San Jorge | |
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Municipality of San Jorge | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 11°59′N124°49′E / 11.98°N 124.82°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Eastern Visayas |
Province | Samar |
District | 1st district |
Founded | 1979 |
Named for | Saint George |
Barangays | 41 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Leoncio U. De Guia |
• Vice Mayor | Jay G. Bisnar |
• Representative | Stephen James Tan |
• Councilors | List |
• Electorate | 14,153 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 241.20 km2 (93.13 sq mi) |
Elevation | 168 m (551 ft) |
Highest elevation | 839 m (2,753 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [3] | |
• Total | 17,579 |
• Density | 73/km2 (190/sq mi) |
• Households | 3,990 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 4th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 32.18 |
• Revenue | ₱ 137.4 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 245.8 million (2020), 23.84 million (2012) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 131.1 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 76.43 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Samar 1 Electric Cooperative (SAMELCO 1) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 6723 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)55 |
Native languages | Waray Tagalog |
San Jorge, officially the Municipality of San Jorge (Waray : Bungto han San Jorge; Tagalog : Bayan ng San Jorge), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,579 people. [3]
The town is famous for its Blanca Aurora Falls near Barangay Blanca Aurora along the Blanca Aurora river. An inauguration is held every 10 October since 1979.
Due to farming abundancy here in San Jorge, they proclaimed Saint George as their Patron Saint and because it happened that the name were similar to a historical person named George Curn.
The community is one of the oldest barangay of municipality of Gandara. Its history can be traced back to the American regime. Even its name San Jorge was in honor of an American soldier by the name of George Curn who happened to own and donate the site where the old barangay was formerly located. The present location is the second site of the barangay. Its old site was located across the Sapinit River where the San Jorge Elementary School is presently nestled.
The municipality of San Jorge was established by virtue of Batas Pambansa Blg. 11 issued on December 6, 1978, upon separation of 29 barangays in Gandara, with a barangay with the same name the seat of government. [5] A plebiscite was held on February 4, 1979. [6] The result had been vetoed until 1985 to 1986. (citation needed)
San Jorge is divided into 41 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for San Jorge, Samar | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 29 (85) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21 (70) | 21 (70) | 21 (70) | 22 (72) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 72 (2.8) | 52 (2.0) | 65 (2.6) | 62 (2.4) | 87 (3.4) | 129 (5.1) | 153 (6.0) | 124 (4.9) | 147 (5.8) | 157 (6.2) | 139 (5.5) | 117 (4.6) | 1,304 (51.3) |
Average rainy days | 17.4 | 13.4 | 16.8 | 18.0 | 22.0 | 25.3 | 26.2 | 24.2 | 24.9 | 26.0 | 23.3 | 20.8 | 258.3 |
Source: Meteoblue [7] |
Two mountainside slope rolling down to the San Jorge National High School and a Gasoline Station were observed to be a potential flood prone areas, developer and planning engineers constructed a Rectangular Culvert alongside the 1 AH 26 Sleeves going to the San Jorge River. With a vast water shed area just below the municipality of San Jose de Buan, San Jorge area is really a drainage area in times of rainy season. In a matter of two consecutive days rain, flood waters automatically rumbles down the slopes going to the lowland areas from Buenavista, Bulao, La Paz, Mombon, San Jorge Proper, Erenas then directly towards the low-lying areas of the town of Gandara then to the town of Pagsanghan and the samar sea finally. Areas like the barangays of Buenavista, Janipon, Bulao, Guindapunan, La Paz, Mombon, and Anquiana could be soaked for a couple of days which usually leads to destruction of standing crops in the lowlands. These are usually rice, corn, vegetables and other crops in the flat lands.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1980 | 9,123 | — |
1990 | 10,111 | +1.03% |
1995 | 11,935 | +3.16% |
2000 | 13,376 | +2.47% |
2007 | 14,134 | +0.76% |
2010 | 16,340 | +5.42% |
2015 | 17,184 | +0.96% |
2020 | 17,579 | +0.45% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [8] [9] [10] [11] |
An underwater (Creek) Pipes are to be installed from Tumogbong (Binubukalan) will be connected directly to main Village of Blanca Aurora to keep the beauty of the old Falls of Blanca. [ citation needed ]
Poverty incidence of San Jorge
10 20 30 40 50 2006 36.60 2009 42.28 2012 41.13 2015 45.47 2018 29.58 2021 32.18 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] |
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