San Ricardo | |
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Municipality of San Ricardo | |
![]() Map of Southern Leyte with San Ricardo highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 9°55′N125°17′E / 9.92°N 125.28°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Eastern Visayas |
Province | Southern Leyte |
District | 2nd district |
Barangays | 15 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Roy Y. Salinas (PDPLBN) |
• Vice Mayor | Felicisimo M. Reputana (PDPLBN) |
• Representative | Christopherson M. Yap |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 7,295 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 47.56 km2 (18.36 sq mi) |
Elevation | 49 m (161 ft) |
Highest elevation | 708 m (2,323 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [3] | |
• Total | 10,500 |
• Density | 220/km2 (570/sq mi) |
• Households | 2,304 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 5th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 28.20 |
• Revenue | ₱ 65.18 million (2020), 31.4 million (2012), 36 million (2013), 41.82 million (2014), 47.06 million (2015), 50.91 million (2016), 55.46 million (2017), 60.86 million (2018), 53.06 million (2019), 80.78 million (2021), 97.17 million (2022) |
• Assets | ₱ 249.7 million (2020), 39.58 million (2012), 45.23 million (2013), 61.61 million (2014), 86.34 million (2015), 117.1 million (2016), 159.7 million (2017), 196.1 million (2018), 267.5 million (2021), 286.5 million (2022) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 56.45 million (2020), 33.19 million (2012), 31.32 million (2013), 36.07 million (2014), 45.06 million (2015), 27.51 million (2016), 43.17 million (2017), 38.66 million (2018), 49.08 million (2019), 56.92 million (2021), 74.53 million (2022) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 50.88 million (2020), 10.47 million (2012), 13.6 million (2013), 22.01 million (2014), 35.27 million (2015), 41.31 million (2016), 54.47 million (2017, 2018), 49.29 million (2019), 31.95 million (2021), 45.54 million (2022) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative (SOLECO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 6607 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)53 |
Native languages | Boholano dialect Cebuano Tagalog |
San Ricardo, officially the Municipality of San Ricardo (Cebuano : Lungsod sa San Ricardo; Tagalog : Bayan ng San Ricardo), is a municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. The municipality is 152 kilometers (94 mi) from Maasin City, the provincial capital, and 190 kilometers (120 mi) from Tacloban, the regional capital of Eastern Visayas. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 10,500 people. [3]
The town was formerly part of Pintuyan, Southern Leyte and composed of 16 barangays: Alangalang, Benit, Bitoon, Buenavista, Cabutan, Camang, Capingkit, Cogon, Esperanza, Kinachawa (Kinatsawa), Lobo, Piinut-an, San Ramon, San Ricardo, Saub, and Timba.
On October 24, 1965, it became a separate town through Executive Order 194 signed by President Diosdado Macapagal. [5]
San Ricardo is politically subdivided into 15 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks, and some have sitios.
Climate data for San Ricardo, Southern Leyte | |||||||||||||
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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) | 27 (81) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 210 (8.3) | 161 (6.3) | 123 (4.8) | 85 (3.3) | 148 (5.8) | 186 (7.3) | 164 (6.5) | 157 (6.2) | 141 (5.6) | 190 (7.5) | 223 (8.8) | 200 (7.9) | 1,988 (78.3) |
Average rainy days | 21.0 | 16.8 | 18.5 | 18.2 | 24.9 | 27.7 | 28.4 | 27.0 | 26.1 | 27.6 | 24.6 | 22.0 | 282.8 |
Source: Meteoblue [6] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1975 | 6,521 | — |
1980 | 7,331 | +2.37% |
1990 | 9,723 | +2.86% |
1995 | 7,869 | −3.89% |
2000 | 8,964 | +2.83% |
2007 | 9,490 | +0.79% |
2010 | 10,078 | +2.21% |
2015 | 10,494 | +0.77% |
2020 | 10,500 | +0.01% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [7] [8] [9] [10] |
Poverty Incidence of San Ricardo
10 20 30 40 50 2000 48.98 2003 34.93 2006 27.60 2009 42.51 2012 45.98 2015 43.84 2018 30.64 2021 28.20 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] |
San Ricardo Port, also known as Benit Port, is a roro port serving routes to and from Lipata Port, Surigao City, and connects to the Pan-Philippine Highway (also called Maharlika Highway AH26) that originates from Laoag to its southern terminus in Zamboanga City. Montenegro Shipping Lines [19] [20] is the primary ferry service for Lipata Port and Benit Port.
San Ricardo also has a bus terminal, named Benit Integrated Bus Terminal, with routes to and from Manila and Davao. DLTBCo, Ultrabus, CUL Transportation, and other bus companies provide transportation from San Ricardo to Luzon. Bachelor Express also serves San Ricardo with routes from Davao to Ormoc and Tacloban.