Sindangan is one of the oldest town of Zamboanga del Norte. The
municipality was formerly an isolated barrio of the municipality
of Katipunan as no roads connecting the place to its mother
town. But as the years rolled by, Sindangan is now the number
one revenue earner among the 25 municipalities of the province.
Its corporate life started on December 22, 1936 by
virtues of Executive Order No. 27 issued by the then President
of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, Manuel L. Quezon. The
61-year old municipality has been reared and nurtured by the ten
dedicated and industrious chief executives namely: Bartolome
Lira Sr. (1936-41); Emilio Ortouse (1942-45); Joaquin Macias
(1946-67); Jode Tan (1968-71); Mariano Macias (1972-79);Ricardo
Macias (1979-85); Cresente Llorente (1986-1995); and Winnie
Albos (1995-present).
As to how Sindangan got its name, several stories have
been told. The first version narrates that a native fisherman
carrying a basket full of fish was on his way home met a Guardia
Civil, military guards during the spanish regime, who asked this
question, "Que es el nombre de este lugar, amigo?" And
the fisherman who did not understand the Spanish language
answered "Indangan", believing he asked on the kind of
fish he caught. The stranger heard this as
"Sindangan", thinking that was the exact answer to his
inquiry to the fisherman about the name of the fish. From then
on, the natives used Sindangan to name the place until it became
into a municipality on 1936.
