The Guinayangan Republic

The barrio of Himbubulo has been habitually called by its name as early as the Spanish period and had retained it up to the present. There has been no written record in the history of the municipality of Guinayangan as how Himbubulo got its name. Somehow the first landowner in this barrio owed it to the fact that abundandt “buho” or “bulo” grow in this barrio that they incidentally acquired the habit of calling the place Himbubulo and the river separating it from other barrios as Himbubulo River.

Himbubulo was considered one of the biggest barangay in the municipality. Before its present state, its jurisdiction spread over the sitios of Mambinga (now Brgy.Himbubulo Este),  Mulasgod (now Brgy.Mangalang), and the Dungawans (now are the independent barangays of Dungawan Central, Dungawan Pantay and Dungawan Paalyunan).

It was established as early as the Spanish Regime and the pioneers were the families of the Piñaverdes and the Igleanes. The first known and remembered Teniente Del Barrio was Doroteo Piñaverde.

Himbubulo Este and Oeste

After the separation of Dungawan and the remaining Himbubulo still being too big and so progressive, it was subdivided again by the persistent request of the barrio folks. This division was affected during the incumbency of Mayor Lazaro Tayag.

Himbubulo Este or Eastern Himbubulo extends from the Prenza River up to Talungin River and from Mambinga to Manlit.Himbubulo Oeste or Western Himbubulo extends from Mulasgod to Hiwasayan River. The first barrio lieutenant of Himbubulo Este was Esteban Collado and succeeded by Angel Malihan, Pedro Capio and Bienvenido Perez and Augusto Salvatierra. In the case of Himbubulo Oeste, the first Teniente del Barrio was Doroteo Piñaverde, succeeded by Francisco Capio and Gil Lagar.




Compiled by:
Miss Virginia M.Salumbides

Excerpt from the manuscript: 
Collection And Compilation Of Historical Data And Cultural Life Of The
Municipality Of Guinayangan Including Its Barrios And Sitios, 
Province of Quezon, Philippines
Philippine (Republic) Bureau Of Public Schools
Division Of Quezon