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Oslob
Flag of Oslob
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CountryPhilippines
RegionNegros Island Region
Founded1848
Barangays(see Barangays)
Government
 [1]
 • MayorRonald L. Guaren (1Cebu)
 • Vice MayorRoger O. Trapa (NUP)
 • RepresentativeEdsel A. Galeos
 • Municipal Council
Members
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Highest elevation
726 m (2,382 ft)
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Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
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Oslob, officially the Municipality of Oslob (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Oslob; Tagalog: Bayan ng Oslob), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 29,264 people.[3]

Oslob is bordered to the north by the town of Boljoon, to the west are the towns of Ginatilan and Samboan, to the east is the Cebu Strait, and to the south is the town of Santander. It is 116 kilometres (72 mi) from Cebu City.

Geography

Topography

Generally, the area's topography is hilly and rolling, dominated by open grasslands and second-growth forests. There are fairly level and rolling plateaus and valleys spread throughout the interior. These are some of the most suitable areas for upland agriculture. The highest mountain peak is 800 metres (2,600 ft) above sea level.

Soil Type

Faraon clay steep phase; Medellin clay Lugo clay

Land Classification

Land utilization
Category Land Area
ha acres
Classified Forest / Reservation / Timberland 9,619 23,770 71.4%  
Arable Area 5,045 12,470 37.4%  
Certified Alienable / Disposable Land 1,563 3,860 11.6%  
Industrial 242 600 1.8%  
Residential 220 540 1.6%  
Unclassified Forest Land / Wilderness 66 160 0.5%  
Commercial 13 32 0.1%  
National Parks / Playgrounds 6 15 0.0%  
Roads 0 0 0.0%
Wildlife / Military Reserve Land 0 0 0.0%

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Barangays

Tumalog Falls

Oslob is politically subdivided into 21 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.


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PSGC Barangay Population ±% p.a.
?[3] 2010[4]
072235001 Alo Formatting error: invalid input when rounding% 1,196 1,389 ▾
072235002 Bangcogon Formatting error: invalid input when rounding% 1,231 952 ▴
072235003 Bonbon Formatting error: invalid input when rounding% 1,555 1,226 ▴
072235004 Calumpang Formatting error: invalid input when rounding% 1,024 941 ▴
072235005 Canangca‑an Formatting error: invalid input when rounding% 481 603 ▾
072235009 Cansalo‑ay Formatting error: invalid input when rounding% 681 487 ▴
072235007 Can‑ukban Formatting error: invalid input when rounding% 584 525 ▴
072235006 Cañang Formatting error: invalid input when rounding% 1,009 1,010 ▾
072235010 Daanlungsod Formatting error: invalid input when rounding% 1,736 1,556 ▴
072235011 Gawi Formatting error: invalid input when rounding% 1,876 1,509 ▴
072235012 Hagdan Formatting error: invalid input when rounding% 731 670 ▴
072235014 Lagunde Formatting error: invalid input when rounding% 3,273 2,829 ▴
072235015 Looc Formatting error: invalid input when rounding% 1,183 1,048 ▴
072235016 Luka Formatting error: invalid input when rounding% 1,210 1,106 ▴
072235017 Mainit Formatting error: invalid input when rounding% 1,339 1,312 ▴
072235018 Manlum Formatting error: invalid input when rounding% 411 456 ▾
072235019 Nueva Caceres Formatting error: invalid input when rounding% 1,189 991 ▴
072235020 Poblacion Formatting error: invalid input when rounding% 4,446 4,037 ▴
072235021 Pungtod Formatting error: invalid input when rounding% 1,567 1,421 ▴
072235023 Tan‑awan Formatting error: invalid input when rounding% 1,512 1,169 ▴
072235024 Tumalog Formatting error: invalid input when rounding% 1,030 879 ▴
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Climate

Climate data for Oslob, Cebu
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) 		32
(90) 		31
(88) 		30
(86) 		30
(86) 		30
(86) 		30
(86) 		29
(84) 		29
(84) 		29
(84) 		30
(86)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 23
(73) 		23
(73) 		23
(73) 		24
(75) 		25
(77) 		25
(77) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		23
(73) 		24
(75)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 35
(1.4) 		28
(1.1) 		38
(1.5) 		51
(2.0) 		125
(4.9) 		195
(7.7) 		194
(7.6) 		173
(6.8) 		180
(7.1) 		192
(7.6) 		121
(4.8) 		64
(2.5) 		1,396
(55)
Average rainy days 9.2 8.2 9.9 11.3 22.5 27.3 28.0 27.2 27.1 26.9 19.7 12.7 230
Source: Meteoblue[5]

The municipality of Oslob belongs to Coronas climate type III with a dry season from February to September and the wet season from October.

Demographics

Population census of Oslob
YearPop.±% p.a.
YearPop.±% p.a.
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[6][4][7]

Economy

Poverty incidence of

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Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[8]

Public Markets: 2

Toslob Festival

The official festival of Oslob is the annual Toslob Festival which coincides with the feast of the Immaculate Concepcion in December.[9]

The official was originally named Sadsad Festival (which started as a barangay festival of Poblacion) and then was renamed to Sadsadayon Festival, but was changed again to Toslob Festival.

Tourist attractions

Baluarte

Baluarte

The Baluarte (Spanish for watchtower) of Oslob was built in 1788. Its main purpose was to provide a safe place wherein guards could observe the surrounding area. It was a part of the defense system in dispelling the Moro raiders of the past, which included 6 other watchtowers along the coastline of Oslob.[10] Just near the cuartel, are the ruins of an ancient watchtower. So effective was this system that in 1815, the townspeople of Oslob were able to repel one such attack and remain at peace ever since. This prompted them to relocate the town to its present site from their fortified settlement in Daanglungsod, which is now in ruins but still breathtaking.[10]

Church of the Immaculate Conception

Immaculate Conception Parish Church

Oslob was established as a visita of Boljoon in 1690 and became an independent parish in 1848 with the Immaculate Conception as its patroness. The present-day church of cut coral stone was started in 1830 and finished 18 years later. The buttresses were added between 1848 and 1850. The adjacent bell tower was built in 1858. The church was burned down during the Second World War liberating Philippine Commonwealth troops and Cebuano guerillas against the Japanese in Oslob in 1945, and 1955 but was eventually restored.

Outside the walls are the remains of a watchtower, one of the many that line the southeastern coast of Cebu.

The church is connected to the parish house or convento which still has its original clay-tiled roof. Across the road from the church is the former mortuary chapel with a pediment decorated with a relief of a human skeleton. North of the complex is a small road that leads to the old cemetery.

In 2008, a fire gutted the 19th-century church's interior, including the altar and adjacent rectory, but it spared the image of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception, which is inside a glass case, and the 73 other icons near the door to the bell tower.[11]

Cuartel

Old Spanish Cuartel

Located front right of the church of Oslob, just outside the perimeter stone fence and near the sea, at the intersection of Calle Aeternidad and the end of Calle Aragones, stands an unfinished building made of coral blocks resembling a Spanish-era barracks. This was intended to be the cuartel, barracks for Spanish soldiers or guardia civil. It was started about 1860, but remained unfinished at the end of Spanish occupation in 1898.[12]

Sumilon Island

Sumilon Island is a 24-hectare (59-acre) coral island off the coast of Bancogon, Oslob, Cebu.[13] The island hosts the Sumilon Bluewater Island Resort.[14]

The island of Sumilon is located in the southeastern tip of Oslob. It is the first marine protected area in the Philippines; created as a marine sanctuary in 1974 under the guidance of the Silliman University Marine Reserve of Dumaguete in the nearby province of Negros Oriental.[15]

Sumilon has four major dive sites, which are Garden Eel Plaza, Nikki's Wall, Coral Landscape and Julie's Rock. The island's diving sites are famous for their superb visibility, stunning reefs and abundance of varied tropical marine species that provide an ideal and memorable dive. There are occasional sightings of black tip sharks during dives. A popular attraction in Sumilon Island is its sandbar because of its changing shapes and shifting locations around the island depending on the season. Other places of interest in the island are a natural lagoon with high mangroves and natural caves used by fishermen to seek refuge during storms, and a lake. On the south portion of the island, a lighthouse rests on a protected tree park, and beside it is a "baluarte", a historical watchtower built as part of a warning system to thwart slavers and marauders in the 19th century.[16]

Besides diving, there is also bird-watching, picnicking, fishing, hiking, island tours, paddling and trekking. The island is 125 kilometres (78 mi) from Cebu City and separated from the mainland by the Cebu Strait. It is also close to Dumaguete in the nearby island province of Negros Oriental.

From the port of Oslob, there are various boats to the island. Another route to Sumilon Island is via Dumaguete since it is also close to the island.[17]

Whale shark watching

The whale shark in Oslob

Whale sharks can be spotted in Tan‑awan which is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the center of the town. It has become a popular tourist attraction. Local fishermen feed the whale sharks by hand which tourists find entertaining.

In the vicinity of whale shark swimming is a recent attraction: Tumalog Falls. Most tourists and visitors who go whale shark swimming in Tanawan usually include this waterfall in their itinerary.[18]

Tumalog Falls

Tumalog Falls, also called as "Toslob falls" or "Mag-ambak falls", is situated in barangay Luka. It takes approximately three and a half hours to get to the area from Cebu City.[19]

Transportation

  • National Road: 20.00 kilometres (12.4 mi)
  • Provincial Road: 22.00 kilometres (13.7 mi)
  • Municipal Road : 5.75 kilometres (3.6 mi)
  • Barangay Road : 32.50 kilometres (20.2 mi)

Education

The public schools in the town of Oslob are administered by one school district under the Schools Division of Cebu Province.

Elementary schools:

  • Agutay Elementary School — Can-ukban
  • Alo Elementary School — Alo
  • Bancogon Primary School — Bangcogon
  • Cañang Elementary School — Cañang
  • Canangcaan Elementary School — Canangca-an
  • Daanlungsod Elementary School — Calumpang
  • Gawi Elementary School — Gawi
  • Hagdan Elementary School — Hagdan
  • Looc Elementary School — Looc
  • Mainit Elementary School — Mainit
  • Manlum Primary School — Manlum
  • Nueva Caceres Elementary School — Nueva Caceres
  • Oslob Central Elementary School — N. Bacalso Avenue, Poblacion
  • Tan-awan Elementary School — Tan-awan

High schools:

  • Cañang-Marcelo Luna National High School — Sitio Sayaw, Cañang
  • Oslob National High School — N. Bacalso Avenue, Poblacion
  • Pungtod National High School — Pungtod
  • Tan-awan National High School — Tan-awan

Integrated schools:

  • Cansaloay Integrated School — Cansaloay
  • Tumalog Integrated School — Tumalog

Private schools:

  • St. Mary's Academy — J.P. Rizal Street, Poblacion

References

  1. ^
  2. ^ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  3. ^ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Census of Population (2020). Table B - Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City, and Municipality - By Region. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ 4.0 4.1 Census of Population and Housing (2010). Population and Annual Growth Rates for The Philippines and Its Regions, Provinces, and Highly Urbanized Cities (PDF). National Statistics Office. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Oslob: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  6. ^ Census of Population (2015). Highlights of the Philippine Population 2015 Census of Population. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  7. ^ Censuses of Population (1903–2007). Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Region: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.
  8. ^ "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  9. ^ Department of Tourism 2015.
  10. ^ 10.0 10.1 Cabigas 2009.
  11. ^ Inquirer 2008.
  12. ^ Cabigas 2008.
  13. ^ 9°25′58″N 123°23′09″E / 9.43278°N 123.38583°E / 9.43278; 123.38583
  14. ^ Henares 2010.
  15. ^ Alcala & Russ (2006) cited in "Apo and Sumilon Islands, Philippines". Protect Planet Ocean. 2009. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011.
  16. ^ sparksph (2022-06-04). "Sumilon Island and Sandbar in Cebu". Suroy.ph. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
  17. ^ Everything Cebu 2011.
  18. ^ Cabigas 2014.
  19. ^ Sparks, Ph (June 6, 2022). "Tumalog Falls is an Amazing Falls in Oslob, Cebu". Suroy.ph.

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