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Dingle
Sumandig Baong | |
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| Municipality of Dingle | |
 St. John the Baptist Parish Church | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Etymology: dingding maingle (Old Kinaray-a: hard wall) | |
| Nickname: Spelunker's Paradise | |
| Anthem: Town of Dingle | |
 Map of Iloilo with Dingle highlighted | |
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.svg)  Dingle Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 11°03′N 122°40′E / 11.05°N 122.67°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Western Visayas |
| Province | Iloilo |
| District | 4th district |
| Founded as a visita of Pototan | 1593 (Fray Francisco Manuel Blanco) |
| Established as the pueblo of Baong | 1611 (Fray Pedro del Castillo) |
| Annexed to Dumangas | 1629 |
| Re-established as the pueblo of Baong | 1634 (Fray Alonso de Méntrida) |
| Annexed to Laglag | 1641 |
| Re-established as the pueblo of Dingle | 1823 (Don Juan Marcelino Dayot) |
| Annexed to Pototan | 1904 |
| Chartered as the municipality of Dingle | 1907 (Hon. Adriano Hernández y Dayot) |
| Barangays | 33 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Rufino P. Palabrica III |
| • Vice Mayor | Quindialem D. Villanueva |
| • Representative | Ferjenel G. Biron |
| • Municipal Council | Members |
| • Electorate | 28,253 voters (2022) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 98.37 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] | |
| • Total | 45,965 |
| • Density | 470/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 class | 3rd municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 17.13 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 178.2 million (2020), 78.5 million (2012), 88.31 million (2013), 106 million (2014), 115.9 million (2015), 128.2 million (2016), 143.6 million (2017), 153 million (2018), 168 million (2019), 200.8 million (2021), 249 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 803.2 million (2020), 80.7 million (2012), 271.2 million (2013), 337.1 million (2014), 364.8 million (2015), 422.5 million (2016), 499.5 million (2017), 598.7 million (2018), 720.1 million (2019), 830.8 million (2021), 937.9 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 126.1 million (2020), 57.85 million (2012), 64.95 million (2013), 67.04 million (2014), 72.5 million (2015), 85.21 million (2016), 94.34 million (2017), 105.5 million (2018), 114.4 million (2019), 136.4 million (2021), 152.5 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 98.44 million (2020), 59.3 million (2012), 60.49 million (2013), 102 million (2014), 101.5 million (2015), 132 million (2016), 134.8 million (2017), 126.1 million (2018), 120.5 million (2019), 110.5 million (2021), 127.8 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Iloilo 2 Electric Cooperative (ILECO 2) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 5035 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)33 |
| Native languages | Karay-a Hiligaynon Tagalog |
| Website | https://lgudingle.wixsite.com/lgudingle |
Dingle (IPA: [ˈdiŋlɛʔ], locally /ˈdiŋliʔ/), 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.
- ^ Municipality of Dingle | (DILG)
- ^ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
- ^ a b Census of Population (2020). "Region VI (Western Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.