Santa Fe
Municipality
Municipality of Santa Fe
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Santa Fe is located in Philippines
Santa Fe
Santa Fe
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 11°11′08″N 124°54′58″E / 11.18556°N 124.91611°E / 11.18556; 124.91611
CountryPhilippines
RegionEastern Visayas
ProvinceLeyte
District 1st district
Barangays20 (see Barangays)
Government
 [1]
 • TypeSangguniang Bayan
 • MayorAmparo H. Monteza
 • Vice MayorIsmael V. Lantajo
 • RepresentativeFerdinand Martin G. Romualdez
 • Councilors
List
 • Electorate14,886 voters (2022)
Area
[2]
 • Total53.97 km2 (20.84 sq mi)
Elevation
29 m (95 ft)
Highest elevation
389 m (1,276 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[3]
 • Total22,102
 • Density410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
 • Households
5,329
Economy
 • Income class5th municipal income class
 • Poverty incidence
27.92
% (2018)[4]
 • Revenue₱ 90.33 million (2020)
 • Assets₱ 244.2 million (2020)
 • Expenditure₱ 92.43 million (2020)
 • Liabilities₱ 25.33 million (2020)
Service provider
 • ElectricityLeyte 3 Electric Cooperative (LEYECO 3)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
6513
PSGC
0803744000
IDD : area code +63 (0)53
Native languagesWaray
Tagalog

Santa Fe (IPA: [sɐntɐ 'fɛ]), officially the Municipality of Santa Fe (Waray: Bungto han Santa Fe; Tagalog: Bayan ng Santa Fe), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 22,102 people.[3]

History

About thirty years ago, Santa Fe was just one of the biggest barrios of Palo, Leyte. In 1948, Juan R. Perez, a native of this barrio, was a private secretary. Inspired and prompted by Melquiades Almen, Julian Dagami, Jose Catada, Antonio Evalo, Eulogio Navarra and Maximo Postreto, all civic leaders and with the consent of Mayor Generoso Alvarado of Palo, House Bill No. 1918 was drafted and sponsored on May 6, 1948, on the floor of the House of Representatives by Congressman Perez, creating Santa Fe a town. At first there was strong opposition from the residents of Palo as Santa Fe and other affected barrios were the main source of income for the town but the oppositionist were silenced by the budding leaders of Santa Fe. The bill was finally approved by the lower house and the Senate under the leadership of Senator Jose Avelino. However, politics intervened. While the bill was waiting for the signature of President Elpidio Quirino, there was a split of the party in power.

Although President Quirino was the logical candidate for election, many leaders believed that Senate President Jose Avelino was the apparent successor to the presidency. Don Pio Pedrosa, then Secretary of Finance in the Cabinet of President Quirino was commissioned to sound out the political sentiments of the people of Santa Fe in that presidential election. His objective in visiting Santa Fe was to unite the leaders there so that it would be easy for him to secure approval of the bill pending the signature of President Quirino converting Santa Fe into a town. Those supporting the administration met Sec. Pedrosa in the old Martinez residence. Atty. Carlos Martinez was the leader of this group. Those supporting Senate President Jose Avelino, under the leadership of the private secretary of Congressman Juan Perez met Sec. Pedrosa in the public victory in the entire country. The bill creating Santa Fe into a town was vetoed. However, the yearnings, dreams and aspirations of this ambitious barrio was not to be denied for long. Smarting from the bitter lesson of disunity, fresh efforts were exerted to renew the campaign with more enthusiasm to convince the powers that Santa Fe should be made a free and independent town from Palo, in the name of progress. At this point, the warring political factions of the town were strongly united and determined to overcome all obstacles along the way. Under the guidance of Santa Ana, the patroness of this barrio, Don Pio Pedrosa forgave those who did not follow him in that presidential election. Upon his strong recommendation, President Quirino, by Executive Order No. 277 dated October 10, 1949, created Santa Fe, together with Tunga and Julita as new towns of Leyte.

Santa Fe was then born as a free and independent town by presidential fiat and notably legislative action. On the eve of its traditional town fiesta, the residents under the leadership of Mayor Iluminado Martinez, one of the first councilors of Santa Fe in 1949 and dynamic parish priest Rev. Father Antonio Adre, in grateful remembrance and recognition, saluted the efforts of those who led in making Santa Fe a town out of several barrios of Palo. Its fertile fields and valleys abound with corn, camote and other root crops, while its rivers Kasili-on and Maslog are rich with fish, adequate in quantity to give food and sustenance to its ever-increasing population. The BANCOM projects in its northern periphery promises to be the rice granary of the town. Today there are 20 barangays in Santa Fe with an area of 5,567 hectares irrigated and planted with rice.[5]

Geography

Barangays

Santa Fe is politically subdivided into 20 barangays. [6] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

Climate

Climate data for Santa Fe, Leyte
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 28
(82) 		28
(82) 		29
(84) 		31
(88) 		31
(88) 		31
(88) 		30
(86) 		30
(86) 		30
(86) 		29
(84) 		29
(84) 		28
(82) 		30
(85)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 23
(73) 		23
(73) 		23
(73) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		25
(77) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		23
(73) 		24
(75)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 98
(3.9) 		82
(3.2) 		96
(3.8) 		71
(2.8) 		104
(4.1) 		129
(5.1) 		101
(4.0) 		94
(3.7) 		99
(3.9) 		135
(5.3) 		174
(6.9) 		143
(5.6) 		1,326
(52.3)
Average rainy days 18.0 14.1 17.1 16.8 23.7 25.7 25.8 23.3 24.2 25.9 24.0 20.6 259.2
Source: Meteoblue[9]

Demographics

Population census of Santa Fe
YearPop.±% p.a.
1960 7,979—    
1970 7,649−0.42%
1975 8,718+2.66%
1980 9,728+2.22%
1990 12,119+2.22%
1995 13,695+2.32%
2000 15,042+2.03%
2007 15,905+0.77%
2010 17,427+3.38%
2015 20,439+3.08%
2020 22,102+1.55%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [10][11][12][13]

In the 2020 census, the population of Santa Fe, Leyte, was 22,102 people,[3] with a density of 410 inhabitants per square kilometre or 1,100 inhabitants per square mile.

Economy

Poverty Incidence of Santa Fe
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[14][15]
[16][17][18][19][20]


Education

There are a total of 17 elementary schools and 2 high schools in Santa Fe, Leyte[21]

Elementary/Grade School

High School/Secondary Schools

References

  1. ^  Municipality of Santa Fe | (DILG)
  2. ^ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Census of Population (2020). "Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. ^ "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  5. ^ "History of Santa Fe, Leyte". STAFELEYTE. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Province:". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  7. ^ a b "An Act Converting the Sitios of Pinanhadsan and Km. 17, Municipality of Santa Fe, Province of Leyte, into Barrios of Said Municipality to Be Known As the Barrios of Katipunan and Milagrosa, Respectively". LawPH.com. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  8. ^ "An Act Changing the Name of the Barrio of Curba, Municipality of Santa Fe, Province of Leyte, to Barrio San Roque". LawPH.com. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  9. ^ "Santa Fe: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  10. ^ Census of Population (2015). "Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  11. ^ Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)" (PDF). Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  12. ^ Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.((cite encyclopedia)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ "Province of". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  14. ^ "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  15. ^ "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
  16. ^ "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
  17. ^ "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
  18. ^ "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
  19. ^ "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
  20. ^ "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  21. ^ "Philippine Schools Directory". schools.trokis.com. Archived from the original on 10 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  22. ^ "REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10237, October 29, 2012". Supreme Court E-Library. Retrieved 17 June 2023.

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