Alcoy, Cebu

Municipality of Alcoy

Location
Map of Cebu showing the location of Alcoy
Government
Region	Central Visayas (Region VII)
Province	Cebu
District	2nd district of Cebu
Barangays	8
Income Class:	5th class city; partially urban
Mayor	Nicomedes A. de los Santos
Physical characteristics
Area	49.81 km²
Population Total      Density	14,571 people (2007) 293/km² (2000)
Coordinates	9°41'N 123°30'E

Alcoy is a 5th class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 14,571 people. It is approximately 93 kilometers from the provincial capital Cebu City. It is bounded by the municipalities of Dalaguete to the north, Boljoon to the south, Badian and Alegria to the west, and Cebu Strait to the east.

Economy

Alcoy is mainly an agricultural town with Nug-as, a mountain barangay, producing 90% of commercial crops. The rest of the communities rely on subsistence fishing and backyard farming. The country's largest dolomite quarry is mined in Barangay Pugalo.

Barangays

Alcoy is politically subdivided into 8 barangays.

• Atabay
• Daan-Lungsod
• Guiwang
• Nug-as
• Pasol
• Poblacion
• Pugalo
• San Agustin