Sarangani | |
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Municipality of Sarangani | |
Nicknames:
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Motto(s): Sarangani Bayan Natin, Sarangani Paraiso Natin! | |
Location within the
Philippines | |
Coordinates: 5°24′43″N 125°25′19″E / 5.412°N 125.422°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Davao Region |
Province | Davao Occidental |
District | Lone district |
Founded | 1980 |
Barangays | 12 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Adelan B. de Arce |
• Vice Mayor | Marciano C. Lagudas |
• Representative | Claude P. Bautista |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 16,294 voters ( 2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 97.72 km2 (37.73 sq mi) |
Elevation | 25 m (82 ft) |
Highest elevation (Mount Balut) | 1,131 m (3,711 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census)
[3] | |
• Total | 22,515 |
• Density | 230/km2 (600/sq mi) |
• Households | 5,718 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 4th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 35.47 |
• Revenue | ₱ 115 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 222.7 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 109.7 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 64.37 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Davao del Sur Electric Cooperative (DASURECO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 ( PST) |
ZIP code | 8015 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)82 |
Native languages | Davawenyo Cebuano Sarangani Sangirese Tagalog |
Website |
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Sarangani, officially the Municipality of Sarangani ( Cebuano: Lungsod sa Sarangani; Tagalog: Bayan ng Sarangani), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Davao Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 22,515 people, making it the least populated municipality in the province. [3]
The municipality consists of 2 major islands (the eponymous Sarangani Island and Balut Island) and 1 minor islet (Olanivan Island), collectively called as the Sarangani Islands, located just south of mainland Mindanao island in the Celebes Sea. It is the municipality of the Philippines bordering Indonesia by maritime means.[ citation needed]
Sarangani has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with moderate to heavy rainfall year-round.
Climate data for Sarangani | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31.5 (88.7) |
31.8 (89.2) |
32.4 (90.3) |
32.7 (90.9) |
32.0 (89.6) |
31.1 (88.0) |
30.8 (87.4) |
31.1 (88.0) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.9 (89.4) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.7 (89.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.4 (79.5) |
26.6 (79.9) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.3 (81.1) |
26.6 (79.9) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.7 (80.1) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.8 (80.3) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.4 (70.5) |
21.5 (70.7) |
21.8 (71.2) |
22.3 (72.1) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.2 (72.0) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.1 (71.8) |
21.9 (71.4) |
22.0 (71.6) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 169 (6.7) |
137 (5.4) |
119 (4.7) |
118 (4.6) |
165 (6.5) |
168 (6.6) |
159 (6.3) |
115 (4.5) |
114 (4.5) |
162 (6.4) |
166 (6.5) |
160 (6.3) |
1,752 (69) |
Source: Climate-Data.org [5] |
Sarangani is politically subdivided into 12 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios. Balut Island
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1980 | 11,960 | — |
1990 | 15,003 | +2.29% |
1995 | 16,648 | +1.97% |
2000 | 18,391 | +2.16% |
2007 | 20,394 | +1.44% |
2010 | 23,290 | +4.95% |
2015 | 24,039 | +0.60% |
2020 | 22,515 | −1.28% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [6] [7] [8] [9] |
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