Catarman, Northern Samar

Catarman
Municipality
Municipality of Catarman
Aerial view of Catarman
Flag Seal
Map of Northern Samar with Catarman highlighted
OpenStreetMap
Catarman Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 12°29′58″N124°37′58″E / 12.4994°N 124.6328°E / 12.4994; 124.6328
Country	Philippines
Region	Eastern Visayas
Province	Northern Samar
District	1st district
Barangays	55 (see Barangays)
Government   [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
•  Mayor	Francisco Aurelio E. Rosales III
•  Vice Mayor	Francisco C. Rosales Jr.
•  Representative	Paul R. Daza
• Councilors	List • Fernando G. Carpio • Nerissa O. Daclag • Joselito S. Custorio • Neil S. Hernandez • Ernesto Patilan Jr. • Ramon Tiberio • Jennifer D. Salutan • Sandy Balite DILG Masterlist of Officials
•  Electorate	61,074 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	464.43 km2 (179.32 sq mi)
Elevation	15 m (49 ft)
Highest elevation	142 m (466 ft)
Lowest elevation	−1 m (−3 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [3]
• Total	97,879
• Density	210/km2 (550/sq mi)
•  Households	20,836
Demonym	Catarmanon
Economy
•  Income class	1st municipal income class
•  Poverty incidence	30.27 % (2018) [4]
•  Revenue	₱ 458.3 million (2020)
•  Assets	₱ 962 million (2020)
•  Expenditure	₱ 422.2 million (2020)
Service provider
•  Electricity	Northern Samar Electric Cooperative (NORSAMELCO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
Zip Code	6400
PSGC	084805000
IDD  :  area code	+63 (0)55
Native languages	Waray Tagalog
Website	www.catarman-nsamar.gov.ph

Catarman, officially the Municipality of Catarman (Waray [Ninorte Samarnon]: Bungto san Catarman; Tagalog : Bayan ng Catarman), is a 1st class municipality and capital of the province of Northern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 97,879 people. ^[3] It is the commercial, educational, financial, and political center of the province and also its most populous municipality.

History

Catarman Municipal Hall

Catarman Legislative Building

Before the coming of the Spaniards, Catarman (also known as Calatman or Cataruman) was a settlement by the mouth of the river of the same name in the region called Ibabao. The Spanish Conquistadors applied the term Ibabao to the northern part of Samar island when it established its civil government. The similarities in the vocabularies and pronunciation of the dialects of these areas traces them to a common root as a people.

The town was one of the 13 villages and settlements and adopted as pueblos by the Spaniards in Samar Island and was one of the settlements in the northern parts of the island. The pueblo was named Calatman and was one of the pueblos in the Visayan islands, then collectively referred to as Islas de Pintados [Island of the Painted Ones].

In 1974, Catarman was made the center of the episcopal see of the then newly established Roman Catholic Diocese of Catarman comprising the Northern Samar province, with the Our Lady of the Annunciation Parish Church as the designated cathedral. ^[5]

Cityhood

Main article: Cities of the Philippines

In 2003, its application for cityhood was deterred after officials of the neighboring of towns Bobon, Lope de Vega, and Mondragon opposed the planned Catarman City conglomeration, which was necessary to meet the criteria for the approval of its bid for cityhood. Another bill was filed converting the Municipality of Catarman into a component city of Northern Samar but is still pending with the Committee on Local Government in the House of Representatives since July 2010. The rise of establishments and banking institutions has swiftly came and filled the spaces of Catarman that paved the way for it to become competitive.

In the 19th Congress of the Philippines, house bills were filed by various representatives which seeks Catarman including other capital towns of provinces with no current component cities, independent component cities or highly urbanized cities to automatically convert into cities. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Geography

Welcome arch to Catarman

Dalakit Beach

Catarman lies on the northern part of Samar Island, bounded to the east by Mondragon, to the west by Bobon, to the south by Lope de Vega, to the southwest by Calbayog City, and to the north by the Philippine Sea.

On the Pacific coast are flat lowlands with the interior characterized by outlying low hills. Mount Puyao in Barangay Liberty is the highest peak in the area. The Catarman River, a major provincial river, divides the eastern and the western parts of the town. It is fed by the Paticua, Hibulwangan, Mahangna, Tura, and Danao creeks together with less prominent estuaries.

Barangays

Catarman is politically subdivided into 55 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

• Acacia (pob.)
• Aguinaldo
• Airport Village (pob.)
• Bangkerohan
• Baybay (pob.)
• Bocsol
• Cabayhan
• Cag-abaca
• Cal-igang
• Calachuchi (pob.)
• Casoy (pob.)
• Cawayan
• Cervantes
• Cularima
• Daganas
• Dalakit
• Doña Pulqueria
• Galutan
• Gebalagnan
• Gibulwangan
• Guba
• Hinatad
• Imelda
• Ipil-ipil (pob.)
• Jose Abad Santos (pob.)
• Jose P. Rizal (pob.)
• Lapu-lapu (pob.)
• Liberty
• Libjo
• Mabini
• Mabolo (pob.)
• Macagtas
• Malvar
• McKinley
• Molave (pob.)
• Narra (pob.)
• New Rizal
• Old Rizal
• Paticua
• Polangi
• Quezon
• Salvacion
• Sampaguita (pob.)
• San Julian
• San Pascual
• Santol (pob.)
• Somoge
• Talisay (pob.)
• Tinowaran
• Trangue
• UEP Zone I
• UEP Zone II
• UEP Zone III
• Washington
• Yakal (pob.)

Climate

Climate data for Catarman, Northern Samar (1991–2020, extremes 1949–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	34.2 (93.6)	34.0 (93.2)	35.4 (95.7)	37.2 (99.0)	37.7 (99.9)	38.0 (100.4)	36.7 (98.1)	37.1 (98.8)	37.5 (99.5)	35.5 (95.9)	36.0 (96.8)	34.3 (93.7)	38.0 (100.4)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	29.3 (84.7)	29.9 (85.8)	30.7 (87.3)	32.0 (89.6)	33.1 (91.6)	32.9 (91.2)	32.3 (90.1)	32.8 (91.0)	32.6 (90.7)	31.6 (88.9)	30.8 (87.4)	29.9 (85.8)	31.5 (88.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	26.0 (78.8)	26.2 (79.2)	26.7 (80.1)	27.6 (81.7)	28.5 (83.3)	28.4 (83.1)	28.1 (82.6)	28.5 (83.3)	28.2 (82.8)	27.6 (81.7)	27.1 (80.8)	26.6 (79.9)	27.5 (81.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22.7 (72.9)	22.5 (72.5)	22.6 (72.7)	23.2 (73.8)	23.9 (75.0)	24.0 (75.2)	23.9 (75.0)	24.1 (75.4)	23.9 (75.0)	23.6 (74.5)	23.5 (74.3)	23.3 (73.9)	23.5 (74.3)
Record low °C (°F)	16.9 (62.4)	17.2 (63.0)	17.6 (63.7)	19.0 (66.2)	20.0 (68.0)	20.0 (68.0)	20.8 (69.4)	20.6 (69.1)	19.4 (66.9)	19.9 (67.8)	17.8 (64.0)	18.2 (64.8)	16.9 (62.4)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	520.1 (20.48)	310.5 (12.22)	312.4 (12.30)	152.5 (6.00)	162.9 (6.41)	217.3 (8.56)	221.9 (8.74)	167.7 (6.60)	205.8 (8.10)	331.9 (13.07)	457.8 (18.02)	689.9 (27.16)	3,750.7 (147.67)
Average rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm)	21	15	15	11	10	13	14	11	12	17	22	24	185
Average relative humidity (%)	89	87	86	84	83	84	85	83	84	86	88	89	86
Source: PAGASA [9] [10]

Demographics

Catarman Cathedral

Population census of Catarman

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1903 9,994 —     1918 13,278 +1.91% 1939 21,007 +2.21% 1948 33,153 +5.20% 1960 39,434 +1.46%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1970 44,438 +1.20% 1975 53,267 +3.70% 1980 59,021 +2.07% 1990 50,965 −1.46% 1995 61,705 +3.65%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2000 67,671 +2.00% 2007 81,067 +2.52% 2010 84,833 +1.67% 2015 94,037 +1.98% 2020 97,879 +0.79%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [11] [12] [13] [14]

Economy

A Jollibee branch in Catarman

Poverty Incidence of Catarman

10 20 30 40 50 2006 29.80 2009 43.38 2012 34.83 2015 36.02 2018 30.27 2021 20.64 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]

Transportation

Catarman National Airport Terminal

Pedicabs, one of the transportation modes in the town

PAL Express is the only airline operating through the Catarman National Airport, with flights between Manila and Catarman four times weekly. Flights are frequently booked well in advance due to ticket costs. Pedicabs and motorized tricycles are the means of transportation within the town. Jeepneys, vans, and buses are the means of transportation between Catarman and neighboring towns. Several vans and bus companies also operate to serve travelers between the town and Manila.

Education

Catarman is home to the University of Eastern Philippines, the first state university in the Visayas and the largest university by student population and curriculum in Eastern Visayas. The university has satellite campuses in the province, one in Laoang and the other in Catubig (officially known the Pedro Rebadulla Memorial Campus), and has several extension programs offered across satellite campuses in the region.

Other prominent public and private educational institutions:

Elementary:

• Catarman Chinese Chamber Elementary School
• Catarman II Central School
• Catarman III Central School
• Baybay Elementary School
• Catarman SpEd Center
• Cawayan Integrated School
• Colegio de San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila
• Northern Samar Colleges
• University of Eastern Philippines Laboratory Elementary School

High School:

• University of Eastern Philippines Laboratory High School
• Colegio de San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila
• Northern Samar Colleges
• Saint Michael Academy (Catarman)
• Catarman National High School
• Eastern Visayas Central Colleges

College/Vocational:

University of Eastern Philippines

• University of Eastern Philippines
• Eastern Visayas Central Colleges
• Colegio De San Lorenzo Ruiz De Manila
• Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)
• Global School for Technological Studies
• East Pacific Computer College
• Northern Samar Colleges

Notable personalities

• Narciso Abuke - Lt. Col. and Area Commander of Northern Samar during the Philippine-American War. Killed Pulahan leader Pedro de la Cruz in 1906. Mayor of Catarman 1912–1916 ^[23]
• Pablo Rebadulla - lawyer and Waray-language poet and musician ^[24]

References

1.   Municipality of Catarman | (DILG)
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9. "Catarman, Northern Samar Climatological Normal Values 1991–2020" (PDF). Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 1, 2022. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
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15. "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
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17. "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. March 23, 2009.
18. "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. August 3, 2012.
19. "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. May 31, 2016.
20. "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. July 10, 2019.
21. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. December 15, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
22. "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. April 2, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
23. Grant, Frederick D. (1902). Annual Reports of the War Department for the Fiscal year June 30 1902 | Volume IX. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 419.
24. Sugbo, Victor, ed. (1995). Tinipigan: An Anthology of Waray Literature. Manila, Philippines: National Commission for Culture and the Arts. p. 272. OCLC   645852700 . Retrieved September 27, 2019.

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System