# Sabangan

Sabangan, officially the Municipality of Sabangan is a municipality in the province of Mountain Province, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 9,621 people.

## History
### Chico River Dam Project

Sabangan was one of several municipalities in Mountain Province which would have been flooded by the Chico River Dam Project during the Marcos dictatorship, alongside Bauko, Bontoc, Sadanga, Sagada, and parts of Barlig. However, the indigenous peoples of Kalinga Province and Mountain Province resisted the project and when hostilities resulted in the murder of Macli-ing Dulag, the project became unpopular and was abandoned before Marcos was ousted by the 1986 People Power Revolution.

## Geography

Sabangan is 18 kilometres (11 mi) from the provincial capital Bontoc, 374 kilometres (232 mi) from Manila via Halsema Highway, and 22 kilometres (14 mi) from Sagada.

### Barangays

Sabangan is politically subdivided into 15 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
* Bao-angan
* Bun-ayan
* Busa
* Camatagan
* Capinitan
* Data
* Gayang
* Lagan
* Losad
* Namatec
* Napua
* Pingad
* Poblacion
* Supang
* Tambingan

## Climate

Climate data for Sabangan, Mountain Province :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 21 (70) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 26 (79) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 22 (72) | 24 (75) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 15 (59) | 15 (59) | 16 (61) | 18 (64) | 19 (66) | 19 (66) | 19 (66) | 19 (66) | 19 (66) | 18 (64) | 17 (63) | 16 (61) | 18 (63) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 35 (1.4) | 46 (1.8) | 63 (2.5) | 117 (4.6) | 402 (15.8) | 400 (15.7) | 441 (17.4) | 471 (18.5) | 440 (17.3) | 258 (10.2) | 94 (3.7) | 68 (2.7) | 2,835 (111.6) |
| Average rainy days | 9.9 | 19.5 | 13.9 | 18.9 | 26.0 | 27.3 | 28.9 | 28.5 | 26.1 | 19.7 | 14.5 | 12.8 | 246 |
| Source: Meteoblue (modeled/calculated data, not measured locally) ||||||||||||||

## Demographics

| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1903 | 49 | — |
| 1918 | 3,092 | +31.83% |
| 1939 | 4,706 | +2.02% |
| 1948 | 4,581 | −0.30% |
| 1960 | 8,900 | +5.69% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1970 | 6,517 | −3.06% |
| 1975 | 7,599 | +3.13% |
| 1980 | 8,194 | +1.52% |
| 1990 | 8,083 | −0.14% |
| 1995 | 8,609 | +1.19% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 2000 | 8,728 | +0.29% |
| 2007 | 9,098 | +0.57% |
| 2010 | 8,741 | −1.45% |
| 2015 | 9,315 | +1.22% |
| 2020 | 9,621 | +0.64% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority :

## Economy

Poverty incidence of Sabangan
* 10
* 20
* 30
* 40
* 50
* 2000 40.11
* 2003 30.81
* 2006 11.40
* 2009 26.04
* 2012 10.91
* 2015 19.07
* 2018 14.04
* 2021 17.34
* Source: Philippine Statistics Authority

## Government
### Local government

Sabangan, belonging to the lone congressional district of the province of Mountain Province, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.

### Elected officials

Members of the Municipal Council (2019–2022):
* Congressman: Maximo Y. Dalog Jr.
* Mayor: Marcial C. Lawilao Jr.
* Vice-Mayor: Rodolfo L. Mencion
* Councilors:
** Henrico B. Boguilis
** Roman B. Bacog
** Roger C. Bas-ilen
** Enrique G. Litilit
** Gabin Rhey G. Sudicalan
** William M. Malamion
** Minverva V. Lipawen
** Crispin P. Altaki