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Toledo
City of Toledo
Aerial view of Toledo
Aerial view of Toledo
Flag of Toledo
Official seal of Toledo
Anthem: Toledo City, in my heart
Map of Cebu with Toledo highlighted
Map of Cebu with Toledo highlighted
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Toledo is located in Philippines
Toledo
Toledo
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°23′N 123°39′E / 10.38°N 123.65°E / 10.38; 123.65
CountryPhilippines
RegionCentral Visayas
ProvinceCebu
District 3rd district
Founded1861
CityhoodJune 19, 1960
Barangays38 (see Barangays)
Government
[1]
 • TypeSangguniang Panlungsod
 • MayorMarjorie Perales (1Cebu)
 • Vice MayorJay B. Sigue (1Cebu)
 • RepresentativePablo John F. Garcia
 • City Council
Members
 • Electorate120,481 voters (2022)
Area
 • Total
216.28 km2 (83.51 sq mi)
Elevation
109 m (358 ft)
Highest elevation
981 m (3,219 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[3]
 • Total
207,314
 • Density960/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
 • Households
48,813
Economy
 • Income class3rd city income class
 • Poverty incidence
32.38
% (2021)[4]
 • Revenue₱ 1,818 million (2020)
 • Assets₱ 6,382 million (2020)
 • Expenditure₱ 1,640 million (2020)
 • Liabilities₱ 1,365 million (2020)
Service provider
 • ElectricityCebu 3 Electric Cooperative (CEBECO 3)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
6038
PSGC
IDD:area code+63 (0)32
Native languagesCebuano
Tagalog
Notable FestivalHinulawan Festival-every June 12
Patron saintJohn of Sahagun
Named afterToledo, Spain
Websitetoledocity.gov.ph

Toledo (/təˈlɛd/ tə-LED-oh), officially the City of Toledo (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Toledo; Filipino: Lungsod ng Toledo), is a component city in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 207,314 people.[3]

Toledo City is bordered to the north by the town of Balamban, to the west is the Tañon Strait, to the east is Cebu City and Naga and the town of Minglanilla, and to the south is the town of Pinamungajan.

On June 18, 1960, Toledo became a chartered city under Republic Act No. 2688.[5]

Its patron saint is John of Sahagun and his feast day is celebrated every June 12.[6]

Toledo is 67 kilometres (42 mi) from Cebu City, 37 kilometres (23 mi) from Talisay, and 35 kilometres (22 mi) from Naga. It is widely known for its huge mining industry owned by Atlas Consolidated Mining and Development Corporation, which is the umbrella of Carmen Copper Corporation and its Toledo Mine.[7]

History

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Founders of Hinulawan

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Toledo City came from Old Hinulawan and New Hinulawan. Old Hinulawan, presently called Daanglungsod, was founded by Mariano Libre, Fulgencio Lebumfacil, Areston Macapaz, Adriano Blanco, and Tranquilino Blanco.

New Hinulawan, presently called Toledo (on the present site), was founded by Fermin Poloyapoy, Máximo Macapobre, Jacinto López, Jestoni P. Estrada,Servando de Jesus, Juan Libre, Agapito Nieves, Francisco Blanco,Geresola,Compra,Amaquin, Paraba,Concina,Camoro,Laspoña, and Sñr. Noel Dayot

Destruction of Old Hinulawan

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On June 3, 1863 a series of earthquakes shook Hinulawan. The first tremor toppled the newly built school, leveled several houses to the ground, and caused the church facade to collapse. It caused injuries and death to several residents from falling debris.

The quake that followed brought greater damage: complete destruction of the church and the convent; cracking of the lowlands in all directions; crumbling of the stonewalls along the Hinulawan river bank; and sagging of the ground, causing water from the sea and the river to rush in and flood the settlement to waist level.

A third temblor totally destroyed Pueblo Hinulawan.

The survivors were rescued by residents of neighboring highland localities.

New Hinulawan

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The refugees who survived the Hinulawan earthquakes slowly rebuilt their lives in the days that followed. With the help of the people of Barangay Tubod, some of the survivors cleared portions of the virgin forest and plateau in the vicinity of Tubod and constructed houses with roof made of cogon grass. Those who did now want to live in the new clearings built their homes at the foot of the Tubod highlands. They buried their dead in a cemetery in a certain part of the plateau not far from where they lived.

The area occupied by this particular group, a majority of the survivors, subsequently evolved into the New Hinulawan.

A minority of the refugees decided to migrate to other places: the hinterlands of Da-o, Bulok-bulok, Landahan, and Sam-ang as well as the pioneering settlements in the seafronts of Cabito-onan and Batohanon.

In those days pirate attacks against pueblos situated near the shores of Tañon Strait were rampant. To protect themselves against such attacks, the residents of New Hinulawan built a baluarte, or bulwark, made of chopped stone blocks piled along the shoreline. With the passage of time, however, the bulwark became dilapidated and fell apart, its remnants forever buried in the sand during the construction of the first municipio, or Municipal Hall building. The municipio itself was destroyed by Philippine Commonwealth troops and Cebuano guerrillas in World War II.

Many years later, a few among those who resettled in New Hinulawan decided to return to their former homes in Old Hinulawan when the depressed lowlands gradually became habitable. Old Hinulawan is the present-day Barangay Daanglungsod.

The majority who opted to remain in New Hinulawan worked hard to regain the prosperity they had achieved before Old Hinulawan was wiped out by catastrophe.

Pueblo Toledo

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Two significant events happened in mid-1869 which led to the change of name of New Hinulawan:

Carlos María de la Torre (1869-1872) became the new Spanish Governor-general of the Philippines. Father Mariano Brazal (1869-1876), who championed the Filipinization of parishes, assumed the duties as parish priest of New Hinulawan, replacing Father Servando Seoane who was transferred to another parish. Fr. Brazal and the new Governor-general were proponents of political liberalism which was on the rise in Spain during that period following the fall of Queen Isabel II.

Meanwhile, the alcalde mayor of Cebu (equivalent to the modern-day Cebu Provincial Governor), Esteban Perez, was the boyhood friend of governor-general De la Torre in their hometown Toledo, Spain. Perez was married to a Philippine woman and used to spend his vacation with his family in Talavera, a part of New Hinulawan, where he owned a beach resort. He and Fr. Brazal were also good friends.

A welcome banquet was given in the governor-general's palace in Manila in the evening of July 12, 1869 which was attended by students, priests, and Filipino leaders to express their gratitude to De la Torre's liberal policies.

During that happy occasion Carlos Maria de la Torre and Esteban Perez had the opportunity to reminisce their boyhood days in Spain in the presence of Fr. Mariano Brazal. In the course of their recollection of the happy past, Perez told the governor-general about New Hinulawan and his special affection for the place because his Filipina wife was a native of Talavera, a barangay of New Hinulawan. He told De la Torre about how similar the environment of New Hinulawan was to their homeland Toledo, Spain and how the winding river of Hinulawan was comparable to Rio Tagus Tajo in Spain.

That evening Perez and Fr. Brazal recommended to the governor-general that the name of New Hinulawan be changed to Toledo.

Governor-general De la Torre delightfully approved the recommendation at once. He even announced to all people present in the banquet the promulgation of a decree changing the name of pueblo New Hinulawan in the province of Cebu into pueblo Toledo, the name of his beloved birthplace in Spain.

Second World War

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In 1942 the Japanese Imperial forces captured and occupied the town of Toledo.

In 1945, local Filipino forces of the Philippine Commonwealth Army from the 8th, 82nd, 83rd, 85th and 86th Infantry Division aided by Cebuano guerrilla resistance fighters, battled against the Japanese Imperial forces and liberated the town of Toledo.

Cityhood

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On June 19, 1960, Toledo became a chartered city under Republic Act No. 2688. It was made into a city through the efforts of then Congressman Manuel A. Zosa, representative of the old Sixth District Cebu, who authored Republic Act No. 2688.[5]

Although not as progressive as Cebu's other cities, it is unique in that it is the only city in the province on the western seaboard facing Negros Oriental – and therefore strategically located. (Danao, Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu, Cebu City, Talisay, Naga, and Carcar are on the east. One more city, Bogo, is in the north, on the eastern side.)

Shrine of Saint Pedro Calungsod

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Following the canonization on October 21, 2012, of Visayan teen martyr Pedro Calungsod (1672), the hilltop parish of Cantabaco became the first shrine and church named after the second Filipino saint.[8]

Geography

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Malubog Lake

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Toledo has been the source of water for Metro Cebu, Cebu City Water District. It uses Vacuum Type Water Systems, the Pipes from this lake go up the mountain and go down to Cebu Proper, Malubog Lake is situated and located more higher than Cebu City Proper.

Barangays

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It is composed of thirty-eight (38) barangays, ten (10) of which are urban and twenty-eight (28) are rural barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.


PSGC Barangay Population ±% p.a.
2020[3] 2010[9]
072251001 Awihao 2.0% 4,207 3,823 0.96%
072251002 Bagakay 1.2% 2,485 1,690 3.93%
072251003 Bato 3.9% 8,173 7,585 0.75%
072251004 Biga 1.6% 3,327 2,076 4.83%
072251005 Bulongan 1.3% 2,647 2,359 1.16%
072251006 Bunga 1.9% 3,868 3,409 1.27%
072251007 Cabitoonan 2.0% 4,154 3,782 0.94%
072251008 Calongcalong 0.7% 1,535 1,327 1.47%
072251009 Cambang‑ug 1.8% 3,668 3,537 0.36%
072251010 Camp 8 1.2% 2,529 1,776 3.60%
072251011 Canlumampao 2.0% 4,170 3,523 1.70%
072251012 Cantabaco 3.5% 7,304 6,638 0.96%
072251013 Capitan Claudio 2.1% 4,311 3,877 1.07%
072251014 Carmen 1.9% 3,858 3,505 0.96%
072251015 Daanglungsod 1.4% 2,933 2,802 0.46%
072251016 Don Andres Soriano (Lutopan) 6.2% 12,764 15,333 −1.82%
072251017 Dumlog 2.6% 5,288 4,155 2.44%
072251024 Gen. Climaco (Malubog) 3.1% 6,337 5,521 1.39%
072251018 Ibo 1.8% 3,699 3,602 0.27%
072251019 Ilihan 1.5% 3,206 3,344 −0.42%
072251023 Juan Climaco, Sr. (Magdugo) 3.0% 6,279 5,568 1.21%
072251020 Landahan 1.1% 2,183 1,810 1.89%
072251021 Loay 0.7% 1,501 1,452 0.33%
072251022 Luray II 2.2% 4,640 4,391 0.55%
072251025 Matab‑ang 4.8% 9,868 9,124 0.79%
072251026 Media Once 3.4% 7,128 6,477 0.96%
072251027 Pangamihan 1.1% 2,333 1,653 3.51%
072251028 Poblacion 6.5% 13,383 13,492 −0.08%
072251029 Poog 2.9% 5,989 5,665 0.56%
072251030 Putingbato 0.7% 1,413 1,448 −0.24%
072251031 Sagay 0.6% 1,145 1,605 −3.32%
072251032 Sam‑ang 0.8% 1,719 1,649 0.42%
072251033 Sangi 2.0% 4,201 3,835 0.92%
072251034 Santo Niño (Mainggit) 2.6% 5,316 4,320 2.10%
072251035 Subayon 0.7% 1,432 1,153 2.19%
072251036 Talavera 2.9% 6,041 4,972 1.97%
072251038 Tubod 2.0% 4,128 3,329 2.17%
072251037 Tungkay 0.6% 1,173 1,471 −2.24%
Total 207,314 157,078 2.81%

Climate

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Climate data for Toledo City, Cebu
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 28
(82)
29
(84)
30
(86)
31
(88)
31
(88)
30
(86)
30
(86)
30
(86)
30
(86)
29
(84)
29
(84)
28
(82)
30
(85)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 23
(73)
23
(73)
23
(73)
24
(75)
25
(77)
25
(77)
25
(77)
25
(77)
25
(77)
25
(77)
24
(75)
23
(73)
24
(75)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 70
(2.8)
49
(1.9)
62
(2.4)
78
(3.1)
138
(5.4)
201
(7.9)
192
(7.6)
185
(7.3)
192
(7.6)
205
(8.1)
156
(6.1)
111
(4.4)
1,639
(64.6)
Average rainy days 13.4 10.6 13.1 14.5 24.2 27.9 28.4 27.7 27.1 27.4 22.5 15.9 252.7
Source: Meteoblue [10]

Demographics

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Population census of Toledo
YearPop.±% p.a.
1903 12,929—    
1918 25,244+4.56%
1939 34,413+1.49%
1948 39,225+1.46%
1960 63,881+4.15%
1970 67,727+0.59%
1975 76,521+2.48%
1980 91,668+3.68%
1990 119,970+2.73%
1995 121,469+0.23%
2000 141,174+3.28%
2007 152,960+1.11%
2010 157,078+0.97%
2015 170,335+1.56%
2020 207,314+3.94%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[11][9][12]

Economy

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Poverty incidence of Toledo

10
20
30
40
2006
34.30
2009
31.54
2012
18.89
2015
21.94
2018
17.20
2021
32.38

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

Toledo City is known as the "Copper City". Carmen Copper Corporation a subsidiary of Atlas Consolidated Mining and Development Corporation operates the Toledo Copper mine covering 1,674 hectares. The mine is located in Barangay Don Andres Soriano (Lutopan), Toledo City. The copper concentrate are shipped and delivered mainly to smelting factories in China, India and Japan.

Aside from mining, Toledo City is also known as the "Power City" as a handful of power providers are located in the city. Global Business Power Corporation (GBP) is a holding company that has become the leading energy provider in the Visayas region. It owns Toledo Power Co. (TPC) which owns a 60 MW and 82 MW coal-fired power plants in Barangay Daanlungsod and a 40 MW diesel plant in Carmen; and Cebu Energy Development Corporation (CEDC), a 246 MW clean coal-fired power plant utilizing Circulating Fluidized Bed (CFB) boiler technology also located in Barangay Daanlungsod. Another coal-fired power plant is AboitizPower subsidiary Therma Visayas, Inc.(TVI) which has a net capacity of 300 MW located in Bato, Toledo City. Aside from coal-fired power plants, a 60 MW solar power plant is located in a 73-hectare property in Barangay Talavera owned by First Toledo Solar Energy Corporation a subsidiary of Citicore Power Inc. a community-focused renewable energy company. The National Grid Corporation (NGCP) currently has two substations in Toledo City located in Barangay Calong-calong and Magdugo.

Other companies in Toledo City include Atlas Fertilizer Corporation and San-Vic Agro-Builders, Inc. to name a few.

Shopping malls are also present in Toledo like Gaisano Grand, Gaisano Metro and Prince Warehouse Club.

Leisure time

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The barangays of Cantabaco and Poog [21] have limestone cliffs that local climbers have developed into popular crags for sport climbing.[22]

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Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ City of Toledo | (DILG)
  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. ^ a b c Census of Population (2020). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  4. ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. April 2, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Republic Act No. 2688 (June 18, 1960), Charter of the City of Toledo
  6. ^ "Brief History of the Parish".
  7. ^ Carmen Copper Corporation
  8. ^ Philippine Star 2012.
  9. ^ a b Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region VII (Central Visayas)" (PDF). Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  10. ^ "Toledo: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  11. ^ Census of Population (2015). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  12. ^ Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region VII (Central Visayas)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.
  13. ^ "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  14. ^ "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. November 29, 2005.
  15. ^ "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. March 23, 2009.
  16. ^ "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. August 3, 2012.
  17. ^ "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. May 31, 2016.
  18. ^ "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. July 10, 2019.
  19. ^ "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. December 15, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
  20. ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. April 2, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  21. ^ Poog Crag: A Brand-New Rock Climbing Destination in a Tropical Paradise
  22. ^ Adrenaline Romance, Cantabaco

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