The Municipality of Gloria
Gloria, officially the Municipality of Gloria, is located at the south of Pinmalayan and north of Bansud. It is located 77 kilometres (48 mi) from the provincial capital Calapan City.
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. Agriculture still provides the main industry with rice, fruits, and coconut products dominating. Citrus products like calamansi, dalandan and lanzones are also acailable here. Bamboo is abundant in the area thus bamboo products area also available.
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October 1, 1964
245.52 km2 (94.80 sq mi)
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The Kawayanan Festival starts on the month of October with the pleasant trip-trap of bamboo sticks of kawayan. The festival celebrates a crop that is abundant in the land of Gloria. There area signs of bamboo as part of the costumes during street dancing.
Tourism Spots in Gloria
1. Bighani Beach Resort
2. Bali Beach Garden Resort and SPA
3. Villa Concepcion Inland Resort
4. Dupong Freshwater Resort
5. Walanglangit Waterfalls
6. Mt. Manguyang Camping Site
7. Bulaklakan Tree Farm