Jabonga | |
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Municipality of Jabonga | |
![]() Map of Agusan del Norte with Jabonga highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 9°20′35″N125°30′56″E / 9.34306°N 125.51556°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Caraga |
Province | Agusan del Norte |
District | 2nd district |
Barangays | 15 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Napoleon M. Montero |
• Vice Mayor | Danny M. Moran |
• Representative | Ma. Angelica Amante-Matba |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 17,083 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 293 km2 (113 sq mi) |
Elevation | 114 m (374 ft) |
Highest elevation | 627 m (2,057 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [3] | |
• Total | 24,855 |
• Density | 85/km2 (220/sq mi) |
• Households | 6,207 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 3rd municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 38.15 |
• Revenue | ₱ 138.6 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 287.2 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 116.4 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 160.3 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Agusan del Norte Electric Cooperative (ANECO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 8607 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)85 |
Native languages | Surigaonon Butuanon Cebuano Higaonon Mamanwa Tagalog |
Website | www |
Jabonga, officially the Municipality of Jabonga (Cebuano : Lungsod sa Jabonga; Tagalog : Bayan ng Jabonga), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Agusan del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 24,855 people. [3]
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 293 square kilometres (113 sq mi) [5] constituting 10.73% of the 2,730.24-square-kilometre- (1,054.15 sq mi) total area of Agusan del Norte.
Jabonga is bounded by Kitcharao and Surigao del Norte to the north; Butuan Bay to the west; Tubay and Santiago to the south; Surigao del Sur to the east. It is 60 kilometres (37 mi) from Butuan City.
The topography of the land features plain to rolling and hills. Among the municipalities, Jabonga ranks first in total area and number of farms (464) mostly owned by individuals. It has one of the 36 crop storage facilities of the province. Its major crops are coconut, rice, corn, timber and both fresh and sea-water fish.
Climate data for Jabonga, Agusan del Norte | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27 (81) | 27 (81) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 29 (83) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 24 (74) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 210 (8.3) | 161 (6.3) | 123 (4.8) | 85 (3.3) | 148 (5.8) | 186 (7.3) | 164 (6.5) | 157 (6.2) | 141 (5.6) | 190 (7.5) | 223 (8.8) | 200 (7.9) | 1,988 (78.3) |
Average rainy days | 21.0 | 16.8 | 18.5 | 18.2 | 24.9 | 27.7 | 28.4 | 27.0 | 26.1 | 27.6 | 24.6 | 22.0 | 282.8 |
Source: Meteoblue [6] |
Jabonga is politically subdivided into 15 barangays. [7] Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
PSGC | Barangay | Population | ±% p.a. | |||
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2020 [3] | 2010 [8] | |||||
160205003 | A. Beltran (Camalig) | 4.3% | 1,077 | 1,149 | −0.64% | |
160205001 | Baleguian | 9.3% | 2,301 | 2,136 | 0.75% | |
160205002 | Bangonay | 13.5% | 3,361 | 3,073 | 0.90% | |
160205004 | Bunga | 3.4% | 842 | 951 | −1.21% | |
160205005 | Colorado | 7.5% | 1,858 | 1,570 | 1.70% | |
160205006 | Cuyago | 7.8% | 1,949 | 2,015 | −0.33% | |
160205007 | Libas | 5.8% | 1,437 | 1,455 | −0.12% | |
160205008 | Magdagooc | 6.4% | 1,585 | 1,464 | 0.80% | |
160205009 | Magsaysay | 4.5% | 1,117 | 1,155 | −0.33% | |
160205010 | Maraiging | 2.1% | 526 | 507 | 0.37% | |
160205011 | Poblacion (Jabonga) | 16.1% | 4,004 | 3,713 | 0.76% | |
160205012 | San Jose | 3.7% | 921 | 977 | −0.59% | |
160205013 | San Pablo | 5.2% | 1,299 | 957 | 3.10% | |
160205014 | San Vicente | 6.5% | 1,611 | 1,747 | −0.81% | |
160205015 | Santo Niño | 3.9% | 967 | 964 | 0.03% | |
Total | 24,855 | 23,833 | 0.42% |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1903 | 1,450 | — |
1918 | 2,545 | +3.82% |
1939 | 5,004 | +3.27% |
1948 | 7,700 | +4.91% |
1960 | 14,721 | +5.55% |
1970 | 12,129 | −1.92% |
1975 | 14,742 | +3.99% |
1980 | 15,912 | +1.54% |
1990 | 18,610 | +1.58% |
1995 | 20,196 | +1.54% |
2000 | 20,501 | +0.32% |
2007 | 23,052 | +1.63% |
2010 | 23,833 | +1.22% |
2015 | 23,184 | −0.52% |
2020 | 24,855 | +1.38% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [9] [8] [10] [11] |
In the 2020 census, Jabonga had a population of 24,855. [3] The population density was 85 inhabitants per square kilometre (220/sq mi).
Poverty incidence of Jabonga
10 20 30 40 50 2006 48.60 2009 45.69 2012 48.10 2015 42.33 2018 31.30 2021 38.15 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] |
Jabonga is home of the 24.9mW Lake Mainit Hydro Power Plant that will serves Agusan del Norte. [20] [21]
Jabonga is accessible by bus from Bachelor Express, Davao Metro Shuttle, or Surigao Bus via Butuan-Surigao routes or vice versa. There are also vans, jeep and multi-cabs that have routes towards both Surigao City and Butuan which are stationed in Jabonga Integrated Land Transport Terminal.
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