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| CHURCH OF BORBON |
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Location:82.7 kms.NW of Cebu City
Area:7,847 hectares
No. of Barangays:19
Town Fiesta: January 20
Patron Saint: San Sebastian
Major Occupation: Farming
Principal Products: corn,root crops
HISTORICAL NOTES
Borbon evolved from a small settlement founded by a man named as SILMOGUE.It was established in 1692,A number served the town as capitanes under the Spanish regime:Cipriano Desture,Placido Dosdos.For the position of municipal presidents under the american regime,the following served the office:PEdro Mangubat,Hilario Buhay,Montena Mangubat.The first to become municipal mayor was Celisrtino Mondigo.
A ludicrous tales relates how BORBON got its name:
It is told that when the Spaniards went to the area of the original settlement, with the purpose of acquainting themselves with the natives and the place,the group chanced upon a couple living in the site.They asked for the name of the place.The couple,without knowing a word of Spanish and therefore not knowing what they asked for,just gave their names which were BOR ( the husband ) and BON (the wife) .Combining them,the Spaniards named the place BORBON.
A more historic explanation came from Hon.Jaime Picornell,Honorary Spanish Consul to Cebu,who said that tha name BORBON could have come from the House of Bourbon, a royal family which ruled France,Spain,Sicily,Maples,Luca,and Parina,and from which the Bourbon dynasty was established during the time of Philip V in 1700 in Spain.
In Borbon,WW11 in the PHILIPPINES ended.D.D. Estabaya writes:Bataan was avenged in Cebu Province in 1945.Late in August after Hiroshima was devastated by the atomic bomb,10,000 Japanese surrendered en masse on an ILIHAN clearing northern Cebu.It was the finale of world war II in the country.
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THE MUNICIPALITY OF BORBON
Brief Municipal Profile
Land Area:8,111 hectars
Date Founded: 1700's
Geographical Location:
The municipality of BOROBN is located 82.7 kms. Northeast of Cebu Island.on the west is the Municipality of Tabuelan;and on the East Camotes Sea (Pacific Ocean)
Topography:
Generally flat and slightly rolling
Climate:
Dry and Wet Season
Soil Type:
Fara-on clay Bolinao clay Lugo clay
Infrastructure:
Schools
Public Market
Multi-Purpose Building
