Guipos
Guipos, officially the Municipality of Guipos, is a municipality in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 21,738 people.
The town was officially established on October 7, 1991, by virtue of Republic Act No. 7159, signed by President Corazon C. Aquino. It was formed from barangays Guipos, Katipunan, Bagong Oroquieta, and Dalapang of the municipality of San Miguel; barangays Datagan, Dagohoy, Balongating, Baguitan, Magting, Sikatuna, Dacsol, Guling, and Canunan of the municipality of Dumalinao; barangays Lintum, Singclot and Litan of the municipality of Dinas; and barangay Regla of the municipality of San Pablo.
Through Presidential Proclamation 682, October 7, 2024 was declared a special non-working day in Guipos to commemorate the 33rd Araw ng Guipos.
Geography
Barangays
Guipos is politically subdivided into 17 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.- Bagong Oroquieta
- Baguitan
- Balongating
- Canunan
- Dacsol
- Dagohoy
- Dalapang
- Datagan
- Guling
- Katipunan
- Lintum
- Litan
- Magting
- Poblacion
- Regla
- Sikatuna
- Singclot