Roseller Lim, Zamboanga Sibugay

The town is named in honor of the first Senator from Zamboanga, Roseller T. Lim. The municipality, then in Zamboanga del Sur, was created as Roseller Lim through Batas Pambansa Blg. 183 which was approved on March 16, 1982; fourteen barangays in Ipil had been separated with Surabay designated the seat of government. A plebiscite for ratification, along with ten more newly-created local entities including Vincenzo Sagun (which remains in Zamboanga del Sur), was held on May 17, coinciding with the barangay elections. ==Geography==

Barangays Roseller Lim is politically subdivided into 26 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios. • Ali Alsree • Balansag • Calula • Casacon • Don Perfecto • Gango • Katipunan • Kulambugan • Mabini • Magsaysay • Malubal • New Antique • New Sagay • Palmera • Pres. Roxas • Remedios • San Antonio • San Fernandino • San Jose • Santo Rosario • Siawang • Silingan • Surabay • Taruc • Tilasan • Tupilac Climate {{Weather box == Demographics ==

Religion • Roman Catholicism • Baptism • Islam • Iglesia ni Cristo • Alliance Church • Grace Gospel Church of Christ • New Hope • The Bishop of the Dumaguete City Christian Fellowship Churches of the Philippines • Members Church of God International (Ang Dating Daan) • Jehovah’s Witnesses == Economy ==

List of former chief executives • Romeo Billote • Camilo Bicoy • Danilo Piodena • Michael Piodena - Present == Education ==

Roseller Lim has many elementary and high schools, as well as colleges. Elementary Secondary • Surabay National High School (SNHS) • Surabay National High School Senior High School Stand-Alone • Malubal National High school (MNHS) • Santo Rosario National High school (SrNHS) • San Fernandino National High School (SFNHS) • Gango National High School (GNHS) Tertiary • Western Sibugay College (WESCO) • Western Mindanao Cooperative College-Annex (WMCC) == References ==