Taft Tubig | |
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Municipality of Taft | |
Motto(s): Diri natumba, naluros nala | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 11°54′21″N125°25′05″E / 11.9058°N 125.4181°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Eastern Visayas |
Province | Eastern Samar |
District | Lone district |
Named for | William Howard Taft |
Barangays | 24 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Gina A. Ty |
• Vice Mayor | Ma. Concepcion A. Hilario |
• Representative | Maria Fe R. Abunda |
• Councilors | List |
• Electorate | 15,066 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 231.27 km2 (89.29 sq mi) |
Elevation | 22 m (72 ft) |
Highest elevation | 129 m (423 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [3] | |
• Total | 18,786 |
• Density | 81/km2 (210/sq mi) |
• Households | 4,764 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 4th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 47.61 |
• Revenue | ₱ 118.2 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 264.2 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 106.2 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 60.67 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Eastern Samar Electric Cooperative (ESAMELCO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 6816 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)55 |
Native languages | Waray Tagalog |
Website | taft-esamar |
Taft, officially the Municipality of Taft (Waray : Bungto han Taft; Tagalog : Bayan ng Taft), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 18,786 people. [3]
It is bounded on the north by the town of Can-avid and on the south-southeast by the town of Sulat.
The municipality was named in honor of former United States President William Howard Taft, who served as Governor-General of the Philippines during the first decade of the 20th century.
Taft is one of the ancient pueblos in Samar situated in the eastern coast which was called Tubabao or Tubabaw in early times. This town was originally named after the river called Malinaw, but since the river causes heavy floods during rainy season, people began calling the place Tubig, which means water in Waray-Waray. [5]
Taft is politically subdivided into 24 barangays. [6] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for Taft, Eastern Samar | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 27 (81) | 27 (81) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 29 (83) |
Average low °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) | 97 (3.8) | 64 (2.5) | 69 (2.7) | 58 (2.3) | 98 (3.9) | 161 (6.3) | 167 (6.6) | 140 (5.5) | 158 (6.2) | 171 (6.7) | 169 (6.7) | 154 (6.1) | 1,506 (59.3) |
Average rainy days | 17.1 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.2 | 21.1 | 25.2 | 26.8 | 25.4 | 25.5 | 26.5 | 23.0 | 20.3 | 254.3 |
Source: Meteoblue [7] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. | ||
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1903 | 3,031 | — | ||
1918 | 3,866 | +1.64% | ||
1939 | 5,743 | +1.90% | ||
1948 | 7,078 | +2.35% | ||
1960 | 10,463 | +3.31% | ||
1970 | 11,296 | +0.77% | ||
1975 | 12,554 | +2.14% | ||
1980 | 14,545 | +2.99% | ||
1990 | 13,449 | −0.78% | ||
1995 | 16,613 | +4.04% | ||
2000 | 16,435 | −0.23% | ||
2007 | 16,362 | −0.06% | ||
2010 | 17,183 | +1.80% | ||
2015 | 18,915 | +1.85% | ||
2020 | 18,786 | −0.13% | ||
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Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [8] [9] [10] [11] |
The population of Taft, Eastern Samar, in the 2020 census was 18,786 people, [3] with a density of 81 inhabitants per square kilometre or 210 inhabitants per square mile.
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