Maslog | |
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Municipality of Maslog | |
![]() Map of Eastern Samar with Maslog highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 12°09′33″N125°14′49″E / 12.1592°N 125.2469°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Eastern Visayas |
Province | Eastern Samar |
District | Lone district |
Barangays | 12 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Heraclio C. Santiago |
• Vice Mayor | Septemio Bok C. Santiago |
• Representative | Maria Fe R. Abunda |
• Councilors | List |
• Electorate | 3,669 voters (2025) |
Area | |
• Total | 249.8 km2 (96.4 sq mi) |
Elevation | 73 m (240 ft) |
Highest elevation | 329 m (1,079 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
Population (2024 census) [3] | |
• Total | 5,438 |
• Density | 22/km2 (56/sq mi) |
• Households | 1,148 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 5th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 50.1 |
• Revenue | ₱ 158.4 million (2022) |
• Assets | ₱ 320.6 million (2022) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 85.2 million (2022) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 54.32 million (2022) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Eastern Samar Electric Cooperative (ESAMELCO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 6820 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)55 |
Native languages | Waray Tagalog |
Website | www |
Maslog, officially the Municipality of Maslog (Waray : Bungto han Maslog; Tagalog : Bayan ng Maslog), is a municipality in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 5,463 people, making it the least populated town in the province and in the Visayas. [5]
Maslog is politically subdivided into 12 barangays. [6] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for Maslog, Eastern 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) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 29 (83) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (74) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 97 (3.8) | 64 (2.5) | 69 (2.7) | 58 (2.3) | 98 (3.9) | 161 (6.3) | 167 (6.6) | 140 (5.5) | 158 (6.2) | 171 (6.7) | 169 (6.7) | 154 (6.1) | 1,506 (59.3) |
Average rainy days | 17.1 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.2 | 21.1 | 25.2 | 26.8 | 25.4 | 25.5 | 26.5 | 23.0 | 20.3 | 254.3 |
Source: Meteoblue [7] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1918 | 408 | — |
1939 | 769 | +3.06% |
1948 | 1,131 | +4.38% |
1960 | 1,593 | +2.89% |
1970 | 1,988 | +2.24% |
1975 | 1,886 | −1.05% |
1980 | 1,956 | +0.73% |
1990 | 3,089 | +4.68% |
1995 | 3,634 | +3.09% |
2000 | 4,009 | +2.13% |
2007 | 4,788 | +2.48% |
2010 | 4,781 | −0.05% |
2015 | 5,407 | +2.37% |
2020 | 5,463 | +0.22% |
2024 | 5,438 | −0.11% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] |
The population of Maslog in the 2020 census was 5,463 people, [13] with a density of 22 inhabitants per square kilometre or 57 inhabitants per square mile.
Poverty incidence of Maslog
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 2000 64.04 2003 44.74 2006 57.80 2009 60.16 2012 60.46 2015 68.25 2018 73.43 2021 50.10 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] |