Poro | |
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Municipality of Poro | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 10°37′44″N124°24′25″E / 10.629°N 124.407°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Central Visayas |
Province | Cebu |
District | 5th district |
Founded | 17 December 1701 |
Barangays | 17 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Edgar G. Rama |
• Vice Mayor | Dina Z. Rama |
• Representative | Vincent Franco D. Frasco |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 17,158 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 63.59 km2 (24.55 sq mi) |
Elevation | 48 m (157 ft) |
Highest elevation | 377 m (1,237 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [3] | |
• Total | 26,232 |
• Density | 410/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
• Households | 6,900 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 4th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 21.00 |
• Revenue | ₱ 110.7 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 417.2 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 103.7 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 171.2 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Camotes Electric Cooperative (CELCO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 6049 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)32 |
Native languages | Porohanon Cebuano |
Poro, officially the Municipality of Poro (Cebuano : Lungsod sa Poro; Tagalog : Bayan ng Poro), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,232 people. [3]
Poro, along with the municipality of Tudela, is located on Poro Island of the Camotes Islands.
Poro is bordered to the north by the Province of Leyte in the Camotes Sea, to the west is by the island of Pacijan Island With the town of San Francisco, to the east is the town of Tudela and to the south is the Camotes Sea
The patronal feast of Poro is celebrated on the third Friday of January, in honour of the Santo Niño de Cebu.
Poro is politically subdivided into 17 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
PSGC | Barangay | Population | ±% p.a. | |||
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2020 [3] | 2010 [5] | |||||
072238001 | Adela | 6.6% | 1,737 | 1,339 | 2.64% | |
072238002 | Altavista | 3.7% | 958 | 1,142 | −1.74% | |
072238003 | Cagcagan | 11.9% | 3,114 | 3,238 | −0.39% | |
072238004 | Cansabusab | 2.2% | 577 | 525 | 0.95% | |
072238005 | Daan Paz | 3.5% | 922 | 888 | 0.38% | |
072238006 | Eastern Poblacion | 4.4% | 1,158 | 886 | 2.71% | |
072238007 | Esperanza | 12.7% | 3,324 | 3,131 | 0.60% | |
072238008 | Libertad | 5.0% | 1,313 | 1,276 | 0.29% | |
072238010 | Mabini | 4.8% | 1,259 | 1,254 | 0.04% | |
072238011 | Mercedes | 9.9% | 2,585 | 2,294 | 1.20% | |
072238012 | Pagsa | 4.5% | 1,183 | 672 | 5.82% | |
072238013 | Paz | 4.8% | 1,252 | 1,206 | 0.37% | |
072238014 | Rizal | 3.3% | 871 | 817 | 0.64% | |
072238015 | San Jose | 4.8% | 1,255 | 1,136 | 1.00% | |
072238016 | Santa Rita | 2.7% | 705 | 860 | −1.97% | |
072238018 | Teguis | 5.3% | 1,397 | 1,323 | 0.55% | |
072238019 | Western Poblacion | 6.1% | 1,602 | 1,511 | 0.59% | |
Total | 26,232 | 23,498 | 1.11% |
Climate data for Poro, Cebu | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) |
Average low °C (°F) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 78 (3.1) | 57 (2.2) | 84 (3.3) | 79 (3.1) | 118 (4.6) | 181 (7.1) | 178 (7.0) | 169 (6.7) | 172 (6.8) | 180 (7.1) | 174 (6.9) | 128 (5.0) | 1,598 (62.9) |
Average rainy days | 16.7 | 13.8 | 17.3 | 18.5 | 23.2 | 26.5 | 27.1 | 26.0 | 26.4 | 27.5 | 24.6 | 21.0 | 268.6 |
Source: Meteoblue [6] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. | ||
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1903 | 4,991 | — | ||
1918 | 6,754 | +2.04% | ||
1939 | 11,520 | +2.58% | ||
1948 | 12,523 | +0.93% | ||
1960 | 13,736 | +0.77% | ||
1970 | 14,858 | +0.79% | ||
1975 | 16,535 | +2.17% | ||
1980 | 17,717 | +1.39% | ||
1990 | 19,150 | +0.78% | ||
1995 | 21,517 | +2.21% | ||
2000 | 21,397 | −0.12% | ||
2007 | 21,529 | +0.08% | ||
2010 | 23,498 | +3.24% | ||
2015 | 25,212 | +1.35% | ||
2020 | 26,232 | +0.78% | ||
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Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [7] [5] [8] |
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Aside from Cebuano, Waray, Tagalog, and English, the townsfolk also speak the local Porohanon language. Also known as Camotes Visayan, the language is mutually intelligible with other Visayan languages (e.g. Cebuano) spoken in the rest of the Camotes Islands, Cebu, other parts of the Visayas, and Northern Mindanao.
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