Matuguinao | |
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Municipality of Matuguinao | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 12°09′N124°53′E / 12.15°N 124.88°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Eastern Visayas |
Province | Samar |
District | 1st district |
Barangays | 20 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Aran D. Boller |
• Vice Mayor | Cleofe D. Belonio |
• Representative | Stephen James Tan |
• Councilors | List |
• Electorate | 6,276 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 172.51 km2 (66.61 sq mi) |
Elevation | 188 m (617 ft) |
Highest elevation | 754 m (2,474 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [3] | |
• Total | 7,364 |
• Density | 43/km2 (110/sq mi) |
• Households | 1,545 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 5th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 39.77 |
• Revenue | ₱ 87.54 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 150.1 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 96.4 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 30.76 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Samar 1 Electric Cooperative (SAMELCO 1) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 6708 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)55 |
Native languages | Waray Tagalog |
Matuguinao, officially the Municipality of Matuguinao (Waray : Bungto han Matuguinao; Tagalog : Bayan ng Matuguinao), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 7,364 people. [3]
Matuguinao were named as a municipal district of Gandara in the year 1948 to 1960 and were converted into a municipality in 1965.
Matuguinao or Matugnaw is a Waray-Waray word that literally means cold.
Matuguinao is politically subdivided into 20 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for Matuguinao | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 29 (85) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21 (70) | 21 (70) | 21 (70) | 22 (72) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 72 (2.8) | 52 (2.0) | 65 (2.6) | 62 (2.4) | 87 (3.4) | 129 (5.1) | 153 (6.0) | 124 (4.9) | 147 (5.8) | 157 (6.2) | 139 (5.5) | 117 (4.6) | 1,304 (51.3) |
Average rainy days | 17.4 | 13.4 | 16.8 | 18.0 | 22.0 | 25.3 | 26.2 | 24.2 | 24.9 | 26.0 | 23.3 | 20.8 | 258.3 |
Source: Meteoblue [5] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1939 | 896 | — |
1948 | 2,216 | +10.58% |
1960 | 1,818 | −1.64% |
1970 | 2,198 | +1.91% |
1975 | 3,942 | +12.43% |
1980 | 5,020 | +4.95% |
1990 | 3,819 | −2.70% |
1995 | 5,205 | +5.97% |
2000 | 5,361 | +0.64% |
2007 | 6,589 | +2.89% |
2010 | 6,746 | +0.86% |
2015 | 7,288 | +1.48% |
2020 | 7,364 | +0.20% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [6] [7] [8] [9] |
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