQuindialem D. Villanueva
 • RepresentativeBraeden John Q. Biron
 • Municipal Council
Members
 • Electorate28,253 voters (2022)
Area
 • Total98.37 km2 (37.98 sq mi)
Elevation
56 m (184 ft)
Highest elevation
318 m (1,043 ft)
Lowest elevation
14 m (46 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[3]
 • Total45,965
 • Density470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
 • Households
11,698
Demonym(s)Filipino: Taga-Dingle
Kinaray-a: Dingleanon
Hiligaynon: Dingleanon
Spanish: dingleño (m), -ña (f)
Economy
 • Income class3rd municipal income class
 • Poverty incidence
17.48
% (2018)[4]
 • Revenue₱ 178.2 million (2020)
 • Assets₱ 803.2 million (2020)
 • Expenditure₱ 126.1 million (2020)
 • Liabilities₱ 98.44 million (2020)
Service provider
 • ElectricityIloilo 2 Electric Cooperative (ILECO 2)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
5035
PSGC
IDD:area code+63 (0)33
Native languagesKaray-a
Hiligaynon
Tagalog
Websitehttps://lgudingle.wixsite.com/lgudingle

Dingle (IPA: [diŋˈlɛʔ], locally /diŋˈliʔ/), officially the Municipality of Dingle (Kinaray-a: Banwa ka Dingle, Hiligaynon: Banwa sang Dingle, Tagalog: Bayan ng Dingle), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 45,965 people.[3]

The town is known for its baroque-architecture church and its archaeological cave sites, such as the Lapuz Lapuz Cave, famous for revealing the hunter-gatherer lives of the ancient people of Panay.

Etymology[edit]

The name Dingle is believed to have been formed by joining the native words dingding, meaning wall, and maingle, meaning hard. This hard wall refers to a rock formation found on the banks of the Jalaur River in barangay Namatay situated in the eastern part of the municipality. Locally, this hard wall is known as dalipe or tampi.

The town was known as Sumandig after a datu of the same name. The settlement however was officially called Baong upon its establishment as a visita in 1593 by the Augustinians. The name comes from the physical form of the settlement which was situated in a depression surrounded by low rising hills. The said name translates to kawa or vat, a cooking utensil similar to, but very much bigger than a carajay.

History[edit]

Early history[edit]

At around 1212, the site of modern-day Dingle was under the jurisdiction of Simsiman. The area was first inhabited by the Ati or Panay Negritos with Datu Pulpulan as chief. Under Datu Marikudo, son of Pulpulan, Simsiman remained as the seat of government of the Ati polity. The settlement was eventually called Sumandig after a datu whose domain covered the areas along Mount Putian from current-day barangay Lincud in the north to Suague river in the south and from the creek up to present-day barangay Alegria in the west.

Spanish colonial era[edit]

In 1586, Datu Disayaran, chief of the Suaga (Siwaragan) settlement, and his son Datu Bantugan, led the serious aborted revolt against the Spaniards in Dingle, known at this point as Baong, by the descendants of the settlers from Borneo, the native priests called maaram, and the marauding Ati who refused conversion to the Catholic faith.[5]

The Augustinian priest Fray Francisco Manuel Blanco found Baong as a visita of Pototan in 1593 until it became a pueblo on April 23, 1611.

In 1614, a Dutch fleet of 10 galleons under the command of Joris van Spilbergen were seen in Iloilo waters. Fray Diego de Oseguera, parish priest of Baong, and Fray Juan de Lecea, the Augustinian prior of Ogtong, came with supplies and did much to placate the people of Baong who were completely restless after seeing how little the Spaniards could do against the Dutch. 300 native allies who joined the Spaniards have been cornered and were unable to go anywhere because the natives were also at war. Through the intervention of the friars, the townspeople were led back to the pueblo after they have hunkered down from the mountains while soldiers were dying from lack of food after all the rice and every supply in the convent have been consumed. Fray Francisco Encinas of the Society of Jesus also came to hide in the convent of Baong.

In 1629, the pueblo was nearly depopulated because of the incursion of the Ati who destroyed farms and killed most of the settlement's population. Only about 600 of the inhabitants survived. During the same year, Dingle was made a mere visita of Dumangas. In 1634, Fray Alonso de Méntrida managed to secure a seemingly independent existence for the settlement but in 1641, it was annexed as a visita to Laglag, present-day Dueñas, when it was again depopulated.

Petition of Don Juan Marcelino Dayot dated March 8, 1820 to Iloilo alcalde mayor Miguel Calderón for the elevation of the visita of Dingle into a pueblo, as supported by the 31 cabezas de barangay of Dingle and the endorsement of Fray Juan Raile, parish priest of Laglag.

On March 8, 1820, with the support of 31 cabezas de barangay of the principalía or the descendants of the pre-colonial datus of Dingle and certification of Fray Juan Raile, parish priest of Laglag, a petition for the re-elevation of Dingle into a pueblo was filed to Miguel Calderón, alcalde mayor of Iloilo, through the leadership of the teniente mayor of Laglag, Don Juan Marcelino Dayot (Dingle gobernadorcillo, 1829–1835).[6] On April 28, 1823, Dingle was thus re-elevated into a pueblo after 12 years under Dumangas and 182 years under Laglag.[6] Its first gobernadorcillo in 194 years was Don Julio Dator (1823–1827). Two of the more notable gobernadorcillos of Dingle who sold some of their vast landholdings to pay for the tributes of their constituents were Don Magdaleno Muyco (1835–1843, 1851–1853) and Don Luís Cantalicio Dayot (1853–1861, 1869–1873), respectively better known to the Dingleanons as Tan Mano and Tan Cantaling. On August 16, 1850, by order of governor-general Urbiztondo, Dingle became an independent parish. In 1865, Fray Fernando Llorente ordered the construction of the current structure of the Parish Church of St. John the Baptist which was completed in 1886.

On November 21, 1849, governor-general Clavería issued a decree requiring Filipinos to adopt Spanish and indigenous names from the Catalogo Alfabetico de Apellidos for civil and legal purposes. Surnames starting with the letter "D" were distributed to Dingle.

During the second phase of the Philippine Revolution against Spain during the Spanish–American War, Dingle staged the first armed uprising in the province of Iloilo and in the island of Panay. Now known as the "Cry of Lincud", the revolt occurred in Barrio Lincud on October 28, 1898. The leaders of the victorious uprising were Gen. Adriano Hernández y Dayot, Gen. Julio Hernández y Dayot, Maj. Estefano Muyco y Dayot, Maj. Nicolás Roces, and Lt. Col. Francisco Jalandoni.[7] Today, the event is commemorated as a special non-working holiday.[8][9]

American occupation[edit]

In 1903, by virtue of Act No. 719, an Act reducing the fifty-one municipalities of the province of Iloilo to seventeen, Dingle was annexed to Pototan, Iloilo under the Americans, the latter being larger and more prosperous.[10] Nonetheless, through the efforts of then Iloilo 4th District Assemblyman Adriano D. Hernández, the separation of the town from Pototan was given impetus in 1907.[11]

Education[edit]

During the administration of municipal president Don Tomás Sanico in 1912-1915, the construction of the Gabaldon school house was started and it remains to be the main edifice of the Dingle Elementary School complex. Funds were provided by an appropriation bill sponsored by Nueva Ecija Assemblyman Isauro Gabaldón. The building was completed in 1917 during the second term of municipal president Don Vicente Dayot (1616-1619). The first superior to hold office in the new building was Juan Datiles and its first school principal was José Lagora. The first Dingleanon principal was Paciano Dajay. The cause of education was further served during the terms of office of municipal presidents Don Luís Roces Dayot (1925-1928) and Don Julio Dayot Muyco (1931-1934, 1938-1945), and municipal mayor Cristino Abelardo Muyco Aportadera (1934-1938). It was during the incumbency of Luís R. Dayot when the Jalandoni-Dayot Elementary School, the first private elementary school town, was established. More primary schools were opened in the barrios during the terms of office of the last two mentioned municipal mayors.

Health[edit]

Shortly after the establishment of American rule, the Philippine islands were afflicted by cholera and dysentery epidemics which caused the death of more than 200,000 people. Smallpox was likewise still unchecked by vaccination becoming a cause for considerable worry. During the administration of municipal president Don Cipriano Montero Sr. (1928-1931), the antipolo system of human waste disposal was imposed. During his second term in office as municipal president (1931-1934), Julio D. Muyco became responsible for the establishment of the first peuriculture center in Dingle which extended basic health services to the townspeople.

Japanese occupation[edit]

Immediately after war was declared, a squadron of Japanese planes flew over Dingle on its way to bomb Iloilo City. The townspeople went out of their houses into the streets and looked at the passing formation quite indifferent and unconcerned, unaware that war was going on. Only when a lone straggler, on its way from the bombing mission overflew the town at a very low altitude and directed bursts of machine gun fire against the citizen army training center, now camp Adriano D. Hernandez, did the townspeople seek some sort of shelter.

Residents from the poblacion of Dingle left their homes and sought refuge in the town's far-flung barrios and mountainsides. They were joined by many others from Iloilo City and its adjoining towns, including Dingleanons who have been residing from other provinces. Among the more prominent who took shelter in Dingle were the families of post-war Iloilo governor Mariano Peñaflorida and post-war Iloilo 4th District Assemblyman Ceferino de los Santos of Pototan, and the brothers Eugenio and Fernando Lopez of Jaro, Iloilo. Peñaflorida stayed at Barrio Caguyuman at the foot of Mount Bulabog while the latter three sought refuge at Mount Dumingding. Thatched makeshift shelters and lean-tos blossomed overnight on the town's foothills and mountainsides. Many barrio residents shared their homes with the evacuees.

In Iloilo, the civil resistance government, with headquarters at Barrio Moroboro, Dingle, was headed by Tomás Confesor as wartime governor of free Panay and Romblon with former Dingle municipal president Luís R. Dayot as assistant.[12] Former Dingle mayor Cristino Abelardo Muyco Aportadera was deputy governor. In 1942, José Dacudao was designated by the Japanese as puppet mayor while Julio Dayot Muyco and Numeriano Dayot Dator continued to act respectively as municipal mayor and vice-mayor of the civil resistance government at Barrio Moroboro. Many Dingleanons were employed as clerks and aides, and as provincial guards. José Dacudao felt the futility of his efforts in complying with unreasonable Japanese demands and in helping the Dingleanons against Japanese cruelties and atrocities that he left the puppet mayorship. His wife, Remedios Dacudao, assumed the post from 1943-1945. It was during her tenure as puppet mayor when fourteen Dingleanons were executed by the Japanese. She was, however, able to offer some measure of help by persuading the Japanese to leave without added civilian casualties.

Among the Dingleanons who took a more active part in the military operations of the guerilla movement were Lt. Raymundo Muyco Espino and his elder brother, Lt. Alfonso Muyco Espino. Brig. Gen. Alfredo D. Dayot and Brig. Gen. Noé D. Dayot, survivors of the 1942 Bataan Death March, joined the former after they were released as prisoners of war in Capas, Tarlac. On the other hand, Gen. Vivencio D. Dayot, the first Filipino radar expert, was sent to the United States to avoid his capture by the Japanese forces as his contribution to the development of radar was vital to the needs of the Imperial Japanese Army. Others with similar notable exploits were Lt. Mateo Luto, Capt. Fulgencio Dairo, and Maj. Abelardo Muyco. These men, together with many other Dingleanons involved in the guerilla movement, took part in ambushes against enemy patrol and reconnaissance forces.

Recent history[edit]

In 1954, the sitio of Nazuni was converted into a barrio and was added as a barangay of Dingle.[13]

Geography[edit]

The topography of Dingle is relatively rolling hills and narrow plains from the Poblacion. The flat lands extend along the Jalaur River through its borderline to the southeast. This starts to roll upward from the Poblacion going to the north-west. From the west of the Poblacion rises the slopes, steep and mountainous. This indicates that the topography of Dingle meets a certain type-cropping pattern.

Dingle is 38 kilometres (24 mi) from Iloilo City.

Climate[edit]

Climate data for Dingle, Iloilo
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 28
(82)
29
(84)
30
(86)
32
(90)
32
(90)
30
(86)
29
(84)
29
(84)
29
(84)
29
(84)
29
(84)
28
(82)
30
(85)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 23
(73)
22
(72)
23
(73)
23
(73)
25
(77)
25
(77)
24
(75)
24
(75)
24
(75)
24
(75)
23
(73)
23
(73)
24
(74)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 57
(2.2)
37
(1.5)
41
(1.6)
42
(1.7)
98
(3.9)
155
(6.1)
187
(7.4)
162
(6.4)
179
(7.0)
188
(7.4)
114
(4.5)
78
(3.1)
1,338
(52.8)
Average rainy days 12.0 7.7 9.2 10.2 19.5 24.6 26.9 25.1 25.5 25.2 18.0 13.0 216.9
Source: Meteoblue[14]

Barangays[edit]

Dingle is politically subdivided into 33 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

  • Abangay
  • Agsalanan
  • Agtatacay
  • Alegria
  • Bongloy
  • Buenavista
  • Caguyuman
  • Calicuang
  • Camambugan
  • Dawis
  • Ginalinan Nuevo
  • Ginalinan Viejo
  • Gutao
  • Ilajas
  • Libo-o
  • Licu-an
  • Lincud
  • Matangharon
  • Moroboro
  • Namatay
  • Nazuni
  • Pandan
  • Poblacion
  • Potolan
  • San Jose
  • San Matias
  • Siniba-an
  • Tabugon
  • Tambunac
  • Tanghawan
  • Tiguib
  • Tinocuan
  • Tulatula-an

Demographics[edit]

Population census of Dingle
YearPop.±% p.a.
1903 12,129—    
1918 13,333+0.63%
1939 16,698+1.08%
1948 18,475+1.13%
1960 19,748+0.56%
1970 23,375+1.70%
1975 26,368+2.45%
1980 29,179+2.05%
1990 35,415+1.96%
1995 35,639+0.12%
2000 38,311+1.56%
2007 40,828+0.88%
2010 43,290+2.15%
2015 45,335+0.88%
2020 45,965+0.27%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[15][16][17][18]

In the 2020 census, the population of Dingle, Iloilo, was 45,965 people,[3] with a density of 470 inhabitants per square kilometre or 1,200 inhabitants per square mile.

Economy[edit]


Education[edit]

Private Schools[edit]

  • Mater Carmeli School – Dingle
  • Goodnews Learning Center Inc.

Tertiary[edit]

Secondary[edit]

  • Calicuang National HS
  • Dingle National HS
  • Rufino G. Palabrica Sr. National HS
  • Tabugon National HS
  • Nazuni Summit Comprehensive National HS

Primary[edit]

  • Abangay ES
  • Agsalanan ES
  • Agustin Muyco ES (Lincud ES)
  • Agtatacay-Gutao ES (Agtatacay ES)
  • Alegria ES
  • Bongloy ES
  • Calicuang ES
  • Camambugan ES
  • Dingle Central ES
  • Ilajas ES
  • Isabel Roces Memorial ES
  • Libo-o ES
  • Matangharon ES
  • Moroboro ES
  • Muyco-Daguro ES (Caguyuman ES)
  • Nazuni ES
  • Potolan ES
  • San Jose ES
  • San Matias ES (Licu-an ES)
  • Siniba-an ES
  • Sra. Consolacion Muyco Aportadera Memorial ES
  • Tabugon ES
  • Tinocuan ES
  • White ES

Infrastructure[edit]

Power[edit]

The Panay Diesel Power Plant located at Tinocuan and Tabugon, Dingle provides 110 megawatts of electricity to Panay. The power plant is operated by the National Power Corporation.

Water[edit]

Two natural springs, the Lubong-Tubig and Talinab, serve as water source for the Dingle-Pototan Water District. While the Jalaur Irrigation Dam, also known as Moroboro Dam, built in 1955, provides irrigation to the agricultural lands of Dingle and nearby towns.

Landmarks[edit]

Bulabog Putian National Park[edit]

Bulabog Putian is the only limestone rock formation on Panay. It was designated a National Park through Congressional Bill No. 1651, and such is considered a "nationally significant area." It occupies a land area of 834.033 hectares covering five of the 33 barangays of Dingle. The park contains 13 known caves namely: Lungib, Hapu-Hapo, Maarhong, Guiso, Maestranza, Linganero, Lapuz Lapuz, Ticondal, Butac, Tuco, San Roque, Pitong Liko, and Nautod. The Maestranza Cave is historically important as it served as a hide-out of the revolutionary forces during the Spanish colonial period and on its stone walls are inscriptions of revolutionary troops.

Mt. Manyakiya[edit]

Mount Manyakiya is a natural viewing deck that provides a panoramic view of Negros Island as well as the low lying towns of the province of Iloilo. Nautod Wall, one of the major rock-climbing destination in the Philippines, can be found here.

Water[edit]

Historical[edit]

Other landmarks[edit]

  • The Hanging Bridge is a ruined post-WWII bridge that traverses the Jalaur River.
  • Camp Pasica is a 13-hectare Girl Scout Camp.
  • Camp Hernandez is a 37-hectare military training camp of the Armed Forces of the Philippines named in honor of the revolutionary hero, Gen. Adriano D. Hernández.
  • Jalaur Irrigation Dam
  • Museo de Dingle
  • Welcome Sign

Culture[edit]

Festivals[edit]

The Dingle Town Fiesta is celebrated every 24th day of June in honor of its patron saint, John the Baptist.

The Pagdihon Festival is a celebration in commemoration of the Cry of Lincud, the first revolt against the Spaniards in Panay. It is held every 4th week of October.

Government[edit]

List of local chief executives[edit]

Gobernadorcillos[edit]

The principalía, the distinguished upper class and descendants of the pre-colonial datus, included only those exempted from tribute (tax) to the Spanish crown. Colonial documents would refer to them as "de privilegio y gratis", in contrast to those who pay tribute ("de pago"). It was the true aristocracy and nobility of the Spanish colonial Philippines.

Order Name Years in Office
1 Julio Dator 1823–1827
2 Buenaventura Osano 1827–1829
3 Juan Marcelino Dayot 1829–1835
4 Magdaleno Muyco 1835–1843
5 Buenaventura Osano 1843–1845
6 Alejandro Daraug 1845–1851
7 Magdaleno Muyco 1851–1853
8 Luís Cantalicio Dayot 1853–1861
9 Alejandro Daraug 1863–1865
10 Domingo Osano 1865–1869
11 Luís Cantalicio Dayot 1869–1873

However, a royal decree dated December 20, 1863 (signed in the name of Queen Isabella II by the Minister of the Colonies, José de la Concha), made possible the creation of new principales under certain defined criteria, among which was proficiency in the Castilian language.[26]

Order Name Years in Office
12 Santiago Sanico 1873–1879
13 Tomás Sanico 1879–1885
14 Santiago Sanico 1885–1887
15 Julián Dalipe 1887–1893

Capitán municipal[edit]

In 1893, the Maura Law was passed to reorganize town governments with the aim of making them more effective and autonomous. The law changed the title of chief executive of the town from gobernadorcillo to capitán municipal.[27]

Order Name Years in Office
16 Gabriel Sinoy 1894–1897

Revolution Presidents (1898-1900)[edit]

Order Name Years in Office
17 Vicente Dayot 1898
18 Gabriel Sinoy 1898–1900

Early American Period Presidents[edit]

Order Name Years in Office
Gabriel Sinoy 1900–1902
19 Nicolás Roces 1902–1904

Capitán del barrio[edit]

Dingle was reduced to the status of barrio from 1904 to 1907 after it was merged with the Municipality of Pototan by virtue of Act No. 719, an Act reducing the fifty-one municipalities of the province of Iloilo to seventeen.[10]

Order Name Years in Office
Nicolás Roces 1904–1907
Julián Dalipe 1907-1908

Presidentes & vice presidentes municipal[edit]

The Municipality of Dingle was re-established in 1908 after Iloilo 4th District Assemblyman Adriano D. Hernández succeeded in persuading Governor-General James Francis Smith to issue an executive order separating Dingle from Pototan.[7]

Order Presidente municipal Years in Office Order Vice presidente municipal Years in Office
20 Juan Cancio Dacudao 1908–1909 1 Julio Dayot Muyco 1908–1909
21 Julio Dayot Muyco 1909–1910
22 Tomás Sanico 1910–1913 2 Celestino Dañocup 1910–1913
Tomás Sanico 1913–1916 3 Julián Masna 1913–1916
23 Vicente Dayot 1916–1919 Julián Masna 1916–1919
24 Julio Dayot Muyco 1919–1922 4 Manuel Roces 1919–1922
25 Tomás Sanico 1922–1925 Manuel Roces 1922–1925
26 Luís Roces Dayot 1925–1928 5 Celestino Dañocup 1925–1928
27 Cipriano Montero Sr. 1928–1931 6 Simplicio Dabalus 1928–1931
28 Julio Dayot Muyco 1931–1934 7 Numeriano Dayot Dator 1931–1934

Municipal Mayors[edit]

Order Mayor Years in Office Order Vice-mayor Years in Office
29 Cristino Abelardo Muyco Aportadera 1934–1938 8 Vicente Muyco 1934–1938
30 Julio Dayot Muyco 1938–1945 9 Numeriano Dayot Dator 1938–1945
José Dacudao (Japanese Puppet Mayor) 1942
Remedios Dacudao (Japanese Puppet Mayor) 1943–1945
31 Julián Masna 1945–1948 10 Salvador Dayot Dator 1945–1948
32 Alfonso Muyco Espino 1948–1951 11 Cipriano Montero Sr. 1948–1951
Alfonso Muyco Espino 1951–1957 12 Maximiliano Dalipe Dayot 1951–1957
33 Felipe Defensor (appointed) 1957 13 Leonardo Muyco Aportadera 1957
34 Leonardo Muyco Aportadera 1959–1963 14 Maximino Muyco 1959–1963
35 Rufino Aportadera Palabrica Jr. 1964–1967 15 Felipe Potente 1964–1967
36 Roberto Aportadera Palabrica Sr. 1968–1971 16 Cipriano Dayot Montero Jr. 1968–1971
Roberto Aportadera Palabrica Sr. 1971–1986 17 Teodoro Luntao Jr. 1971–1986
37 José Aportadera (OIC Mayor) 1986–1988 18 Remegio Confesor Sr. (OIC Vice-mayor) 1986–1988
38 Teodoro Luntao Jr. 1988–1992 19 Robin Espino Solinap 1988–1992
39 Henry Anotado 1992–2001 20 Jessie Alecto 1992–2001
40 Robin Espino Solinap 2001–2006 21 Reblun Luntao-Lacson 2001–2006
41 Reblun Luntao-Lacson 2006-2007 22 Quindialem Deaño-Villanueva 2006-2007
42 Rufino Palabrica III 2007–2010 23 Reblun Luntao-Lacson 2007–2010
Rufino Palabrica III 2010-2016 24 Jessie Alecto 2010-2016
43 Jessie Alecto 2016–2018 25 Rufino Palabrica III 2016–2018
44 Rufino Palabrica III 2018–2019 26 Jimmy Quicoy 2018–2019
Rufino Palabrica III 2019–present 27 Quindialem Deaño-Villanueva 2019–present

Notable personalities[edit]

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