Alabel
municipality of the Philippines and capital of the province of Sarangani
Alabel, officially the Municipality of Alabel (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Alabel; Maguindanaon: Inged nu Alabil, Jawi: ايڠد نو ءلبيل; Filipino: Bayan ng Alabel), is a municipality and capital of the province of Sarangani, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 90,120 people.
History
In 1947, the families of Santiago Alaba and Tomas Beldad Sr. settled in Buayan. The place became a barrio of the municipality of Dadiangas (now General Santos) on September 17, 1956, through Hadji Abdawa Mohamad and Marcos Malinao and named Alabel in honor of two families.
Alabel became a municipality under Republic Act 6393 (formerly House Bill No. 3222 sponsored by Rep. James L. Chongbian) dated September 10, 1971, comprising eight barrios separated from the city: Alabel (now Poblacion), Alegria, Maribulan, Pag-asa, Kawas, Domolok, Bagacay and Tokawal. Barangays Spring, Baluntay, Datal Anggas, and Paraiso were created between 1986 and 1989, bringing the number to twelve.
Alaba Administration (1971–1986)
The first set of elected officials were; Lucio J. Alaba as Mayor, Jose Orlino, Jr.
“Alabel” enters the record as municipality of the Philippines and capital of the province of Sarangani. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Alabel, municipality and Philippines can confirm, complicate or overturn.
Why this record matters
“Alabel” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Alabel, municipality and Philippines provides the most credible route into that argument.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q174393. Authority coordinates are 6.102, 125.287. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2024, 1947, 1956 and 1971.
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This entry incorporates text from “Alabel” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.