Pitogo | |
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Municipality of Pitogo | |
Location within the
Philippines | |
Coordinates: 7°27′13″N 123°18′48″E / 7.4536°N 123.3133°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Zamboanga Peninsula |
Province | Zamboanga del Sur |
District | 2nd district |
Founded | July 16, 1978 |
Barangays | 15 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | James L. Yecyec |
• Vice Mayor | Zosimo V. Garban |
• Representative | Leonardo L. Babasa Jr. |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 18,698 voters ( 2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 95.94 km2 (37.04 sq mi) |
Elevation | 33 m (108 ft) |
Highest elevation | 172 m (564 ft) |
Lowest elevation | −1 m (−3 ft) |
Population (2020 census)
[3] | |
• Total | 27,516 |
• Density | 290/km2 (740/sq mi) |
• Households | 6,260 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 4th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 36.89 |
• Revenue | ₱ 117.6 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 360.9 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 103.9 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 140.4 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Zamboanga del Sur 1 Electric Cooperative (ZAMSURECO 1) |
Time zone | UTC+8 ( PST) |
ZIP code | 7033 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)62 |
Native languages | Subanon Cebuano Chavacano Tagalog |
Website |
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Pitogo, officially the Municipality of Pitogo ( Cebuano: Lungsod sa Pitogo; Subanen: Benwa Pitogo; Chavacano: Municipalidad de Pitogo; Tagalog: Bayan ng Pitogo), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 27,516 people. [3]
Pitogo is politically subdivided into 15 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
Climate data for Pitogo, Zamboanga 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) | 31 (88) |
31 (88) |
32 (90) |
32 (90) |
31 (88) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
30 (86) |
31 (88) |
30 (87) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21 (70) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
23 (73) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
22 (72) |
23 (74) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 22 (0.9) |
18 (0.7) |
23 (0.9) |
24 (0.9) |
67 (2.6) |
120 (4.7) |
132 (5.2) |
156 (6.1) |
119 (4.7) |
124 (4.9) |
54 (2.1) |
24 (0.9) |
883 (34.6) |
Average rainy days | 9.4 | 9.1 | 11.5 | 11.9 | 20.1 | 22.5 | 22.4 | 23.2 | 21.5 | 22.2 | 15.7 | 11.5 | 201 |
Source: Meteoblue [5] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1980 | 14,156 | — |
1990 | 18,389 | +2.65% |
1995 | 19,870 | +1.46% |
2000 | 21,064 | +1.26% |
2007 | 25,231 | +2.52% |
2010 | 25,502 | +0.39% |
2015 | 27,057 | +1.13% |
2020 | 27,516 | +0.33% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [6] [7] [8] [9] |
Poverty Incidence of Pitogo
10
20
30
40
50
2006
30.70 2009
49.75 2012
34.05 2015
43.60 2018
36.89 2021
33.83 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] |
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