San Luis | |
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Municipality of San Luis | |
![]() Municipal Hall | |
Motto: "Sinag San Luis." | |
![]() Map of Agusan del Sur with San Luis highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 8°30′N125°44′E / 8.5°N 125.74°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Caraga |
Province | Agusan del Sur |
District | 1st district |
Barangays | 25 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Ronaldo Y. Corvera |
• Vice Mayor | Ely B. Yecyec |
• Representative | Alfelito M. Bascug |
• Electorate | 21,125 voters (2025) |
Area | |
• Total | 950.5 km2 (367.0 sq mi) |
Elevation | 342 m (1,122 ft) |
Highest elevation | 1,880 m (6,170 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [3] | |
• Total | 35,196 |
• Density | 37/km2 (96/sq mi) |
• Households | 7,836 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 1st municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 47.97 |
• Revenue | ₱ 425.3 million (2022) |
• Assets | ₱ 620.1 million (2022) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 377.5 million (2022) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 283 million (2022) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Agusan del Sur Electric Cooperative (ASELCO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 8511 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)85 |
Native languages | Agusan Butuanon Higaonon Tagalog language |
San Luis, officially the Municipality of San Luis (Cebuano : Lungsod sa San Luis; Tagalog : Bayan ng San Luis), is a municipality in the province of Agusan del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 35,196 people. [3]
San Luis was created into a municipality on June 15, 1968, when the barrios of San Luis, Santa Inez, Nuevo Trabajo, Cualision and Baylo were separated from the municipality of Esperanza and constituted into the new town, through Republic Act 5262. [5] Since the 1970s, the town's economy has been largely based on logging industries. [6]
San Luis is located at 8°30′N125°44′E / 8.5°N 125.74°E .
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 950.5 square kilometres (367.0 sq mi) [7] constituting 9.51% of the 9,989.52-square-kilometre- (3,856.98 sq mi) total area of Agusan del Sur.
Climate data for San Luis, Agusan del Sur | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27 (81) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 24 (74) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 105 (4.1) | 72 (2.8) | 55 (2.2) | 40 (1.6) | 69 (2.7) | 94 (3.7) | 100 (3.9) | 103 (4.1) | 99 (3.9) | 106 (4.2) | 85 (3.3) | 63 (2.5) | 991 (39) |
Average rainy days | 17.6 | 16.0 | 14.9 | 14.0 | 20.9 | 24.3 | 25.3 | 25.5 | 24.5 | 24.7 | 19.7 | 16.7 | 244.1 |
Source: Meteoblue [8] |
San Luis is politically subdivided into 25 barangays. [9] Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
PSGC | Barangay | Population | ±% p.a. | |||
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2020 [3] | 2010 [10] | |||||
160309001 | Anislagan | 5.7% | 1,998 | 1,947 | 0.26% | |
160309008 | Balit | 2.5% | 868 | 1,139 | −2.68% | |
160309002 | Baylo | 4.4% | 1,555 | 1,328 | 1.59% | |
160309009 | Binicalan | 9.5% | 3,353 | 3,103 | 0.78% | |
160309010 | Cecilia | 3.2% | 1,135 | 1,136 | −0.01% | |
160309003 | Coalicion | 4.0% | 1,398 | 1,643 | −1.60% | |
160309004 | Culi | 2.9% | 1,008 | 1,035 | −0.26% | |
160309011 | Dimasalang | 3.9% | 1,387 | 1,360 | 0.20% | |
160309012 | Don Alejandro | 7.4% | 2,600 | 2,648 | −0.18% | |
160309013 | Don Pedro | 0.7% | 241 | 294 | −1.97% | |
160309014 | Doña Flavia | 7.4% | 2,614 | 2,529 | 0.33% | |
160309025 | Doña Maxima | 4.2% | 1,467 | 1,522 | −0.37% | |
160309015 | Mahagsay | 2.9% | 1,009 | 1,242 | −2.06% | |
160309016 | Mahapag | 2.1% | 730 | 695 | 0.49% | |
160309017 | Mahayahay | 2.3% | 795 | 1,135 | −3.50% | |
160309018 | Muritula | 2.1% | 743 | 769 | −0.34% | |
160309005 | Nuevo Trabajo | 5.3% | 1,876 | 1,725 | 0.84% | |
160309006 | Poblacion | 5.2% | 1,815 | 1,653 | 0.94% | |
160309019 | Policarpo | 1.4% | 486 | 533 | −0.92% | |
160309020 | San Isidro | 2.3% | 807 | 955 | −1.67% | |
160309021 | San Pedro | 3.5% | 1,219 | 1,567 | −2.48% | |
160309007 | Santa Ines | 5.0% | 1,748 | 1,453 | 1.87% | |
160309022 | Santa Rita | 0.9% | 301 | 456 | −4.07% | |
160309023 | Santiago | 1.4% | 499 | 465 | 0.71% | |
160309024 | Wegguam | 1.3% | 457 | 401 | 1.32% | |
Total | 35,196 | 32,733 | 0.73% |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1918 | 2,850 | — |
1970 | 7,531 | +1.89% |
1975 | 12,226 | +10.21% |
1980 | 12,793 | +0.91% |
1990 | 18,521 | +3.77% |
1995 | 21,910 | +3.20% |
2000 | 25,901 | +3.65% |
2007 | 30,424 | +2.24% |
2010 | 32,733 | +2.70% |
2015 | 32,109 | −0.37% |
2020 | 35,196 | +1.82% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [11] [10] [12] [13] |
In the 2020 census, San Luis had a population of 35,196. [3] The population density was 37 inhabitants per square kilometre (96/sq mi).
Poverty incidence of San Luis
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000 71.26 2003 83.06 2006 69.70 2009 61.99 2012 55.67 2015 49.55 2018 47.33 2021 47.97 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] |