San Ricardo | |
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Municipality of San Ricardo | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 9°55′N 125°17′E / 9.92°N 125.28°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Eastern Visayas |
Province | Southern Leyte |
District | 2nd district |
Barangays | 15 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Roy Y. Salinas (PDPLBN) |
• Vice Mayor | Felicisimo M. Reputana (PDPLBN) |
• Representative | Christopherson M. Yap |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 7,295 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 47.56 km2 (18.36 sq mi) |
Elevation | 49 m (161 ft) |
Highest elevation | 708 m (2,323 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census)[3] | |
• Total | 10,500 |
• Density | 220/km2 (570/sq mi) |
• Households | 2,304 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 5th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 30.64 |
• Revenue | ₱ 65.18 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 249.7 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 56.45 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 50.88 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative (SOLECO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 6607 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)53 |
Native languages | Boholano dialect Cebuano Tagalog |
San Ricardo, officially the Municipality of San Ricardo (Cebuano: Lungsod sa San Ricardo; Tagalog: Bayan ng San Ricardo), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 10,500 people.[3]
San Ricardo is politically subdivided into 15 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for San Ricardo, Southern Leyte | |||||||||||||
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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) |
27 (81) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 210 (8.3) |
161 (6.3) |
123 (4.8) |
85 (3.3) |
148 (5.8) |
186 (7.3) |
164 (6.5) |
157 (6.2) |
141 (5.6) |
190 (7.5) |
223 (8.8) |
200 (7.9) |
1,988 (78.3) |
Average rainy days | 21.0 | 16.8 | 18.5 | 18.2 | 24.9 | 27.7 | 28.4 | 27.0 | 26.1 | 27.6 | 24.6 | 22.0 | 282.8 |
Source: Meteoblue[5] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1975 | 6,521 | — |
1980 | 7,331 | +2.37% |
1990 | 9,723 | +2.86% |
1995 | 7,869 | −3.89% |
2000 | 8,964 | +2.83% |
2007 | 9,490 | +0.79% |
2010 | 10,078 | +2.21% |
2015 | 10,494 | +0.77% |
2020 | 10,500 | +0.01% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [6][7][8][9] |
San Ricardo Port or also known as Benit Port is a roro port that serves to and from Lipata Port, Surigao City, connects Pan-Philippine Highway also called Maharlika Highway AH26 that originates from Laoag to its southern terminus Zamboanga City. Montenegro Shipping Lines[18][19] is the only primary ferry boat to serve Lipata Port and Benit Port.
San Ricardo also have bus terminal, named Benit Integrated Bus Terminal. It's serves from a local point including Manila and Davao. DLTBCo, Ultrabus, and CUL Transportation and other bus companies served from San Ricardo to Luzon. Bachelor Express also serve San Ricardo from Davao to Ormoc and Tacloban.