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The Municipality of Gumaca is a first class municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. It is partially urban, and according to the 2015 census, it has a population of 73,877 people. Located at the mouth of what is now known as Pipisik River and nestling at the foot of the Sierra Madre range.BarangaysGumaca is politically subdivided into 59 barangays: Adia Bitaog Anonangin Bagong Buhay (Pob.) Bamban Bantad Batong Dalig Biga Binambang Buensuceso Bungahan Butaguin Calumangin Camohaguin Casasahan Ibaba Casasahan Ilaya Cawayan Gayagayaan Gitnang Barrio Hardinan Inaclagan Inagbuhan Ilaya Hagakhakin Labnig Laguna Lagyo Mabini(Pob.) Mabunga Malabtog Manlayaan Marcelo H. Del Pilar Mataas Na Bundok Maunlad (Pob.) Pagsabangan Panikihan Peñafrancia (Pob.) Pipisik (Pob.) Progreso Rizal (Pob.) Rosario San Agustin San Diego (Pob.) San Diego (Bukid) San Isidro Kanluran San Isidro Silangan San Juan De Jesus San Vicente Sastre Tabing Dagat (Pob.) Tumayan Villa Arcaya Villa Bota Villa Fuerte Villa Mendoza Villa Nava Villa Padua Villa Perez Villa Principe Villa Tañada Villa VictoriaHistoryFormerly known as Bumaka, the present town of Gumaca was a settlement founded at the southern bank of Palanas River in the 14th century by a group of settlers from Borneo and the Malay Peninsula. It is in fact only 11 years younger than the “Noble and Ever Loyal City of Manila”.