Nabua, Camarines Sur
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| Coordinates: 13°24′30″N 123°22′30″E / 13.4083°N 123.375°ECoordinates: 13°24′30″N 123°22′30″E / 13.4083°N 123.375°E | ||
| Country | Philippines | |
| Region | Bicol (Region V) | |
| Province | Camarines Sur | |
| District | 4th district | |
| Founded | July 25, 1569 | |
| Barangays | 42 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Delia C. Simbulan (Liberal Party) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 96.2 km2 (37.1 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015 census) | ||
| • Total | 83,874 | |
| • Density | 870/km2 (2,300/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) | |
| ZIP code | 4434 | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)54 | |
| Income class | 1st class; partially urban | |
Nabua (Rinconada Bikol: Banwāan ka Nabua; English: Municipality of Nabua; Filipino: Bayan ng Nabua) is a first class municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 83,874 people.
Nabua is the mother town of Iriga City, Buhi, Bato, Balatan, Bula and Baao in Camarines Sur. Nabua has five districts: Antacudos, Binoyoan, Caobnan, Lupa and Sabang.
Nabua is home of the modern kuntaw, and jota rojana.
The Municipality of Nabua traces the historical origin of its name way back during the Spanish Colonization. It was said that in 1571, an Augustinian Friar named Fray Alonzo Gimenez reached one of the rancherias called Lupa which was then under Datu Panga from Borneo. The good friar found persons inside the said rancheria cutting coconuts. He was offered to partake the inside shoot of coconut which the natives called “BOA”. Immediately, the good friar tagged the place as “NABUA” pronounced with his Spanish Accent. From that time onwards this place become popularly known as NABUA.
In another version, a historian named Fray Felix Huerta claimed that the name came from the story that the original sitio of the town is in the shape of the “BOA”, young embryo of the coconut which was surrounded by five rancherias named Lupa, Antacodos, Sabang, Caobnan and Binoyoan. Other believe otherwise and said it was centrally located in the middle of said rancherias thus closely resembling a delicious “BOA” which children loved to eat. For a time, the town was called “NABOBOWA” but years of long usage shortened and corrupted it to the present name of NABUA.
In 1578, a group of Franciscan missionaries by Fray Pablo de Jesus and Fray Bartolome Ruiz put up a church in a place known as Antacodos and there they placed a big cross. These missionaries soon merged the villages of Lupa, Antacodos, Sabang and Binoyoan into one place, which at present is known as the town of Nabua. The name Nabua was originally a longer one, Naboboa, from boa, the word for a young coconut embryo.
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