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C.Y.	Total Households	Total Members
2011	7,009	2,117
2010	6,856	2,485
2009	6,707	1,913
2008	6,562	1,321
2007	6,419	2,982

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In the years following the war, the Margosatubig Hospital was rebuilt by Dr. Climaco Elago. His Administrative Officer and Chief Nurse, Cornelio Felisilda was drafted to run and became the municipal mayor in 1948-1955 followed by Teodoro Elago who served from 1956 to 1964. During these years life was indeed a great abundance. Land was fertile and kaingineros thrived as fishing censoros enjoyed the lure of the Dumanquillas shores that teemed with fish of various class and species. Migrants after migrants, Margosatubig became the promise and the home of those who sought for greener pasture.

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Nothing much can be remembered about the American occupation. However, information marked a historic event of the guerilla fighting fearlessly side by side with the Americans in defense of freedom and democracy, and the stories of a large pit in the old Spanish fort (now Pax Quadrangle) where pirates and criminals were subjected to the Jues de Kutselyo, beheaded and buried.

Guerilla movement in Margosatubig started at the height of the Japanese - American war. Guerilla organization began with a handful of volunteers initiated by a certain American engineer named McCarthy who used to work with the Malangas Coal Mine in 1942. With Tiguian as their strong hold they fought gallantly. Though poorly armed, they gained isolated victories under cover guerilla tactics against the superior Japanese Army. Life then was very miserable as civilians moved from one evacuation center to another amidst famine and frequent epidemic. The guerilla grew stronger when finally the USAFEE and other volunteers all over the Peninsula joined forces against the common enemy of the land. A certain American mestizo named Morgan who was Chief of Police in Tubod, Lanao and a friend of General Fertig bravely crossed to Australia through a vinta. There he engaged American support and not long after, weapons of war, ammunitions, medicine and food soon came making the guerilla more vigilant and high in their hope to win the war.

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From 1917 to 1936. Margosatubig stayed as a municipal district of the city of Zamboanga. The first District President was Francisco Paragas in the years 1917 to 1920. He was followed by Cosme Atoc in 1921-1924; Julio Saavedra, 1925-1928; his son Maximo Paragas, 1929-1932; and Rafael Cruz in 1933-1936. During the Commonwealth Government and by virtue of Executive Order No. 17 dated December 23, 1936 signed by President Manuel L. Quezon, Margosatubig finally became a regular and distinct municipality with eight original barrios, namely: Poblacion, Makulay, Lapuyan, Malangas, Kumalarang, Naga-naga, and Talusan.

Crispin Atilano who earlier in 1921 was Deputy Governor of the Zamboanga Province, became the first elected Mayor after the election of 1937. He served until 1941 ending the term a month before the outbreak of the Second World War. He was succeeded by Maximo Jacot whose incumbency coincides with the Japanese occupation. Because of the exigency and fear of the Japanese imperial forces, the seat of local governance was temporarily transferred to Limamawan. As war continued Mayor Jacot sought refuge in Pagadian where he died of a tooth extraction. Liberation was declared in 1945 by the Americans and in 1946-1947; Crispin Atilano was again installed as acting Municipal Mayor.