San Roque | |
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Municipality of San Roque | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 12°31′59″N124°52′01″E / 12.533°N 124.867°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Eastern Visayas |
Province | Northern Samar |
District | 2nd district |
Founded | 1959 |
Named for | Saint Roch |
Barangays | 16 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Don L. Abalon |
• Vice Mayor | Deodato L. Bantilo |
• Representative | Jose L. Ong Jr. |
• Councilors | List |
• Electorate | 17,869 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 152.98 km2 (59.07 sq mi) |
Elevation | 7.4 m (24.3 ft) |
Highest elevation | 202 m (663 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [4] | |
• Total | 29,882 |
• Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) |
• Households | 5,619 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 4th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 44.11 |
• Revenue | ₱ 162 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 433.7 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 176.4 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 62.02 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Northern Samar Electric Cooperative (NORSAMELCO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 6415 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)55 |
Native languages | Waray Tagalog |
Website | www |
San Roque, officially the Municipality of San Roque (Waray : Bungto han San Roque; Tagalog : Bayan ng San Roque), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Northern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 29,882 people. [4]
San Roque was originally a part of Pambujan. San Roque is the Spanish language name for Saint Roch.
Republic Act No. 2102, which created the municipality of San Roque, was enacted without executive approval on March 28, 1959. The territory of the town was described as follows:
The law creating the town referred to the barrios of Lao-angan, Coroconog, Dale, Balnasan, Bantayan, Pagsang-an, Malobago, Lawa-an, Ginagda-nan, and Balud and the sitio of Cabigaho as comprising the town. [6]
San Roque is politically subdivided into 16 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for San Roque, Northern Samar | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 27 (81) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) |
Average low °C (°F) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (74) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 84 (3.3) | 59 (2.3) | 58 (2.3) | 55 (2.2) | 93 (3.7) | 133 (5.2) | 149 (5.9) | 125 (4.9) | 155 (6.1) | 165 (6.5) | 140 (5.5) | 136 (5.4) | 1,352 (53.3) |
Average rainy days | 18.1 | 13.6 | 15.8 | 16.1 | 21.7 | 25.5 | 26.6 | 25.1 | 24.8 | 25.8 | 22.7 | 20.1 | 255.9 |
Source: Meteoblue [7] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. | ||
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1970 | 10,375 | — | ||
1975 | 12,767 | +4.25% | ||
1980 | 13,106 | +0.53% | ||
1990 | 13,856 | +0.56% | ||
1995 | 18,094 | +5.13% | ||
2000 | 19,845 | +2.00% | ||
2007 | 22,897 | +1.99% | ||
2010 | 26,323 | +5.21% | ||
2015 | 30,580 | +2.90% | ||
2020 | 29,882 | −0.45% | ||
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Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [8] [9] [10] [11] |
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