San Miguel | |
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Municipality of San Miguel | |
![]() Map of Surigao del Sur with San Miguel highlighted | |
Location within the
Philippines | |
Coordinates: 8°55′56″N 126°02′25″E / 8.9322°N 126.0403°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Caraga |
Province | Surigao del Sur |
District | 1st district |
Barangays | 18 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Michael T. Corilla |
• Vice Mayor | Reynaldo F. Demoto |
• Representative | Romeo S. Momo Sr. |
• Electorate | 26,710 voters ( 2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 558.00 km2 (215.45 sq mi) |
Elevation | 38 m (125 ft) |
Highest elevation | 231 m (758 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
Population (2020 census)
[3] | |
• Total | 41,809 |
• Density | 75/km2 (190/sq mi) |
• Households | 8,977 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 1st municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 38.06 |
• Revenue | ₱ 222.9 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 422.4 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 167.9 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 79.14 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Surigao del Sur 2 Electric Cooperative (SURSECO 2) |
Time zone | UTC+8 ( PST) |
ZIP code | 8301 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)86 |
Native languages | Surigaonon Agusan Cebuano Tagalog |
San Miguel, officially the Municipality of San Miguel ( Surigaonon: Lungsod nan San Miguel; Tagalog: Bayan ng San Miguel), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 41,809 people. [3]
With an area of 55,800 hectares (138,000 acres), it is the largest among the municipalities and cities in the province. It is also one of the only two landlocked municipalities in the province along with Tagbina.
In 1981, Edilberto "Berto" Morales, a farmer employed as a bulldozer operator in an irrigation project accidentally unearthed a hoard of authentic gold artifacts and jewelries weighing up to 30 kg in Barangay Magroyong which includes masks, figurines, bowls, daggers, trinkets, belts, and all sorts of body ornaments. Through a support of several historical accounts, archaeologists and historians believed that the gold items were associated between 10th to 13th century used by pre-colonial Filipinos, years before Spaniards came to the country. Some of the golden artifacts, jewelries and ornaments, dubbed as the "Surigao Treasure", were then sold to and currently exhibited at the Ayala Museum in the city of Makati, Philippines and some pieces at the Central Bank of the Philippines. Morales' discoveries were then considered one of the first proofs that gold was an important link between the early people of pre-colonial Philippines and the neighboring Southeast Asian countries. [5] [6] [7] [8]
San Miguel is politically subdivided into 18 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
Climate data for San Miguel, Surigao del Sur | |||||||||||||
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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) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
28 (82) |
28 (82) |
29 (83) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
24 (74) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 161 (6.3) |
132 (5.2) |
112 (4.4) |
87 (3.4) |
136 (5.4) |
169 (6.7) |
146 (5.7) |
148 (5.8) |
132 (5.2) |
156 (6.1) |
176 (6.9) |
170 (6.7) |
1,725 (67.8) |
Average rainy days | 20.0 | 16.2 | 18.3 | 17.3 | 24.0 | 26.7 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 26.5 | 26.4 | 23.8 | 21.0 | 275.2 |
Source: Meteoblue [9] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1970 | 9,307 | — |
1975 | 12,443 | +6.00% |
1980 | 17,642 | +7.23% |
1990 | 21,671 | +2.08% |
1995 | 24,006 | +1.94% |
2000 | 27,883 | +3.26% |
2007 | 32,737 | +2.24% |
2010 | 36,287 | +3.82% |
2015 | 39,340 | +1.55% |
2020 | 41,809 | +1.20% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [10] [11] [12] [13] |
Poverty incidence of San Miguel
10
20
30
40
50
60
2006
50.10 2009
50.46 2012
37.45 2015
45.51 2018
38.78 2021
38.06 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] |
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