Rizal
Municipality
Municipality of Rizal
The facade of LGU-RIZAL Complex
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Map of Occidental Mindoro with Rizal highlighted
Interactive map of Rizal
Rizal Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 12°28′N 120°58′E / 12.47°N 120.97°E / 12.47; 120.97
Country	Philippines
Region	Mimaropa
Province	Occidental Mindoro
District	Lone district
Founded	April 3, 1969
Named after	José Rizal
Barangays	11 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Ernesto C. Pablo Jr.
• Vice Mayor	Marcelino B. Dela Cruz
• Representative	Leody “Odie” F. Tarriela
• Municipal Council	Members Aries O. Valdez Alexis James N. Guevarra Restituto F. Awit Ferdinand H. Arca Sr. Edgardo C. Tamboong Carmela S. Ovalles Danilo E. Espartero Ronar A. Hitones
• Electorate	25,125 voters (2025)
Area [2]
• Total	242.50 km2 (93.63 sq mi)
Elevation	5.0 m (16.4 ft)
Highest elevation	53 m (174 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2024 census)[3]
• Total	40,319
• Density	166.26/km2 (430.62/sq mi)
• Households	9,622
Economy
• Income class	3rd municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	30.07 % (2021)[4]
• Revenue	₱ 240.2 million (2022)
• Assets	₱ 419.4 million (2022)
• Expenditure	₱ 204 million (2022)
• Liabilities	₱ 126.6 million (2022)
Service provider
• Electricity	Occidental Mindoro Electric Cooperative (OMECO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	5103
PSGC	1705108000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)43
Native languages	Ratagnon Tagalog

Rizal, officially the Municipality of Rizal (Tagalog: Bayan ng Rizal), is a municipality in the province of Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 40,319 people.^[5]

Before the coming of the Spaniards to the Philippines, the area which comprises Rizal was covered with forests. Later on, a few families of tribal Filipinos, known as Ratagnons, settled near the mouth of a river which was called Bogsanga. According to the Hanunoos, another group of tribal Filipinos, living on the hills, about ten kilometers west of Bogsanga, the original name of the river was Bisanga, a word from their dialect which means "It branched out." They gave the river that name for the said body of water came from two sources.

Political leaders of San Jose, Occidental Mindoro felt that the barrios between Busuanga and Lumintao River should be created as another municipality. In anticipation of the creation of a new town, residents of Barrio Limlim decided to change the name of their community to Rizal. They expressed their desire that their barrio would be made as the center of the town.

When Pedro Medalla Sr. was elected in 1965 as representative of Occidental Mindoro, one of the bills he filed in Congress was the creation of the municipality of Rizal. Through his effort, Republic Act No. 5460 was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Ferdinand Marcos. Rizal became a municipality on April 3, 1969. Ten barrios composed the new town. They were Adela, Rumbang, Salvacion, Magui, Magsikap, San Pedro, Santo Nino, Pitogo, Aguas and Rizal (Limlim).

Rizal is 153 kilometres (95 mi) from Mamburao and 249 kilometres (155 mi) from Calapan.

Rizal is politically subdivided into 11 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

Poverty incidence of Rizal

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority^{[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]}

The Rizal Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.^[20]

• Rizal Profile at PhilAtlas.com
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine