Captivating Mambusao Capiz

“Captivating Mambusao -Capiz ” is one of the major economic center in the province of capiz and idintified sa district Agro-industrial center by the national economic and development Authority in western visayas,Region VI. Considering its strategic location, the municipality has a great potential to become an economic growth hub in panay island.Particularly in the 2nd district of capiz.

Background:

'? During the spanish colonization on how mambusao got its name were handed down through generation.Between 1600 and 1605, the spanish colonizer headed by salcedo, while exploring the deffirent areas of the province,reach tipic, a place along a bank of what is now known as the mambusao river. they saw some natives cleaning “kayos” a kind of poisonous wild tuber that becomes edibleafter removing the toxic substance by vigorous washing of the tuber in the running stream four hours Wanting to know the name of the place. some of the group shouted,”Que pueblo”?. The natives did not understand the question, one of the natives, thinking that the foreigners curious about what they were doing,ans wed”Busao” which means washing the kayos tuber. At one point ,they saw a group of children playing and some women were washing clothes. One of the children kept saying “Mam” as he tried to call his mother’s attention.

'' Without really getting the correct answer from the natives as to the name of the place , the spaniard decided to affix the word ” Mam” to the word “Busao” and entered in their journal Mambusao as the name of what was then called by the natives as tipic.

Means of transportation:

Mambusao is the center of the province of capiz, it is situated 105kms.away from Ilo-ilo city and 36kms .from Roxas city, the capital of capiz. From mambusao to Roxas city is (45mins). jeepneys or vans, from Mambusao to Calibo (2hrs). provincial bound buses.''''

Where to go and what to see:

'' Kipot caves are set amidst mountain are truly a dazzling display of nature’s splending domain, a fantastic beauty that offers nature lovers surprise and fascination. The caves are locatid in the northwest section of Mambusao, and can be reached by vans or jeepneys fromroxas city through 36kms. of concrete road and another seven kilometers from the poblacion.

'' Alamedian Falls is located about six km from the poblacion it has one pool at the upper and lower portion where the people can swim to their heart content.

Mambusao Bounties:

'' The soil of mambusao is fertile and very suitable to most type of agricultural crops thus giving a rich harvest to the mambusaonon. One of their product are coconut, the coconal breeding trials unit which was conceptualized to conserve coconut germplasm collection from genitic loss,number 1 in the world among colleges for having the biggest collection of cucunat genetic resources. Another product is banana, rice, ect.

The St. catherine of Alexandria Parish Church:

'' The parish of St. Catherine of Alexandria parish church, worship for the catholic community is one of the biggest churches in the province of capiz.

The Inilusan Festival:

This cultural-religious festivity was first introduced in 1975 as the year’s festival theme. the term, Inilusan means the mutual and receprocal giving and sharing of food in the spirit of fraternal goodwill that reflects the genenosity of'?the mambusaonon. It is also means sharing of talents and expertise to one another. The Inilusan is a colorful pageant celebrated by way of recollecting the stories of Mambusao and depicting the historical and cultural growth of the town during the celebration of the town feista on November 25 in honor of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Welcome to MAMBUSAO

Welcome to MAMBUSAO  

 

 

    The Municipality of Mambusao is a 3rd class municipality located at the heart of the Province of Capiz, Western Visayas(Region VI), Philippines. Mambusao is blessed with a fertile soil suitable to grow most type of agricultural crops, particularly rice. Thus, Mambusao is the major rice producer of the province and aptly called the “Rice Granary of Capiz”.

     Its exact location lies within the latitude of 11degrees and 09’ to 11degrees and 19’42” and the longitude of 122degrees 11’25” to 122degrees 34’45”. It is bounded on the North by the Municipality of Jamindan , Capiz and North-west by the Municipality of Libacao, Aklan, on the West by Province of Antique, on the South by the Municipalities of Calinog and Lambunao, Iloilo and on the East by the Municipality of Dumalag, Capiz and South-East by the Municipality of Bingawan, Iloilo. It is about sisty six (66) kilometers from Roxas City, the provincial capital. It can be reached by two alternative routes, via Jamindan and Dumalag, in two hours travel by passenger jeep or bus and one and a half hour for private vehicles. The completion of the upgrading of Tapaz-Jamindan and Dumalag – Tapaz roads has great impact increasing the volume of monitoring public, that avail of the short cut route along the central of Panay.

     Tapaz is considered the largest town of Capiz as to land area and population. The total land area of Tapaz is 51,718 hectares or 517.18 sq.km. It is a 1st class municipality composed of 58 Barangays, 22 of which are considered upland without roads and roads and these are where our indigenous people live. However, results of actual ground mapping shows that about 8,025.88 hectares of Tapaz have been included in the Municipality of Jamindan due to the establishment of the political boundary.

     The populace of these Barangays claims that they were established long before by the municipality of Tapaz, although the political boundary was not known. Jamindan is not contesting the area; instead they claim the area due to establishment of political boundary on the map, even in the absence of the technical description. The municipality of Tapaz is contesting the area of 8,025.88 hectares more or less with the municipality of Jamindan and this dispute was already sent to Regional and Center Office of DENR for proper action and assistance to the LGUs concerned. Tapaz has third type of climate characterizes by one not having a specific change of season. The type of rainfall that belongs to the thirs type is described as having no specific or pronounced rainy or dry season. The western part of Tapaz is concerned hilly mountainous while the southern part are of rolling hills. The eastern sides are spottd with hills and imitable rice lands. Tapaz has two major rivers, the Panay River and the Malinao River. Tapaz also serves as a major source of gravel and sand in the whole province.

History of Mambusao Capiz

                                                                                            HISTORY  

         The Spaniards began to colonize the Island of Panay sometime in 1615 after discovering a flourishing plain called “Tipic” which roughly mean “a part of the whole”. One day, as the story goes, the colonizers went around to see the place and passed by some women slicing white roots called “cayos”. The women were preparing the food for the coming lean months ( dried cayos serves as substitute for rice ). The Spaniards wanted to know the name of the place . Speaking in their own language asked “Como se Ilamo este pueblo?” The women did not understand what the strangers were saying. Thinking that the Spaniards were asking what they were doing, the women replied, ” Naga cuha busao,” which mean they were removing the poisonous juice from the root. How the Spaniards managed to translate the local dialect into Mambusao, of course is a matter of semantic error, but henceporth, they called the Mambusao.

26 Barangays in Mambusao Capiz

Mambusao Capiz is composed of 26 barangays.

Atiplo Balat-an Balit Batiano Bating Bato Bato Baye Bergante Bunga Bula Bungsi Burias Caidquid

Cala-agus Libo-o Manibad Maralag Najus-an Pangpang Norte Pangpang Sur Pinay Poblacion Proper Poblacion Tabuc Sinondojan Tugas Tumalalud