Del Gallego

Del Gallego, officially the Municipality of Del Gallego (Banwaan kan Del Gallego; Bayan ng Del Gallego), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,403 people.

It is used to be called Danawin and located along Kilbay River (now, Sabang River). It was established through Executive Order No. 56 Series of 1936 signed by then President Manuel L. Quezon.

The municipality celebrates its 86th foundation anniversary on October 5, 2023.

Del Gallego is the last town in the northwestern part of Camarines Sur. This is where the Quirino Highway (Andaya Highway) road meets with the first town of Quezon, Tagkawayan. It is 109 km from Pili and 287 km from Manila.

According to the town's socio-economic profile in the year 1998, agricultural workers are greater in number reaching about 70% of the whole working force while the remaining 30% are engaged in non-agricultural occupations.

Barangays
Del Gallego is politically subdivided into 32 barangays (villages). Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
 * Bagong Silang
 * Bucal
 * Cabasag
 * Comadaycaday
 * Comadogcadog
 * Domagondong
 * Kinalangan
 * Mabini
 * Magais I
 * Magais II
 * Mansalaya
 * Nagkalit
 * Palaspas
 * Pamplona
 * Pasay
 * Pinagdapian
 * Pinugusan
 * Poblacion Zone III
 * Sabang
 * Salvacion
 * San Juan
 * San Pablo
 * Santa Rita I
 * Santa Rita II
 * Sinagawsawan
 * Sinuknipan I
 * Sinuknipan II
 * Sugsugin
 * Tabion
 * Tomagoktok
 * Zone I Fátima
 * Zone II San Antonio

Demographics
In the 2020 census, the population of Del Gallego was 26,403 people, with a density of undefined PD/km2.

Economy
The Del Gallego Town Proper is strategic for fishing and farming. There are many businesses (local and international) in the Municipal Proper. Del Gallego has a port and operates daily to the Bondoc Peninsula and Batangas.

The Municipal Government is successfully improving the town and the towns people's lives.

Also due to its location between two Major town centers Sipocot and Tagkawayan it now serves as a rest stop.

• 1/3 of people rely on Agriculture

• 1/4 of people rely on fishing

• There are restaurants and several gas stations in the town

• There are hotels in and near the town

• It is more dependent on Tagkawayan for some market needs instead of Sipocot or Naga City

• Market days are usually on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays and the market is least busy during Sundays.

• 94% of people have access to electricity

• People sell wood

• 89% of people have access to clean and potable water

• Its electricity is powered and supplied by Quezelco.

Transportation
The municipality is connected with Manila by the Andaya Highway and daily rail services to and from Naga & Legazpi are provided by the Philippine National Railways.

In order to spur development in the municipality, The Toll Regulatory Board declared Toll Road 5 the extension of South Luzon Expressway. A 420-kilometer, four lane expressway starting from the terminal point of the now under construction SLEX Toll Road 4 at Barangay Mayao, Lucena City in Quezon to Matnog, Sorsogon, near the Matnog Ferry Terminal. On August 25, 2020, San Miguel Corporation announced that they will invest the project which will reduce travel time from Lucena to Matnog from 9 hours to 5.5 hours.

Another expressway that will serve Del Gallego is the Quezon-Bicol Expressway (QuBEx), which will link between Lucena and San Fernando, Camarines Sur.

Education
Del Gallego has a total of twenty-three (23) schools, twenty of which are public schools and the other three are private schools.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS (Elementary, Secondary and Tertiary/College Level)
 * Bagong Silang Elementary School (est. 1988)
 * Cabasag Elementary School (est. 1986)
 * Del Gallego Central School (est. 1937)
 * Kinalangan Elementary School (est. 1952)
 * Magais Elementary School (est. 1964)
 * Mansalaya Elementary School
 * Palaspas Elementary School (est. 1957)
 * Pasay Elementary School
 * Sabang Elementary School (est. 1944)
 * Salvación Elementary School
 * San Juan Elementary School
 * San Pablo Community School
 * Santa Rita Elementary School (est. 1948)
 * Sinuknipan Elementary School (est. 1947)
 * Tabion Elementary School (est. 1993)
 * Pamplona Community School
 * Del Gallego National High School (est. 1969)
 * Mansalaya National High School (est. 1996)
 * Sinuknipan National High School (est. 1966)
 * Del Gallego Community College (est. 2024)
 * Mansalaya National High School (est. 1996)
 * Sinuknipan National High School (est. 1966)
 * Del Gallego Community College (est. 2024)

PRIVATE SCHOOLS (Tertiary/College Level)
 * Alfelor Sr. Memorial College Inc. (est. 1985)
 * Colegio de Santa Rita Camarines Sur Foundation, Inc. (est. 1995)
 * SPJ International Technology Institute Inc. Del Gallego (est. 2013)