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Ipil
Ipil
Municipality
	Municipality of Ipil
	Flag Seal
	Nicknames: Heart of Sibugay; Crossroads of Region IX;
	Motto(s): Ipil: Our place, our responsibility, our pride!
	Map of Zamboanga Sibugay with Ipil highlighted
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	Ipil Location within the Philippines
	Coordinates: 7°46′56″N 122°35′12″E / 7.7822222°N 122.5866667°E
Country	Philippines
Region	Zamboanga Peninsula
Province	Zamboanga Sibugay
District	2nd district
Founded	July 26, 1949
Barangays	28 (see Barangays)
Government
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Anamel C. Olegario
• Vice Mayor	Ramses Troy D. Olegario
• Representative	Antonieta R. Eudela
• Municipal Council	Members
• Electorate	61,059 voters (2022)
Area
• Total	241.60 km2 (93.28 sq mi)
Elevation	27 m (89 ft)
Highest elevation	185 m (607 ft)
Lowest elevation	−2 m (−7 ft)
Population (2020 census)
• Total	89,401
• Density	370/km2 (960/sq mi)
• Households	21,548
Economy
• Income class	1st municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	18.34% (2021)
• Revenue	₱ 305.5 million (2020)
• Assets	₱ 1,074 million (2020)
• Expenditure	₱ 294 million (2020)
• Liabilities	₱ 221.3 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Zamboanga del Sur 2 Electric Cooperative (ZAMSURECO 2)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	7001
PSGC	098305000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)62
Native languages	Subanon; Cebuano; Chavacano; Tagalog ; Maguindanaon
Website	ipilsibugay.gov.ph

Ipil, officially the Municipality of Ipil (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Ipil; Maguindanaon: Inged nu Ipil, Jawi: ايڠد نو ايڤل Chavacano: Municipalidad de Ipil), is a municipality and capital of the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 89,401 people.^[3] Ipil is the most populous municipality of Zamboanga Sibugay, and the second most populous in Region IX after Sindangan.

Ipil Airport is located at Barangay Sanito, along the Pan Philippine Highway, and it is the only airport in Zamboanga Sibugay.

History

Ipil used to be known as Sanito, a place under barrio Bacalan under the Municipality of Kabasalan. It was a swampy area and a docking spot for pioneering Ilocanos who settled in the upper areas of Titay. Ipil was a jumping point for their lantsa sailing to Zamboanga City. The first mayor of Ipil was Gregorio Dar, an Ilocano who came from Titay. The Dar Family were the second batch of Ilocanos who settled upon the invitation of Mariano Families who are among the first batch of Ilocanos from Luzon. When Sanito became a Town in 1949,^[5] its name was changed to Ipil, as there were many Ipil trees found within the said locale.

The territory was further reduced when, through Batas Pambansa Blg. 183 of 1982, fourteen barangays were separated to create the municipality of Roseller Lim.^[6]

Early Ilocano routes

The first Ilocanos used Ipil as the nearest jump point in connecting Titay with Zamboanga City. They would walk via Lumbia then to Longilog then Gabo reaching Mayabang their original settlement. It was this route that they do not have to cross the rivers as it is uphill. It was the Ilocanos who first set foot on these areas. Mayabang came from the first Tagalog settlers who intermarried with the first ilocano settlers of the place.

Ipil massacre

On the morning of April 4, 1995, Ipil was attacked by approximately 200 heavily armed Abu Sayyaf militants who fired upon residents, strafed civilian homes, plundered banks, took up to 30 hostages and then burned the centre of the town to the ground.^[7]^[8]

The militants allegedly arrived in the town by boat and bus, and a number of them had been dressed in military clothing.

The town's Chief of Police was reportedly killed in the attack and close to a billion pesos were looted from eight commercial banks.^[9] Army commandos pursued some rebel gunmen in nearby mountains while officials said that the rebels were looting farms and seizing civilians as "human shields" as they fled the town of^[10] about 40 rebels, who may have taken hostages, were cornered in a school compound west of Ipil on April 6 when an elite army unit attacked. In the fighting that followed, the television station GMA reported, 11 civilians were killed.^[10]

Geography

Ipil is located three hours from the key cities in the region (Dipolog, Pagadian and Zamboanga City). The Ipil seaport is 4 kilometres (2 mi) south of the town center.

Barangays

Ipil is subdivided into 28 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.

Bacalan
Bangkerohan
Buluan
Caparan
Domandan
Don Andres
Doña Josefa
Guituan
Ipil Heights
Labe
Logan
Tirso Babiera (Lower Ipil Heights)
Lower Taway
Lumbia
Maasin
Magdaup
Makilas
Pangi
Poblacion
Sanito
Suclema
Taway
Tenan
Tiayon
Timalang
Tomitom
Upper Pangi
Veteran's Village

Climate

Climate data for Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	31 (88)	31 (88)	31 (88)	31 (88)	30 (86)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	30 (86)	30 (86)	30 (86)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	23 (73)	23 (73)	24 (75)	24 (75)	25 (77)	25 (77)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	23 (73)	24 (75)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	61 (2.4)	55 (2.2)	75 (3.0)	81 (3.2)	145 (5.7)	189 (7.4)	189 (7.4)	197 (7.8)	162 (6.4)	181 (7.1)	115 (4.5)	70 (2.8)	1,520 (59.9)
Average rainy days	16.4	15.7	19.1	21.5	26.9	27.1	26.4	25.0	24.2	26.8	23.5	18.7	271.3
Source: Meteoblue (modeled/calculated data, not measured locally)^[11]