Mayantoc, Tarlac

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Mayantoc
Municipality

Mayantoc Town Hall

Seal

Map of Tarlac showing the location of Mayantoc

Mayantoc
Location within the Philippines

Coordinates:

1537N 12023ECoordinates:

1537N 12023E

Country

Philippines

Region

Central Luzon (Region III)

Province

Tarlac

District

1st District

Founded

1917

Barangays

24 (see Barangays)

Government[1]
Mayor

Iluminado E. Pobre Jr.

Area[2]
Total

311.42 km2 (120.24 sq mi)

Population (2010)[3]
Total

29,987

Density

96/km2 (250/sq mi)

Time zone

PHT (UTC+8)

ZIP code

2304

IDD-Area code

45

Income class

3rd class[4]

Website

www.mayantoc.gov.ph

Mayantoc is a third class municipality in the province of Tarlac, Philippines. According to the 2010
census, it has a population of 29,987 people.[3] It is nestled on the foothills of the Zambales
Mountains where the Camiling River originates and provides many scenic picnic and swimming
sites, making it known as the summer capital of the province. The most common road to Mayantoc
starts at "Crossing Mayantoc", at the national highway to Camiling, Tarlac just after the Tarlac
College of Agriculture campus.
Contents
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1Barangays
2History
3Demographics
4Points of interest
5Images
6References
7External links

Barangays[edit]
Mayantoc is administratively divided into 24 barangays:
Name

PSGC code[2]

pop. (2010)[3]

Ambalingit

036908001

636

Baybayaoas

036908002

419

Bigbiga

036908003

1,350

Binbinaca

036908004

563

Calabtangan

036908005

574

Caocaoayan

036908006

643

Carabaoan

036908007

820

Cubcub

036908008

486

Name

PSGC code[2]

pop. (2010)[3]

Gayonggayong

036908009

414

GoSo0D

036908010

767

Labney

036908011

922

Mamonit

036908012

2,305

Maniniog

036908013

755

Mapandan

036908014

1,406

Nambalan

036908015

1,443

Pedro L. Quines

036908016

1,794

Pitombayog

036908017

2,089

Poblacion Norte

036908018

3,367

Poblacion Sur

036908019

3,077

Rotrottooc

036908020

1,172

San Bartolome

036908021

1,576

San Jose

036908022

1,547

Name

Taldiapan

PSGC code[2]

pop. (2010)[3]

036908023

700

Tangcarang (Melecio Manganaan) 036908024

1,162

History[edit]
The first settlers of Mayantoc before the coming of Christian migrants were the negritos of
the Abiling tribe. As they arrived in great numbers, so the natives were soon forced to move deeper
into the forest areas of the Zambales mountain range.
The Christian settlers, mostly came from the Ilocos region, notably the towns of Cabugao, Tagudin,
Sarrat, Paoay, Sinait and Bacarra settled in villages in the southern portion of the thriving town of
Camiling, acknowledged as the mother town of Mayantoc. These villages later formed the barangay
of Mayantoc under the township of Camiling. The place was still a forested area whererattan was
abundant, a palm known by visitor traders as Yantoc, so that in time the barangay became known
as Na Maraming Yantoc the place of yantoc later just Ma-Yantoc. As the barangay progressed
and grew in the size and population, its inhabitants retained "Mayantoc" as its official name.
In an effort to convert the barangay of Mayantoc into a town, a petition signed by the inhabitants was
sent to the proper authorities on 23 December 1916, with title deeds of several parcels of lands
attached for the proposed school, market, plaza and town hall sites.
There were many others who helped in the birth of the new town, including Governor Gardner and
Representative Luis Morales. Don Sergio Osmena, the speaker of House of Representative also
helped in the granting of the people's petition. Then the American Governor General Francisco
Burton Harrison promulgated Executive Order No. 96 declaring Mayantoc a separate town from
Camiling and the new town was inaugurated in 17 January 1917. Don Manuel de Leon, then
Governor of Tarlac province appointed Castillan Antonio Sanz, as the town first Municipal President.
However Sanz was autocratic in Spanish customs and was in office for only six months, before a
petition seeking his ousting, signed by several municipal councillors.
When the provincial board of Tarlac received the petition, Antonio Sanz was unseated, to be
succeeded by the Vice President, Don Francisco Pascual Santos. That same year, an election was
held in which Don Francisco P. Santos became the first elected Municipal President of Mayantoc.
The question of leadership having been popularly decided, the townspeople then took up the task of
building the physical facilities of the community. The problem of a presentable Presidencia came up.
But the municipal government was very poor. Bridges and roads were urgently needed. Canals
along the roads of the town, especially around the plaza, needed digging. There were plenty of
problems but few resources. The principal resource was the people themselves, imbued with
pioneering spirit, cooperative and loyal to the leadership. The people donated whatever material they
could afford, and freely gave their time and labor on the different projects of the new town.

Demographics[edit]
Population census of Mayantoc

Year

Pop.

% p.a.

1990

21,170

1995

22,952

+1.53%

2000

24,693

+1.58%

2007

27,274

+1.38%

2010

29,987

+3.51%

Source: National Statistics Office[3][5]

Points of interest[edit]

Saint Joseph The Worker Parish Church of Mayantoc (F-1842): Feast day, March 19; Parish
Priests - Rev. Fr.Melchor S. Fernando and Father Jimmy Campo; Vicariate of St. Michael the
Archangel, Vicar Forane: Father Macario Ramos [1] [2][3] under the Roman Catholic Diocese of
Tarlac.

The forested area of Mayantoc includes the

1.Kitti Callao Waterfalls 2.Nambalan Rapids 3.Restless River of San Barlolome 4.Chamber of the
Bueno Clan 5.Ambalingit Goldfish Track and Field 6.Garma Paradise 7.Galera Pornhouse
8.Hidden Paradise of Mapandan
The municipality also features the Hidden Paradise in Barangay Pedro Quines.

Images[edit]

Welcome arch

Saint Joseph The Worker Parish Church of Mayantoc

Crusaders Church

Park arcade, entrance

Covered court

Public market