Pagsanghan | |
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Municipality of Pagsanghan | |
![]() Map of Samar with Pagsanghan highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 11°57′54″N124°43′17″E / 11.965089°N 124.7213°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Eastern Visayas |
Province | Samar |
District | 1st district |
Founded | 1979 |
Barangays | 13 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Sed Hendrix Tan |
• Vice Mayor | Bienvenida P. Repol |
• Representative | Stephen James Tan |
• Councilors | List |
• Electorate | 8,065 voters (2025) |
Area | |
• Total | 30.00 km2 (11.58 sq mi) |
Elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
Highest elevation | 186 m (610 ft) |
Lowest elevation | −1 m (−3 ft) |
Population (2024 census) [3] | |
• Total | 8,145 |
• Density | 270/km2 (700/sq mi) |
• Households | 1,954 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 5th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 30.2 |
• Revenue | ₱ 84.46 million (2022) |
• Assets | ₱ 198.1 million (2022) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 77.89 million (2022) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 52.88 million (2022) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Samar 1 Electric Cooperative (SAMELCO 1) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 6705 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)55 |
Native languages | Waray Tagalog |
Website | www |
Pagsanghan, officially the Municipality of Pagsanghan (Waray : Bungto han Pagsanghan; Tagalog : Bayan ng Pagsanghan), is a municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 7,959 people. [5]
The municipality of Pagsanghan was established by virtue of Batas Pambansa Blg. 16 issued on February 9, 1979, upon separation of nine barangays in Tarangnan, with a barangay with the same name the seat of government. [6] A plebiscite was held on April 3. [7]
Pagsanghan is politically subdivided into 13 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for Pagsanghan, Samar | |||||||||||||
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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 [8] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1980 | 6,512 | — |
1990 | 6,047 | −0.74% |
1995 | 7,350 | +3.72% |
2000 | 7,077 | −0.81% |
2007 | 7,981 | +1.67% |
2010 | 8,024 | +0.20% |
2015 | 7,945 | −0.19% |
2020 | 7,959 | +0.04% |
2024 | 8,145 | +0.56% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [9] [10] [11] [12] |
Poverty incidence of Pagsanghan
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 2000 52.32 2003 68.80 2006 31.80 2009 40.56 2012 37.97 2015 37.34 2018 29.18 2021 30.20 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] |