Prieto Diaz

Prieto Diaz Montufar
Municipality
Municipality of Prieto Diaz
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Map of Sorsogon with Prieto Diaz highlighted
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Prieto Diaz Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 13°02′27″N124°11′35″E / 13.0408°N 124.1931°E / 13.0408; 124.1931
Country	Philippines
Region	Bicol Region
Province	Sorsogon
District	2nd district
Named after	Fathers Gabriel Prieto and Severino Diaz
Barangays	23 (see Barangays)
Government   [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
•  Mayor	Benito L. Doma
•  Vice mayor	Romeo D. Domasian
•  Representative	Vacant
•  Municipal Council	Members Vicente B. Bayoca Avon D. Domalaon Bienvenido D. Ayo Florante D. Detecio Albert D. Destura Joseph H. Yap Jr. Rodolfo D. Uy Edwin B. Destajo
•  Electorate	15,553 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	49.07 km2 (18.95 sq mi)
Elevation	9.0 m (29.5 ft)
Highest elevation	136 m (446 ft)
Lowest elevation	−1 m (−3 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [3]
• Total	22,644
• Density	460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
•  Households	5,346
Economy
•  Income class	5th municipal income class
•  Poverty incidence	29.11 % (2021) [4]
•  Revenue	₱ 137.2 million (2022)
•  Assets	₱ 340.5 million (2022)
•  Expenditure	₱ 107.8 million (2022)
•  Liabilities	₱ 63.86 million (2022)
Service provider
• Electricity	Sorsogon 2 Electric Cooperative (SORECO 2)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	4711
PSGC	056214000
IDD  :  area code	+63 (0)56
Native languages	Sorsogon Ayta Sorsogon language Central Bikol Tagalog

Prieto Diaz, officially the Municipality of Prieto Diaz, is a municipality in the Philippine province of Sorsogon. In the 2020 census, it had a population of 22,644 people. ^[3]

History

The town of Prieto Diaz was once a Visita of the old municipality of Bacon (now Bacon District of Sorsogon City). The town was given its present name from the surnames of the two Bicolano martyrs, Father Gabriel Prieto (1853–1897) and Father Severino Diaz (1862–1897), when it became independent from the municipality of Bacon, on October 12, 1903, by virtue of Act 940 of the Philippine Commission. Prieto Diaz was the only town organized after Sorsogon became a province, on October 17, 1894. ^[5]

Geography

Prieto Diaz is 387 km (241 mi) southeast of Manila, 150 km(31m) east-southeast of Legazpi City, the regional center, and 20 km (12.4 mi) north-northeast of Sorsogon City, the provincial capital. North of Prieto Diaz, across Albay Gulf, is Rapu-Rapu, in the west is Bacon District of Sorsogon City, and in the south is Gubat, while the Pacific Ocean is on the east. It is also the easternmost point on the island of Luzon.^{[ citation needed ]}

Barangays

Prieto Diaz is politically subdivided into 23 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks, and some have sitios.

In 1954, the sitio of Carayat was converted into a barrio. ^[6]

• Brillante (Poblacion)
• Bulawan
• Calao
• Carayat
• Diamante
• Gogon
• Lupi
• Manlabong
• Maningcay De Oro
• Perlas
• Quidolog
• Rizal
• San Antonio
• San Fernando
• San Isidro
• San Juan
• San Rafael
• San Ramon
• Santa Lourdes
• Santo Domingo
• Talisayan
• Tupaz
• Ulag

Climate

Climate data for Prieto Diaz, Sorsogon
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	27 (81)	28 (82)	29 (84)	31 (88)	31 (88)	30 (86)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	28 (82)	29 (84)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22 (72)	21 (70)	22 (72)	23 (73)	24 (75)	25 (77)	25 (77)	25 (77)	25 (77)	24 (75)	23 (73)	23 (73)	24 (74)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	65 (2.6)	44 (1.7)	42 (1.7)	39 (1.5)	87 (3.4)	150 (5.9)	184 (7.2)	153 (6.0)	163 (6.4)	154 (6.1)	127 (5.0)	100 (3.9)	1,308 (51.4)
Average rainy days	13.9	9.2	11.0	12.5	19.6	24.3	26.5	25.0	25.5	24.4	19.4	15.1	226.4
Source: Meteoblue [7]

Prieto Diaz has a tropical climate, with significant rainfall throughout the year, even during the driest month. According to Köppen and Geiger, the climate in Prieto Diaz is classified as Af; the average annual temperature is 27.1 °C; and the average annual rainfall is 2965 mm. The driest month is April, with 119 mm. Most precipitation falls in December, with an average of 514 mm. The warmest month of the year is June, with an average temperature of 28.2 °C. In January, the average temperature is 25.6 °C, the lowest average temperature of the whole year. The difference in precipitation between the driest and wettest months is 395 mm. The average temperatures vary during the year by 2.6 °C. ^[8]

Typhoons are especially frequent, and they are destructive menaces in Bicol Region. The months of September, October, and November experience the most destruction. Forty percent of storms carrying high-velocity winds in the Philippines pass through the southeastern part of Luzon, where Prieto Diaz is located. ^[9]

Demographics

Population census of Prieto Diaz

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1918	4,867	—
1939	7,480	+2.07%
1948	8,169	+0.98%
1960	10,407	+2.04%
1970	13,625	+2.73%
1975	14,006	+0.55%
1980	15,603	+2.18%
1990	15,324	−0.18%
1995	18,106	+3.18%
2000	18,925	+0.95%
2007	19,762	+0.60%
2010	20,478	+1.30%
2015	22,442	+1.76%
2020	22,644	+0.18%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [10] [11] [12] [13]

Sorsogon Ayta Language

In 2010, UNESCO released its third volume of Endangered Languages in the World, with three critically endangered languages being in the Philippines. One of these is Southern Ayta (Sorsogon Ayta), which had 150 estimated speakers in 2000. The language was classified as "Critically Endangered", meaning the youngest speakers are grandparents and older, and they speak the language partially and infrequently and hardly pass it to their children and grandchildren.

The Sorsogon Ayta people live only in the municipality of Prieto Diaz; they are one of the original Negrito settlers of the Philippines. They belong to the Aeta people classification but have distinct language and belief systems unique to their own culture and heritage.

Economy

Poverty incidence of Prieto Diaz

10 20 30 40 50 60 2000 58.11 2003 49.15 2006 40.10 2009 36.67 2012 30.70 2015 42.36 2018 33.99 2021 29.11 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]

Education

Prieto Diaz had 19 elementary ^[22] and 3 secondary schools as of 2021 ^[23]

List of primary schools

• Bulawan Elementary School
• Calao Elementary School
• Carayat Elementary School
• Gogon Elementary School
• Lupi Elementary School
• Manlabong Elementary School
• Nenita E. Oandasan Memorial School
• Prieto Diaz Central School
• Quidolog Elementary School
• San Antonio Elementary School
• San Fernando Elementary School
• San Isidro Elementary School
• San Juan Elementary School
• San Rafael Elementary School
• San Ramon Elementary School
• Santa Lourdes Elementary School
• Santo Domingo Primary School
• Talisayan Elementary School
• Ulag Elementary School

List of secondary schools

• Calao National High School
• Manlabong National High School
• Prieto Diaz National High School

References

1.   Municipality of Prieto Diaz | (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. Census of Population (2020). "Region V (Bicol Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved July 8, 2021.
4. "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. April 2, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
5. "Prieto Diaz: Audit 2012. Executive Summary" (PDF). coa.gov.ph. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2014.
6. "An Act to Convert the Sitio of Carayat, in the Municipality of Prieto Diaz, Province of Sorsogon, into a Barrio". LawPH.com. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2011.
7. "Prieto Diaz, Sorsogon: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Archived from the original on December 29, 2018. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
8. "Prieto Diaz climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Prieto Diaz water temperature – Climate-Data.org". en.climate-data.org. Archived from the original on December 25, 2021. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
9. The Philippine Island World: A Physical, Cultural, and Regional Geography , p. 411, at Google Books
10. Census of Population (2015). "Region V (Bicol Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved June 20, 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 June 29, 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 Sorsogon". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
14. "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
15. "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. November 29, 2005.
16. "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. March 23, 2009.
17. "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. August 3, 2012.
18. "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. May 31, 2016.
19. "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. July 10, 2019.
20. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. December 15, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
21. "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. April 2, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
22. "Philippine Company Listings – Philippine Business Directory – Page 1". Philippine Companies. Archived from the original on October 20, 2021. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
23. "Public Secondary Schools". docstoc.com. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2021.

External links

• Prieto Diaz profile at PhilAtlas.com
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census information