Sulop, Davao del Sur
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| Coordinates: 06°36′N 125°21′E / 6.600°N 125.350°ECoordinates: 06°36′N 125°21′E / 6.600°N 125.350°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Davao Region (Region XI) |
| Province | Davao del Sur |
| District | 2nd district of Davao del Sur |
| Barangays | 25 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jimmy Sagarino |
| Area | |
| • Total | 155.26 km2 (59.95 sq mi) |
| Population (2015 census) | |
| • Total | 33,613 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (560/sq mi) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) |
| ZIP code | 8009 |
| Dialing code | +63 (0)82 |
| Income class | 3rd municipal income class |
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| Electorate | 20,750 voters as of 2016 |
| Website | www |
Sulop is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Davao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 33,613 people.
Sulop is about 17 kilometres (11 mi) from Digos City, the seat of the provincial government of Davao del Sur. The municipality is located halfway between two major growth centers of Mindanao, namely, Davao City of Region XI and General Santos City of Region XII.
Sulop is politically subdivided into 25 barangays.
In the early part of the 19th century, a wave of immigrants from the Visayas Region, mostly from Cebu, came to Sulop which was still a barangays under the Municipality of Padada, Davao del Sur. Settlers from Leyte, Iloilo and Bohol also arrived during the century. They acquired lands from the natives known as Tagacaolo, B’laans and Bagobos who were the early inhabitants of the place.
The name Sulop was derived from its natives which means swampy place surrounded by second growth forest and habitat of wild pigs. Settlers, then converted the place into settlement sites and production areas of agricultural crops.
By virtue of Executive Order No. 295 issued on April 24, 1958, President Carlos P. Garcia converted barangays Sulop and its adjacent barangays into an independent Municipality of Sulop of the Province of Davao del Sur. The development of the municipality underwent eight changes of political leadership up to the present Administration.
President Carlos P Garcia appointed Nestorio Comabig as the first mayor of the Municipality of Sulop. Mayor Nestorio Comabig’s achievement was the assignment of residential lots to interested parties consistent to the town site development plan. However, Mayor Nestorio Comabig resigned from office after six years he assumed the office.
The then Vice Mayor Antonio Go Pace assumed the vacated mayorship position and facilitated the construction of the first municipality’s Town Hall.
Vice Mayor Sebastian Mondejar, Sr. succeeded the mayorship of Antonio Go Pace when the latter died and the former facilitated the coming of Cocoa Investors, Incorporated (CII), a multi-million peso corporation engaged in cacao beans production;
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