Matag-ob | |
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Municipality of Matag-ob | |
Location within the
Philippines | |
Coordinates: 11°08′49″N 124°28′24″E / 11.1469°N 124.4733°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Eastern Visayas |
Province | Leyte |
District | 4th district |
Barangays | 21 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Bernandino G. Tacoy |
• Vice Mayor | Vincent Lynbern P. Tacoy |
• Representative | Richard I. Gomez ( PDPLBN) |
• Councilors | List |
• Electorate | 13,588 voters ( 2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 104.40 km2 (40.31 sq mi) |
Elevation | 39 m (128 ft) |
Highest elevation | 573 m (1,880 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census)
[3] | |
• Total | 17,522 |
• Density | 170/km2 (430/sq mi) |
• Households | 4,671 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 4th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 32.83 |
• Revenue | ₱ 96.12 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 340 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 110.4 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 82.03 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Leyte 5 Electric Cooperative (LEYECO 5) |
Time zone | UTC+8 ( PST) |
ZIP code | 6532 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)53 |
Native languages | Cebuano Tagalog |
Website |
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Matag-ob (IPA: [mɐ'tagʔob]), officially the Municipality of Matag-ob ( Cebuano: Lungsod sa Matag-ob; Waray: Bungto han Matag-ob; Tagalog: Bayan ng Matag-ob), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,522 people. [3]
In 1957 the barrios of Santo Rosario, Santa Rosa, Balagtas, San Vicente and Mabini were separated from the municipality of Palompon and constituted into Matag-ob. [5]
Matag-ob is politically subdivided into 21 barangays. [6] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for Matag-ob, Leyte | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26 (79) |
27 (81) |
27 (81) |
28 (82) |
28 (82) |
28 (82) |
27 (81) |
28 (82) |
27 (81) |
27 (81) |
27 (81) |
27 (81) |
27 (81) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21 (70) |
20 (68) |
21 (70) |
22 (72) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
22 (72) |
21 (70) |
22 (72) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 78 (3.1) |
57 (2.2) |
84 (3.3) |
79 (3.1) |
118 (4.6) |
181 (7.1) |
178 (7.0) |
169 (6.7) |
172 (6.8) |
180 (7.1) |
174 (6.9) |
128 (5.0) |
1,598 (62.9) |
Average rainy days | 16.7 | 13.8 | 17.3 | 18.5 | 23.2 | 26.5 | 27.1 | 26.0 | 26.4 | 27.5 | 24.6 | 21.0 | 268.6 |
Source: Meteoblue [7] |
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Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [8] [9] [10] [11] |
In the 2020 census, the population of Matag-ob was 17,522 people, [3] with a density of 170 inhabitants per square kilometre or 440 inhabitants per square mile.
Poverty incidence of Matag-ob
10
20
30
40
50
2006
37.50 2009
35.66 2012
49.59 2015
35.45 2018
29.18 2021
32.83 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] |
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