Lapinig | |
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Municipality of Lapinig | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 12°18′54″N125°18′07″E / 12.315°N 125.302°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Eastern Visayas |
Province | Northern Samar |
District | 2nd district |
Barangays | 15 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Ma. Luisa A. Menzon |
• Vice Mayor | Flora S. Quilicol |
• Representative | Jose L. Ong Jr. |
• Councilors | List |
• Electorate | 8,032 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 57.30 km2 (22.12 sq mi) |
Elevation | 17 m (56 ft) |
Highest elevation | 112 m (367 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [3] | |
• Total | 11,844 |
• Density | 210/km2 (540/sq mi) |
• Households | 2,659 |
Demonym | Lapinignon |
Economy | |
• Income class | 5th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 26.04 |
• Revenue | ₱ 116.7 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 162 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 80.13 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 25.5 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Northern Samar Electric Cooperative (NORSAMELCO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 6411 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)55 |
Native languages | Waray Tagalog |
Lapinig, officially the Municipality of Lapinig (Waray : Bungto han Lapinig; Tagalog : Bayan ng Lapinig), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Northern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 11,844 people. [3]
It is Northern Samar's boundary municipality with Eastern Samar on its coastal side in the Pacific. To the south, it is bounded by Arteche, to the west by Jipapad, to the northeast by the Pacific Ocean, and in the northwest by Gamay.
Lapinig is politically subdivided into 15 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for Lapinig, Northern Samar | |||||||||||||
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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) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 27 (81) | 29 (84) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23 (73) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (74) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 105 (4.1) | 67 (2.6) | 65 (2.6) | 53 (2.1) | 86 (3.4) | 129 (5.1) | 135 (5.3) | 113 (4.4) | 131 (5.2) | 163 (6.4) | 167 (6.6) | 162 (6.4) | 1,376 (54.2) |
Average rainy days | 17.6 | 13.2 | 15.5 | 14.9 | 19.6 | 24.3 | 26.6 | 25.4 | 24.9 | 25.4 | 22.9 | 20.9 | 251.2 |
Source: Meteoblue [5] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1960 | 7,610 | — |
1970 | 6,598 | −1.42% |
1975 | 7,426 | +2.40% |
1980 | 7,481 | +0.15% |
1990 | 8,232 | +0.96% |
1995 | 9,813 | +3.35% |
2000 | 10,798 | +2.07% |
2007 | 11,198 | +0.50% |
2010 | 11,744 | +1.75% |
2015 | 13,020 | +1.98% |
2020 | 11,844 | −1.84% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [6] [7] [8] [9] |
Poverty incidence of Lapinig
10 20 30 40 50 60 2006 54.40 2009 51.89 2012 55.38 2015 48.54 2018 37.69 2021 26.04 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] |
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