About Alabat

Alabat is a fifth class municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines, located centrally on the eponymous Alabat Island. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 16,120 The name Alabat came from the local Tagalog word Alabat, meaning “balustrade”. It is strategically located between Pacific Ocean and Lamon Bay. It is paradise island in the Pacific because of its excellent fishing grounds, fertility of the soil, wide plains and nearness to a river and safe landing shore.

Barangays

Alabat is politically subdivided into 19 barangays, 5 of which are urban and 14 rural.

• Angeles
• Bacong
• Balungay
• Buenavista
• Caglate
• Camagong
• Gordon
• Pambilan Norte
• Pambilan Sur
• Barangay 1 (Pob.)
• Barangay 2 (Pob.)
• Barangay 3 (Pob.)
• Barangay 4 (Pob.)
• Barangay 5 (Pob.)
• Villa Esperanza
• Villa Jesus Este
• Villa Jesus Weste
• Villa Norte
• Villa Victoria

Legal Basis of Creation

The Republic Act No. 956 approved and issued on October 23, 1903 legally created the town of Alabat as a municipality of the Province of Quezon of the Republic of the Philippines.

Tourism Potentials/Tourist Destinations

• AINHS Science Park & Mini Forest
• Bosai (Mini Waterfalls) at Villa Victoria an Villa Esperanza
• Tan-awan (Overlooking of Lamon Bay and Pacific Ocean)
• Sitio Catmon Beach Resort at Angeles
• Villa Norte Beaches
• Luksuhin Lagoon
• Casa Santa Cave
• Tumiis Falls
• Gitingan Cave at Villa Jesus Este
• Kuloong Lagoon and Falls at Villa Jesus Weste

Special Events / Festivals