| Patnanungan | |
|---|---|
| Municipality of Patnanungan | |
|   Map of Quezon with Patnanungan highlighted | |
| Location within the Philippines  | |
| Coordinates: 14°45′14″N122°13′05″E / 14.754°N 122.218°E | |
| Country | Philippines | 
| Region | Calabarzon | 
| Province | Quezon | 
| District | 1st district | 
| Founded | June 18, 1961 | 
| Barangays | 6 (see Barangays) | 
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan | 
| • Mayor | Marie Claire A. Larita | 
| • Vice Mayor | Reynaldo A. Añonuevo | 
| • Representative | Wilfrido Mark M. Enverga | 
| • Municipal Council | Members | 
| • Electorate | 8,734 voters (2025) | 
| Area | |
|  • Total | 139.20 km2 (53.75 sq mi) | 
| Elevation | 6.0 m (19.7 ft) | 
| Highest elevation | 319 m (1,047 ft) | 
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) | 
| Population  (2024 census) | |
|  • Total | 15,554 | 
| • Density | 111.74/km2 (289.40/sq mi) | 
| • Households | 3,426 | 
| Demonym | Patnanunganin | 
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 5th municipal income class | 
| • Poverty incidence | 21.31 | 
| • Revenue | ₱ 133.3 million (2022) | 
| • Assets | ₱ 209.9 million (2022) | 
| • Expenditure | ₱ 88.7 million (2022) | 
| • Liabilities | ₱ 63.52 million (2022) | 
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Quezon 2 Electric Cooperative (QUEZELCO 2) | 
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) | 
| ZIP code | 4341 | 
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)42 | 
| Native languages | Tagalog | 
| Website | www | 
Patnanungan, officially the Municipality of Patnanungan (Tagalog : Bayan ng Patnanungan), is a municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 15,052 people.
Patnanungan was once a barrio part of Polillo, dating back to the Spanish colonial era. [3] On June 12, 1948, barrio Patnanungan was excised from Polillo and incorporated into the newly established municipality of Burdeos. [4]
Patnanungan was established as a municipal district on June 18, 1961, out of six barrios and ten islands previously from Burdeos. [5]
A shoe-shaped island municipality facing the Philippine Sea, it has various island and islet borders like Burdeos, Jomalig Island, Pollilo Strait, Lamon Bay and Palasan Island. It is part of the Polillo Islands.
Patnanungan is politically subdivided into 6 barangays, as indicated below. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
| Climate data for Patnanungan, Quezon | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year | 
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26 (79) | 27 (81) | 28 (82) | 30 (86) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 26 (79) | 29 (83) | 
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 22 (72) | 23 (74) | 
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 40 (1.6) | 33 (1.3) | 35 (1.4) | 38 (1.5) | 138 (5.4) | 190 (7.5) | 242 (9.5) | 216 (8.5) | 224 (8.8) | 200 (7.9) | 114 (4.5) | 94 (3.7) | 1,564 (61.6) | 
| Average rainy days | 12.2 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 11.7 | 21.5 | 24.0 | 27.2 | 26.1 | 26.8 | 22.3 | 16.3 | 15.1 | 223.2 | 
| Source: Meteoblue [6] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. | 
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5,038 | — | 
| 1975 | 6,371 | +4.82% | 
| 1980 | 7,456 | +3.19% | 
| 1990 | 9,447 | +2.40% | 
| 1995 | 9,638 | +0.38% | 
| 2000 | 11,034 | +2.94% | 
| 2007 | 12,825 | +2.10% | 
| 2010 | 13,865 | +2.88% | 
| 2015 | 14,606 | +1.00% | 
| 2020 | 15,052 | +0.64% | 
| 2024 | 15,554 | +0.79% | 
| Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [7] [8] [9] [10] | ||
Poverty incidence of Patnanungan
| 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 2000  67.65 2003  47.37 2006  71.20 2009  36.00 2012  55.41 2015  45.17 2018  24.14 2021  21.31 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] | 
Municipal council (2022-2025): [19]
| Position | Name | 
|---|---|
| Mayor | Marie Claire A. Larita-Natividad | 
| Vice Mayor | Reynaldo Añonuevo | 
| Councilors | |
| Leticia G. Lopez | |
| Edwin Aguilar | |
| Jose Caballero | |
| Nelson Manlugon | |
| Rodrigo Toledo | |
| Ronald Armada | |
| Baby Jean C. Bantucan | |
| Roberto Briz | |
| Arjan P. Bandales (Ex-Officio Member, PPSK President) | 
The Patnanungan-Jomalig Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools. [20]