San Jose de Buan | |
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Municipality of San Jose de Buan | |
Nickname: Heart of Samar Island | |
Location within the
Philippines | |
Coordinates: 12°03′18″N 125°01′38″E / 12.055°N 125.0272°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Eastern Visayas |
Province | Samar |
District | 2nd district |
Barangays | 14 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Joaquin R. Elizalde |
• Vice Mayor | Wilson F. Orcino |
• Representative | Reynolds Michael Tan |
• Councilors | List |
• Electorate | 6,377 voters ( 2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 366.90 km2 (141.66 sq mi) |
Elevation | 304 m (997 ft) |
Highest elevation | 815 m (2,674 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 121 m (397 ft) |
Population (2020 census)
[3] | |
• Total | 7,767 |
• Density | 21/km2 (55/sq mi) |
• Households | 1,675 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 4th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 38.77 |
• Revenue | ₱ 124.6 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 271.6 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 91.97 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 72.56 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Samar 2 Electric Cooperative (SAMELCO 2) |
Time zone | UTC+8 ( PST) |
ZIP code | 6714 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)55 |
Native languages | Waray Tagalog |
San Jose de Buan, officially the Municipality of San Jose de Buan ( Waray: Bungto han San Jose de Buan; Tagalog: Bayan ng San Jose de Buan), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 7,767 people. [3]
San Jose de Buan was a municipal District Gandara from 1948 to 1969, when it was converted into a municipality.
San Jose de Buan is an Elevated Municipality, it is by and at the Huraw Mountain Ranges. The river or creek from this town is the upstream of Popular Blanca Aurora Falls it is at the left tributary creek/river. It is the only river that contribute west of Huraw, other tributary rivers are going East of Samar to the Pacific Ocean.
San Jose de Buan is politically subdivided into 14 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for San Jose de Buan, Samar | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26 (79) |
27 (81) |
27 (81) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
28 (82) |
28 (82) |
28 (82) |
27 (81) |
28 (82) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21 (70) |
21 (70) |
21 (70) |
22 (72) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 97 (3.8) |
64 (2.5) |
69 (2.7) |
58 (2.3) |
98 (3.9) |
161 (6.3) |
167 (6.6) |
140 (5.5) |
158 (6.2) |
171 (6.7) |
169 (6.7) |
154 (6.1) |
1,506 (59.3) |
Average rainy days | 17.1 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.2 | 21.1 | 25.2 | 26.8 | 25.4 | 25.5 | 26.5 | 23.0 | 20.3 | 254.3 |
Source: Meteoblue [5] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1918 | 382 | — |
1939 | 633 | +2.43% |
1948 | 646 | +0.23% |
1960 | 1,372 | +6.48% |
1970 | 2,530 | +6.30% |
1975 | 3,250 | +5.15% |
1980 | 5,455 | +10.91% |
1990 | 4,217 | −2.54% |
1995 | 5,471 | +5.00% |
2000 | 6,438 | +3.55% |
2007 | 6,814 | +0.79% |
2010 | 6,563 | −1.36% |
2015 | 7,769 | +3.26% |
2020 | 7,767 | −0.01% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [6] [7] [8] [9] |
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