Arteche | |
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Municipality of Arteche | |
Location within the
Philippines | |
Coordinates: 12°16′10″N 125°22′16″E / 12.269419°N 125.371214°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Eastern Visayas |
Province | Eastern Samar |
District | Lone district |
Founded | 1950 |
Barangays | 20 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Roland Boie M. Evardone |
• Vice Mayor | Rolando B. Evardone |
• Representative | Maria Fe R. Abunda |
• Councilors | List |
• Electorate | 12,240 voters ( 2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 169.82 km2 (65.57 sq mi) |
Elevation | 27 m (89 ft) |
Highest elevation | 124 m (407 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census)
[3] | |
• Total | 16,360 |
• Density | 96/km2 (250/sq mi) |
• Households | 3,908 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 3rd municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 58.66 |
• Revenue | ₱ 129.5 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 294.3 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 126.1 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 41.21 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Eastern Samar Electric Cooperative (ESAMELCO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 ( PST) |
ZIP code | 6822 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)55 |
Native languages | Waray Tagalog |
Website |
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Arteche (IPA: [arˈtɛtʃe]), officially the Municipality of Arteche ( Waray: Bungto han Arteche; Tagalog: Bayan ng Arteche), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 16,360 people. [3]
In the southeast, it is bounded by San Policarpo, to the south by Oras. To the north, it is bounded by Pacific Ocean and in the north-west by Lapinig, and a neighbor of Maslog.
Arteche was created in 1950 from the barrios of San Ramon, Carapdapan, Beri, Tangbo, Catumsan, Bego, Concepcion, Casidman, Tawagan, and Tibalawon of the Municipality of Oras. [5]
Arteche is politically subdivided into 20 barangays. [6] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for Arteche, 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) |
27 (81) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
28 (82) |
27 (81) |
29 (84) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23 (73) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
23 (73) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
23 (74) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 105 (4.1) |
67 (2.6) |
65 (2.6) |
53 (2.1) |
86 (3.4) |
129 (5.1) |
135 (5.3) |
113 (4.4) |
131 (5.2) |
163 (6.4) |
167 (6.6) |
162 (6.4) |
1,376 (54.2) |
Average rainy days | 17.6 | 13.2 | 15.5 | 14.9 | 19.6 | 24.3 | 26.6 | 25.4 | 24.9 | 25.4 | 22.9 | 20.9 | 251.2 |
Source: Meteoblue [7] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1960 | 8,647 | — |
1970 | 9,330 | +0.76% |
1975 | 10,246 | +1.90% |
1980 | 11,686 | +2.66% |
1990 | 11,245 | −0.38% |
1995 | 12,538 | +2.06% |
2000 | 13,024 | +0.82% |
2007 | 14,354 | +1.35% |
2010 | 15,164 | +2.02% |
2015 | 16,026 | +1.06% |
2020 | 16,360 | +0.41% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [8] [9] [10] [11] |
In the 2020 census, the population of Arteche, Eastern Samar, was 16,360 people, [3] with a density of 96 inhabitants per square kilometre or 250 inhabitants per square mile.
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