Leon B. Postigo, officially the Municipality of Leon B. Postigo (; Subanen: Benwa Leon B. Postigo; Chavacano: Municipalidad de Leon B. Postigo; ), is a municipality in the province of Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 29,535 people.
History In the early 1980s, the councils of six barangays, along with residents of Maras, in the then southern Sindangan demanded for a new municipality, which was originally proposed to be called Talinga, with the barangay with the same name, located 11 kilometers from Poblacion, to be the seat of government. The proposed municipality was to intervene the distance of Sindangan and Salug from each other, which were about 40 kilometers.
Then assemblyman Guardson R. Lood sponsored Parliamentary Bill No. 300, which was also co-authored by eight other assemblymen. The bill was approved as Batas Pambansa Blg. 204 on March 25, 1982; 17 barangays in southwestern part of the mother municipality, but excluding Maras, were separated to create the municipality, originally named Bacungan, with another barangay with the same name, which was not included in the original plan, to be the seat of government. A plebiscite for ratification, along with ten more newly-created local entities including nearby Godod, was held on May 17, coinciding with the barangay elections.
It was renamed to its current name by virtue of Republic Act No. 6830 on December 30, 1989, in honor of Leon Bayot Postigo, a Philippine Constabulary corporal whose 10-hectare lot in the town was donated by his heirs to the local government.
Geography
Barangays Leon B. Postigo is politically subdivided into 18 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
Bacungan (Poblacion) Bogabongan Delusom Mangop Manil Mawal Midatag Morob Nasibac Palandok Santa Maria Sipacong Talinga Tinaplan Tiniguiban Tinuyop Tiogan Titik
Climate
Demographics
+ Population by Barangay Barangay Population Bacungan (Poblacion) 4,946 Bogabongan 2,000 Delusom 1,628 Mangop 929 Manil 2,020 Mawal 759 Midatag 794 Nasibac 1,802 Rizon 2,645 Sipacong 1,287 Santa Maria 1,456 Talinga 2,482 Tinaplan 624 Tiniguiban 1,378 Tinuyop 1,235 Tiogan 1,077 Titik 1,538 Morob 935 Total 29,535 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority
Economy
See also List of renamed cities and municipalities in the Philippines
References
External links Leon B. Postigo Profile at PhilAtlas.com Official website [ Philippine Standard Geographic Code] Philippine Census Information