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San Andres | |
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Municipality of San Andres | |
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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 |
Named for | Saint Andrew the Apostle[1] |
Barangays | 7 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Ralph Edward B. Lim |
• Vice Mayor | Nelson 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)[4] | |
• Total | 37,454 |
• Density | 220/km2 (560/sq mi) |
• Households | 9,199 |
Demonym | San Andresin |
Economy | |
• Income class | 4th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 27.82 |
• Revenue | ₱ 210.9 million (2022) |
• Assets | ₱ 791.8 million (2022) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 130.2 million (2022) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 151.4 million (2022) |
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; Cebuano: Lungsod sa San Andres), is a municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 37,454 people.[4]
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.[6] 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".[7]
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.
San Andres is 237 kilometres (147 mi) from Lucena and 367 kilometres (228 mi) from Manila. 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] |
A main language spoken in San Andres is Tagalog, which is spoken with a dialect that is spoken in Marinduque and eastern Oriental Mindoro. However, a significant minority spoke Cebuano, spoken in some remote areas of the municipality by ethnic Cebuano-speaking people from Masbate (in turn descended from settlers mainly from Cebu) who settled in San Andres several decades ago.
Poverty incidence of San Andres
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
2006
78.30 2009
39.01 2012
54.73 2015
43.76 2018
20.68 2021
27.82 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] |