Guinsiliban | |
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Municipality of Guinsiliban | |
![]() Guinsiliban Port | |
![]() Map of Camiguin with Guinsiliban highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 9°05′53″N124°47′10″E / 9.098°N 124.786°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Northern Mindanao |
Province | Camiguin |
District | Lone district |
Founded | June 13, 1950 |
Barangays | 7 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Helenio N. Abecia (PDPLBN) |
• Vice Mayor | Elvis O. Roxas (PDPLBN) |
• Representative | Jurdin Jesus M. Romualdo |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 5,419 voters (2025) |
Area | |
• Total | 18.52 km2 (7.15 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 676 m (2,218 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2024 census) [3] | |
• Total | 6,827 |
• Density | 370/km2 (950/sq mi) |
• Households | 1,707 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 6th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 28.07 |
• Revenue | ₱ 79.94 million (2022) |
• Assets | ₱ 152.4 million (2022) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 60.99 million (2022) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 49.17 million (2022) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Camiguin Electric Cooperative (CAMELCO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 9102 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)88 |
Native languages | Kinamigin Cebuano Tagalog |
Website | www |
Guinsiliban, officially the Municipality of Guinsiliban, is a municipality in the province of Camiguin, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 6,685 people, making it the least populated town in the province. [5]
Guinsiliban is politically subdivided into 7 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
Climate data for Guinsiliban, Camiguin | |||||||||||||
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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) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 327 (12.9) | 254 (10.0) | 185 (7.3) | 128 (5.0) | 215 (8.5) | 273 (10.7) | 248 (9.8) | 243 (9.6) | 214 (8.4) | 246 (9.7) | 271 (10.7) | 271 (10.7) | 2,875 (113.3) |
Average rainy days | 24.3 | 21.1 | 22.5 | 20.6 | 28.3 | 28.8 | 29.4 | 29.0 | 28.0 | 28.3 | 26.0 | 24.2 | 310.5 |
Source: Meteoblue [6] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1960 | 3,499 | — |
1970 | 5,686 | +4.97% |
1975 | 4,057 | −6.55% |
1980 | 4,254 | +0.95% |
1990 | 4,341 | +0.20% |
1995 | 4,919 | +2.37% |
2000 | 5,092 | +0.74% |
2007 | 5,559 | +1.22% |
2010 | 5,580 | +0.14% |
2015 | 6,281 | +2.28% |
2020 | 6,685 | +1.32% |
2024 | 6,827 | +0.51% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] |
In the 2020 census, the population of Guinsiliban was 6,685 people, [12] with a density of 360 inhabitants per square kilometre or 930 inhabitants per square mile.