Location: Zambales Provincial Capitol, Iba, Zambales
Category: Sites/Events
Type: Site
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date: 1956
Installed by: Philippines Historical Committee (PHC)
Marker text:
IBA
ORIGINALLY THE VILLAGE OF PAYNAVEN; FOUNDED 1611 BY THE RECOLLECT MISSIONARIES FR. RODRIGO DE SAN MIGUEL AND FR. ANDRES DEL ESPIRITU SANTO; FORMERLY SITUATED NEAR FORT PLAYA HONDA; TRANSFERRED IN 1680 BY THE DOMINICANS TO THIS SITE AND RENAMED IBA; LATER BECAME CAPITAL OF ZAMBALES. HOMETOWN OF JUAN MANDAY, MEMBER OF MALOLOS CONGRESS; SILVERIO APOSTOL, ACTING SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, 1922; GREGORIO ANONAS, REPRESENTATIVE, 1928–33, MANAGER, METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT, 1934–38 AND NDC, 1938–46.
BIRTHPLACE OF RAMON MAGSAYSAY, PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, 1953–·
