Marihatag Oteiza | |
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Municipality of Marihatag | |
![]() Map of Surigao del Sur with Marihatag highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 8°48′03″N126°17′54″E / 8.8008°N 126.2983°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Caraga |
Province | Surigao del Sur |
District | 1st district |
Barangays | 12 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Benjamin T. Fazon Jr. |
• Vice Mayor | Charlito R. Lerog |
• Representative | Romeo S. Momo Sr. |
• Electorate | 15,490 voters (2025) |
Area | |
• Total | 312.50 km2 (120.66 sq mi) |
Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
Highest elevation | 261 m (856 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2024 census) [3] | |
• Total | 19,730 |
• Density | 63/km2 (160/sq mi) |
• Households | 4,411 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 3rd municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 37.25 |
• Revenue | ₱ 225.5 million (2022) |
• Assets | ₱ 378.6 million (2022) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 198 million (2022) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 144.8 million (2022) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Surigao del Sur 2 Electric Cooperative (SURSECO 2) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 8306 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)86 |
Native languages | Surigaonon Agusan Cebuano Kamayo Tagalog |
Website | www |
Marihatag, officially the Municipality of Marihatag (Surigaonon: Lungsod nan Marihatag; Tagalog : Bayan ng Marihatag); (Indonesian: Kotamadya Marihatag) , is a municipality in the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 19,441 people. [5]
It was known as Oteiza until 1955. [6]
The municipality hosts the "Balik-Marihatag" Festival which literally means going back home to Marihatag.
Its name is a concatenation of Maria Ihatag.
Marihatag is politically subdivided into 12 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
Climate data for Marihatag | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.0 (84.2) | 29.1 (84.4) | 30.0 (86.0) | 30.9 (87.6) | 31.7 (89.1) | 31.7 (89.1) | 31.7 (89.1) | 32.0 (89.6) | 32.0 (89.6) | 31.5 (88.7) | 30.6 (87.1) | 29.7 (85.5) | 30.8 (87.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.5 (77.9) | 25.6 (78.1) | 26.2 (79.2) | 26.8 (80.2) | 27.5 (81.5) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.6 (81.7) | 27.5 (81.5) | 27.2 (81.0) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.1 (79.0) | 26.8 (80.2) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22.1 (71.8) | 22.1 (71.8) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.8 (73.0) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.2 (73.8) | 23.1 (73.6) | 23.2 (73.8) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.0 (73.4) | 22.7 (72.9) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.8 (73.0) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 700 (27.6) | 579 (22.8) | 435 (17.1) | 316 (12.4) | 267 (10.5) | 193 (7.6) | 198 (7.8) | 165 (6.5) | 180 (7.1) | 208 (8.2) | 424 (16.7) | 604 (23.8) | 4,269 (168.1) |
Source: Climate-Data.org [7] |
Marihatag has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round and with extremely heavy rainfall in January.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1960 | 12,391 | — |
1970 | 7,254 | −5.21% |
1975 | 9,636 | +5.86% |
1980 | 10,779 | +2.27% |
1990 | 10,663 | −0.11% |
1995 | 13,254 | +4.16% |
2000 | 16,394 | +4.66% |
2007 | 17,622 | +1.00% |
2010 | 17,926 | +0.62% |
2015 | 18,518 | +0.62% |
2020 | 19,441 | +1.03% |
2024 | 19,730 | +0.35% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] |
Poverty incidence of Marihatag
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 2000 61.87 2003 59.68 2006 48.30 2009 50.28 2012 38.03 2015 45.64 2018 37.82 2021 37.25 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] |