MATUN-OG

Matun-og is a mountainous barangay with a total land area of 1,453 hectares. It is bounded by Bayong, Lamesa, Luca, Ginatilan, Cabasiangan, and Sunog.

It is politically subdivided into five (5) sitios, namely: Lantawan, Tubli, Hunop, Gapo, and Matun-og Proper.

NAME-ORIGIN & BRIEF HISTORY

The name is derived from the Cebuano word “matun-og” which literally means “cold” or “it can become cold”; that is, from the prefix ma- (to make into) and the root word tun-og (cold). Tun-og is also sometimes used interchangeably with “yamog” to denote the dew. In the said barangay, the local people also sometimes used the word tun-og to refer the fog. Yet the real Cebuano word for fog is “gabon”.

According to oral history, in 1934, people from Luca began their kaingin activities in Matun-og. During World War II, escaping from the Japanese, they began to settle the area. After World War II, a certain Pedro Limbag together with his wife named Isabel came to the place during rainy season. The place was foggy and cold, hence Pedro Limbag called the place as “Matun-og”. In 1955, the first school building of Matun-og, which was only made of wood and cogon, was built. Accordingly, that was the time that Matun-og separated from Luca and was established as a barrio.

LIST OF POLITICAL LEADERS

1. Seviro Noya              (1955-1958)
2. Bartlome Pacquiao  (1958-1961)
3. Sixto Matugas           (1961-1986)
4. Teofanes Pacquiao (1986-1989 & 1997-2007)
5. Vicente Gabini         (1989-1997)
6. Trinidad Barnayja    (2007-Present)¹