Liloy, Zamboanga del Norte
| Liloy | |
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| Municipality | |
| Nickname(s): Peanut Capital of Zamboanga del Norte | |
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| Coordinates: 08°07′N 122°40′E / 8.117°N 122.667°ECoordinates: 08°07′N 122°40′E / 8.117°N 122.667°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX) |
| Province | Zamboanga del Norte |
| District | 3rd district of Zamboanga del Norte |
| Founded | August 22, 1951 |
| Barangays | 37 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Felixberto Bolando |
| Area | |
| • Total | 128.43 km2 (49.59 sq mi) |
| Population (2015 census) | |
| • Total | 39,812 |
| • Density | 310/km2 (800/sq mi) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) |
| ZIP code | 7115 |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)65 |
| Income class | 3rd municipal income class |
| 097206000 | |
| Electorate | 28,456 voters as of 2016 |
| Website | www |
Liloy is a third class municipality in the province of Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 39,812 people. It is mainly an agricultural community with an economy that relies mostly on crop production such as corn, rice, coconuts, peanuts, and root crops. It is known as the "Peanut Capital of ZaNorte".
Liloy's total area is 12,843 hectares (31,740 acres), 78% of which is an agricultural land planted with coconuts, corn, rice, root crops and some rubber trees. According to the records of the Municipal Assessor’s office, 22% of the municipality's territory comprise the residential area which is sixty-five (65); commercial, nine (9); industrial, in Barangay Timan and Sta. Cruz, ten (10); institutional land, fifty (50); public school sites(?); and wharf, eight hundred sixty (860) hectares. There are also open areas for road right of way of public highways and roads traversing in the different barangays of the municipality.
It lies on the north-western side of the Zamboanga peninsula, bounded in the north by the Sulu Sea; south, the municipality of Tampilisan; east, the municipality of Salug; and west, the municipality of Labason.
There are two distinct seasons, the dry and the rainy. Usually, the rainy season starts from the month of June and ends in December while the dry season occurs in the months of January to May. Typhoon comes rarely in this area because it is not within the typhoon belt.
Liloy is politically subdivided into 37 barangays. The sitios of Silucap, Bacong, Libertad, Balacan, Tampilisan, Cabangkalan, Tambalang, and Kayoc were elevated into barrios in 1955.
Liloy was once a barrio or barangay of the Municipality of Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte. By virtue of Executive Order No. 469 issued by President Elpidio Quirino on August 22, 1951, it became an independent municipal corporation, although the municipal officials were not yet organized. The municipality was inaugurated on December 16 of the same year.
Liloy subsequently lost large portions of its territory when the separate municipalities of Salug and Tampilisan were created in 1959 and 1978 respectively.
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