Jalajala

Jalajala

Jalajala

Municipality in Rizal, Philippines

Jalajala (Tagalog pronunciation: [hälɐ̞ˈhalɐ (-ˈhala)]; also spelled as Jala-jala), officially the Municipality of Jalajala (Tagalog: Bayan ng Jalajala), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Rizal, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 34,017 people.[4]

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Etymology

What is now the town's Barangay Punta was the seat of an earlier settlement later known as Halaán. During the summer from April to May, the shores of Laguna de Bay along Punta would be filled with small shellfish locally known as halaán.

As is typical with many modern Philippine toponyms, the town's name supposedly resulted from miscommunication between early Spanish visitors and natives. The Spaniards enquired of some natives along the shoreline, "¿Como se llama este sitio?" ("What is the name of this place?") to which the latter replied, "halaán pò," thinking that the foreigners referred to the shells. The Spaniards accepted the response as the name of the place, and began calling it halaán, later corrupting it into Chimae then into Jalajala.

Another folk etymology is that Jalajala stems from an endemic breed of boar called berk jala, which is abundant in the wilds around the town and is depicted on its seal. As with the other story, a Spaniard asked the Tagalog-speaking natives the place's name, and the locals' interjection of "hala-hala” (possibly a hunting chant) was taken by the Spaniards to be their answer.

Geography

Jalajala is on a peninsula located 75 kilometers (47 mi) southeast of Manila in the largest freshwater lake in the Philippines, Laguna de Bay. It lies on the eastern part of the Rizal Province and has a land area of 4,930 hectares (12,200 acres) representing 3.77% of the total land area of the province. Jalajala's political boundary on the north is the Panguil River, wherein it shares the boundary with the town of Pakil in Laguna. On its southern, eastern, and western boundaries lies Laguna de Bay.

Mount Sembrano forms the boundary of Jalajala and Pililla.

Barangays

Jala-jala, Rizal political map (subject to correction)

Jalajala is politically subdivided into eleven barangays (three urban, eight rural). [6] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

  • Bagumbong
  • Bayugo
  • Second District (Poblacion)
  • Third District (Poblacion)
  • Lubo
  • Pagkalinawan
  • Palaypalay
  • Punta
  • Sipsipin
  • First (Special) District (Poblacion)
  • Paalaman

Bayugo, Palay-Palay, and Sipsipin were elevated as barrios in 1956.[7]

Climate

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Demographics

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In the 2020 census, the population of Jala-jala, was 34,017 people,[4] with a density of 770 inhabitants per square kilometre or 2,000 inhabitants per square mile.

Economy

Poverty Incidence of Jalajala
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[13][14]
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Government

Local government

Main article: Sangguniang Bayan

The municipality is governed by a municipal mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.

Elected officials

List of current government officials from June 30, 2022.[20]

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List of former mayors

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References

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    Act No. 942 (12 October 1903), An Act Reducing the Thirty-Two Municipalities of the Province of Rizal to Fifteen, retrieved June 19, 2022
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     Municipality of Jalajala | (DILG)
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    Census of Population (2020). "Region IV-A (Calabarzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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    "Province:". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
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    "An Act Converting the Sitios of Bayugo, Palay-palay, and Sipsipin, Municipality of Jalajala, Province of Rizal, into Barrios of Said Municipality". LawPH.com. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
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    "Jalajala: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
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    Census of Population (2015). "Region IV-A (Calabarzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
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    "Province of". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
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    "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
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    "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
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    "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
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    "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
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    "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
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    "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
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    "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  20. [20]
    "Certificate of Canvass - Jalajala, Rizal". COMELEC. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
  21. [21]
    "FORMER MAYORS". jalajala.gov.ph. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
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