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Sulat | |
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Municipality of Sulat | |
![]() Map of Eastern Samar with Sulat highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 11°49′N125°27′E / 11.82°N 125.45°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Eastern Visayas |
Province | Eastern Samar |
District | Lone district |
Barangays | 18 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Javier E. Zacate |
• Vice Mayor | Dionesio L. Evardone |
• Representative | Maria Fe R. Abunda |
• Councilors | List |
• Electorate | 12,213 voters (2025) |
Area | |
• Total | 169.75 km2 (65.54 sq mi) |
Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
Highest elevation | 182 m (597 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2024 census) [3] | |
• Total | 15,776 |
• Density | 93/km2 (240/sq mi) |
• Households | 4,013 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 4th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 31.43 |
• Revenue | ₱ 140.1 million (2022) |
• Assets | ₱ 303.7 million (2022) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 99.84 million (2022) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 48.92 million (2022) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Eastern Samar Electric Cooperative (ESAMELCO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 6815 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)55 |
Native languages | Waray Tagalog |
Patron saint | Saint Ignatius of Loyola |
Website | www |
Sulat, officially the Municipality of Sulat (Waray : Bungto han Sulat; Tagalog : Bayan ng Sulat), is a municipality in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 15,758 people. [5]
Sulat is politically subdivided into 18 barangays. [6] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for Sulat, Eastern Samar | |||||||||||||
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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) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (74) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 114 (4.5) | 81 (3.2) | 94 (3.7) | 81 (3.2) | 119 (4.7) | 192 (7.6) | 186 (7.3) | 158 (6.2) | 167 (6.6) | 185 (7.3) | 202 (8.0) | 176 (6.9) | 1,755 (69.2) |
Average rainy days | 18.6 | 14.7 | 16.8 | 17.8 | 22.3 | 25.9 | 27.5 | 26.2 | 26.6 | 27.0 | 24.6 | 22.3 | 270.3 |
Source: Meteoblue [7] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1903 | 5,266 | — |
1918 | 6,331 | +1.24% |
1939 | 8,004 | +1.12% |
1948 | 8,642 | +0.86% |
1960 | 9,927 | +1.16% |
1970 | 11,535 | +1.51% |
1975 | 12,226 | +1.17% |
1980 | 12,357 | +0.21% |
1990 | 12,738 | +0.30% |
1995 | 14,010 | +1.80% |
2000 | 14,193 | +0.28% |
2007 | 19,322 | +4.35% |
2010 | 15,184 | −8.40% |
2015 | 15,377 | +0.24% |
2020 | 15,758 | +0.52% |
2024 | 15,776 | +0.03% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] |
The population of Sulat in the 2020 census was 15,758 people, [13] with a density of 93 inhabitants per square kilometre or 240 inhabitants per square mile.
Poverty incidence of Sulat
10 20 30 40 50 2000 32.06 2003 26.19 2006 28.90 2009 42.00 2012 36.49 2015 38.94 2018 45.56 2021 31.43 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] |