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Minglanilla Buat
Municipality
Municipality of Minglanilla
Downtown of Minglanilla
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Anthem: Mabuhi ka Minglanilla (long live Mnglanilla)
Map of Cebu with Minglanilla highlighted
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Minglanilla Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°14′42″N 123°47′47″E / 10.24498°N 123.7964°E / 10.24498; 123.7964
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Visayas
Province	Cebu
District	1st district
Founded	1858
Barangays	19 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Rajiv V. Enad (NP)
• Vice Mayor	Elanito A. Peña (NP)
• Representative	Rhea Mae A. Gullas
• Municipal Council	Members Oscar C. de la Calzada Jr. Jenny Z. Young Samuel G. Adlawan Jr. Jesus D. Velez Jenifer D. Lariosa Proserfina Laput-Fajutrao Jeremias L. Cañares Jaime S. Caumeran
• Electorate	73,946 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	65.60 km2 (25.33 sq mi)
Elevation	64 m (210 ft)
Highest elevation	395 m (1,296 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[3]
• Total	151,002
• Density	2,300/km2 (6,000/sq mi)
• Households	37,023
Economy
• Income class	1st municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	17.51 % (2021)[4]
• Revenue	₱ 160.3 million (2012), 183.1 million (2013), 208.1 million (2014), 251.1 million (2015), 279.5 million (2016), 337.4 million (2017), 357.1 million (2018), 667.7 million (2019), 515.4 million (2021), 668.7 million (2022)
• Assets	₱ 388.1 million (2012), 531.8 million (2013), 607.4 million (2014), 739.4 million (2015), 865.6 million (2016), 1,068 million (2017), 1,263 million (2018), 1,982 million (2019), 1,645 million (2021), 1,761 million (2022)
• Expenditure	₱ 109.5 million (2012), 114.9 million (2013), 120.7 million (2014), 139.1 million (2015), 157.4 million (2016), 176 million (2017), 173.3 million (2018), 471.9 million (2019), 363.5 million (2021), 629.7 million (2022)
• Liabilities	₱ 47.73 million (2012), 151.3 million (2013), 161.1 million (2014), 219 million (2015), 215 million (2016), 255.8 million (2017), 244.6 million (2018), 350.6 million (2019), 250.5 million (2021), 284.7 million (2022)
Service provider
• Electricity	Visayan Electric Company (VECO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	6046
PSGC	072232000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)32
Native languages	Cebuano Tagalog

Minglanilla, officially the Municipality of Minglanilla (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Minglanilla; Tagalog: Bayan ng Minglanilla), is a municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 151,002 people.^[3]

Minglanilla is bordered to the north by the City of Talisay, to the west is the city of Toledo, to the east is the Cebu Strait, and to the south is the city of Naga.

Minglanilla lies within Metro Cebu. It is known as the "Sugat Capital of the South". (Sugat in Cebuano means meeting.) A big event in Minglanilla is the Sugat, which attracts not people from adjacent towns as well as from Cebu city and further afield. On Black Saturday night, a public dance is held at the church plaza to witness the re‑enactment of the "meeting" of the risen Christ and his mother. Their images, borne on richly decorated carrozas, meet amidst joyous songs and the presence of child angels suspended by wires. The Kabanhawan (Cebuano for "Resurrection") festival is held annually on Easter Sunday.

Father Sanchez, Minglanilla's first parish priest, is credited as the founder of the town in 1858. The roads and bridges were built by the same Fr. Sanchez together with Fr. Magaz. There were a number of capitanes who headed the town during the Spanish era. The first capitan was Hilario Castañares. During the American regime the first was Canuto Larrobis. The first elected municipal mayor was Gregorio de la Calzada.

Buat was the former name of Minglanilla. It was the place where early settlers dried (buad/buat) their sea catches. But in 1858, it was renamed by Fr. Sanchez after a municipality called Minglanilla in Castilla–La Mancha, Spain.

The town suffered setbacks, among them during the Philippine Revolution of 1896-1898 when insurrectos burned down its municipal building and looted many houses. This event is remembered by a street named 18 de Julio (July 18). In 1942, its poblacion was razed to the ground by the Japanese in retaliation for the presence of the guerrillas in the town.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) highlights Minglanilla to qualify for cityhood under the population requirement of the Local Government Code.^[5] Lawyer and Mayor Rajiv Enad envisions the future city of Minglanilla after filing his candidacy as mayor of the town.^[6]

Minglanilla is located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Cebu City. It is bounded southwest by Naga; northwest by Toledo; northeast by Talisay; and southeast by the Bohol Strait. Its land area is 65.6 km² (25.3 sq mi).

Minglanilla is politically subdivided into 19 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

PSGC	Barangay	Population			±% p.a.
		2020[3]		2010[7]
072232001	Cadulawan	3.5%	5,321	3,986	▴	2.93%
072232002	Calajo‑an	7.7%	11,583	10,181	▴	1.30%
072232003	Camp 7	1.7%	2,571	2,279	▴	1.21%
072232004	Camp 8	1.2%	1,798	1,946	▾	−0.79%
072232005	Cuanos	1.9%	2,809	2,499	▴	1.18%
072232006	Guindaruhan	2.3%	3,503	2,707	▴	2.61%
072232007	Linao (Linao-Lipata)	8.6%	12,943	11,432	▴	1.25%
072232008	Manduang	1.4%	2,147	1,968	▴	0.87%
072232009	Pakigne	8.4%	12,644	11,463	▴	0.99%
072232010	Poblacion Ward 1	1.4%	2,087	1,987	▴	0.49%
072232011	Poblacion Ward 2	2.2%	3,254	2,950	▴	0.99%
072232012	Poblacion Ward 3	1.9%	2,884	2,765	▴	0.42%
072232013	Poblacion Ward 4	3.2%	4,767	3,650	▴	2.71%
072232014	Tubod	3.7%	5,626	4,666	▴	1.89%
072232015	Tulay	7.5%	11,286	9,775	▴	1.45%
072232016	Tunghaan	9.4%	14,187	13,389	▴	0.58%
072232019	Tungkil	8.7%	13,109	10,789	▴	1.97%
072232017	Tungkop	7.3%	11,003	7,589	▴	3.78%
072232018	Vito	5.7%	8,613	7,157	▴	1.87%
	Total		151,002	113,178	▴	2.92%

The climate of Minglanilla is classified as Coronas type III, characterized by a dry season lasting from one to six months. There is no pronounced maximum rain period. The town is placed within the tropical rainforest type of world climate (Köppen type: Af) which has uniform high temperature and heavy precipitation distribution throughout the year.

Population census of Minglanilla

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1903	10,518	—
1918	12,590	+1.21%
1939	15,295	+0.93%
1948	15,774	+0.34%
1960	20,083	+2.03%
1970	28,880	+3.70%
1975	32,224	+2.22%
1980	38,504	+3.62%
1990	50,875	+2.83%
1995	62,523	+3.94%
2000	77,268	+4.64%
2007	101,585	+3.85%
2010	113,178	+4.01%
2015	132,135	+2.99%
2020	151,002	+2.66%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[9][7][10][11]

Poverty incidence of Minglanilla

5 10 15 20 25 30 2006 25.90 2009 20.38 2012 9.66 2015 13.46 2018 7.70 2021 17.51 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]

Minglanilla is a part of the Cebu metropolitan area.

It is primarily a residential town, with most of its population commuting to Cebu City for work. Owing to its close location to Cebu City, which is only 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) away from the municipality, it hosts many subdivisions.

Prior to its suburbanization, Minglanilla's primary industry were agriculture and fishing. However, since the 2000s, when the municipality saw developments trickle down from Cebu City due to the city's own economic boom, the municipality has shifted into having a more service-driven economy.

Anjo World Theme Park is located in Barangay Calajo-an. It is the first amusement park in Cebu, and is located in the larger Belmont One development, which hosts a supermarket, a hardware, restaurants, among other retail components, also located within Barangay Calajo-an.^[20][21]

The Minglanilla Techno-Business Park is a 100 hectares (1.0 km²) development which will be built on reclaimed land along the coast of the municipality's Tulay and Calajo-an barangays. It is envisioned primarily to host light industries, but also to other mixed-use developments as well, and is scheduled for completion by 2024.^[22][23]

Roman Catholic Parishes

• Archdiocesan Shrine of the Immaculate Heart of Mary^[24]

  

  Poblacion, Minglanilla, Cebu
• San Roque Parish, Linao-Lipata, Minglanilla, Cebu
• Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish Tungkop, Minglanilla, Cebu
• Parroquia de Virgen de los Remedios Guindarohan, Minglanilla, Cebu

• Sugat–Kabanhawan festival (Easter Feast of Resurrection)

In its devotion to the celebration of Christ's resurrection, the municipality of Minglanilla has long held the distinction of being the "Sugat Capital of the south". Annually held every Easter Sunday, the occasion primarily focuses on the re‑enactment of the meeting of the Risen Christ and the Sorrowful Mother – followed by a string of activities and events scheduled to take place throughout the day. As one of the biggest annually celebrated occasions of the municipality, the festival takes a direct translation in celebrating Christ's resurrection, with street dancing, a wide assortment of day games, and entertainment features. Essentially a socio-religious event, celebrations have played the role of host to a diverse range of organized contests, competitions, and games, including a carabao race, a Burda-making contest (Burda = embroidery), and a mud volleyball tournament. Easter-egg hunts also are part of Sugat-Kabanhawan festivals, just as the street dancing and the ritual showdown have become mainstay staples of the festival's overall program flow.

• Minglanilla Town Fiesta

• Morissette, singer
• Golden Cañedo, singer
• Deanna Wong, volleyball player
• Roger Pogoy, basketball player

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code