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Esperanza
Halabangbaybay | |
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| Municipality of Esperanza | |
 Gawas Beach | |
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 Map of Masbate with Esperanza highlighted | |
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.svg)  Esperanza Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 11°44′13″N 124°02′30″E / 11.7369°N 124.0417°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Bicol Region |
| Province | Masbate |
| District | 3rd district |
| Founded | May 7, 1959[1] |
| Barangays | 20 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Fernando P. Talisic |
| • Vice Mayor | Rodolfo P. Pepito |
| • Representative | Wilton T. Kho |
| • Municipal Council | Members |
| • Electorate | 12,747 voters (2022) |
| Area | |
• Total | 67.49 km2 (26.06 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 90 m (300 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[4] | |
• Total | 17,534 |
| • Density | 260/km2 (670/sq mi) |
| • Households | 4,306 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 5th municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 25.72 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 185.7 million (2020), 36.9 million (2012), 41.07 million (2013), 46.5 million (2014), 52.67 million (2015), 58.06 million (2016), 65.89 million (2017), 71.58 million (2018), 117.6 million (2019), 1,120 million (2021), 121.7 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 339.5 million (2020), 55.31 million (2012), 55.09 million (2013), 644.6 million (2014), 84.75 million (2015), 115.5 million (2016), 172.6 million (2017), 241.7 million (2018), 301.6 million (2019), 320 million (2021), 384.9 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 84.18 million (2020), 32.69 million (2012), 29.88 million (2013), 33.43 million (2014), 35.67 million (2015), 36.92 million (2016), 50.52 million (2017), 49.86 million (2018), 71.77 million (2019), 103.7 million (2021), 127.2 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 75.23 million (2020), 18.98 million (2012), 14.37 million (2013), 14.3 million (2014), 16.18 million (2015), 26.42 million (2016), 68.17 million (2017), 119.7 million (2018), 144 million (2019), 39.09 million (2021), 110.7 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Masbate Electric Cooperative (MASELCO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 5407 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)56 |
| Native languages | Cebuano Masbateño Tagalog |
Esperanza, officially the Municipality of Esperanza, is a 5th class municipality in the province of Masbate, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,534 people.[4]
About 60% of the population lives along the coastline, most of whom are fishermen. It is about 4 hours travel south of Masbate City with some roads and highways still undeveloped.
Esperanza has several beaches, among them Gamay Na Baybay Beach, Talisay (Punta) Beach and Manok Manok Beach. Esperanza is a predominantly Cebuano speaking municipality, with a majority of its settlers tracing their ancestries from northern Cebu, particularly from Bogo. Esperanza is one of the four municipalities which are predominantly Cebuano speaking in the province of Masbate.
Esperanza is about four (4) hours land travel south from Masbate City, the last municipality in the south located between Placer in the north-west and Pio V Corpus in the southeast and is considered to be among the smallest in the island. Esperanza was initially one of the barangays of the town of Placer.
- ^ "Executive Order No. 337, s. 1959 | GOVPH". 7 May 1959. Archived from the original on 11 May 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
- ^ Municipality of Esperanza | (DILG)
- ^ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
- ^ a b Census of Population (2020). "Region V (Bicol Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.