San Agustin | |
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Municipality of San Agustin | |
![]() Britania Islets at the Lianga Bay in San Agustin | |
Nickname: Heart of Surigao del Sur | |
![]() Map of Surigao del Sur with San Agustin highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 8°44′37″N126°13′17″E / 8.743664°N 126.221433°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Caraga |
Province | Surigao del Sur |
District | 1st district |
Barangays | 13 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Libertad O. Alameda |
• Vice Mayor | Mamerta P. Milo |
• Representative | Romeo S. Momo Sr. |
• Electorate | 15,156 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 277.28 km2 (107.06 sq mi) |
Elevation | 35 m (115 ft) |
Highest elevation | 384 m (1,260 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [3] | |
• Total | 22,855 |
• Density | 82/km2 (210/sq mi) |
• Households | 4,964 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 4th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 34.65 |
• Revenue | ₱ 152.4 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 200.8 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 134.4 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 55.96 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Surigao del Sur 2 Electric Cooperative (SURSECO 2) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 8305 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)86 |
Native languages | Surigaonon Agusan Cebuano Kamayo Tagalog |
Website | www |
San Agustin, officially the Municipality of San Agustin (Surigaonon: Lungsod nan San Agustin; Tagalog : Bayan ng San Agustin), is a municipality in the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 22,855 people. [3]
It was established as the municipality of Oteiza on June 16, 1962 by virtue of Republic Act No. 3489, from the municipality of Marihatag; [5] it acquired its current name on June 17, 1967 by virtue of Republic Act No. 4903. [6]
The town is famous for the Britania Group of Islands (or simply Britania Islets), a group of 24 islands with white sandbar beaches scattered across waters of the Lianga Bay, overlooking the Philippine Sea.
San Agustin is politically subdivided into 13 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1970 | 7,100 | — |
1975 | 9,309 | +5.58% |
1980 | 10,024 | +1.49% |
1990 | 11,982 | +1.80% |
1995 | 13,768 | +2.64% |
2000 | 14,845 | +1.63% |
2007 | 19,546 | +3.87% |
2010 | 20,655 | +2.03% |
2015 | 22,779 | +1.88% |
2020 | 22,855 | +0.07% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [7] [8] [9] [10] |
Poverty incidence of San Agustin
10 20 30 40 50 2006 44.70 2009 49.89 2012 37.37 2015 41.53 2018 31.97 2021 34.65 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] |
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