Municipalities Dipaculao
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LOCATION AND LAND AREA
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION
The municipality of Dipaculao is part of the Province of Aurora. It is situated approximately at the center of the Province. It absolute geographic position is 150 47’ 36” to 160 09’ 05” North latitude and 1210 47’ 19” to 1210 47’ 32” East Longitude. It is roughly 12 kilometers from Baler the capital town of Aurora.
Dipaculao shares its boundary on the Northeast within the municipality of Dinalungan, on the southeast within the municipality of Baler and on the southwest within the municipality of Maria Aurora. It is bounded on the northwest by the province of Quirino and by the Philippine Sea by the East.
LAND AREA AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION
Dipaculao has an estimated land area of 40,497 hectares, which represents about 13% of the total land area of Aurora Province. It is composed of 25 barangays. The largest Barangay is Dinadiawan, with a land area of 7,238.40 hectares, while the smallest is the north Poblacion, with a land area of 34.98 hectares. There are 13 landlocked barangays and coastal barangays.
The municipality of Dipaculao currently has boundary disputes with the municipalities of Baler, Mari Aurora and Dinalungan. The two provinces are still negotiating a boundary dispute between the province of Aurora and Quirino, which include portions of Dipaculao.
CLIMATE
Climate is long-term condition of the weather, which includes rainfall, temperature, wind magnitude and direction, humidity and other climatic parameters.
CLIMATE TYPE
Dipaculao falls under type IV of the corona’s Classification having no distinct dry and wet seasons. Significant rainfall of greater than 150 mm generally occurs every months of the year.
CLIMATIC ELEMENTS
Further discussions are made for climatic elements as it is applied in the whole province of Aurora specially the central part which includes the municipality of Baler, Dipaculao, Maria Aurora and San Luis. Since there are only two synoptic stations found in the province one from Casiguran and Baler, the Baler readings are the one gathered to discuss and show records for such climatic elements. This includes records for rainfall, cloud cover, temperature and relative humidity, and wind direction for the year 2004.
RAINFALL
Dipaculao has an average rainfall of 2327.1 millimeters. The month of February received the least amount to rain with an average of 136.2 mm. While December received the most amount with an average of 457.4 mm. The amount of rainfall that strikes the municipality is summarized in Table 2. An amount 1048.5 mm was recorded in December of 1998 was due to typhoon Faith that hit the province during that time. However, a north diversion of said typhoon events by 100 kilometers can lead to a much – reduced effect in the province.
The present of La Niña condition is apparently conducive to the formation of tropical storms and typhoon in the Western Pacific, which may then tract westward and northwestward into the Philippines Area of Responsibility (PAR) and may or may not affect Aurora Province. It certainly appears that during La Niña condition, there is an increased risk of high rainfall event during the month of October. In addition, there appears a slightly increased risk of an “out of season” event – during the month of March (Analysis of Historic Rainfall in Aurora Province, AIADP), 1998.)
CLOUD COVER
Cloud cover is determined by dividing the sky dome into eight (8) equal parts and the amount of cloud coverage is estimated. It unit is in octa. The average cloud cover in Aurora is six (6) octa.
Extensive cloud affects crop production because it hinders the absorption of solar energy needed by the crop.
TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY
The mean temperature in Dipaculao is 26.20C while the mean maximum and minimum temperatures are 27.40C and 25.90C, respectively; Temperature can reach as high 29.30C in summer and as low as 22.80C during the cold months.
A summary of the temperature distribution per month for 2004 is shown in Table 2.3 and Figure 2.3. This includes the minimum. Maximum, and means temperature through out the year.
Relatively humidity refers to the ratio of the amount of water in the air at a given temperature to the maximum amount it could hold at that temperature and is usually expressed as a percentage. It is a measure of the amount of moisture in the atmosphere.
WIND DIRECTION
Wind direction is southwesterly during the months of June and September, westerly in June and August and easterly for the year.
ACCESSIBLY
Dipaculao is linked to other central municipalities of Aurora Province by a circumferential road. The Baler-Dipaculao section of the busiest in terms of traffic flow.
Dipaculao can be reached by bus or passenger vans. While in the Poblacion and peripheral barangays, tricycles are commonly used to travel around but to get the other barangays farther up north; a bus ride is in order.
TOPOGRAPHY
The municipality of Dipaculao is generally rugged and mountainous. Moderately high-to-high elevation highlands of more than 500 meters above sea level cover approximately 44% of its total land area. These highlands, which are portion of the Sierra Madre Mountain Range, are sources of rivers, streams and mountain springs draining towards the Philippines Sea. The rest of the municipality’s area (56%) is composed of hills, lowlands and coastal areas.
The majority of the municipality’s mountain area has steep to very steep slopes (30% to greater than 50), which accounts for 52% of its total land area. These are the most susceptible to mass wasting and erosion given the shallow depth of soil present and the area’s steepness. On the other hand, 27% of Dipaculao’s land area has undulating or moderately steep hills and mountains (8% to 39%). These are where slash and burn or kaingin activities are concentrated. The rest of the municipality is lowlands as well as settlement areas (built-up areas).
LAND CLASSIFICATION
Dipaculao is classified into two (2) major land classes: forestland, and alienable and disposable land. The former covers 70% of the municipality’s land area while 26% is accounted by the latter.
Forestland is further sub-classified into timberland without legal proclamation, watershed reservation, Certificate Domain Claims (CADC), Integrated Social Forestry Project (ISFP), Community-based Forest Management Agreement (CBFMA), and lowland forest.
Alienable and disposable lands include lowlands and coastal areas, as well as some hilly areas with slope not greater than 18%.
GEOMORPHOLOGY
The municipality of Dipaculao is composed of three major Landscape namely, alluvial landscape, foothill landscape and mountain landscape.
ALLUVIAL LANDSCAPE
The alluvial landscape was formed by the accumulation of eroded and transported recent alluvial sediments to rounded gravels, pebbles and boulders as well as fine materials (sand, silt, and clay. The thickness ranges from 1 to 5 meters deep in place. These include swamps (tree types), broad alluvial plains, collu-alluvial plains, and beach ridges and swales. These landforms are found at the east-southernmost portion (lowland area) of the municipality as well as on some lowlands areas along the cost of the municipality going north. Recent alluvium was formed in the quaternary period.
FOOTHILL LANDSCAPE
Hills and foothills comprised the foothills landscape. It is found between the lowland and forestland areas of the municipality. This landscape is characterized as slightly too severely dissected low and high dioritic hills with complex, smooth and sharp ridges undulating to rolling steep to very steep slopes.
The foothill landscape was form through volcanic uplift and subsequent tensional force and compression whose surface configuration has eventually been carried out by erosion, landslides, rock fall faulting, folding and soil creeping and deepening of water channels. The elevation range from 50 to 500 meters above sea level.
MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE
Mountain landscape was formed and develops through violent uplift and subsequent movement, frequent rising by strong tensional forces and compression as well as volcanic activity and other forces. The elevation range from 500 to 1,305 meters above sea level. This landscape was shape by erosion, gravity, rock falls, landslide, tensional forces, and faulting, folding and deepening streams.
SOILS
There are three (3) physiographic units identified in the municipality of Dipaculao namely: lowland soil, upland soil, and mountain soil. Undifferentiated mountain soil composed most of Dipaculao highland. Annam silt loam composes the lower part of the municipality’s land. Silt loam is a productive. Silty soil originating from the glaciers and rich by the organic matter from prehistoric forests. Cervantes sandy loam and Umingan loam compose some part of the northernmost barangays. Varies from very fine loam to very coarse; feels the quite sandy or rough, but contains some silt and a small amount of clay. The amounts of silt and clay are sufficient to hold the soil together when moist.
The other parts of the municipality consist of Baler silty clay loam, Tagkawayan sandy loam, Laylay silt loam, Bugko sand and Hydrosol.
LOWLAND SOILS
Lowland soils are young soil formed from fluvio-marine sediments and alluvial materials. These soils are found in areas categorized as broad alluvial plains have almost flat-to-flat slopes, which cause no apparent erosion. They are well to poorly drained and have no moderately deep to very deep soils of fine loamy to clayey texture. Flooding events are either non-existent or severe. These plains occupy the east-southernmost portions of the municipality including the lowland areas along the coast of the northern barangays of Dipaculao. Alluvial plains cover about 11%of the municipality’s total land area.
Collu-alluvial fans flat to almost flat (0.8%) land, moderate to well drained areas, fine loamy to clayey soil texture, shallow to very deep soil, none to moderately erode and no flooding. Theses areas are found along the downstream river portions of barangays Dibutunan, Ditale, Diarabasin, Borlongan and Dinadiawan and with an extent of 1,625 hectares or 4% of the land area of the municipality.
The rest of the lowlands are categorized as active tidal flats (mangrove/nipa), beach ridges and swales and swamps (tree type) mixed with grassy type marshes. Tidal flats are found north of Barangay Borlongan while beach and swales are found along the coastlines of barangays Ipil, Lobbot and Gupa. A considerable coverage of swamps (184 has) is found in the middle of Barangay Laboy. About 4% of the municipality’s total land area is covered by these landforms.
UPLAND SOILS
Upland soil are found on a slightly to severely dissected to high volcanic hills and dioritic hills with complex smooth and sharp ridges and rolling to undulating steep to very steep slopes. Soil textures are clayey to fine loamy, well drained, shallow to moderately deep, slightly too moderately eroded and no flooding. Upland areas cover the total of 14, 811 hectares (37%). These areas are the most abused lands of the municipality as concentration of hill farming activities are found.
MOUNTAIN SOILS
The mountainous portion of the municipality is described as moderately to severely dissect metamorphic mountains and moderate severely dissect complex volcanic mountains. These landforms have rolling to very steep slopes and shallow soils. Mountain soils cover about 17,992 hectares or 44% of the municipality total land area.
Some miscellaneous land types, which actually part of the lowland soils; include the built up area, beach sand and the river wash. These land types covers about 3% of the Dipaculao’s land area.
GEOLOGY
Undifferentiated rocks compose nearly all the highlands of the municipality. These are mostly greywacke and metamorphosed shale. Quartz, Diorite, Porphyry, Andesite, Basalt, and Breccias are also found in the municipality’s highlands. The Poblacion area and peripheral barangays, as well as part of Dinadiawan is compose of alluvium, fluviatile, lacustrine, paludal, and beach deposit, raised coral reefs, atolls and beach rocks.
A small portion of the land and the boundary of barangays Gupa and Ditale near the coast are made up of cretaceous rocks and extensive, transgressing greywacke shale sequence. The rest of the municipality is composed largely of intra-Miocene quartz diorite. These are in the form of batholiths, stocks, laccoliths, sills and dikes.
VEGETATION COVER
Based on the result of the forest cover inventory carried out by NAMRIA in 1990, the municipality of Dipaculao has 29,603 hectares of forest cover of 73% of its total land area. Of this total, 22,708 hectares or 56% are Residual Forest, 2,669 hectares or 7% are Mossy Forest, 705 hectares or 2% are Old Growth Dipterocarp, 1% is Sub marginal Forest and 8% are cover by brush land. Localized patches or grassland cover an area of 64 hectares. The remaining 27% are in lowland areas, mostly under agricultural crops cultivation.
WATER RESOURCES
The municipality of Dipaculao likes other municipalities of Aurora Province abundant water supply, both surface and underground water. These come from various rivers/streams of the municipality that drain toward to the Philippine Sea. Underground water comes from the mountains, which are still cover with lush forest.
Surface water is commonly used for irrigation purposes, while underground water is for domestic use. With the abundance of fresh water comes the potential of mass-producing mineral water.
MINERAL RESOURCES
The mineral resources of the municipality are young and untapped. Copper and gold are possibly among the minerals that can be found in the mountain areas of the municipality. As a result, a number of mining companies have already applied for mining exploration permits at the Bureau of Mines and Geo-Science of the DENR.
DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE
The socio- demographic profile of the study area is an integral part of this profile; information gathered will be used as the basis for the allocation of internal revenues for the municipality and its barangays. It is also use for restricting congressional boundaries and for establishing and modifying various administrative geographic units. It is also an important guide for the welfare and congress of the study area because planners and experts can have a better idea of how much goods and services must be made available.
POPULATION SIZE AND GROWTH RATE
The population count carried out by the National Statistic Office (NSO) in 1995, revealed that the municipality of Dipaculao had a population of 21,286 persons and in the 2000 count of the same office, it had a population of 23,064. While in 2005, the MPDO of the municipality performed an MBN Survey and the MHO with the actual survey of its Barangay Health Workers (BHW) had counted 25,143 persons as the indicative population of the municipality.
This can be attributed to the stoppage of logging operation in central Aurora, whereby some families were formerly engage in the logging industry and could have possibly migrate to the other places. What is seemingly surprised is that two of barangays are both the North and South Poblacion where most of the economic activities happen. This can also be attributed to the out migration of the families to other nearby provinces there are a lot of possible opportunities.
But this trends does not mean that the subject barangays have no population growth as natural birth rate as well as in-migration will surely increase by population taking into consideration that death rate is normally lower than birth rate.
For the past 15 years, Dinadiawan is considered as the most populated Barangay with 2,982 people and also for the past 15 years, the least populated is Diamanen with only 86 people living in more or less 22 households.
POPULATION DENSITY
The municipality of Dipaculao had a population density of 56 people per square kilometer of land area. The two Poblacions (North and South) have the highest population density compared with the other barangays of the municipality with 6, 017 and 4,626 P/km2, respectively.
The high population densities of the two poblacions are attributed to the concentration of commercial, industrial and other relevant activities in an urbanizing area.
There are three barangays adjacent to these Poblacion that has also high population densities. These are Barangay Mucdol, Bayabas and Mijares while Barangay Borlongan has the least population density with approximately 16 persons per square kilometer.
Majority of Dipaculao’s Barangay has large areas but has a small population within its Barangay proper or settlements. This is mainly because most of these barangays are mountainous.
SOCIAL AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
Through time, man has increasingly recognized the fact that securing the welfare of every individual in the community is of such great importance. The state by which by social and protective services are delivered to the residents of a municipality is its potential for growth and development. Needless to say, these become a great concern for the local government units.
Although the great responsibility of having an affective distribution of this basic services falls on the lap of the incumbent of the local government of Dipaculao, the private sector and a number of non-government organizations (NGOs) play a vital role in the earning that there is continuity and empowerment of services provided to the local residents of Dipaculao.
RECREATIONAL SERVICES
Despite the fact the Dipaculao is a big municipality, and most of the Barangay’s major settlements are a distance apart, it is able to provide sports facilities for the public especially to the youth. All barangays of Dipaculao has 1-2 basketball court. This is the common recreational facility in the municipality. Not only it is being used as playing court, but also serves as a solar dryer for palay and other agricultural crops such as copra. It is also a venue for social activities of the barangays.
Other recreational facility include softball/baseball fields, volleyball court, lawn tennis court, children’s park which is one that can be found just inside the municipal hall’s compound, billiards and pool, picnic areas, resort, VHS/VCD/rental center, video game center, videoke/beerhouses, and cockpits.
Among the Barangays, it is Dinadiawan that has the most recreational facilities (24) in its area, while two barangays, Barangay Laboy and Salay got the least number with only one facility, the basketball court.
AGRICULTURE
The vast areas in the municipality are suitable for agriculture and can offer great potential for development. The municipality has 8,082 hectares of agricultural land that is presently producing seven (7) agricultural farming structures that include staple crop, coconut intercropping, cash crop farm, orchard farm, vegetable farm, spice farm/plot and fish farm. The Municipal Agricultural Office has reported that the first quarter of 2005, 2,563.25 hectares or about 32% of the agricultural land are cultivate to rice while 147 hectares are dedicated to corn.
Cash crops are cultivated on 2,846.05 hectares of land. With this, coconut is the dominant cash crop occupying 2,749.7 hectares. Other cash crops such as peanut and abaca cover an area 92 and 1 hectare, respectively. The intercropped crops grown in the municipality with coconut trees are the following: peanuts (983.45 ha), coffee (315.2 ha), fruit trees (170.5 ha) and citrus (311.4 ha). This cropping system maximized the area inn between coconut trees aside from restricting the growth of unwanted weeds and shrubs. Orchard farming occupies a total of 608 hectares of agricultural land. Of this total area, 507 ha were devoted to banana, making it the dominant orchard farm crop. Other crops such as mango and rambutan are planted on 65 and 5 hectares, respectively. LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY A total of 2,204 heads of livestock and 32,854 fowls were recorded during the census of livestock and poultry conducted in 10 barangays (Municipal Agriculturist, 2003). Livestock population consisted of 3,836 heads of hog, 1915 heads of cattle, 2,012 heads of goat and 570 head of carabao. On the other hand, poultry production includes chickens numbering 24,195, ducks with 18,794, turkeys 2,176 and 5,690 other poultry like quails. AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION INPUT An agricultural production input includes fertilizers and pesticides stores, veterinary sores, dealing on farm implements and seeds/seedlings. Local seed growers and other relevant agencies such as IRRI, UPLB and BPI provide a certified seeds. The farm input distribution outlets in the municipality of Dipaculao are shown in the table 4.3. These outlets, both government and privately supervised, provide the agricultural input needs of farmer especially those in the crops sector. Table 4.3 Farm input Distribution Outlets
Source: Municipal Agriculturist Office, 2005 Comprehensive and land user Plan of Dipaculao, Aurora 2000-2010, AIAPD 2 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE Technical assistance on extensive services is provided by several agencies. These are: DA, DAR, NIA, AIADP 2, DSWD, DOH, DENR, and non-governmental organization (NGOs) with corresponding number of 38, 17, 16, 18, 14, 23 and 103 technician/extension workers, respectively. Likewise, four demonstration farm lots exist in barangays Buenavista (1), Puangi (1) and Salay (2). Credit Cooperatives that are present in the municipality provide farmers with financial and agricultural inputs. Likewise, a financial institution (Rural Bank) located in the North Poblacion is also conduit for credit not only for farmer but also to other borrowers. FISHERIES Inland and marine fisheries are possible source of livelihood for the fishermen, which comprised a significant number of the municipality’s population. The coastal barangays of the municipality include Bayabas, Borlongan, Dianed, Diarabasin, Dibutunan, Diadiawan, Ditale, Gupa, Ipil, Laboy, Lobbot, and Mijares. For marine fisheries, the Municipal Agricultural Officer reported (2004) that the municipality has 450 fishermen engage in offshore fishing. The number of bancas is 2911, of which 171 are motorized while 120 non-motorized. In terms of fishing production, 22.085 MT and 6.695 Mt for Tilapia and Bangus respectively obtained from both brackish and fresh water production. The average daily production for the coastal eight coastal barangays namely: Borlongan, Diamed, Diarabasin, Dibutunan, Dinadiawan, Ditale, Gupa and Mijares are 89 Mt. The annual production for the mentioned barangay’s is 327.1 MT. the bangus fry production is 5.5 million some of which will be brought to Dagupan andPangsinan. These coastal barangays also engage in fish processing production. They produce about 4,222 kg. And 1,1615 kg., of dried and salted fish respectively. The fishing gears used by the fisherman in the municipality included hook and line, and gill net. Most of the fisheries such as the giant travelly (talakitok) and the blue marlin are hauled from the Pacific Ocean (Baler Bay). The municipality has one (1) organized Municipalities Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council (MFARMC) and 11 Barangay Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council. These Councils function as an advisory capacity to the LGU’s and is mandated to assist the enforcement of fishery laws, rules and regulations in municipal waters. There are 54 cooperator for brackish water fishpond and 20 for fresh water fishpond. Two (2) payaos were installed in the municipal waters within the jurisdiction of barangays Dianed and Borlongan, Likewise, 7 artificial reefs were installed at Ditale, and Gupa. The Municipality has a single tilapia hatchery located at Barangay Lipit. The municipal hatchery had sold a total of 18,000 fingerlings where the male to female ratio 1:3. TOURISM The lush forest cover, beautiful beaches and waterfalls of Dipaculao are potential for tourism development. These sites include the watershed and peripheral forest areas in Dianed and Diamanen. The pebbles present in the shore of Borlongan, and the boulder in Amper are interesting tourist sites, not to mention the white sand in Dinadiawan. The beaches along the shores of barangays Lipit, Lobbot and Mijares can developed to attract tourists. The municipality has a total of eleven waterfalls. Five of which can be found in Dibutunan (which include Lasso and Mano Falls, the other three are still unnamed) and three in Diamanen (Malat, Laccab and Camp Danny Falls). The other three can be found in the municipalities of Borlongan, Gupa and Dinadiawan. Forest hiking can also be included in the development of ecotourism. INFRASTRUCTURE SECTOR OVERVIEW Provisions for physical and social infrastructure are crucial in the economic development of any territory. Revenues collected from communication and transportation facilities, as well as other social services, help in the income generation of the municipality. The municipality of Dipaculao, which is turning in, somehow behind its adjacent municipalities of Baler is now experiencing infrastructure development. This chapter gives details and description of the present condition of the infrastructure and utilities present in the municipality of Dipaculao. TRANSPORTATION AND ROAD SYSTEM Efficient and reliable means of transportation in a certain area is very crucial in the community for its economic development. Transportation has increased a person’s mobility. Initially, one could walk about 20 miles a day, using a horse or bicycle would double or triple the range. Today one can travel halfway around the world in a day. Through increase mobility, one’s range of acquaintance can be worldwide. Business and professional interactions also can be a worldwide basis. With such wide scale travel opportunities, business and culture will never be the same. The municipality of Dipaculao is provided with sufficient roads, bridges, utilities, and other infrastructure system. The town has a total of 214.64 kilometers of road system of which 31.39 are concrete asphalt and 183.25 are gravel. Most of this road system connects the adjacent town with Dipaculao to further the interconnection and interactions with this municipality. The town has 6 passable bridges with Barangay Salay, Mijares, Lipit and Lobbot having a Reinforced Concrete Deck Gilder Bridge for heavy loads and for footbridge and a wooden bridge in Barangay Lipit and Salay respectively. The municipality has 92 passengers’ bus and jeepneys, 490 tricycle, 51 trucks, 32 vans, and 90 hand tractors available for transport and services. There are also 103 other means of transport like elf, motorbike and motorized bancas. WATER SUPPLY Every living creature in this world needs water to be able to live physically and decently. It is one of human’s basic needs. The supply of water therefore should be priorities among the utilities. The continuous supply of potable water for domestic and other uses must be realized. It is imperative for the local government to allocate all possible resources for the well being of the people in the community. Dipaculao, like the most municipalities of Aurora, is endowed with water resources such as springs and wells that can be used as potable water supply. A total of 7,638 water supply and sewerage system are found in the municipality. Of this total, 4,593 are water source and 3,039 are toilet and sewerage system. Most of the Barangay of the municipality readily tap abundant water source from wells, springs and even rainwater catchments while on the other hand, the Poblacion and the adjacent barangays enjoy piped water distribution. The Dipaculao Water District regulates and monitors the supply of the water in this Barangays. COMMUNICATION The municipality has one Postal Office, which serve as the major courier of mails and packages of the municipality of Dipaculao. It is located in the municipal hall compound in the North Poblacion. Letters to far-flung barangays are delivered through the Barangay officials. Notices are sent to the recipients for packages from abroad. This is an RCPI calling station in the Poblacion where long distance calls, both local and international, can be made. It provides communication services for the people of Dipaculao without going to Baler. The municipality has a total of 13 telegraph centers, which caters to long distance communication. There are two major wireless phone providers that service the area. The Smart telecommunication Company and the Globe Telecommunication Company serve 950 subscriber within the municipality of Dipaculao, national daily newspaper and magazine reach the municipality daily, usually in the afternoon. POWER SUPPLY Electricity is the one of the most basic on man nowadays. Its importance can account on the personal level (for example, household Aurora Electric Cooperative or AURELCO. Of the 25 barangays of Dipaculao, 22 have power lines and are being served by AURELCO. The 2,736 consumers in the 22 barangays consume a total of 117,067 amounting to a total of P 721,778.57. 2,555 are residential consumers, 76 are commercial users, and 6 are industrial consumers, 93 public building consumers and 6 for street lightning. The distributions of communication facilities utilized by the residents of the municipality of Dipaculao. A total of 68 generators are used by the other Barangay especially those who are not yet serve by the AURELCO and a total of 923 kerosene burners/lamps are used in alternative electricity. These numbers are now increasing as the development in the infrastructure sector, particularly in lighting the major roads in the municipality in the Poblacion and in adjacent barangays. SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL The municipality has a solid waste landfill site located at Barangay Toytoyan. The site is 2.6 hectares and is about 200 meters away from residential area and several tens of meters away from the nearest river of Abitunan. The landfill caters to the Poblacion, Puangi, Buenavista and Toytoyan up to the year 2010. In the early part of 1921, immigrants from central Luzon pioneered by the families of Nano Fabrigas and Español came into this large tract of virgin lands along the Pacific Coast via the jungle of Sierra Madre Mountains. Ilongots were the first inhabitants of the place. The municipality of Dipaculao was accidentally created when while the Ilongots were having festivities of thanksgiving to commemorate the abundance of hunting and harvesting, “Dipac”, the Ilongot chieftain was drunk with “Basi” and “Tuba”, kind of native wine, fell on the ground. The Ilocanos who were present saw him fell, shouted: “ni Dipac naulaw”, (Dipac got dizzy), hence born the name Dipaculao. On 27 November 1950, Dipaculao was formerly a barrio of the municipality of Baler. The late President Elpidio Quirino made it into an independent municipality thru Executive Order No. 375. The late Anacleto Mijares was the first municipal Mayor who administered the transition of the municipality. The municipality of Dipaculao was initially composed of 17 Barangays, viz: Poblacion, Mijares, Ipil, Salay, Bayabas, Mucdol, Buenavista, Diarabasin, Dibutunan, Borlongan, Dianed, Dinadiawan, Diamanen, Puangi, Lobbot, Toytoyan and Gupa. At present the municipality has twenty-five (25) barangays as a result of the addition of eight (8) more barangays including the split up of the Poblacion into two (2). The newly added barangays include the following: North Poblacion, South Poblacion, Laboy, Lipit, Maligaya, Sapang Kawayan, Diabuno, Diatale and Calaocan. In 1952 the late Juan Roque assumed office of the first elected Mayor of Dipaculao. The late Florentino Velasco succeeded him from 1954 to 1980. After the retirement of the undefeated Mayor Velasco, who serves for twenty-six (26) years, his son Salvador Velasco succeeded him. After the EDSA revolution on 1986, an appointed office-in-charge, Mr. Crispin Paulino replaces Mayor Salvador Velasco. On 11 may 1982, a local election was held and gave Mayor Velasco another opportunity to administer the affairs of the municipality of Dipaculao, winning by overwhelming votes. He holds the position up to 1998. The synchronized local and national election in 1998 resulted to the change of administration where the Hon. Danilo A. Tolentino was elected as the municipal Mayor of Dipaculao.
LOCAL OFFICIALS: Mayor Hon. Reynante A. Tolentino Vice Mayor Hon. Teresita A. Obillo Councilors Hon. Alan F. Tolentino Hon. Amelia I. Velasco Hon. Franklin J. Reyes Hon. Joanna Wilma C. Salamanca Hon. Lito V. Pascua Hon. Amado E. Supnet Hon. Nestor A. Gines Hon. Arturo A. Talavera BARANGAY OFFICIALS:
Brgy. Bayabas - Armando F. Orpiano, Sr. Brgy. Buenavista - Simeon R. Rabena, Jr. Brgy. Borlongan - Reynaldo A. Mallo, Sr. Brgy. Calaocan - Romulo B. Diesta Brgy. Diamanen - Antonio R. Solis Brgy. Dianed - Antonio A. Belen Brgy. Diarabasin - Ronnie V. Quematon Brgy. Dibutunan - Joel P. Mangitoy, Sr. Brgy. Dinadiawan - Ricardo Segundo Brgy. Ditale - Rolando Valino Brgy. Dimabuno - Max M. Magbual Brgy. Gupa - Dominador R. Garcia Brgy. Ipil - Ignacio S. Buli Brgy. Lipit - Igmidio O. Nidoy Brgy. Laboy - Loreto Balicha Brgy. Lobbot - Catalino A. Obillo Sr. Brgy. Maligaya - Manuel S. Agustin Brgy. Mucdol - Nolito D. Licaycay Brgy. Mijares - Jerry R. Gonzales Brgy. North Poblacion - Jose Paulino, Jr. Brgy. Puangi - Rogelio M. Bulet, Sr. Brgy. Sapangkawayan - Rafael C. Ignacio Brgy. Salay - Danilo S. Nidoy Brgy. South Poblacion - Espiridion S. Combis, Jr. Brgy. Toytoyan - Loreto Maningding 
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