Santa Magdalena
Busaingan | |
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Municipality of Santa Magdalena | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 12°38′56″N 124°06′30″E / 12.6489°N 124.1083°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Bicol Region |
Province | Sorsogon |
District | 2nd district |
Barangays | 14 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Eduardo T. Lozano |
• Vice Mayor | Ramon R. Espela |
• Representative | Vacant |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 12,333 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 43.50 km2 (16.80 sq mi) |
Elevation | 62 m (203 ft) |
Highest elevation | 630 m (2,070 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census)[3] | |
• Total | 17,096 |
• Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
• Households | 3,962 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 5th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 28.41 |
• Revenue | ₱ 8.836 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 201.2 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 79.91 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 42.74 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Sorsogon 1 Electric Cooperative (SORECO 1) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 4709 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)56 |
Native languages | Sorsogon language Tagalog |
Santa Magdalena, officially the Municipality of Santa Magdalena (Waray Sorsogon: Bungto san Santa Magdalena; Waray: Bungto han Santa Magdalena, Tagalog: Bayan ng Santa Magdalena), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Sorsogon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,096 people, making it the least populated municipality in the province.[3]
On April 15, 2001, former three-term mayor Felix Frayna was running against incumbent mayor Nida Gamos when he was assassinated by two suspected communist rebels in Barangay San Eugenio while giving a speech on a make-shift platform.[5]
It is bounded by Bulusan, Matnog and Irosin. It is the smallest municipality in the province, both in population and area. The territorial jurisdiction of the municipality comprises some 4706.443 hectares of land mass and areas of sea territory.
The local government unit is politically subdivided into 14 barangays, dispersed geographically in the lowlands of Poblacion (4 barangays) and upland (10 barangays). It has 13 coastal barangays and 1 inland barangay (La Ezperansa).
Santa Magdalena is politically subdivided into 14 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for Santa Magdalena, Sorsogon | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27 (81) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) |
21 (70) |
22 (72) |
23 (73) |
24 (75) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
24 (74) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 65 (2.6) |
44 (1.7) |
42 (1.7) |
39 (1.5) |
87 (3.4) |
150 (5.9) |
184 (7.2) |
153 (6.0) |
163 (6.4) |
154 (6.1) |
127 (5.0) |
100 (3.9) |
1,308 (51.4) |
Average rainy days | 13.9 | 9.2 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 19.6 | 24.3 | 26.5 | 25.0 | 25.5 | 24.4 | 19.4 | 15.1 | 226.4 |
Source: Meteoblue[6] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1903 | 2,335 | — |
1918 | 3,747 | +3.20% |
1939 | 6,339 | +2.54% |
1948 | 8,098 | +2.76% |
1960 | 14,259 | +4.83% |
1970 | 11,489 | −2.13% |
1975 | 10,887 | −1.07% |
1980 | 13,121 | +3.80% |
1990 | 12,274 | −0.67% |
1995 | 13,900 | +2.36% |
2000 | 14,623 | +1.09% |
2007 | 15,425 | +0.74% |
2010 | 16,520 | +2.53% |
2015 | 16,848 | +0.38% |
2020 | 17,096 | +0.29% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[7][8][9][10] |
Poverty incidence of Santa Magdalena
10
20
30
40
50
2006
32.40 2009
35.77 2012
35.54 2015
43.15 2018
32.78 2021
28.41 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] |
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Province of Sorsogon | |
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