page_title: Libon, Albay
section_title: Saint James the Greater Parish
hierarchical_section_title: Libon, Albay / History / Saint James the Greater Parish
caption_attribution_description: English: Santiago de Libong
context_page_description: Libon, officially the Municipality of Libon, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Albay, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 75,172 people.
  Libon is a first class municipality with a land area of 222.76 square kilometres. It is about 37 kilometres west-north-west of the provincial capital of Albay Legazpi City, and about 300 kilometres east-south-east of Manila. It is classified as a partly urban municipality with 47 barangays.
  Libon's major economic activities are agriculture and fishing. Its 4,000 hectares of ricelands produce 30.4 million kilos or 608,000 bags of palay per year. Libon is also the seat of the Pantao Port, a regional port facility linking the Masbate island province, the Visayas and Mindanao to mainland Bicol towards Southern Luzon and the National Capital Region.
context_section_description: In 1573, Juan de Salcedo set up the garrison named Santiago de Libong, and a church was constructed under the patronage of Saint James the Apostle. In 1578, when the Franciscans arrive, it was ceded to the province under San Gregorio Magno. A church made of red bricks was constructed in Linao in 1591. This church was destroyed in mid 17th century and a new church was constructed.
  In 1847, the town was ceded to Albay from Camarines. Huerta reported that the new church was reconstructed by Vicente de Dosbarrios in 1865 and it was made of solid bricks, while the casa parroquial was made of stone. The church was destroyed by a strong earthquake in 1907 and it had to reconstructed with new materials.
caption: Santiago de Libong Patron Saint of Libon
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