Alfonso Lista, formerly known as Potia, officially the Municipality of Lista is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Ifugao, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 34,061 people.^[3]

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Coordinates: 16°55′22″N 121°29′18″E
Country	Philippines
Region	Cordillera Administrative Region
Province	Ifugao
District	Lone district
Founded	May 11, 1955
Barangays	20 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Edralin B. Alipio
• Vice Mayor	Agapito B. Dominguez Jr.
• Representative	Solomon R. Chungalao
• Municipal Council	Members Herman D. Tuguinay Victor A. Butoeg Dioney B. Macadangdang Michael A. Buminaang Carl Marx P. Aliguyon Marc Vincent B. Uy Noel R. Prudenciano William C. Taganas
• Electorate	20,768 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	347.46 km2 (134.16 sq mi)
Elevation	142 m (466 ft)
Highest elevation	1,457 m (4,780 ft)
Lowest elevation	431 m (1,414 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[3]
• Total	34,061
• Density	98/km2 (250/sq mi)
• Households	8,162
Economy
• Income class	3rd municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	16.40 % (2018)[4]
• Revenue	₱ 218.8 million (2020)
• Assets	₱ 427.5 million (2020)
• Expenditure	₱ 200 million (2020)
• Liabilities	₱ 108.9 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Ifugao Electric Cooperative (IFELCO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	3608
PSGC	142707000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)74
Native languages	Ga'dang Ifugao Tuwali Ilocano Tagalog
Website	www.alfonsolista.gov.ph

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Alfonso Lista is 114 kilometres (71 mi) from Lagawe, 84 kilometres (52 mi) from Ilagan, 138 kilometres (86 mi) from Bontoc, and 431 kilometres (268 mi) from Manila.

Potia was created as the municipal district by virtue of Republic Act (RA) No. 1222 on May 11, 1955, from the barrios of Potia, Dolowog, San Juan, San Quintin, Cabicalan, Pinto, Busilac, Santa Maria, and Namillangan in the municipal district of Mayoyao; the seat of government then was designated at Barrio Potia.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

Originally called Mun-uupag ("bubbles of foam") by the Ifugao natives, Potia was derived from the term Putiak, a phenomenon wherein plants and flowers in the area opened their pods as they dried and cracked open. The administration of President Sergio Osmeña annexed the area presently composed of Alfonso Lista to present-day San Mateo, Isabela. However, due to opposition by local settlers in the area, a major part of the area was later transferred to Mayoyao of then Ifugao sub-province of the old Mountain Province.^[8]

On June 18, 1966, the old Mountain Province was divided into four political entities, one of which is Ifugao, by virtue of RA No. 4763. Barrio Kiling was transferred from the adjacent Paracales (present-day Paracelis, Mountain Province) to Potia, thus finishing efforts to recover the "lost" territories of the municipality.^[10][9][11]

In 1959, the name of Potia was renamed Lista in honor of its first mayor (1955–1959), Alfonso Lista.^[9][11] It was formalized on December 15, 1988 through RA No. 6687; Barangay Sta. Maria was confirmed as the seat of the municipal government.^{[12][7][8][13]}

However, several government documents including the Philippine Statistics Authority, Commission on Audit, and the municipality itself used the style "Alfonso Lista" as its name.

To avoid confusion with the name used on RA No. 6687, on May 24, 2021, House Bill No. 9451, introduced by Rep. Solomon Chungalao of the Ifugao Lone District, was filed and approved.^[14][15]

On June 2, 2022, RA No. 11813, the act renaming Lista as Alfonso Lista, lapsed into law. A plebiscite, having no final schedule yet, will be supervised by the Commission on Elections.^[16]

In the 2020 census, the population of Alfonso Lista was 34,061 people,^[3] with a density of 98 inhabitants per square kilometre or 250 inhabitants per square mile.

The indigenes are largely Ifugao, with smaller numbers of Bontoc and Gaddang originating in the surrounding areas.^[23] The majority of the population, however, are Ilokano who began farming the area in the 1930s.

Poverty Incidence of Alfonso Lista

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