HOW IT GOT STARTED
History of Barangay Lourmah
In the early 1930s the town of Mahayag was occupied dominantly by Native Subanen and Christian settlers. “Boyed Mahayag” a native subanen term inspired by the mountain ranges and dark forested swampy areas and pristine nature is what this town was called.
Originally Mahayag is under the jurisdiction of the Municipality of Aurora Zamboanga del Sur, and was called “Dao” because of the big and luxuriant growth of Dao trees. Then the Subanen conformed to the proposition that the place be called Mahayag sometime in 1960s, which means Ma = “to be” and Hayag = “bright”.
Initially the barangay was known as “Lower Mahayag”, as a counterpart to “Upper Mahayag” which is currently now the barangay Poblacion. Years went by around 1970s, a certain group of individual in authority, the Alquizars, Valeros and Danghils, came up with a proposition that the barangay be named as “Lourma”. Until later, a certain Atty. Densing suggested the addition of a letter “H” to its name, thus until the present time the barangay is named “Lourmah”.
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Barangay Lourmah is approximately 14.6 kilometers from the center of the municipality, barangay Poblacion. It is located at the southeastern part of Mahayag, which is geographically bounded by Barangay Poblacion on the north; Barangay Tumapic on the west; Barangays Upper Sto. Nino and San Isidro on the south; and Barangay San Isidro on the east.
Lourmah has a geographic coordinate of approximately 8.0950 latitude, 123.4554 longitude in the island of Mindanao with a total land area of 322.64 hectares; has a soil type of San Manuel silt loam, which is deep, fertile having a coarse to medium texture; alienable, suitable for irrigated rice, trees and vine crops. It has an estimated elevation of 21.0 meters or 68.9 feet mean above sea level, topography of typified flat to gently sloping terrain. The barangay experiences distinct dry season, from October to May; and wet season in months June to November with an average rainfall of 148.5 millimeters: has a fairly warm temperature of 32.4˚C and the average rainfall is 2538 millimeter.
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The Spot Map illustrates the land area of the Barangay Lourmah with landmarks and households shown. The division of the area to Puroks are also indicated. Different landmarks are represented by legends. The location and number of households are only in approximation. Other barangays along the boundaries of Barangay Lourmah are also shown.
