Santa
Sta. Catalina de Alexandria | |
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| Municipality of Santa | |
 View of Santa | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Nickname(s): Gateway to the Cordilleras; Virgen Catalina de Alexandria | |
| Motto: Paspas Santa! (Faster Santa!) | |
| Anthem: Santa March | |
 Map of Ilocos Sur with Santa highlighted | |
OpenStreetMap  | |
.svg)  Santa Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 17°29′10″N 120°26′04″E / 17.486042°N 120.434444°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Ilocos Region |
| Province | Ilocos Sur |
| District | 2nd district |
| Founded | 1576 |
| Barangays | 26 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Jesus B. Bueno Jr. |
| • Vice Mayor | Jeremy Jesus D. Bueno III |
| • Representative | Kristine Singson-Meehan |
| • Municipal Council | Members |
| • Electorate | 10,293 voters (2022) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 109.10 km2 (42.12 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 72 m (236 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 624 m (2,047 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[3] | |
| • Total | 14,992 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) |
| • Households | 3,661 |
| Demonym | Santanian |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 4th municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 10.40 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 145.9 million (2020), 70.76 million (2012), 69.02 million (2013) |
| • Assets | ₱ 437.3 million (2020), 90.68 million (2012), 102.4 million (2013) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 101.9 million (2020) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 26.04 million (2020), 18.93 million (2012), 8.398 million (2013) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Ilocos Sur Electric Cooperative (ISECO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 2703 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)77 |
| Native languages | Ilocano Tagalog |
| Website | www |
Santa, officially the Municipality of Santa (Ilocano: Ili ti Santa; Filipino: Bayan ng Santa), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 14,992 people.[3]
Due to Santa's natural setting (the ridge of Mount Tetas de Santa in the east;[5] the winding Abra River and delta in the north and NW of Santa; and the South China Sea to the west), then Governor-General of the Philippines Theodore Roosevelt Jr. on his visit in 1925 exclaimed: “The mountain in the east, the winding roping river in the north, and the immense sea in the west make Santa a poetic town.”[6]
- ^ Municipality of Santa | (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 I (Ilocos 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.
- ^ "Mount Tetas de Santa". Google Maps. Retrieved on 2012-03-26.
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