Thins to Do in Municipality of Sulop
The Municipality of Sulop is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Davao del Sur, Philippines located about 17 kilometers from the town of Digos, the seat of the provincial government of Davao del Sur. The community is midway between two major growth centers in Mindanao, namely Davao City of Region XI and the General Santos City of Region XII. it has a population of 35,151 inhabitants according to the Census 2020
Brief History
At that time, Sulop was still a barangay under the municipality of Padada, Davao del Sur. Settlers from Leyte, Iloilo, and Bohol also arrived during the century. They acquired land from the native peoples known as Tagacaolo, B'laans, and Bagobos and converted the land into settlements and agricultural production areas. By Executive Order No. 295 of April 24, 1958, President Carlos P. President Carlos P García appointed Nestorio Comabig as the first mayor of the municipality of Sulop.
Comabig allocated residential lots to stakeholders in accordance with the city's site development plan. Comabig resigned from his post after six years, after which Deputy Mayor Antonio Go Pace took over as vacant mayor. Sagarino's greatest achievement was the construction of the Sulop Public Market Buildings.
During his tenure, the construction of the new Sulop municipal administration center was carried out. He placed agricultural productivity at the center of his drive for development and began building the Labon-Clib steel bridge. The last leadership change occurred on June 30, 2007, when Mayor José Jimmy S.Sagarino was re-elected for his fourth term. In his new tenure, he celebrated the Golden Jubilee of the founding of the Sulop Municipality.
Sulop is politically subdivided into 25 barangays.
- Balasinon
- Buguis
- Carre
- Clib
- Harada Butai
- Katipunan
- Kiblagon
- Labon
- Laperas
- Lapla
- Litos
- Luparan
- Mckinley
- New Cebu
- Osmeña
- Palili
- Parame
- Poblacion
- Roxas
- Solongvale
- Tagolilong
- Tala-o
- Talas
- Tanwalang
- Waterfall
In 2008, the local government unit of Sulop in coordination with the Mountaineering Federation of Southern Mindanao (MFSM) and the Regional Office of the Ministry of Tourism XI has begun the baptismal climb to the Sulop Range through the Kiblagon site, traversing the rivers and ridges of Sitio San Pedro and Barangay Waterfall.
Although the town of Sulop does not have a fixed fee for trekking activities as it is still in the process of preparing its trekking documents, it welcomes people and groups throughout the year who want to explore this landscape.
