Alabat, Quezon
Alabat is a Philippine municipality in the province of Quezon.
Geography
The municipality Alabat is about 160 kilometers southeast of Manila, on the island of the same Alabat that lies upstream of the northeast coast of Luzon in the bay of Lamon. To protect the natural resources that Alabat Watershed Forest Reserve was established in 1987.
Barangays
Alabat is politically subdivided into 19 barangays.
- Angeles
- Bacong
- Balungay
- Buena Vista
- Caglate
- Camagong
- Gordon
- Pambilan Norte
- Pambilan Sur
- Barangay 1 ( Pob. )
- Barangay 2 ( Pob. )
- Barangay 3 ( Pob. )
- Barangay 4 ( Pob. )
- Barangay 5 ( Pob. )
- Villa Esperanza
- Jesus Villa Este
- Villa Jesus Vest
- Villa Norte
- Villa Victoria
Origin of the name
The name derives from the tagalesischen Alabat Alabat word for balustrade which were attached by the early residents at the entrances of the huts that small children not fall only on ladders to reach stilted houses.
Cities: Lucena City | Tayabas City
Communities: Agdangan | Alabat | Atimonan | Buena Vista | Bordeaux | Calauag | Candelaria | Catanauan | Dolores | General Luna | General Nakar | Guinayangan | Gumaca | Infanta | Jomalig | Lopez | Lucban | Macalelon | Mauban | Mulanay | Padre Burgos | Pagbilao | Panukulan | Patnanungan | Perez | Pitogo | Plaridel | Polillo | Quezon | Real | Sampaloc | San Andres | San Antonio | San Francisco | San Narciso | Sariaya | Tagkawayan | Tiaong | Unisan
- Location in the Philippines
- Quezon