Nasipit | |
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Municipality of Nasipit | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 8°59′N125°20′E / 8.99°N 125.34°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Caraga |
Province | Agusan del Norte |
District | 2nd district |
Founded | August 1, 1929 |
Barangays | 19 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Roscoe Democrito B. Plaza |
• Vice Mayor | Leonardo C. Beniga |
• Representative | Dale B. Corvera |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 30,279 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 144.4 km2 (55.8 sq mi) |
Elevation | 31 m (102 ft) |
Highest elevation | 375 m (1,230 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [3] | |
• Total | 44,822 |
• Density | 310/km2 (800/sq mi) |
• Households | 10,580 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 3rd municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 28.57 |
• Revenue | ₱ 170.1 million (2020), 71.34 million (2012), 81.49 million (2013), 98.81 million (2014), 114.2 million (2015), 129.8 million (2016), 142.5 million (2017), 143.5 million (2018), 155.2 million (2019), 179.9 million (2021), 243.1 million (2022) |
• Assets | ₱ 317.3 million (2020), 73.95 million (2012), 92.88 million (2013), 123.6 million (2014), 198.7 million (2015), 177.5 million (2016), 206.4 million (2017), 241.9 million (2018), 261.6 million (2019), 348.1 million (2021), 386.8 million (2022) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 178.7 million (2020), 59.82 million (2012), 63.51 million (2013), 72.02 million (2014), 95.53 million (2015), 129.6 million (2016), 127 million (2017), 137.3 million (2018), 153.7 million (2019), 157.8 million (2021), 210.2 million (2022) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 67.08 million (2020), 26.07 million (2012), 39.08 million (2013), 59.63 million (2014), 111.3 million (2015), 86.26 million (2016), 92.85 million (2017), 124.7 million (2018), 76.49 million (2019), 53.71 million (2021), 57.49 million (2022) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Agusan del Norte Electric Cooperative (ANECO) |
• Water | Nasipit Water District |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 8602 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)85 |
Native languages | Agusan Butuanon Cebuano Higaonon Tagalog |
Major religions | Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam |
Feast date | September 29 |
Catholic diocese | Diocese of Butuan |
Patron saint | Saint Michael the Archangel |
Website | www |
Nasipit, officially the Municipality of Nasipit (Cebuano : Lungsod sa Nasipit; Tagalog : Bayan ng Nasipit), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Agusan del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 44,822 people. [3]
The Port of Nasipit is the major seaport or base port in Agusan del Norte. The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) assigned PMO Nasipit as an International Base port. [5] [ full citation needed ]
Perched on a promontory overlooking the picturesque Nasipit Bay is the progressive industrial town of Nasipit. From the open sea, approaching the town one would readily notice that pall of heavy smoke emanating from giant smoke-stacks, evidence of industrial activity within the sprawling compound of the Nasipit Lumber Company and the Philippine Wallboard Corporation.
The shoreline of Nasipit assumes a claw-like from which “Nasip-it” was derived. Until 1929, Nasipit was a barrio of Butuan. The then Governor Guingona proposed to change the name Nasipit to “Aurora”. Due to the strong opposition of the early inhabitants, however, the word Na-si-pit was retained.
Little is known about historical events that took place in this town during its early days. But legend has it that three women were abducted by marauding Moro pirates who occasionally came to this place to rob and plunder. It was said that the villagers were terrified whenever the pirates came ashore and they went into hiding for days atop the thickly-forested hill which they later on settled and developed as the present-day Poblacion. Because of this danger, the early settlers constructed a watchtower at the site presently occupied by the Catholic Church, to watch out for and warn the people of an impending pirate raid.
The earliest settlers of this town were immigrants from Cebu, Leyte and the different parts of the archipelago threaded their way into this town to settle permanently.
The administration of the late Mayor Catalino Atupan saw the beginnings of industrial activities in this once sleepy town. During his nine years in office, Mayor Atupan strove to increase tax collection and encouraged the establishment of factories on account of the town’s strategic geographical location and ideal shipping facilities. At the end of his term in 1946, the Nasipit Lumber Company Incorporated, controlled and operated by the Fernandez Hermanos started its operation. Thus, began Nasipit’s march to progress.
Nasipit was officially separated from the municipality of Butuan on August 1, 1929. It became a municipality by virtue of Executive Order No. 181 issued by Acting Governor General of the Philippines Eugene Allen Gilmore. A proposal to change its name to Aurora was initiated by then Governor Teofisto Guingona Sr., but due to the strong opposition from townsfolk, the name Nasipit was retained.
In 1949, the barrios of Carmen, Tagcatong, Cahayagan and San Agustin were separated from Nasipit and constituted into the new town of Carmen by virtue of Republic Act No. 380 which was approved on June 15, 1949. [6]
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 144.4 square kilometres (55.8 sq mi) [7] constituting 5.29% of the 2,730.24 square kilometres (1,054.15 sq mi) of total area of Agusan del Norte.
Nasipit occupies the north-western portion of the province. It is bounded in the east and south by Buenavista, west by Carmen, and north by Butuan Bay. It is 24 kilometres (15 mi) west of Butuan and 175 kilometres (109 mi) north-east of Cagayan de Oro. The town is accessible by sea through the inter-island vessels docking in the Nasipit International Seaport, to destinations such as Manila, Cebu, Bohol, and Cagayan de Oro.
Climate data for Nasipit, Agusan del Norte | |||||||||||||
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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) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 27 (81) | 28 (83) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 277 (10.9) | 211 (8.3) | 155 (6.1) | 109 (4.3) | 166 (6.5) | 191 (7.5) | 154 (6.1) | 138 (5.4) | 127 (5.0) | 173 (6.8) | 241 (9.5) | 231 (9.1) | 2,173 (85.5) |
Average rainy days | 22.7 | 19.1 | 20.0 | 19.9 | 25.9 | 27.6 | 27.6 | 26.1 | 25.1 | 26.8 | 24.3 | 23.2 | 288.3 |
Source: Meteoblue [8] |
Nasipit is politically subdivided into 19 barangays. [9] Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
Of these, five are urban and 14 are rural. Of the 19 barangays, nine are coastal: Cubi–Cubi, Ata–Atahon, Punta, Barangay 1 Apagan (Poblacion), Talisay (home to the Port of Nasipit), Santa Ana, Camagong, Amontay and Aclan.
PSGC | Barangay | Population | ±% p.a. | |||
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2020 [3] | 2010 [10] | |||||
160209001 | Aclan | 5.3% | 2,354 | 2,217 | 0.60% | |
160209002 | Amontay | 4.1% | 1,840 | 1,658 | 1.05% | |
160209004 | Ata-atahon | 4.1% | 1,820 | 1,614 | 1.21% | |
160209010 | Barangay 1 ( Poblacion ) | 2.5% | 1,108 | 1,159 | −0.45% | |
160209011 | Barangay 2 (Poblacion) | 2.7% | 1,197 | 1,216 | −0.16% | |
160209012 | Barangay 3 (Poblacion) | 1.9% | 841 | 969 | −1.41% | |
160209013 | Barangay 4 (Poblacion) | 1.6% | 731 | 822 | −1.17% | |
160209014 | Barangay 5 (Poblacion) | 2.8% | 1,270 | 1,506 | −1.69% | |
160209015 | Barangay 6 (Poblacion) | 2.9% | 1,319 | 1,466 | −1.05% | |
160209016 | Barangay 7 (Poblacion) | 4.4% | 1,976 | 1,636 | 1.91% | |
160209005 | Camagong | 11.6% | 5,204 | 4,917 | 0.57% | |
160209006 | Cubi-Cubi | 3.0% | 1,338 | 1,291 | 0.36% | |
160209007 | Culit | 6.8% | 3,039 | 3,074 | −0.11% | |
160209008 | Jaguimitan | 3.7% | 1,647 | 1,374 | 1.83% | |
160209009 | Kinabjangan | 8.3% | 3,714 | 3,591 | 0.34% | |
160209017 | Punta | 8.2% | 3,685 | 3,613 | 0.20% | |
160209018 | Santa Ana | 5.1% | 2,307 | 2,110 | 0.90% | |
160209019 | Talisay | 8.3% | 3,729 | 3,668 | 0.17% | |
160209020 | Triangulo | 6.3% | 2,838 | 2,762 | 0.27% | |
Total | 44,822 | 40,663 | 0.98% |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1903 | 611 | — |
1939 | 8,529 | +7.60% |
1948 | 12,502 | +4.34% |
1960 | 14,996 | +1.53% |
1970 | 23,306 | +4.50% |
1975 | 25,289 | +1.65% |
1980 | 29,905 | +3.41% |
1990 | 34,084 | +1.32% |
1995 | 34,255 | +0.09% |
2000 | 35,817 | +0.96% |
2007 | 38,096 | +0.85% |
2010 | 40,663 | +2.40% |
2015 | 41,957 | +0.60% |
2020 | 44,822 | +1.31% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [11] [10] [12] [13] |
In the 2020 census, Nasipit had a population of 44,822. [3] The population density was 310 inhabitants per square kilometre (800/sq mi).
Poverty incidence of Nasipit
5 10 15 20 25 30 2006 23.00 2009 28.26 2012 20.73 2015 26.70 2018 19.68 2021 28.57 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] |
Nasipit was identified by the Caraga Regional Development Council (Caraga RDC) through Resolution Number 44 Series of 1996, as the Regional Agri-Industrial Growth Center (RAGC) of the Caraga Region. The municipality's identification as the RAGC and its inclusion in the Agusan Norte Special Economic Zone (ANSEZ) can be attributed to the establishment of the Nasipit Agusan del Norte Industrial Estate (NANIE). Covering a total of 296.9 hectares (734 acres) and located within barangays Camagong and Talisay, the proposed estate is envisaged to be an industrial nucleus or manufacturing center in the province where industrial plants, bonded warehouses, container yards and other industrial facilities will be located and made available to investors.
Nasipit celebrates its annual fiesta every 29 September in honor to the town's patron saint, St. Michael, the Archangel, which includes thanksgiving mass and parade before the day of fiesta activities.
Araw ng Nasipit (Day of Nasipit): The day commemorating the townhood anniversary of Nasipit from 1929 after it was a barrio of Butuan.
Located at the heart of the town, it was built by MSC or Dutch priests during the 1960s.[ citation needed ] Recently, the altar of the church was constructed on its new image.[ citation needed ]
The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company provides fixed line services. Wireless mobile communications services are provided by Smart Communications and Globe Telecommunications.
Nasipit can be accessed through the Mindanao Pan-Philippine Highway.
PAL and Cebu Pacific have daily flights from Manila to Butuan and vice versa.
Through the Port of Nasipit, there are several major shipping lines serving the Manila and Cebu routes: 2GO Travel, Carlos A. Gothong Shipping Lines, Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation aka Sulpicio Lines , Cokaliong Shipping Lines Inc., and Trans-Asia Shipping Lines. The Philippine Coast Guard — CG Detachment Nasipit is located at the Port of Nasipit near the Nasipit SeaPort Terminal.
Nasipit can be reached by jeepney, van, multicabs and buses from Butuan in 45 minutes, and 4 hours to 5 hours by bus from Cagayan de Oro. The public mode of transportation in Nasipit is by tricycle similar in Butuan.
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