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Municipality

Alabat

Alabat is a municipality in Quezon, CALABARZON, Philippines. Its population was 15,744 in the 2024 census, and it has 19 barangays.

  • Population: 2024 Census
  • Places: PSGC 2Q 2026
  • Checked by Scene: October 8, 2026
  • Page updated: October 9, 2026
Colour byColours the map of Alabat by the figure chosen; the key beside it says what each colour means.
PerezQuezonAngeles: 905 people, 208 per km², 0.70% a yearBacong: 713 people, 78 per km², 0.17% a yearBalungay: 574 people, 188 per km², 0.64% a yearBuenavista: 459 people, 353 per km², −3.78% a yearCaglate: 1,014 people, 76 per km², 0.53% a yearCamagong: 1,286 people, 411 per km², 0.36% a yearGordon: 635 people, 369 per km², 0.34% a yearPambilan Norte: 488 people, 652 per km², −1.56% a yearPambilan Sur: 338 people, 444 per km², 1.40% a yearBarangay 1: 981 people, 4,439 per km², −2.69% a yearBarangay 2: 1,199 people, 21,960 per km², −0.12% a yearBarangay 3: 1,953 people, 13,107 per km², −0.85% a yearBarangay 4: 1,364 people, 5,128 per km², −1.14% a yearBarangay 5: 969 people, 13,764 per km², −1.64% a yearVilla Esperanza: 650 people, 82 per km², 0.15% a yearVilla Jesus Este: 359 people, 248 per km², −0.27% a yearVilla Jesus Weste: 407 people, 88 per km², 0.78% a yearVilla Norte: 883 people, 183 per km², 1.18% a yearVilla Victoria: 567 people, 156 per km², 3.82% a year

People · 2024 Census

  • Under 690
  • 690 to 1,100
  • 1,100 to 1,800
  • 1,800 to 3,100
  • 3,100 and over

The same steps colour every map of barangays in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Density · people per km², 2024

  • Under 160
  • 160 to 340
  • 340 to 700
  • 700 to 2,600
  • 2,600 and over

The same steps colour every map of barangays in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Growth a year · 2020–2024

  • Fell by more than 1% a year
  • Fell, by up to 1% a year
  • Grew, by under 1% a year
  • Grew by 1 to 2% a year
  • Grew by 2% a year or more

Each place's yearly change between the 2020 and 2024 censuses, on the same steps as every map in the Atlas.

Borders from UN OCHA (PSA and NAMRIA), a guide and not the legal boundary[3]Open in OpenStreetMap

  • PeopleSources

    15,744

    people counted in the 2024 censusCensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary

    Down 2.3% from 2010 to 2024

  • Rank by peopleSources

    35th

    of the 41 cities and municipalities of Quezon by population, 2024Rank and shareWorked out by Scene from the PSA's counts: where a place stands among the places listed with it, and how many of every 100 of its parent's people live in it.More in the glossary

    About 8 of every 1,000 people in Quezon lived in Alabat in 2024 (0.8%)

  • Inside itSources

    19

    barangays

  • LandSources

    57.60 km²

    of land, 2019 masterlistLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.Explained by Scene: Alabat's land would fill a square about 7.6 km on each side. That is only a way to picture its size: its real shape is on the map.More in the glossary

    Average density, 2024: 273 people per km²Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.Explained by Scene: About 3 people per hectare if everyone were spread evenly across the land. In fact people live closer together in towns and farther apart in the countryside.More in the glossary

  • HomesSources

    4,153

    households in 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary

    3.8 people in each, on average, in 2024

  • Town or countrySources

    0%

    Fewer than 1 of every 1,000 people lived in urban barangays in 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary

PSGC codePSGC codeThe code the Philippine Statistics Authority gives every place, so each one is known exactly, even when two share a name.More in the glossary
0405602000[4]Formerly 045602000
ZIP code
4333[15, 16, 17]

People

Alabat had 15,744 people in the 2024 census, down 2.3% from 2010.
People at each census since 1960

Counts from 2000 on are on today’s borders; earlier counts are as the place was then, so the line may step where a border moved.

Alabat had the 35th most people of the 41 cities and municipalities of Quezon in 2024[1]
  1. 32Pitogo22,499
  2. 33Panukulan17,118
  3. 34Quezon15,869
  4. 35Alabat15,744
  5. 36Patnanungan15,554
  6. 37Sampaloc13,331
  7. 38Agdangan13,316
All 41 cities and municipalities of Quezon
In 2024, the 10 barangays with the most people held about 72 of every 100 of its people[2]
  1. Barangay 31,95312 in 100
  2. Barangay 41,3649 in 100
  3. Camagong1,2868 in 100
  4. Barangay 21,1998 in 100
  5. Caglate1,0146 in 100
  6. Barangay 19816 in 100
  7. Barangay 59696 in 100
  8. Angeles9056 in 100
  9. Villa Norte8836 in 100
  10. Bacong7135 in 100
See all 19 barangays of Alabat
Age structure · 2020 Census[36]People living in households, by age and sex
  • About 30 of every 100 are children under 15 (29.9%)
  • About 61 of every 100 are of working age, 15 to 64 (61.4%)
  • About 9 of every 100 are 65 or older (8.7%)
MenWomen

The figures by age

People by age group, men and women
AgePeopleMenWomen
0 - 41,369722647
5 - 91,627834793
10 - 141,757871886
15 - 191,673856817
20 - 241,243660583
25 - 291,069558511
30 - 34939488451
35 - 39881466415
40 - 44837458379
45 - 49829410419
50 - 54821432389
55 - 59796415381
60 - 64685377308
65 - 69518256262
70 - 74382160222
75 - 79258101157
80 years and over22365158

Every figure, census by census

People, 2024 CensusCensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary
15,744[1, 2]
Households, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary
4,153[1, 2]
People in each household, 2024
3.8 on average[1, 2]
Share of Quezon, 2024Rank and shareWorked out by Scene from the PSA's counts: where a place stands among the places listed with it, and how many of every 100 of its parent's people live in it.More in the glossary
0.8%[1]
In urban barangays, 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary
0% (0 people)[5]
Men and women, 2020
8,129 men, 7,778 women[36]People living in households
Population at each census, with its source
CensusPopulationGrowth since the census beforeHouseholdsPeople per household
2024as of July 1, 202415,744[1, 2]−0.29% a year4,1533.8
2020as of May 1, 202015,936[1]0.41% a year——
2015as of August 1, 201515,630[1]−0.59% a year——
2010as of May 1, 201016,120[1]———
2007as of August 1, 2007; as it was then14,789[34]0.56% a year——
2000as of May 1, 2000; on today’s borders14,204[34, 35]0.64% a year——
1995as of September 1, 1995; as it was then13,787[34]2.98% a year——
1990as of May 1, 1990; as it was then11,785[34]0.35% a year——
1980as of May 1, 1980; as it was then11,385[34]0.80% a year——
1975as of May 1, 1975; as it was then10,939[34]2.17% a year——
1970as of May 6, 1970; as it was then9,830[34]1.40% a year——
1960as of February 15, 1960; as it was then8,529[34]———

Barangays

Alabat is made up of 19 barangays.
Barangays of Alabat. Each column heading sorts the table.
[2, 3, 5, 6, 7]Share (2024)Urban or rural
Angeles9055.75%0.70% a yearabout 4.36 km²Rural
Bacong7134.53%0.17% a yearabout 9.14 km²Rural
Balungay5743.65%0.64% a yearabout 3.06 km²Rural
Barangay 19816.23%−2.69% a yearabout 0.221 km²Rural
Barangay 21,1997.62%−0.12% a yearabout 0.0546 km²Rural
Barangay 31,95312.4%−0.85% a yearabout 0.149 km²Rural
Barangay 41,3648.66%−1.14% a yearabout 0.266 km²Rural
Barangay 59696.15%−1.64% a yearabout 0.0704 km²Rural
Buenavista4592.92%−3.78% a yearabout 1.30 km²Rural
Caglate1,0146.44%0.53% a yearabout 13.33 km²Rural
Camagong1,2868.17%0.36% a yearabout 3.13 km²Rural
Gordon6354.03%0.34% a yearabout 1.72 km²Rural
Pambilan Norte4883.1%−1.56% a yearabout 0.749 km²Rural
Pambilan Sur3382.15%1.40% a yearabout 0.761 km²Rural
Villa Esperanza6504.13%0.15% a yearabout 7.94 km²Rural
Villa Jesus Este3592.28%−0.27% a yearabout 1.45 km²Rural
Villa Jesus Weste4072.59%0.78% a yearabout 4.61 km²Rural
Villa Norte8835.61%1.18% a yearabout 4.83 km²Rural
Villa Victoria5673.6%3.82% a yearabout 3.64 km²Rural

Areas are approximate: each is measured inside the barangay's border on UN OCHA's map, which is a guide, not the legal boundary.

Land & Environment

Alabat covers 57.60 km² of land, 273 people for every km² in 2024. Its land rises to 423 m above the sea and it has 29.1 km of coast.
Land areaLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary
57.60 km²[6]As listed in the 2019 Masterlist of Land Areas (LMB, DENR)
Average density, 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary
273 people per km²[6]
Coordinates
14.12477° N, 122.02176° E[3]The point inside its border farthest from every edge, so it always falls within the place.
Height above the sea[30]
Lowest
Sea level
Average
65 m
Highest
423 m

Heights from the Copernicus DEM, a 30 m model of the surface: it reads the tops of trees and roofs, not the bare ground, over the land inside the border, the sea left out. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved.

Water, coast and peaks

29.1 km of coastline[31]

Rivers[31]

  1. Boong River4.1 km
  2. Caglate River1.7 km
  3. Caglate River1.2 km

Peaks[31]

  1. Mount Camagong412 m

Named rivers, lakes and peaks as OpenStreetMap mapped them on 30 September 2026, and the coast within 150 m of the border. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Climate

Climate typeClimate typePAGASA sorts the country's climate into four types by when the rain falls. Type I has a dry season from November to April and a wet one for the rest of the year; Type II has no dry season, with the most rain from December to February; Type III has a short dry season; Type IV has rain spread through the year.More in the glossary

Type II[32]

No dry season. The rain is heaviest from December to February, and no month is truly dry.

Read by Scene off PAGASA's climate map, so approximate: the type that covers most of the place's land.

At Alabat, the nearest PAGASA station, 2 km away[33]Averages for 1991 to 2020: 3,363 mm of rain on 175 days a year; 27.0 °C on average

Rain each month Average temperature

The figures by month

Climate at Alabat, 1991 to 2020, by month
MonthRainRainy daysAverageHighLow
January249 mm1825.3 °C28.4 °C22.2 °C
February193 mm1325.5 °C28.8 °C22.2 °C
March147 mm926.4 °C30.0 °C22.8 °C
April84 mm627.7 °C31.8 °C23.6 °C
May128 mm928.3 °C32.8 °C23.9 °C
June175 mm1128.3 °C32.7 °C23.9 °C
July230 mm1527.7 °C31.8 °C23.6 °C
August144 mm1227.8 °C32.0 °C23.6 °C
September267 mm1527.6 °C31.7 °C23.5 °C
October457 mm2127.1 °C30.7 °C23.4 °C
November567 mm2326.6 °C29.9 °C23.4 °C
December722 mm2325.8 °C28.7 °C22.8 °C
The year3,363 mm17527.0 °C30.8 °C23.2 °C

A station's figures describe the place around it only roughly: inland and in the hills it may be cooler and wetter. The station stands 5 m above the sea.

Life & Economy

About 16 of every 100 people lived below the poverty line in 2021.
Poverty, 2021Poverty incidenceHow many of every 100 people live in families whose income is below the poverty line: what a person needs in a year for food and other basic needs, as the PSA sets it for each province. It is an estimate, from a survey or, for a town, a statistical model, so the PSA gives a range it is likely to fall in.More in the glossary
15.6% of people[20]Below the poverty line, by the PSA's estimate for every town.
Income classIncome classThe Department of Finance sorts provinces, cities and municipalities into classes by their average yearly income over recent years: 1st class has the most. It measures the local government's income, not how well off its people are.More in the glossary
4th class[4]
About 16 of every 100 people in Alabat lived below the poverty line in 2021 (15.6%)[20]

The PSA's model for every town puts it between 12.9% and 18.2%, with 90% confidence.

The PSA rates this estimate's reliability as acceptable rather than high: read it as a guide.

Public places

  • 4government offices
  • 10hospitals and health centres
  • 7schools
  • 2places of worship
  • 1station or terminal

Counted from OpenStreetMap[3, 8]. Schools, places of worship, barangay halls and places known only by a common name, such as a chapel, are listed on each barangay's page.

Where a kind has more than 8, this page shows 6: first those with “Alabat” in their name, then one in each of its most populous barangays.

Government offices4

Hospitals and health centres10

4 more hospitals and health centres are listed on the pages of the barangays they stand in. See the 19 barangays of Alabat

Stations and terminals1

As OpenStreetMap maps them on September 30, 2026. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Government & Leaders

A mayor leads Alabat. Its local laws, called ordinances, are passed by the Sangguniang Bayan (the municipal council), led by the vice mayor. The mayor, the vice mayor and the council's elected members serve three-year terms, and none may serve more than three in a row.[13, 14]

Legislative districtLegislative districtThe area that elects one member of the House of Representatives. A big province or city may have several.More in the glossary
4th district of Quezon[18, 19]

Leaders

The mayor and vice mayor elected at each election since 2001, as COMELEC's lists of the elected name them, and those in office now, as the DILG's directory lists them.

  1. 2025–2028In office as of February 2026

    Mayor
    Eizelle Avellano Canimo[21]
    Vice mayor
    Hilda Montañez Ursolino[21]

  2. 2022–2025

    Mayor
    Jose Ramil Regodon Arquiza[22]
    Vice mayor
    Ireneo Reyes Layosa Jr.[22]

  3. 2019–2022

    Mayor
    Fernando Luna Mesa[23]
    Vice mayor
    Raul Uranza Declaro[23]

  4. 2016–2019

    Mayor
    Fernando Luna Mesa[24]
    Vice mayor
    Raul Uranza Declaro[24]

  5. 2013–2016

    Mayor
    Fernando Luna Mesa[25]
    Vice mayor
    Jaime Verzo Glor[25]

  6. 2010–2013

    Mayor
    Artemio Sanchez Mascariña[26]
    Vice mayor
    Nida Jimenez Cabrera[26]

  7. 2007–2010

    Mayor
    Artemio Sanchez Mascariña[27]
    Vice mayor
    Pelagio Caparros Baldovino[27]

  8. 2004–2007

    Mayor
    Artemio Mascariña[28]
    Vice mayor
    Concepcion Caparros[28]

  9. 2001–2004

    Mayor
    Mamerto B. Gendrano Jr.[29]
    Vice mayor
    Concepcion P. Caparros[29]
Mayors and vice mayors of Alabat, by term
TermMayorVice mayor
2025–2028In office as of February 2026Eizelle Avellano Canimo[21]Hilda Montañez Ursolino[21]
2022–2025Jose Ramil Regodon Arquiza[22]Ireneo Reyes Layosa Jr.[22]
2019–2022Fernando Luna Mesa[23]Raul Uranza Declaro[23]
2016–2019Fernando Luna Mesa[24]Raul Uranza Declaro[24]
2013–2016Fernando Luna Mesa[25]Jaime Verzo Glor[25]
2010–2013Artemio Sanchez Mascariña[26]Nida Jimenez Cabrera[26]
2007–2010Artemio Sanchez Mascariña[27]Pelagio Caparros Baldovino[27]
2004–2007Artemio Mascariña[28]Concepcion Caparros[28]
2001–2004Mamerto B. Gendrano Jr.[29]Concepcion P. Caparros[29]

History & Identity

How it got its name

Local traditionThe town's old website says Alabat comes from a local Tagalog word, alabat, meaning a balustrade. Early people built balustrades across their doors so that babies would not fall from the ladders of their huts.[9]

Local traditionIt adds a story that American soldiers landed, entered a hut, and asked the man inside the name of the place while holding a balustrade. He did not understand English and answered alabat, and the officer wrote that word in his diary.[9]

Local traditionSettlers from Gumaca first called the area Camagong, perhaps after a fruit tree on Mount Camagong. The site of the present town was Lupac until Don Pedro Pica changed the name to Barcelona. After the Americans took over Tayabas, Barcelona became Alabat.[9]

Its story

Sources differAlabat's old official website names an act of 23 October 1903, Act No. 956, as the legal basis for creating the town as a municipality, though it calls it a Republic Act. Lawphil's Act No. 956 is an act of the Philippine Commission that cut the municipalities of Tayabas from thirty-one to twenty-seven and lists Alabat among the towns that keep their boundaries. It does not itself create Alabat.[9, 10]

Local traditionThe town's old page says the first settlers were the Caparros family, and that more people came over from Gumaca once they heard the place suited human settlement.[9]

Local traditionIt says Don Pedro Pica, who ran a lumber business with his brother Don Nicolas, was made sub-captain of Lupac, the present site of the town, under the captain of Gumaca.[9]

By 1903 Alabat was one of the Tayabas municipalities that kept their boundaries when Act No. 956 reduced the number of towns in the province.[10]

Executive Order No. 101 of Governor-General Francis Burton Harrison took 11 barrios from Alabat to form the municipality of Quezon, effective 1 January 1914.[11]

In 1929 the people of Sangirin, now Perez, asked to separate from Alabat, and Perez became its own municipality near the end of that year.[9]

Batas Pambansa Blg. 490 turned the Alabat Municipal High School into the Alabat Island National High School.[12]

Timeline

  1. 23 October 1903

    Act No. 956 reduces the Tayabas municipalities from thirty-one to twenty-seven and leaves Alabat's boundaries unchanged.[10]

  2. 1 January 1914

    Executive Order No. 101 of 1913 separates 11 barrios from Alabat to form the municipality of Quezon.[11]

  3. Late 1929

    Sangirin, now Perez, separates from Alabat and becomes a municipality.[9]

  4. 10 June 1983

    Batas Pambansa Blg. 490 converts the Alabat Municipal High School into the Alabat Island National High School.[12]

Nearby

Alabat shares a border with Perez and Quezon.

How it compares

Alabat beside Quezon, and where it stands among the cities and municipalities of Quezon.

Alabat beside Quezon
FigureAlabatQuezonRank among the cities and municipalities of Quezon
People, 2024CensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary15,744[1, 2]1,980,33835th of 41
Growth a year, 2020–2024Growth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary−0.29% a year[1, 2]slower0.37% a year34th of 41
People per km², 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary273[6]more crowded22719th of 41
Land areaLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary57.60 km²[6]8,710.19 km²36th of 41
People in each household, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary3.8[1, 2]about the same3.8not ranked
In urban barangays, 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary0%[5]lower30.4%not ranked

How far, in a straight line[3]

Lucena City, the capital of Quezon
50.0 km southwest
Manila
122.2 km northwest

In a straight line between the points inside each place farthest from its edges, not by road.

The nearest towns and cities[3]

  1. PerezQuezon8.8 km northwest
  2. QuezonQuezon11.6 km southeast
  3. PlaridelQuezon20.9 km south
  4. CalauagQuezon22.1 km east
  5. AtimonanQuezon22.5 km southwest
  6. UnisanQuezon28.5 km south

Sources

Page updated October 9, 2026. Sources checked by Scene October 8, 2026.
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  2. 2.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024: CALABARZON (OpenSTAT table 0041A6DTPH3). Published August 5, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
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  25. 25.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected City/Municipal Candidates, May 13, 2013 National and Local Elections. Published January 12, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
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  29. 29.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected City/Municipal Candidates, May 14, 2001 National and Local Elections. Published January 8, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
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  31. 31.OpenStreetMap contributors, extract by Geofabrik. Named rivers, lakes, reservoirs, peaks and the coastline of the Philippines in OpenStreetMap (Geofabrik extract, cut by osmium). Published September 30, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. ODbL 1.0. Open the source
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