San Andres | |
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Municipality of San Andres | |
Location within the
Philippines | |
Coordinates: 13°19′23″N 122°40′34″E / 13.3231°N 122.6761°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Calabarzon |
Province | Quezon |
District | 3rd district |
Founded | August 20, 1959 [1] |
Named for | Saint Andrew the Apostle [2] |
Barangays | 7 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Ralph Edward B. Lim |
• Vice Mayor | Nelson D. Ausa |
• Representative | Reynante U. Arrogancia |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 19,620 voters ( 2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 172.93 km2 (66.77 sq mi) |
Elevation | 84 m (276 ft) |
Highest elevation | 405 m (1,329 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census)
[5] | |
• Total | 37,454 |
• Density | 220/km2 (560/sq mi) |
• Households | 9,199 |
Demonym | San Andresin |
Economy | |
• Income class | 4th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 20.68 |
• Revenue | ₱ 143.9 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 350.8 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 94.75 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 208.9 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Quezon 1 Electric Cooperative (QUEZELCO 1) |
Time zone | UTC+8 ( PST) |
ZIP code | 4314 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)42 |
Native languages | Tagalog |
San Andres, officially the Municipality of San Andres ( Tagalog: Bayan ng San Andres), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 37,454 people. [5]
President Carlos P. Garcia issued Executive Order (EO) No. 353 on August 20, 1959, wherein six barrios of San Narciso were organized into the municipal district of San Andres. [7] His successor, Diosdado Macapagal, issued EO No. 357 on October 5, 1965, declaring and considering the said political unit a municipality "beginning July 1, 1963". [1]
In March 1973, San Andres was close to the epicenter of a magnitude 7.4 earthquake. The town suffered unknown fatalities and damage to almost 1,000 homes, as well as total destruction of its city.
San Andres in the province of Quezon is a fourth class municipality situated 128 kilometres (80 mi) east-southeast of the provincial capitol of Lucena City. Administratively, the town of San Andres is subdivided into seven barangays. Poblacion forms the center, whereas the other six are in the outlying areas which are several kilometres away from the center of the municipality. The municipality also includes the island barangay of Alibijaban in Ragay Gulf.
San Andres is politically subdivided into 7 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for San Andres, Quezon | |||||||||||||
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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) |
29 (84) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
24 (75) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
24 (75) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 55 (2.2) |
36 (1.4) |
45 (1.8) |
42 (1.7) |
114 (4.5) |
184 (7.2) |
245 (9.6) |
224 (8.8) |
238 (9.4) |
171 (6.7) |
130 (5.1) |
94 (3.7) |
1,578 (62.1) |
Average rainy days | 13.0 | 9.5 | 11.8 | 12.7 | 21.3 | 25.3 | 28.3 | 26.5 | 26.4 | 24.2 | 19.9 | 16.1 | 235 |
Source: Meteoblue [8] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1960 | 2,815 | — |
1970 | 9,571 | +13.00% |
1975 | 15,956 | +10.79% |
1980 | 17,822 | +2.24% |
1990 | 23,716 | +2.90% |
1995 | 25,948 | +1.70% |
2000 | 27,184 | +1.00% |
2007 | 29,216 | +1.00% |
2010 | 33,586 | +5.20% |
2015 | 35,780 | +1.21% |
2020 | 37,454 | +0.90% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [9] [10] [11] [12] |
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