Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay

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**Municipality of Ipil**
Location
Image:Ph locator zamboanga sibugay ipil.png Map of Zamboanga Sibugay showing the location of Ipil.
Government
Region	Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX)
Province	Zamboanga Sibugay
District	2nd District
Barangays	28
Income Class:	1st class municipality
Founded	1949
Mayor	Atty. Eldwin M. Alibutdan
Official Website	www.ipil.net
Physical characteristics
Population Total (2000)	52,481
Coordinates	6°34'50"N 122°02'16"E

Ipil is a 1st class municipality in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines. It is the capital municipality of Zamboanga Sibugay. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 52,481 people in 10,293 households.

Physically, Ipil is located at the southern center of Zamboanga Peninsula, facing the Sibuguey (Sibugay) Bay. Ipil's two national highways, the Zamboanga-Pagadian Route and Zamboanga Dipolog Route, serve as the passage for Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Norte and Zamboanga del Sur. Ipil will soon be the first city in the province because of the economic development.

[edit] Barangays

Ipil is politically subdivided into 29 barangays.

Bacalan
Bangkerohan
Buluan
Caparan
Domandan
Don Andres
Doña Josefa
Guituan
Ipil Heights
Labi
Logan
Tirso Babiera(Lower Ipil Heights)
Lower Taway
Lumbia

Maasin
Magdaup
Makilas
Pangi
Poblacion
Sanito
Suclema
Taway
Tenan
Tiayon
Timalang
Tomitom
Upper Pangi
Upper Taway
Veteran's Village (Ruiz)

[edit] Education

Ipil is the center for education in Zamboanga Sibugay, it offers Nursing, Information Technology, Engineering, Law, Criminology, Commerce and Education. The most prominent schools are Marian College and Dr. Aurelio Mendoza Memorial Collages, both has secondary and primary program. Some known school are Marcelo Spinola School, Unibersidad de Zamboanga-Ipil, Medina College-Ipil, Western Mindanao State University-Ipil, Sibugay Technical Institute, Pagadian Technological and Marine Sciences and Zamboanga del Sur Technical Intitute Foundation.

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