Plaridel
Siain | |
---|---|
Municipality of Plaridel | |
Location within the
Philippines | |
Coordinates: 13°57′04″N 122°01′13″E / 13.9511°N 122.0203°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Calabarzon |
Province | Quezon |
District | 4th district |
Founded | June 16, 1962 |
Barangays | 9 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Jose D. Saavedra |
• Vice Mayor | Bernardo V. Tumagay |
• Representative | Keith Micah DL. Tan |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 8,768 voters ( 2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 35.05 km2 (13.53 sq mi) |
Elevation | 38 m (125 ft) |
Highest elevation | 248 m (814 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census)
[3] | |
• Total | 10,129 |
• Density | 290/km2 (750/sq mi) |
• Households | 2,552 |
Demonym(s) | Siainin, Plaridelin |
Economy | |
• Income class | 5th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 7.27 |
• Revenue | ₱ 71.23 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 141.1 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 56.59 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 19.45 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Quezon 1 Electric Cooperative (QUEZELCO 1) |
Time zone | UTC+8 ( PST) |
ZIP code | 4306 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)42 |
Native languages | Tagalog |
Plaridel, officially the Municipality of Plaridel ( Tagalog: Bayan ng Plaridel), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 10,129 people. [3]
The municipality was created in 1962 by virtue of Republic Act No. 3493 where its territories carved out from Atimonan. [5]
Plaridel is 55 kilometres (34 mi) from Lucena and 185 kilometres (115 mi) from Manila.
The smallest municipality in the province of Quezon, Plaridel has an area of 33 square kilometers comprising nine barangays - four of which are poblaciones - and its population is around 11,000. It lies between the towns of Atimonan and Gumaca, hugging the coastline of the Province alongside Maharlika Highway. Its inhabitants are occupied primarily with fishing. Those engaged in Agriculture plant mostly coconut and rice. A visitor this town must taste and savor its local version of Suman.
Plaridel is politically subdivided into 9 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Barangays Duhat, Ilaya, and Ilosong are south of the Poblacion, and are accessed by a paved road which connects with the National Maharlika Highway at Barangay Pampaaralan (also called Paaralan). This road is also the main access to Barangay Kulawit, part of the Municipality of Atimonan to the west.
Climate data for Plaridel, Quezon | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26 (79) |
27 (81) |
29 (84) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
28 (82) |
26 (79) |
29 (84) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
23 (73) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (74) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 83 (3.3) |
55 (2.2) |
44 (1.7) |
37 (1.5) |
90 (3.5) |
123 (4.8) |
145 (5.7) |
125 (4.9) |
135 (5.3) |
166 (6.5) |
163 (6.4) |
152 (6.0) |
1,318 (51.8) |
Average rainy days | 15.1 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 11.4 | 19.9 | 23.7 | 26.3 | 23.9 | 23.9 | 22.1 | 20.2 | 18.6 | 227.8 |
Source: Meteoblue [6] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1970 | 5,665 | — |
1975 | 6,051 | +1.33% |
1980 | 6,386 | +1.08% |
1990 | 7,473 | +1.58% |
1995 | 8,666 | +2.81% |
2000 | 9,501 | +1.99% |
2007 | 10,069 | +0.80% |
2010 | 10,238 | +0.61% |
2015 | 10,935 | +1.26% |
2020 | 10,129 | −1.49% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [7] [8] [9] [10] |
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on
Phabricator and on
MediaWiki.org. |
Municipal council (2022-2025):
{{
cite encyclopedia}}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (
link)