Sabtang: Difference between revisions

| image_skyline = Sabtang Island, Batanes.JPGjpg

| image_caption = IslandLighthouse seascapeat Sabtang Island

| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Philippines}}

| leader_name = Maxilindo EmilioPrescila A. Babalo

| leader_name1 = MarcialClemente Armando AC. AlavadoLadreza Jr.

| leader_name2 = Ciriaco BA. Gato Jr.

| leader_title3 = [[CouncilorSangguniang Bayan|Municipal Council]]

| leader_name3 = {{PH Town Council

| area_footnotes = {{PSGCPH detail|area}}

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'''{{PH wikidata|name}}Sabtang''', officially the '''{{PHMunicipality wikidata|official_name}}of Sabtang''' ({{lang-langx|ivv|Kavahayan nu Sabtang}}; [[ilocano language|Ilocano]]: ''Ili ti Sabtang''; {{lang-langx|tl|Bayan ng Sabtang}}), is a 6th class [[{{PH wikidata|settlement_text}}municipality of the Philippines|{{PH wikidata|settlement_text}}municipality]] in the [[Philippine Province|province]] of {{PH wikidata|province}}[[Batanes]], [[Philippines]]. According to the {{PH2020 wikidata|population_as_of}}census, it has a population of {{PH wikidata|population_total}}1,696 people.{{PH census|current}}

The Spanish missionary Fr. Artiquez first visited the Island of Sabtang in 1786<ref name=actamanillana>González Alonzo, Fr. Julio, O.P. (1966). "The Batanes Islands", in Acta Manilana, Manila: University of Santo Tomas Research Center</ref> after receiving an affirmative response from the islandislanders to learn about the Christian faith. The success of the first visit led to two more evangelical trips resulting in the baptism of 181 children and the study of the catechism among the adult natives. The evangelization of Sabtang was cut short due to the failing health of the Spanish missionaries. For this, the inhabitants of Sabtang remained faithful to old traditions especially in the administration of justice by vendetta and murder.<ref name=actamanillana/>

In 1791, the then most powerful chief in Sabtang named [[Aman Dangat]] showed defiance of the government of Governor Joaquin del Castillo by killing the Spanish soldiers who went to Sabtang to procure supplies. Lieutenant Tomas Nuñez led the troops to capture the rebels. [[Aman Dangat]] was put to trial and allegedly admitted to the crime. He,A religious Spanish recorder later on,claimed that Aman Dangat asked to be baptized. There is no evidence of this outside of the claim. The inhabitants of Sabtang were then forced to resettle in San Vicente and San Felix in Ivana to be better supervisedcontrolled by the governmentSpanish colonizers.<ref name=actamanillana/>

Some forty years after the resettlement, the Sabteños were allowed to visit their native island and gradually these visits allowed them to build homes in their erstwhile land. The government allowed this to happen on the condition that houses should be constructed in lowlands.<ref name=actamanillana/> To sustain the spiritual care for the Sabteños, a new mission was opened in Sabtang in 1845 under the patronage of Saint [[Vincent Ferrer]] with Fr. Antonio Vicente as its first vicar. Fr. Antonio Vicente is credited to have built the [[San Vicente Ferrer Church (Sabtang)|Sabtang Church]], together with a convent, a school, and a courthouse.<ref name=actamanillana/>

According to the [[Philippine Statistics Authority]], the {{PH wikidata|settlement_text}}municipality has a land area of {{convert|{{PH wikidata|area}}40.70|km2}}{{PSGC detail|area}} constituting {{percentage|{{PH wikidata40.70|area}}|{{PH wikidata|area|Q13740}}219.01|2|pad=yes}} of the {{convert|{{PH wikidata|area|Q13740}}219.01|km2|2|adj=mid|-}} total area of Batanes.

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In the {{PH2020 wikidata|population_as_of}}census, {{PH wikidata|name}}Sabtang had a population of {{PH wikidata|population_total}}1,696.{{PH census|current}} The population density was {{convert|{{sigfig|{{PH wikidata|population_total}}1,696/{{PH wikidata|area}}40.70|2}}|PD/km2}}.

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File:SabtangSan IslandVicente Ferrer Church, Batanes,(Sabtang PhilippinesBatanes).JPGjpg|[[San Vicente Ferrer Church (Sabtang)|San Vicente Ferrer Church]]

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