Kiblawan

Kiblawan, officially the Municipality of Kiblawan, is a local government unit in the province of Davao del Sur on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. It is a municipality rather than a commercial consumer brand, and its institutional role is to administer local public services, infrastructure, community programs, and municipal governance within its jurisdiction. The municipality is associated with Cebuano and Tagalog forms of its name: Lungsod sa Kiblawan and Bayan ng Kiblawan. Kiblawan was created in 1966 from a group of barangays that had previously formed part of the municipality of Sulop. Republic Act No. 4748, signed by President Ferdinand Marcos on June 18, 1966, established the municipality. The constituent communities named in the enabling law were Bagumbayan, Paitan, Kiblawan, Kibungbung, Manual, New Sibonga, Maraga-a, Ihan, Bunot, Latian, Balasiao, Apik, and Dapok. Since its creation, Kiblawan has functioned as a local administrative unit of Davao del Sur. The municipality is politically divided into 30 barangays. As in other Philippine municipalities, barangays are the basic local government subdivisions and may themselves contain puroks and sitios. Kiblawan’s municipal government therefore operates through a decentralized structure connecting the central municipal administration with these barangay-level communities. According to the 2024 Philippine census figure cited in the reference material, Kiblawan had a population of 53,757. Publicly available reference material identifies the municipality’s economy and poverty incidence as subjects tracked through Philippine Statistics Authority data, but does not provide enough detail here to characterize particular industries, employers, products, or economic rankings reliably. The municipality’s official website and national government datasets are the appropriate sources for current administrative information, public notices, local services, demographic updates, and economic indicators. Kiblawan’s principal institutional identity is therefore territorial and civic: it represents a local government and community in Davao del Sur rather than a packaged product or independently owned business. Its public-facing activities are expected to include municipal administration and service delivery, but specific programs, elected officials, budgets, and current development initiatives are not identified in the supplied reference material.

Kiblawan is a municipality in Davao del Sur, Philippines. Its modern administrative history begins with its separation from the municipality of Sulop. Republic Act No. 4748, signed on June 18, 1966, created Kiblawan as a municipality from the barangays of Bagumbayan, Paitan, Kiblawan, Kibungbung, Manual, New Sibonga, Maraga-a, Ihan, Bunot, Latian, Balasiao, Apik, and Dapok. The law established the territorial and administrative foundation for Kiblawan as a distinct local government unit. Following its creation, Kiblawan became part of the local-government structure of Davao del Sur. Its administration is organized around the municipal government and a system of barangays, the Philippines’ basic local government subdivisions. Reference material states that Kiblawan has 30 barangays, with barangays further organized into puroks and, in some cases, sitios. This structure links municipal-level governance with smaller communities and supports the delivery of public administration and local services. The available reference material provides limited detail about the municipality’s subsequent political, infrastructure, social, and economic history. It does identify population and development indicators as matters covered by national statistical and governance systems. The 2024 census figure cited for Kiblawan is 53,757 residents. Poverty incidence is tracked through Philippine Statistics Authority reporting, while municipal governance information has also been associated with national local-governance performance systems. Kiblawan’s present identity is that of an active Philippine municipality rather than a commercial enterprise. Its official website serves as a public-information channel, while national government references such as the Philippine Standard Geographic Code, census information, and the Department of Trade and Industry’s Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index provide complementary administrative, demographic, and economic context. Specific current officials, local investment sectors, annual budgets, and named municipal programs are not included in the supplied sources and are therefore left unspecified.

• 2024

  Population recorded in the 2024 census

  [1]Kiblawanen.wikipedia.org

  The cited 2024 census figure for Kiblawan is 53,757 inhabitants.

• 1966

  Municipality established

  [1]Kiblawanen.wikipedia.org

  Republic Act No. 4748 created Kiblawan from barangays formerly belonging to Sulop. The law was signed on June 18, 1966.

A local government municipality serving communities in Davao del Sur through territorial administration and public services.

1. 1Kiblawanen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Kiblawan Municipal Governmentkiblawan.gov.ph