Gloria (Oriental Mindoro)

Gloria is a third-class municipality in the province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 45,073 people.The town was previously a barangay called Maligaya, the largest barangay during the administration of President Diosdado Macapagal. Local politicians, led by former guerrilla chief Nicolas Jamilla, Sr., battled for the conversion of Maligaya into a new town. They renamed it after the ten-year-old daughter of the President, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who later on herself became the fourteenth President in 2001. Jamilla became the first mayor of the town, which kept the old name "Maligaya" as the name of a barangay in the poblacion. It is from Calapan.GeographyThe Municipality of Gloria is located 76 kms away from the province's capital Calapan City.It is one of the 7 towns comprising Oriental Mindoro's second district. On its north lies its mother town Pinamalayan, on the west is the town of Sablayan, Occidental Mindoro. On the south is the town of Bansud, while on the east is the Tablas Strait.BarangaysGloria is divided into 27 barangays: nine barangays are situated along the national highway; six are coastal barangays; and twelve interior barangays on the west side. Agsalin 678 Agos 1,036 Alma Villa 1,411 Andres Bonifacio 1,320 Balete 2,864 Banus 2,298 Banutan 906 Buong Lupa 969 Bulaklakan 1,126 Gaudencio Antonino 1,651 Guimbonan 1,104 Kawit 2,022 Lucio Laurel 2,649 Macario Adriatico 1,139 Malamig 2,929 Malayong 1,228 Maligaya 3,246 Malubay 1,319 Manguyang 1,633 Maragooc 1,258 Mirayan 938 Narra 2,169 Papandungin 1,110 San Antonio 1,330 Sta. Maria 2,034 Santa Theresa 1,523 Tambong 3,183