Catmon | |
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Municipality of Catmon | |
![]() Beach in Panalipan, Catmon | |
Anthem: Catmon March | |
![]() Map of Cebu with Catmon highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 10°40′N123°57′E / 10.67°N 123.95°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Central Visayas |
Province | Cebu |
District | 5th district |
Founded | 1835 [1] |
Barangays | 20 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Avis G. Monleon |
• Vice Mayor | Armel Z. Poro |
• Representative | Vincent Franco D. Frasco |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 22,551 voters (2025) |
Area | |
• Total | 109.64 km2 (42.33 sq mi) |
Elevation | 80 m (260 ft) |
Highest elevation | 455 m (1,493 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2024 census) [4] | |
• Total | 34,608 |
• Density | 320/km2 (820/sq mi) |
• Households | 8,110 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 4th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 35.38 |
• Revenue | ₱ 199.1 million (2022) |
• Assets | ₱ 668.3 million (2022) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 109.8 million (2022) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 74.33 million (2022) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Cebu 2 Electric Cooperative (CEBECO 2) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 6006 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)32 |
Native languages | Cebuano Tagalog |
Catmon, officially the Municipality of Catmon (Cebuano : Lungsod sa Catmon; Tagalog : Bayan ng Catmon), is a municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 33,745 people. [6]
The town fiesta is celebrated every February 10 in honor of their patron saint, St. William the Hermit. Part of the annual fiesta is the Budbod Kabog Festival and participated by the public schools.
The municipality got its name from the presence of huge trees called katmon ( Dillenia philippinensis ) that thrive in this area. It was in 1835 that the town was founded under the Spaniards, but it was only in 1903 when the place became a municipality, after the Americans asked the leaders of Catmon and the nearby settlement of Sogod to merge into one, single municipality. 18 years after its establishment, in 1921, Sogod became a separate municipality.
Catmon is bordered on the north by the town of Sogod, to the west by the town of Tuburan, on the east by the Camotes Sea, and on the south by the town of Carmen. It is 57 kilometres (35 mi) from Cebu City.
Catmon's topography is generally mountainous and hilly but patches of flat lands can be found along the coastline and portion of the poblacion. The municipality's climate is of Coronas climate type IV, where rainfall is evenly distributed throughout the year. Mount Capayas (Kapayas) (also known as Tore Peak), Cebu's second highest peak, is located in Cambangkaya. Mount Capayas is one of the Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs) of Cebu. [7]
Catmon is politically subdivided into 20 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
PSGC | Barangay | Population | ±% p.a. | |||
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2024 [8] | 2010 [9] | |||||
072216001 | Agsuwao | 2.9% | 1,008 | 1,004 | 0.03% | |
072216002 | Amancion | 0.5% | 190 | 210 | −0.70% | |
072216003 | Anapog | 0.9% | 324 | 327 | −0.06% | |
072216004 | Bactas | 2.5% | 867 | 878 | −0.09% | |
072216006 | Basak | 3.7% | 1,286 | 1,163 | 0.71% | |
072216007 | Binongkalan | 4.6% | 1,587 | 1,417 | 0.80% | |
072216005 | Bongyas | 0.9% | 300 | 317 | −0.39% | |
072216008 | Cabungaan | 4.1% | 1,413 | 1,265 | 0.78% | |
072216009 | Cambangkaya | 2.2% | 758 | 768 | −0.09% | |
072216010 | Can‑ibuang | 1.2% | 398 | 419 | −0.36% | |
072216011 | Catmondaan | 8.9% | 3,086 | 2,792 | 0.71% | |
072216019 | Corazon (Poblacion) | 8.7% | 2,994 | 2,836 | 0.38% | |
072216012 | Duyan | 2.0% | 684 | 549 | 1.56% | |
072216020 | Flores (Poblacion) | 8.7% | 3,023 | 2,865 | 0.38% | |
072216013 | Ginabucan | 2.3% | 809 | 874 | −0.54% | |
072216014 | Macaas | 9.8% | 3,394 | 3,093 | 0.66% | |
072216015 | Panalipan | 10.2% | 3,544 | 3,161 | 0.81% | |
072216018 | San Jose Pob. (Catadman) | 9.4% | 3,250 | 2,832 | 0.97% | |
072216016 | Tabili | 2.2% | 764 | 719 | 0.43% | |
072216017 | Tinabyonan | 2.2% | 775 | 831 | −0.49% | |
Total | 34,608 | 28,320 | 1.42% |
Climate data for Catmon, Cebu | |||||||||||||
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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) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 29 (85) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 24 (74) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 70 (2.8) | 49 (1.9) | 62 (2.4) | 78 (3.1) | 138 (5.4) | 201 (7.9) | 192 (7.6) | 185 (7.3) | 192 (7.6) | 205 (8.1) | 156 (6.1) | 111 (4.4) | 1,639 (64.6) |
Average rainy days | 13.4 | 10.6 | 13.1 | 14.5 | 24.2 | 27.9 | 28.4 | 27.7 | 27.1 | 27.4 | 22.5 | 15.9 | 252.7 |
Source: Meteoblue [10] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1903 | 7,027 | — |
1918 | 18,646 | +6.72% |
1939 | 11,738 | −2.18% |
1948 | 11,761 | +0.02% |
1960 | 13,412 | +1.10% |
1970 | 14,837 | +1.01% |
1975 | 15,923 | +1.43% |
1980 | 17,357 | +1.74% |
1990 | 19,773 | +1.31% |
1995 | 21,647 | +1.71% |
2000 | 25,083 | +3.21% |
2007 | 27,330 | +1.19% |
2010 | 28,320 | +1.30% |
2015 | 30,471 | +1.40% |
2020 | 33,745 | +2.17% |
2024 | 34,608 | +0.61% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [11] [12] [9] [13] [14] |
Poverty incidence of Catmon
10 20 30 40 50 2000 45.43 2003 38.81 2006 43.70 2009 39.88 2012 27.47 2015 25.97 2018 16.10 2021 35.38 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] |
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