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Municipality in Albay, Philippines

Oas, officially the Municipality of Oas (; ), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Albay, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 66,084 people.

Oas was founded during the early Spanish colonization of the Bicol Peninsula. In 1605, Father Baltazar de los Reyes converted 12 leading natives of the area to Christianity in one day, forming the foundation of the community now known as Oas.

The town was one of the localities particularly harmed by the Dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos; in the waning days of the dictatorship, Oas was hit by a series of political killings targeting those who dared to speak out against the abuses of the Military and against Ferdinand Marcos. The most prominent of the victims was Clemente Ragragio, the municipal sanitation inspector of Ligao who was later also assigned to Oas. Known for his effectiveness, he had been awarded the 1983 Best Sanitary Inspector for Albay. However, this led the dictatorship's local administrators suspecting him of being a rebel sympathizer, because his close relationship with locals in far flung barangays allowed him to move around fearlessly, and because he expressed disagreements with the dictatorship's governance. A killer shot him three times in front of his house in the early evening of August 21, 1985, and the government did not investigate his murder. He was later honored by having his name inscribed on the wall of remembrance at the Philippines' Bantayog ng mga Bayani (lit. Monument of Heroes), which honors the martyrs and heroes who fought to restore democracy in the wake of the Marcos dictatorship. and Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray whose maternal lineage has its roots in Oas.

Oas is located at
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of constituting of the total area of Albay. Oas is from Legazpi City and from Manila.

Oas is politically subdivided into 53 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

In the 2020 census, Oas had a population of 66,084. The population density was .