Bayabas | |
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Municipality of Bayabas | |
Etymology: Guava | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 8°58′04″N 126°16′54″E / 8.9678°N 126.2817°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Caraga |
Province | Surigao del Sur |
District | 1st district |
Barangays | 7 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• mayor of Bayabas[*] | Maria Clarita Garcia-Limbaro |
• Vice Mayor | Apolonio B. Lozada |
• Representative | Romeo S. Momo Sr. |
• Electorate | 6,862 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 117.84 km2 (45.50 sq mi) |
Elevation | 31 m (102 ft) |
Highest elevation | 275 m (902 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census)[3] | |
• Total | 8,979 |
• Density | 76/km2 (200/sq mi) |
• Households | 2,133 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 5th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 37.53 |
• Revenue | ₱ 83.53 million (2020), 33.22 million (2012), 36.82 million (2013), 43.25 million (2014), 59.58 million (2015), 52.33 million (2016), 78.25 million (2017), 63.91 million (2018), 70.51 million (2019), 84.18 million (2021), 115.2 million (2022) |
• Assets | ₱ 181.8 million (2020), 22.45 million (2012), 24.92 million (2013), 25.77 million (2014), 43.72 million (2015), 92.56 million (2016), 118.3 million (2017), 134 million (2018), 154.8 million (2019), 181.1 million (2021), 218.7 million (2022) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 75.9 million (2020), 33.75 million (2012), 33.06 million (2013), 40.42 million (2014), 42.5 million (2015), 43.06 million (2016), 49.67 million (2017), 51.64 million (2018), 64.13 million (2019), 72.02 million (2021), 96.81 million (2022) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 73.05 million (2020), 18.7 million (2012), 2.639 million (2013), 2.173 million (2014), 13.03 million (2015), 54.9 million (2016), 53.1 million (2017), 58.66 million (2018), 51.31 million (2019), 64.4 million (2021), 90.07 million (2022) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Surigao del Sur 2 Electric Cooperative (SURSECO 2) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 8303 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)86 |
Native languages | Surigaonon Agusan Cebuano Tagalog |
Website | www |
Bayabas, officially the Municipality of Bayabas (Surigaonon: Lungsod nan Bayabas; Tagalog: Bayan ng Bayabas), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 8,979 people, making it the least populated municipality in the province.[3]