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Santander
Tañong | |
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| Municipality of Santander | |
 Fast craft terminal in Liloan | |
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 Map of Cebu with Santander highlighted | |
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.svg)  Santander Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 9°27′N 123°20′E / 9.45°N 123.33°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Central Visayas |
| Province | Cebu |
| District | 2nd district |
| Founded | 1867 |
| Named for | Santander, Spain |
| Barangays | 10 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Marites B. Buscato (1Cebu) |
| • Vice Mayor | Marilyn S. Wenceslao (1Cebu) |
| • Representative | Edsel A. Galeos |
| • Municipal Council | Members |
| • Electorate | 13,255 voters (2022) |
| Area | |
• Total | 35.67 km2 (13.77 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 61 m (200 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 510 m (1,670 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[3] | |
• Total | 18,527 |
| • Density | 520/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| • Households | 4,591 |
| Demonym | Tañonganon |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 4th municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 35.13 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 94.7 million (2020), 41.32 million (2012), 46.21 million (2013), 52.14 million (2014), 73.53 million (2015), 117.2 million (2016), 127 million (2017), 145.1 million (2018), 85.07 million (2019), 93.97 million (2021), 131.4 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 424.9 million (2020), 63.71 million (2012), 78.83 million (2013), 91.83 million (2014), 116.8 million (2015), 182 million (2016), 22.65 million (2017), 265.3 million (2018), 404.9 million (2019), 482.5 million (2021), 549.5 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 148 million (2020), 42.48 million (2012), 41.35 million (2013), 42.27 million (2014), 45.97 million (2015), 54.99 million (2016), 91.06 million (2017), 108.7 million (2018), 89.4 million (2019), 95.36 million (2021), 114.1 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 77.96 million (2020), 59.46 million (2012), 77.72 million (2013), 79.36 million (2014), 57.91 million (2015), 60.66 million (2016), 71.61 million (2017), 73.97 million (2018), 82.38 million (2019), 122.8 million (2021), 93.14 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Cebu 1 Electric Cooperative (CEBECO 1) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 6026 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)32 |
| Native languages | Cebuano Tagalog |
| Website | santander |
Santander, officially the Municipality of Santander (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Santander; Tagalog: Bayan ng Santander), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 18,527 people.[3]
Santander is the southernmost municipality of Cebu province 133 kilometres (83 mi) south of Cebu City. It serves as one of the sea ports connecting to the province of Negros Oriental with its passenger ferries making way to Sibulan in just 20 minutes.
Santander is bordered to the north by the towns of Oslob and Samboan, to the west is Tañon Strait, to the east is the Cebu Strait, and to the south is the province of Negros Oriental in Negros Island.
Roll-on roll-off (roro) barges of the Maayo Shipping Lines also carry motorcycles, cars, buses, and trucks between the ports of Liloan (in Santander) and Sibulan (in Negros Oriental) with trips taking about 30 minutes, and between Liloan and Larena (in Siquijor) in about 1 hour and 30 minutes.
- ^ Municipality of Santander | (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 VII (Central Visayas)". 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.