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Municipality in Masbate, Philippines From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
San Jacinto, officially the Municipality of San Jacinto, is a 4th class municipality in the province of Masbate, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 29,686 people.[3]. San Jacinto is the commercial capital of Ticao Island.
San Jacinto | |
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Municipality of San Jacinto | |
![]() Map of Masbate with San Jacinto highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 12°34′06″N 123°44′01″E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Bicol Region |
Province | Masbate |
District | 1st district |
Barangays | 21 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Francisco P. Altarejos |
• Vice Mayor | Leny Arcenas |
• Representative | Richard Kho |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 22,003 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 122.40 km2 (47.26 sq mi) |
Elevation | 34 m (112 ft) |
Highest elevation | 332 m (1,089 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census)[3] | |
• Total | 29,686 |
• Density | 240/km2 (630/sq mi) |
• Households | 7,474 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 4th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 22.80 |
• Revenue | ₱ 122.2 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 379.7 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 100.1 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 73.88 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Ticao Island Electric Cooperative (TISELCO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 5417 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)56 |
Native languages | Masbateño Tagalog |
Website | https://sjmasbate.gov.ph |
It is located on Ticao Island.
San Jacinto is politically subdivided into 21 barangays. [5] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for San Jacinto, Masbate | |||||||||||||
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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) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) |
21 (70) |
22 (72) |
23 (73) |
24 (75) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
24 (74) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 65 (2.6) |
44 (1.7) |
42 (1.7) |
39 (1.5) |
87 (3.4) |
150 (5.9) |
184 (7.2) |
153 (6.0) |
163 (6.4) |
154 (6.1) |
127 (5.0) |
100 (3.9) |
1,308 (51.4) |
Average rainy days | 13.9 | 9.2 | 11.1 | 12.5 | 19.6 | 24.3 | 26.5 | 25.0 | 25.5 | 24.4 | 19.4 | 15.1 | 226.5 |
Source: Meteoblue[6] |
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Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[7][8][9][10] |
In the 2020 census, the population of San Jacinto, Masbate, was 29,686 people,[3] with a density of 240 inhabitants per square kilometre or 620 inhabitants per square mile.
Poverty incidence of San Jacinto
10
20
30
40
2006
39.60 2009
39.13 2012
38.78 2015
33.98 2018
27.07 2021
22.80 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] |
The municipality is part of Ticao island, which is known as an archaeological landscape, possessing thousands of pre-colonial artifacts such as the Baybayin-inscribed Rizal Stone, Ticao gold spike teeth, Burial jars of varying designs and sizes, jade beads, human face rock statues, and the Ticao petrographs. Much of the homes in Ticao island use these archaeological finds to design their interiors. The island is also an ecological frontier for the conservation of manta rays. The island also possesses a 'rare subspecies' of Visayan warty pig, that is almost near extinction.