Lupon, Davao Oriental
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| Coordinates: 06°54′N 126°00′E / 6.900°N 126.000°ECoordinates: 06°54′N 126°00′E / 6.900°N 126.000°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Davao Region (Region XI) |
| Province | Davao Oriental |
| District | 2nd district of Davao Oriental |
| Founded | August 8, 1948 |
| Barangays | 21 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Domingo Lim |
| Area | |
| • Total | 886.39 km2 (342.24 sq mi) |
| Population (2015 census) | |
| • Total | 65,785 |
| • Density | 74/km2 (190/sq mi) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) |
| ZIP code | 8207 |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)87 |
| Income class | 1st municipal income class |
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| Electorate | 42,756 voters as of 2016 |
| Website | lupon |
Lupon is a 1st class municipality in the province of Davao Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 65,785 people.
Lupon is said to have derived its name from the native word "naluponan", meaning a body of land accumulated at the mouth of a river resulting from years of continued accretion. The settlers shortened the word "naluponan" into what is called now "Lupon". This "naluponan" area was then applied to the mouth of the Sumlug river of Lupon municipality of today.
Lupon is politically subdivided into 21 barangays.
Lupon was primarily inhabited by the Mandaya and Mansaka in the hinterlands, and the native Kalagans in the shorelines of Lupon connected to Pantukan municipality and San Isidro municipality today. But, through a wave of migration [local immigrants from Luzon and the Visayas (Christians and Muslims alike)] and the coming of logging concessions, the population of Lupon has increased through the succeeding years.
The migrants from Luzon and Visayas took advantage of the natives' kindness and ignorance. They took their lands and were even proud to tell stories that the natives (Mandayas) changed their lands for sardines and tobacco.
The land grabbers and their descendants insult Mandayas on a daily basis. They treat them like they are lower life forms. They yell at them "Mandaya! Mandaya!" like being a Mandaya is a shameful thing. When a person behaves stupidly they will say "You are like a Mandaya." All of them does it including the educated ones.
Lupon first became a regular barrio of Pantukan in 1919. Two years later Governor General Francis Burton Harrison issued an Executive Order No. 8, series of 1921, creating Lupon as a Municipal District comprising eight (8) barrios that include Poblacion Lupon, Sumlog, Cocornon, Tagugpo, Piso, Maputi, Langka, and Banaybanay.
For the meantime, Datu Commara Manuel was appointed as the municipal district president from 1921 to 1929. The American Occupation in the Philippine Islands was serious about pacifying inhabitants from rebellion against the American regime. What they did was to create Mindanao into a Moro Province, at the expense of the Christians both Catholic and Protestants also inhabiting the whole region. It was on this ground that Lupon was said to have been made into a sultanate with Datu Manuel as its sultan. But such an idea of Lupon becoming a sultanate was short-lived as Datu Manuel was replaced by the succeeding municipal district presidents.
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