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Santo Domingo | |
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Municipality of Santo Domingo | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 17°38′29″N120°24′39″E / 17.6414°N 120.4108°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Ilocos Region |
Province | Ilocos Sur |
District | 1st district |
Named for | Saint Dominic |
Barangays | 36 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Bryan Dexter V. Tadena |
• Vice Mayor | Michael Emili V. Figueras |
• Representative | Deogracias Victor B. Savellano |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 19,871 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 55.49 km2 (21.42 sq mi) |
Elevation | 17 m (56 ft) |
Highest elevation | 185 m (607 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [3] | |
• Total | 29,041 |
• Density | 520/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
• Households | 7,346 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 3rd municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 4.30 |
• Revenue | ₱ 118.7 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 907.2 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 112.9 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 70.56 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Ilocos Sur Electric Cooperative (ISECO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 2729 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)77 |
Native languages | Ilocano Tagalog |
Website | www |
Santo Domingo, officially the Municipality of Santo Domingo (Ilocano : Ili ti Santo Domingo; Filipino : Bayan ng Santo Domingo), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 29,041 people. [3]
The name of the municipality came from its old moniker, "Paggappuan ti Santol ti Domingo," an Ilocano term meaning "The source of the Santol sold every Sunday." Santol ( Sandoricum koetjape ) is the name of the tree bearing round, yellowish fruits growing in abundance in the municipality, notably in Barangay Pussuac.
During the Spanish era, an enlisted man of the Spanish Civil Guard, Pablo Arquero, looked for the source of the santol being sold in the markets of Ciudad Fernandina (now Vigan City) on Sundays during the months of June to August. To do so, he asked for a leave of absence from his platoon leader to trace the source of the fruits. With his Ilocano guide, he searched the lands north of Villa Fernandina. He found nothing in the neighboring towns of Bantay, Santa Catalina, San Vicente, and Bantaoay (now San Ildefonso). He finally found many santol-bearing trees in a place north of Bantaoay now called Barangay Pus-uac. He has found the "Paggappuan ti Santol ti Domingo." The town was named Santo Domingo on account of this feat.
Don Pablo Arguero was claimed to be the founder of the municipality on May 12, 1742, with Father Tomas Millan as the first parish priest. Father Millan laid the foundation of the belfry, where the great Filipino hero Diego Silang once worked as a boy.
In 2010, the University of Northern Philippines opened a campus in Quimmarayan. It houses the university's agricultural, fishery and research courses; and the Environmental Research and Training Center.
Santo Domingo is 413 kilometres (257 mi) from Metro Manila and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from Vigan City, the provincial capital.
Santo Domingo is politically subdivided into 36 barangays. [5] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for Santo Domingo, Ilocos Sur | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average high °C (°F) | 30 (86) | 31 (88) | 33 (91) | 34 (93) | 33 (91) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 31 (88) |
Average low °C (°F) | 19 (66) | 19 (66) | 21 (70) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 22 (72) | 21 (70) | 19 (66) | 22 (72) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 9 (0.4) | 11 (0.4) | 13 (0.5) | 23 (0.9) | 92 (3.6) | 122 (4.8) | 153 (6.0) | 137 (5.4) | 139 (5.5) | 141 (5.6) | 42 (1.7) | 14 (0.6) | 896 (35.4) |
Average rainy days | 4.6 | 4.0 | 6.2 | 9.1 | 19.5 | 23.2 | 24.0 | 22.5 | 21.5 | 15.2 | 10.5 | 6.0 | 166.3 |
Source: Meteoblue (modeled/calculated data, not measured locally) [6] |
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Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [7] [8] [9] [10] |
In the 2020 census, Santo Domingo had a population of 29,041. [3] The population density was 520 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,300/sq mi).
Santo Domingo, belonging to the first congressional district of the province of Ilocos Sur, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.
Position | Name |
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Congressman | Ronald V. Singson |
Mayor | Erich Sean Castillo |
Vice-Mayor | Marvin Pimienta |
Councilors | Michael Emili V. Figueras |
Cristina Jane G. de Vera | |
Rizaldy S. Rosario | |
Eugene R. Tadeja | |
Godofredo T. Ingan | |
Henry Q. Palpal-Latoc | |
Joan T. Tabangcura | |
Luciano F. Manuel | |
For 378 years, from 1521 to 1899, Local Chief Executives of the “pueblos” or town were appointed by the Spaniards and in the year 1901 up to 1946 they were appointed by Americans. Afterwards, election was the mode of selection.
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