Biabas

Biabas is one of the 44 barangays of the municipality of Ubay, in the province of Bohol, Philippines.

The barangay's total land area is 2,200 hectares (5,400 acres). According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 2,573. In the 2013 election, it had 1,536 registered voters, meaning that 60% of the population are aged 18 and over.

Biabas celebrates its annual fiesta on 17 May in honor of their patron saint.

Location

Located on the eastern part of the municipality, Biabas overlooks Bohol Sea to the east. To the north it is bounded by Lomangog and San Vicente, to the west by San Pascual, and to the south the municipality of Mabini. It is 15 km (9.3 mi) from the town center, Poblacion. It is accessible by all kinds of land transportation with a travel time of 20–30 minutes by private vehicles (jeep, motorcycle, automobiles) and 40–50 minutes by public utility vehicles.

Etymology

The barangay was named after the bayabas tree (guava – biabas, in Visayan), of which there are plenty throughout the barangay since the Spanish colonization.

Ubay, Bohol

Ubay is a first income class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. Ubay is in the north-east of the province, and has an area of 335 square kilometres (129 sq mi), with 61 kilometres (38 mi) of coastline. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 68,578, making Ubay the largest and most populated municipality in Bohol.In the 2013 election, it had 42,418 registered voters.

Ubay celebrates its town fiesta every 29 January in honor of the patron saint (Holy Infant).

Etymology

One etymology derivation is that the town's name is a contraction of the term ubay-ubay, meaning "alongside".

According to Kaufmann's 1934 Visayan-English Dictionary, the Visayan word "ubay" means:

The flow of seawater between the mainland and the island of Lapinig Grande (now Pres. C.P. Garcia town) could justify the second definition of Ubay. It is a situation that is permanent and the constant reference to the flow of water can make the term ubay be attached as the name of the place.

Ubay (name)

Obai (Arabic: أبي) is an Arabic given name, most commonly transliterated as "Ubai". also It is also sometimes transliterated as "Obai", "Ubay", "Ubai", "Obay", "Ubayy", & "Obayy" The word is derived from the tri-consonant Arabic word for "refuse" and could possibly mean The one who is refusing the humiliation

The most well-known historical figure to be named Ubai was Ubay ibn Ka'b a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a person of high esteem in the early Muslim community