Batuan | |
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Municipality of Batuan | |
Location within the
Philippines | |
Coordinates: 12°25′20″N 123°46′54″E / 12.4222°N 123.7817°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Bicol Region |
Province | Masbate |
District | 1st district |
Founded | 1951 |
Barangays | 14 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Charmax Jan A. Yuson |
• Vice Mayor | Lalaine A. Yuson |
• Representative | Narciso R. Bravo Jr. |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 10,810 voters ( 2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 56.28 km2 (21.73 sq mi) |
Elevation | 31 m (102 ft) |
Highest elevation | 240 m (790 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census)
[3] | |
• Total | 14,610 |
• Density | 260/km2 (670/sq mi) |
• Households | 3,580 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 5th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 29.28 |
• Revenue | ₱ 82.65 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 190.7 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 75.3 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 100 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Ticao Island Electric Cooperative (TISELCO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 ( PST) |
ZIP code | 5415 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)56 |
Native languages | Masbateño Tagalog |
Batuan, officially the Municipality of Batuan, is a 5th class municipality in the province of Masbate, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 14,610 people. [3]
It is located at the southern point of Ticao Island. It is the smallest municipality in Masbate, both in land area and population.
In 1951, the barrios of Batuan, Burgos, Gibraltar, Costa Rica, Panisihan, and Matabao were separated from San Fernando to form the Municipality of Batuan. [5]
The municipality is home to the Bongsanglay Natural Park.
Batuan is politically subdivided into 14 barangays. [6] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for Batuan, Masbate | |||||||||||||
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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) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
28 (82) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21 (70) |
21 (70) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
23 (73) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 39 (1.5) |
34 (1.3) |
42 (1.7) |
36 (1.4) |
73 (2.9) |
109 (4.3) |
118 (4.6) |
108 (4.3) |
129 (5.1) |
136 (5.4) |
112 (4.4) |
89 (3.5) |
1,025 (40.4) |
Average rainy days | 12.6 | 9.7 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 20.5 | 25.3 | 26.2 | 24.8 | 25.2 | 25.9 | 21.9 | 17.9 | 235 |
Source: Meteoblue [7] |
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Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [8] [9] [10] [11] |
In the 2020 census, the population of Batuan, Masbate, was 14,610 people, [3] with a density of 260 inhabitants per square kilometre or 670 inhabitants per square mile.
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on
Phabricator and on
MediaWiki.org. |
The municipality is part of Ticao island, which is known as an archaeological landscape, possessing thousands of pre-colonial artifacts such as the Baybayin-inscribed Rizal Stone, Ticao gold spike teeth, Burial jars of varying designs and sizes, jade beads, human face rock statues, and the Ticao petrographs. Much of the homes in Ticao island use these archaeological finds to design their interiors. The island is also an ecological frontier for the conservation of manta rays. The island also possesses a 'rare subspecies' of Visayan warty pig, that is almost near extinction.
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