Placer, Masbate

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Placer
Pueblo de Cervantéz
Municipality
Municipality of Placer
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Placer
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 11°52′08″N123°55′00″E / 11.8689°N 123.9167°E / 11.8689; 123.9167
Country Philippines
Region Bicol Region
Province Masbate
District 3rd district
Barangays 35 (see Barangays)
Government
  [1]
 • Type Sangguniang Bayan
 •  Mayor Eusebio P. Dumoran Jr.
 •  Vice Mayor Mark A. Tinegra
 •  Representative Wilton T. Kho
 •  Municipal Council
Members
  • Mark Joel P. Dumoran
  • Mayet E. Lepatan.
  • Ilona Jean M. Lepatan
  • Michael S. Sevilleno Jr.
  • Ramil C. Camay
  • Jose Renan A. Ybañez
  • Grace D. Espenilla
  • Jose B. Abellare
 •  Electorate 39,115 voters (2025)
Area
[2]
 • Total
193.03 km2 (74.53 sq mi)
Elevation
8.0 m (26.2 ft)
Highest elevation
59 m (194 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2024 census) [3]
 • Total
56,658
 • Density293.52/km2 (760.21/sq mi)
 •  Households
13,197
Economy
 •  Income class 2nd municipal income class
 •  Poverty incidence
29.88
% (2021) [4]
 •  Revenue ₱ 265.7 million (2022)
 •  Assets ₱ 808.5 million (2022)
 •  Expenditure ₱ 210 million (2022)
 •  Liabilities ₱ 309.6 million (2022)
Service provider
 • ElectricityMasbate Electric Cooperative (MASELCO)
Time zone UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
5408
PSGC
0504117000
IDD  :  area code  +63 (0)56
Native languages Cebuano
Tagalog
Website www.placer.gov.ph

Placer, officially the Municipality of Placer, is a municipality in the province of Masbate, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 56,658 people. [5]

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History

By virtue of Republic Act No. 292, passed on June 16, 1948, the barrio of Placer was constituted as its own municipality, separate from Cataingan. At the time of its creation, Placer included the entire present-day municipality of Esperanza, which was then a barrio of Placer (its largest barrio). [6]

Geography

Placer is 95 kilometres (59 mi) from Masbate City.

Barangays

Placer is politically subdivided into 35 barangays.  [7] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

  • Aguada
  • Ban-Ao
  • Burabod
  • Cabangcalan
  • Calumpang
  • Camayabsan
  • Daan-lungsod
  • Dangpanan
  • Daraga
  • Guin-Awayan
  • Guinhan-Ayan
  • Katipunan
  • Libas
  • Locso-An
  • Luna
  • Mahayag
  • Mahayahay
  • Manlut-Od
  • Matagangtang
  • Naboctot
  • Nagarao
  • Nainday
  • Naocondiot
  • Pasiagon
  • Pili
  • Poblacion
  • Puro
  • Quibrada
  • San Marcos
  • Santa Cruz
  • Taboc
  • Tan-Awan
  • Taverna
  • Tubod
  • Villa-Inocencio

Climate

Climate data for Placer, Masbate
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)29
(84)		29
(84)		31
(88)		32
(90)		32
(90)		31
(88)		30
(86)		30
(86)		30
(86)		30
(86)		29
(84)		29
(84)		30
(86)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)23
(73)		22
(72)		23
(73)		23
(73)		25
(77)		25
(77)		24
(75)		25
(77)		24
(75)		24
(75)		24
(75)		23
(73)		24
(75)
Average precipitation mm (inches)39
(1.5)		34
(1.3)		42
(1.7)		36
(1.4)		73
(2.9)		109
(4.3)		118
(4.6)		108
(4.3)		129
(5.1)		136
(5.4)		112
(4.4)		89
(3.5)		1,025
(40.4)
Average rainy days12.69.712.013.020.525.326.224.825.225.921.917.9235
Source: Meteoblue [8]

Demographics

Population census of Placer
YearPop.±% p.a.
1903 2,112—    
1960 21,235+4.13%
1970 30,174+3.57%
1975 29,639−0.36%
1980 35,710+3.80%
1990 38,568+0.77%
1995 40,394+0.87%
YearPop.±% p.a.
2000 44,418+2.06%
2007 48,469+1.21%
2010 55,438+5.01%
2015 55,826+0.13%
2020 56,340+0.19%
2024 56,658+0.14%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]

In the 2020 census, the population of Placer, Masbate, was 56,340 people, [14] with a density of 290 inhabitants per square kilometre or 750 inhabitants per square mile.

Placer is one of the only four municipalities in Masbate which is dominantly Cebuano-speaking, the other being the adjacent municipalities of Esperanza; Esperanza separated from Placer in 1959., [15] Pio V. Corpuz, and Cawayan.

Economy

Poverty incidence of Placer

10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
2000
72.11
2003
68.67
2006
59.00
2009
46.95
2012
47.65
2015
47.21
2018
33.12
2021
29.88

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

Education

There are two schools district offices which govern all educational institutions within the municipality. They oversee the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools. [24] These are the:

Primary and elementary schools

  • Aguada Elementary School
  • Ban-ao Elementary School
  • Bugtong Cawayan Elementary School
  • Burabod Elementary School
  • Cabangcalan Elementary School
  • Calumpang Elementary School
  • Camayabsan Elementary School
  • Celera-Inocencio Central School
  • Dangpanan Elementary School
  • Daraga Elementary School
  • Doroteo B. Presno Elementary School
  • Felifranco R. Avenido Sr. Memorial Elementary School
  • Felomino Yray Elementary School
  • Guin-awayan Elementary School
  • Ken Ville School
  • Libas Elementary School
  • Lt. Nilo R. Inocencio Elementary School
  • Locso-an Elementary School
  • Luna Elementary School
  • M & R Lecciones Elementary School
  • Mahayag Elementary School
  • Mahayahay Elementary School
  • Manlot-od Elementary School
  • Matagangtang Elementary School
  • Nagarao Elementary School
  • Nainday Elementary School
  • Naocondiot Elementary School
  • Placer SDA Multigrade School
  • Puro Elementary School
  • Quibrada Elementary School
  • San Marcos Elementary School
  • San Pero Elementary School
  • Taboc Elementary School
  • Tan-awan Elementary School
  • Taverna Elementary School
  • Tomas M. Conde Central School
  • Tubod Elementary School
  • Yadah Christian School

Secondary schools

  • Alejando Hermosa MES
  • Arriesgado-Sevilleno High School
  • Bugtong Cawayan ES
  • Cabangcalan ES
  • G. Bangalisan National High School
  • Gulay-Mayer National High School
  • Institute of the Orient
  • Rodolfo Z. Titong National High School
  • Southern Masbate Roosevelt College
  • Verdida-Sabrido High School
  • Vivencio P. Casas Sr. Memorial High School

References

  1. ↑   Municipality of Placer | (DILG)
  2. ↑ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN   0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  3. ↑ "2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President". Philippine Statistics Authority. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President". Philippine Statistics Authority. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "An act creating the municipality of Placer in the province of Masbate". LawPH.com. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
  7. ↑ "Province:". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  8. ↑ "Placer: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  9. ↑ "2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President". Philippine Statistics Authority. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  10. ↑ Census of Population (2015). "Region V (Bicol Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  11. ↑ Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region V (Bicol Region)" (PDF). Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office . Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  12. ↑ Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region V (Bicol Region)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.
  13. ↑ "Province of". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  14. ↑ "2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President". Philippine Statistics Authority. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  15. ↑ "Executive Order No. 337, s. 1959 | GOVPH". 7 May 1959.
  16. ↑ "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  17. ↑ "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
  18. ↑ "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
  19. ↑ "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
  20. ↑ "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
  21. ↑ "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
  22. ↑ "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  23. ↑ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  24. ↑ "Masterlist of Schools" (PDF). Department of Education. January 15, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2025.
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