Sapang Dalaga | |
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Municipality of Sapang Dalaga | |
Etymology: Maiden in a creek | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 8°33′N123°34′E / 8.55°N 123.57°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Northern Mindanao |
Province | Misamis Occidental |
District | 1st district |
Founded | August 12, 1957 |
Barangays | 28 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Donjie D. Animas (NP) |
• Vice Mayor | Manuel G. Animas (NP) |
• Representative | Jason P. Almonte (PDPLBN) |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 16,252 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 93.93 km2 (36.27 sq mi) |
Elevation | 109 m (358 ft) |
Highest elevation | 448 m (1,470 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [3] | |
• Total | 20,490 |
• Density | 220/km2 (560/sq mi) |
• Households | 5,156 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 5th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 37.23 |
• Revenue | ₱ 96.02 million (2020), 41.15 million (2012), 47.15 million (2013), 52.91 million (2014), 60.85 million (2015), 64.83 million (2016), 71.92 million (2017) |
• Assets | ₱ 361.6 million (2020), 108.9 million (2012), 117.7 million (2013), 121.3 million (2014), 82.11 million (2015), 106.1 million (2016), 227.8 million (2017) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 73.51 million (2020), 40.84 million (2012), 47.23 million (2013), 46.1 million (2014) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 154.6 million (2020), 32.08 million (2012), 39.73 million (2013), 31.31 million (2014), 47.41 million (2015), 60.21 million (2016), 98.16 million (2017) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Misamis Occidental 1 Electric Cooperative (MOELCI 1) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 7212 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)88 |
Native languages | Subanon Cebuano Tagalog |
Website | www |
Sapang Dalaga, officially the Municipality of Sapang Dalaga (Cebuano : Lungsod sa Sapang Dalaga; Tagalog : Bayan ng Sapang Dalaga), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 20,490 people. [3]
It is located 96 kilometres (60 mi) from Ozamiz City and 50 kilometres (31 mi) from Dipolog Airport.
It is rich in mineral resources such as gold, copper and manganese, and has mountains, rivers, waterfalls and beaches. Baga (meaning "waterfalls" in the native language) is one kilometer from the town center and can be reached by foot or motor vehicles. Mountains, such as Mount Dasa and Mount Pedoluan, are also nearby. Casul Bay, which connects to Murcielagos Bay, can be navigated.
Its name is derived from the phrase sapa ng dalaga (ancient Visayan language dating back to the 14th century before Spanish colonization), meaning "maiden in a creek".
The names of some barangays were derived from rivers and trees, for example, Guinabot came from a river, Locus was derived from the native locus tree.
Sapang Dalaga is politically subdivided into 28 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
Climate data for Panaon, Misamis Occidental | |||||||||||||
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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) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 69 (2.7) | 44 (1.7) | 37 (1.5) | 29 (1.1) | 87 (3.4) | 137 (5.4) | 131 (5.2) | 141 (5.6) | 143 (5.6) | 134 (5.3) | 68 (2.7) | 53 (2.1) | 1,073 (42.3) |
Average rainy days | 9.9 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 21.6 | 26.5 | 26.4 | 26.6 | 25.8 | 24.3 | 15.1 | 10.4 | 209.7 |
Source: Meteoblue [5] |
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Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [6] [7] [8] [9] |
In the 2020 census, the population of Sapang Dalaga was 20,490 people, [3] with a density of 220 inhabitants per square kilometre or 570 inhabitants per square mile.
Poverty incidence of Sapang Dalaga
10 20 30 40 50 60 2006 51.70 2009 43.85 2012 46.60 2015 41.41 2018 35.35 2021 37.23 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] |
Its economy is based on agriculture, with root crops such as gabi, palaw, sweet potato, ube and apale. It has plantation of coconuts, lanzones, mangosteen, rambotan, marang, hibi (June plume), guyabano, santol, durian and native bananas. Herbal plants such as Salingkapao (tawa-tawa), buyo, dalapot (sambong) grows in each household plot. Vegetables such as string beans, squash, malunggay, likway, bago and sikwa can be found. Sea foods such as bongcawel, saang, bacase, king crabs, nukos (squid), lato (seaweeds), kitong, dangget, lapu-lapu, pasayan (prawn) can be bought every Friday (market day).
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