Lingig, officially the Municipality of Lingig, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 35,142 people.[3]
Lingig | |
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Municipality of Lingig | |
![]() Tagpupuran Blue Waters Resort | |
![]() Map of Surigao del Sur with Lingig highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 8°02′17″N 126°24′46″E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Caraga |
Province | Surigao del Sur |
District | 2nd district |
Barangays | 18 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Elmer "Boyet" P. Evangelio |
• Vice Mayor | Edgar L. Acdog |
• Representative | Johnny T. Pimentel |
• Electorate | 23,980 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 305.17 km2 (117.83 sq mi) |
Elevation | 101 m (331 ft) |
Highest elevation | 1,625 m (5,331 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census)[3] | |
• Total | 35,142 |
• Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
• Households | 8,593 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 2nd municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 32.18 |
• Revenue | ₱ 171.1 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 261.1 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 172.8 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 96.23 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Surigao del Sur 1 Electric Cooperative (SURSECO 1) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 8312 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)86 |
Native languages | Surigaonon Agusan Cebuano Kamayo Tagalog |
Website | www |
The municipality is around one and a half hour away from Barangay Mangagoy, Bislig by bus. It is a border town of Surigao del Sur with Davao Oriental.
Geography
Barangays
Lingig is politically subdivided into 18 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
- Anibongan
- Barcelona
- Bogak
- Bongan
- Handamayan
- Mahayahay
- Mandus
- Mansa-ilao
- Pagtila-an
- Palo Alto
- Poblacion
- Rajah Cabungso-an
- Sabang
- Salvacion
- San Roque
- Tagpoporan (Tagpupuran)
- Union
- Valencia
Climate
Climate data for Lingig | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.5 (85.1) |
29.5 (85.1) |
30.5 (86.9) |
31.3 (88.3) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.9 (89.4) |
32.0 (89.6) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.1 (88.0) |
30.2 (86.4) |
31.1 (87.9) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.7 (78.3) |
25.6 (78.1) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.9 (80.4) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.1 (80.8) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.7 (80.1) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.7 (80.1) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.8 (71.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.6 (72.7) |
23.1 (73.6) |
22.8 (73.0) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.4 (72.4) |
Average rainfall mm (inches) | 757 (29.8) |
561 (22.1) |
495 (19.5) |
347 (13.7) |
256 (10.1) |
165 (6.5) |
148 (5.8) |
132 (5.2) |
140 (5.5) |
200 (7.9) |
314 (12.4) |
644 (25.4) |
4,159 (163.9) |
Source: Climate-Data.org[5] |
Lingig has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round and with extremely heavy rainfall in January.
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1903 | 730 | — |
1939 | 5,397 | +5.71% |
1948 | 4,462 | −2.09% |
1960 | 11,225 | +7.99% |
1970 | 13,836 | +2.11% |
1975 | 19,172 | +6.76% |
1980 | 19,993 | +0.84% |
1990 | 21,015 | +0.50% |
1995 | 23,477 | +2.10% |
2000 | 26,487 | +2.62% |
2007 | 28,269 | +0.90% |
2010 | 31,544 | +4.07% |
2015 | 31,485 | −0.04% |
2020 | 35,142 | +2.18% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[6][7][8][9] |
Economy
Poverty incidence of Lingig
10
20
30
40
50
2006
45.20 2009
48.89 2012
33.97 2015
45.28 2018
36.32 2021
32.18 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] |