San Jose, Dinagat Islands, Caraga Region, Philippines
🇵🇭 San Jose, officially the Municipality of San Jose (Lungsod nan San Jose; Lungsod sa San Jose; Bayan ng San Jose), is a 4th class municipality and capital of the province of Dinagat Islands, Philippines. San Jose is the seat of the Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association (PBMA).
1History The Municipality of San Jose was named in honor of Jose Ecleo who was its pioneer and the father of the late renowned mayor of the Municipality of Dinagat.
It was once a part of the municipality of Dinagat. Even then, San Jose has been significantly progressive compared with the Poblacion until its creation as a municipality on November 15, 1989, by virtue of Republic Act No. 6769 authored by Glenda B. Ecleo, during the time of President Corazon C. Aquino. The creation was amended on December 20, 2009, an act to amend Section 1 of the above-mentioned Republic Act through Republic Act 9859 covering an area of 3,422 hectares. It was within its jurisdiction twelve (12) barangays namely; San Jose, Matingbe, Aurelio, Jacquez, San Juan, Mahayahay, Don Ruben, Justiniana Edera, Santa Cruz, Cuarinta, Wilson and Luna.
San Jose has many roads, a commercial establishment, a concrete port, a college and other urban uses not common to rural communities.
1Cityhood In the 19th Congress of the Philippines, house bills were filed by various representatives which seeks San Jose including other capital towns of provinces with no current component cities, independent component cities or highly urbanized cities to automatically convert into cities.
1Geography: Barangays San Jose is politically subdivided into 12 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios. • Aurelio • Cuarinta • Don Ruben Ecleo • Jacquez • Justiniana Edera • Luna • Mahayahay • Matingbe • San Jose (Poblacion) • San Juan • Santa Cruz • Wilson.
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San Jose has a population of over 26,375 people. San Jose also forms the centre of the wider Dinagat Islands Province which has a population of over 128,117 people.
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See Also: 🇺🇸 San José, California, United States | 🇨🇷 San José, Costa Rica | 🇺🇸 San Jose, New Mexico, United States | 🇵🇭 San Jose, Province of Nueva Ecija, Central Luzon Region, Philippines | 🇵🇭 San Jose, Province of Occidental Mindoro, Mimaropa, Philippines | 🇳🇮 San José de Bocay, Jinotega Department, Nicaragua | 🇵🇭 San Jose de Buenavista, The Province of Antique, Western Visayas Region, Philippines | 🇻🇪 San José de Guaribe, Guarico State, Venezuela | 🇨🇺 San José de las Lajas, Mayabeque Province, Cuba | 🇳🇮 San José de los Remates, Boaco Department, Nicaragua | 🇦🇷 San José de Metán, Salta Province, Argentina | 🇲🇽 San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico | 🇨🇴 San José del Guaviare, Guaviare Department, Colombia | 🇵🇭 San José del Monte, The Province of Bulacan, Central Luzon Region, Philippines | 🇲🇽 San José del Progreso, Oaxaca, Mexico | 🇸🇻 San José Las Flores, Chalatenango Department, El Salvador
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