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Balabac, Palawan
Balabac, officially the Municipality of Balabac (Malay: ڤربندرن بالابچ, romanized: Perbandaran Balabac; Tagalog: Bayan ng Balabac), is a municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 42,662 people.
The natives used to call the town Molbog, derived from the name of their tribe. Another name was Balabag which meant "cross-wise". This name was derived from the geographical position of the main island. Balabag eventually came to be known as Balabac, the present name.
Balabac used to be one of the many territories of the Sultanate of Brunei before it was taken by the Sultanate of Sulu when it tried to secede from the influence of Brunei before the Spanish arrival in the Philippines.
According to a report on April 1753, the Spaniards claimed that by this point, Sulu had 'usurped' Brunei's domains in Palawan and Balabac. They arrested the Sultan of Sulu for his "faithlessness", and attempted to restore friendly relations with the Sultan of Brunei, before informing the King of Spain that Palawan and Balabac were now part of his domains. They proceeded to arrive on Balabac and Palawan accompanied by Kapampangan mercenaries from Luzon. During this era, Balabac was used as a defensive point by the Spaniards due to its proximity with the Sulu Sea, and became useful for waging war against the pirates of Sulu, Tidung and Kamukons. In another report in July of the same year during another expedition, the Spaniards reported that the inhabitants of Balabac had no king and were hostile to anyone, and that the climate was so bad that 116 men, which composed of half of the expeditionary force had died with 200 sick, and that much of the complimentary information told about Palawan's beauty were false.
During the early part of Spanish rule, Balabac were composed of barangays under the rule of datus. However, in the later part of their rule, each district was ruled by panglimas (military leader), which were essentially barrio lieutenants. The highest official in the town was the gobernadorcillo. These times were often not peaceful due to frequent pirate raids coming from Sulu, Tidung and Brunei.
In September 23, 1836, a treaty was signed between Spain and Sulu, and in Article I of this treaty, it was made clear that Balabac and Cagayan de Sulu (now Mapun) were part of the Sulu Archipelago.
In 1878, Balabac, Palawan and other neighboring islands were ruled by the Moro Datu Harun ar-Rashid, who was a distant relative of the Sultan of Sulu after being entrusted by the Spaniards with this area as a result of the 1878 Agreement.
In 1885, the Madrid Protocol was signed between the United Kingdom, Germany and Spain. In this treaty, both the United Kingdom and Germany recognized Spain's sovereignty over Balabac and Cagayan de Sulu.
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Balabac, Palawan
Balabac, officially the Municipality of Balabac (Malay: ڤربندرن بالابچ, romanized: Perbandaran Balabac; Tagalog: Bayan ng Balabac), is a municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 42,662 people.
The natives used to call the town Molbog, derived from the name of their tribe. Another name was Balabag which meant "cross-wise". This name was derived from the geographical position of the main island. Balabag eventually came to be known as Balabac, the present name.
Balabac used to be one of the many territories of the Sultanate of Brunei before it was taken by the Sultanate of Sulu when it tried to secede from the influence of Brunei before the Spanish arrival in the Philippines.
According to a report on April 1753, the Spaniards claimed that by this point, Sulu had 'usurped' Brunei's domains in Palawan and Balabac. They arrested the Sultan of Sulu for his "faithlessness", and attempted to restore friendly relations with the Sultan of Brunei, before informing the King of Spain that Palawan and Balabac were now part of his domains. They proceeded to arrive on Balabac and Palawan accompanied by Kapampangan mercenaries from Luzon. During this era, Balabac was used as a defensive point by the Spaniards due to its proximity with the Sulu Sea, and became useful for waging war against the pirates of Sulu, Tidung and Kamukons. In another report in July of the same year during another expedition, the Spaniards reported that the inhabitants of Balabac had no king and were hostile to anyone, and that the climate was so bad that 116 men, which composed of half of the expeditionary force had died with 200 sick, and that much of the complimentary information told about Palawan's beauty were false.
During the early part of Spanish rule, Balabac were composed of barangays under the rule of datus. However, in the later part of their rule, each district was ruled by panglimas (military leader), which were essentially barrio lieutenants. The highest official in the town was the gobernadorcillo. These times were often not peaceful due to frequent pirate raids coming from Sulu, Tidung and Brunei.
In September 23, 1836, a treaty was signed between Spain and Sulu, and in Article I of this treaty, it was made clear that Balabac and Cagayan de Sulu (now Mapun) were part of the Sulu Archipelago.
In 1878, Balabac, Palawan and other neighboring islands were ruled by the Moro Datu Harun ar-Rashid, who was a distant relative of the Sultan of Sulu after being entrusted by the Spaniards with this area as a result of the 1878 Agreement.
In 1885, the Madrid Protocol was signed between the United Kingdom, Germany and Spain. In this treaty, both the United Kingdom and Germany recognized Spain's sovereignty over Balabac and Cagayan de Sulu.