Background of the Community

 

     The Barangay Ditay is situated in the municipality of Diplahan, Zamboanga Sibugay—known as a 4th class municipality which has 22 barangays. Ditas was the original name of Barangay Ditay in honor of the lady and daughter of Subanen timoay named Ditas who was lost in midst of partly pastured and timbered land while she was attending their herds of carabao long time ago. The Subanen villagers were looking after Ditas. They called out her name and cried Ditas! Ditas! Ditas! And it so happened that a group of hunters heard this word and they called this place Ditas until such time Ditas was changed to Ditay until it was official created as regular barangay. The barangay has an estimated land area of about 1,516.57 hectares. The total number of population is around 2,820 people with more or less 549 households.

      

          Barangay Ditay is inhabited by different cultural classifications: 60% are Boholanons, 5% are Warays, 5% are Ilonggos, 10% are Cebuanos, 10% are Ilocanos and 10% are Subanen and their kalibugan. But majority of them are Roman Catholic while the other are Seventh Day Adventist (SDA), Alliance, Things to Come Mission (TCM), Church Body of Christ, Jehovah Witnesses and other sectors.

 

        Barangay Ditay has an estimated area of 3,400 hectares. The vast flat topographic area are low land planted with rice and the hilly or sloop sides are planted with fruit trees and other root crops, while the remaining portions are still timber land. This barangay has 9 puroks and 3 sitios, bounded by the following barangay Guinoman in the north, Sampoli in the south, Natan in the west and Balangao in the east.

 

        The place is abounding with rice fields, hence, majority of the people are into farming, around 95%, as their source of income.