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Malangas is one of the oldest municipality of its former province, Zamboanga del Sur. The municipality was created through Republic Act No. 654, issued on June 16, 1951, during the leadership of President Elpidio Quirino, upon separation of twenty barrios from Margosatubig in the old province of Zamboanga.
It was created after the 2006 reapportionment that divided the province into two congressional districts. [4] The district is composed of the eastern municipalities of Alicia, Buug, Diplahan, Imelda, Mabuhay, Malangas, Olutanga, Payao and Talusan. It is currently represented in the 19th Congress by Wilter Palma of the Lakas–CMD. [5]
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Poverty incidence of Zamboanga Sibugay 10 20 30 40 50 60 2006 50.66 2009 52.74 2012 44.84 2015 36.14 2018 35.39 2021 26.00 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority The leading industries are in the areas of semi-processed rubber, rice and corn milling, ordinary food processing, wood and rattan furniture making, dried fish and squid processing, and home-made food processing. New industries ...
The enactment of Republic Act No. 9360 on October 26, 2006, increased Zamboanga Sibugay's representation by reapportioning the province into two congressional districts, [2] which began to elect their separate representatives in the 2007 elections.
The municipality was established on November 11, 1977, by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 1239 signed by President Ferdinand Marcos, constituting a total of nineteen barangays taken from Malangas (7, including Sta. Fe which would be the seat of government), Siay (9), and Alicia (3), all then part of Zamboanga del Sur. [5]
29 August 1994 – 119 people were killed in an explosion at a coal mine operated by the Philippine National Oil Company in Malangas, Zamboanga del Sur. [111] [112] 18 March 1996 – Ozone Disco fire. 162 people, mostly students celebrating the end of the academic term, died in a nightclub fire in Quezon City. [113]
Kumalarang was organized into a municipality through Executive Order No. 356, issued by President Carlos P. Garcia on August 28, 1959. It consists of seven "barrios and sitios" of Lapuyan, including Barrio Kumalarang which was designated as the seat of government, and six of Malangas (now part of Zamboanga Sibugay), all then part of the then-undivided Zamboanga del Sur.