Lopez Jaena | |
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Municipality of Lopez Jaena | |
![]() Map of Misamis Occidental with Lopez Jaena highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 8°33′00″N123°46′00″E / 8.55°N 123.7666667°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Northern Mindanao |
Province | Misamis Occidental |
District | 1st district |
Founded | August 1, 1929 |
Named after | Graciano López Jaena |
Barangays | 28 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Andrea Cherry Pink "Pinky" L. Gutierrez (Asenso Pinoy Party) |
• Vice Mayor | Abundio "Bonjing" P. Gerbese (Asenso Pinoy Party) |
• Representative | Jason P. Almonte (NP) |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 18,771 voters (2025) |
Area | |
• Total | 94.70 km2 (36.56 sq mi) |
Elevation | 23 m (75 ft) |
Highest elevation | 196 m (643 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2024 census) [3] | |
• Total | 25,806 |
• Density | 270/km2 (710/sq mi) |
• Households | 6,282 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 3rd municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 36.54 |
• Revenue | ₱ 158 million (2022) |
• Assets | ₱ 472.1 million (2022) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 130.2 million (2022) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 118.7 million (2022) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Misamis Occidental 1 Electric Cooperative (MOELCI 1) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 7208 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)88 |
Native languages | Subanon Cebuano Tagalog |
Website | www |
Lopez Jaena, officially the Municipality of Lopez Jaena (Cebuano : Lungsod sa Lopez Jaena; Subanen: Benwa D' Lopez Jaena; Tagalog : Bayan ng Lopez Jaena), is a municipality in the province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines and a suburb of neighboring Oroquieta City. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 25,806 people. [5]
Lopez Jaena is politically subdivided into 28 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
Climate data for Lopez Jaena, Misamis Occidental | |||||||||||||
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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) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 29 (85) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (74) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 69 (2.7) | 44 (1.7) | 37 (1.5) | 29 (1.1) | 87 (3.4) | 137 (5.4) | 131 (5.2) | 141 (5.6) | 143 (5.6) | 134 (5.3) | 68 (2.7) | 53 (2.1) | 1,073 (42.3) |
Average rainy days | 9.9 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 21.6 | 26.5 | 26.4 | 26.6 | 25.8 | 24.3 | 15.1 | 10.4 | 209.7 |
Source: Meteoblue [6] |
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Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] |
In the 2020 census, the population of Lopez Jaena was 25,806 people, [12] with a density of 270 inhabitants per square kilometre or 700 inhabitants per square mile.
Poverty incidence of Lopez Jaena
10 20 30 40 50 60 2000 57.29 2003 58.96 2006 48.00 2009 49.25 2012 44.21 2015 39.63 2018 28.21 2021 36.54 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] |