Dolores, Quezon
Template:Short description Template:Main otherScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Main other
Dolores, officially the Municipality of Dolores (Template:Langx), is a municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 32,514 people.Template:PH census
It is located at the foot of Mount Banahaw.
Etymology
Dolores is a shortened form of its original name, Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, a Spanish title that translates to Our Lady of Sorrows in English.[1]
History
The town was established in 1834 as a pueblo. This was decided by provincial officials of Batangas and Tayabas, with the agreement from the bishop of Nueva Caceres and the archbishop of Manila. It was later approved by the Governor-General of the Philippines that a town shall be founded near Sitio Hambujan.[1]
On April 11, 1835, the Governor-General issued a decree establishing the boundary of the town, then known as Nuestra Senora de los Dolores. In May 1835, the local government was inaugurated with Don Francisco Fernando as the first Governadorcillo. The town's seat of government was then Barrio de Maranli (present-day Poblacion), which remains the case until transferring to Bulakin II in September 1966.[1]
Beginning on May 17, 1902, Dolores was temporarily consolidated with the municipality of Tiaong (Tiaon) by virtue of Act No. 402.[2]
Geography
Barangays
Dolores is politically subdivided into 16 barangays, as indicated below. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
- Antonino (Ayusan)
- Bagong Anyo (Poblacion)
- Bayanihan (Poblacion)
- Bulakin I
- Bulakin II
- Bungoy
- Cabatang
- Dagatan
- Kinabuhayan
- Maligaya (Poblacion)
- Manggahan
- Pinagdanlayan
- Putol
- San Mateo
- Santa Lucia
- Silanganan (Poblacion)
Climate
Demographics
Economy
<templatestyles src="Stack/styles.css"/>
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Dolores' economy is primarily based on agriculture. It has Template:Convert of land area devoted to local crops such as coconut, rambutan, citrus, and other fruit trees, etc.[1]
The business sector of Dolores is dominated by retail of agricultural products.[1]
Tourism
- Bangkong Kahoy Valley Nature Retreat and Field Study Center[3]
- Lukong Valley Farms[4]
- National Shrine of Our Lady of Sorrows[5]
- Paeng Falls
Notes
External links
- Dolores profile at PhilAtlas.com
- [[[:Template:NSCB detail]] Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
- Philippine Census Information
- Local Governance Performance Management System Template:Webarchive
Template:Geographic location Script error: No such module "Navbox". Template:Authority control