Aborlan

Aborlan, officially the Municipality of Aborlan, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 38,736 people.

Formerly a municipal district, Aborlan became a municipality on June 28, 1949 by virtue of Executive Order No. 232. In 1951, the municipality lost the barrios of Berong and Alfonso XII when those were transferred to the newly created town of Quezon.

Aborlan is the province's only town with an agricultural college, now called Western Philippines University. It was founded in 1910.

Etymology
Many stories tell about how the town got its present name:
 * Abelnan, a legendary tree of the gods; and
 * The English phrase "A Boar Land" that an American man shouted as he noticed the place with wild boars, thus making the place called Aboarland.

Geography
It lies in a vast plain between the Sulu Sea and the mountains, 68 km south of Puerto Princesa City.

Barangays
Aborlan is politically subdivided into 19 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.


 * Apo-Aporawan
 * Apoc-apoc
 * Aporawan
 * Barake
 * Cabigaan
 * Gogognan
 * Iraan
 * Isaub
 * Jose Rizal
 * Mabini
 * Magbabadil
 * Plaridel
 * Ramon Magsaysay
 * Sagpangan
 * San Juan
 * Tagpait
 * Tigman
 * Poblacion
 * Culandanum

Demographics
In the 2020 census, the population of Aborlan was 38,736 people, with a density of undefined PD/km2.