# Gutalac

Gutalac, officially the Municipality of Gutalac (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Gutalac; Subanen: Benwa Gutalac; Chavacano: Municipalidad de Gutalac; Tagalog: Bayan ng Gutalac), is a municipality in the province of Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 36,090 people.

## History

Records show that the territories comprising the municipality was supposedly part of a municipality to be known as Panganuran, which was created through Executive Order No. 116 signed by President Diosdado Macapagal on October 1, 1964 upon separation of nine "barrios and sitios" of Labason. The seat of government was designated at then Barrio Gutalac. It is uncertain if either the territory existed for a while or the order was not implemented.
By virtue of Batas Pambansa Blg. 19 issued on March 6, 1979, the municipality of Gutalac was organized upon separation of ten barangays in the western part of Labason, with Barangay Gutalac the seat of government. A plebiscite was held on April 17. It was officially created on December 22.

## Geography
### Barangays

Gutalac is politically subdivided into 33 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
* Bacong
* Bagong Silang
* Banganon
* Bayanihan
* Buenavista
* Canupong
* Cocob
* Datagan
* Imelda
* Immaculada Concepcion
* La Libertad
* Loay
* Lower Lux
* Lux
* Malian
* Mamawan
* Map
* Matunoy
* New Dapitan
* Panganuran
* Pitawe
* Pitogo
* Poblacion (Gutalac)
* Salvador
* San Isidro
* San Juan
* San Roque
* San Vicente
* Santo Niño
* Sas
* Sibalic
* Tipan
* Upper Gutalac

### Climate

Climate data for Gutalac, Zamboanga del Norte :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) | 29 (83) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (74) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 98 (3.9) | 78 (3.1) | 116 (4.6) | 115 (4.5) | 222 (8.7) | 281 (11.1) | 272 (10.7) | 282 (11.1) | 237 (9.3) | 258 (10.2) | 180 (7.1) | 108 (4.3) | 2,247 (88.6) |
| Average rainy days | 19.6 | 18.6 | 21.8 | 22.9 | 29.0 | 28.6 | 28.7 | 28.3 | 27.0 | 28.6 | 25.9 | 22.1 | 301.1 |
| Source: Meteoblue ||||||||||||||

### Famous Landmark

Manungos Hill is visited due to its overlooking view of the area.

## Economy

Poverty incidence of Gutalac
* 10
* 20
* 30
* 40
* 50
* 60
* 70
* 80
* 2000 69.19
* 2003 73.47
* 2006 71.10
* 2009 70.41
* 2012 67.40
* 2015 61.40
* 2018 59.66
* 2021 57.35
* Source: Philippine Statistics Authority

## Schools

There are 33 public elementary, three (3) basic high and one (1) senior high school in Gutalac.

### Elementary Schools

Source:

#### Gutalac I

* Banganon ES
* Canuto Enerio ES
* Datagan ES
* Gutalac CS
* La Libertad ES
* Lower Lux ES
* Lux ES
* Matunoy PS
* Panganuran ES
* Pitogo ES
* Rosalina M. Carloto Mem. ES
* San Isidro ES
* San Juan ES
* San Roque ES
* San Vicente ES
* Sibalic ES

#### Gutalac II

* Bacong ES
* Bagong Silang ES
* Bayanihan ES
* Buenavista ES
* Canupong PS
* Cocob ES
* Gacsod ES
* Immaculada Concepcion ES
* Malian PS
* Mamawan ES

### Basic High School

Source:
* Gutalac National High School
* Gutalac National High School- Canuto Enerio Ext.
* Gutalac National High School - Mamawan Annex

### Senior High School

* Riverside Community School (General Academic Strand)