Arteche | |
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| Municipality of Arteche | |
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 Map of Eastern Samar with Arteche highlighted | |
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.svg)  Arteche Location within thePhilippines | |
| Coordinates:12°16′10″N125°22′16″E / 12.269419°N 125.371214°E /12.269419; 125.371214 | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Eastern Visayas |
| Province | Eastern Samar |
| District | Lone district |
| Founded | 1950 |
| Barangays | 20 (seeBarangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Roland Boie M. Evardone |
| • Vice Mayor | Rolando B. Evardone |
| • Representative | Maria Fe R. Abunda |
| • Councilors | List
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| • Electorate | 12,160 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 169.82 km2 (65.57 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 27 m (89 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 124 m (407 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2024 census)[3] | |
• Total | 16,648 |
| • Density | 98.033/km2 (253.90/sq mi) |
| • Households | 3,908 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 3rd municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 49.02 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 171.9 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 370.8 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 139.3 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 102.3 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Eastern Samar Electric Cooperative (ESAMELCO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 6822 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)55 |
| Native languages | Waray Tagalog |
| Website | www |
Arteche (IPA:[arˈtɛtʃe]), officially theMunicipality of Arteche (Waray:Bungto han Arteche;Tagalog:Bayan ng Arteche), is amunicipality in theprovince ofEastern Samar,Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 16,360 people.[5]
In the southeast, it is bounded bySan Policarpo, to the south byOras. To the north, it is bounded byPacific Ocean and in the north-west byLapinig, and a neighbor of Maslog.
Arteche was created in 1950 from the barrios of San Ramon, Carapdapan, Beri, Tangbo, Catumsan, Bego, Concepcion, Casidman, Tawagan, and Tibalawon of theMunicipality of Oras.[6]
Arteche is politically subdivided into 20barangays. [7] Each barangay consists ofpuroks and some havesitios.
| Climate data for Arteche, Eastern Samar | |||||||||||||
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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) | 27 (81) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 27 (81) | 29 (84) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23 (73) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (74) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 105 (4.1) | 67 (2.6) | 65 (2.6) | 53 (2.1) | 86 (3.4) | 129 (5.1) | 135 (5.3) | 113 (4.4) | 131 (5.2) | 163 (6.4) | 167 (6.6) | 162 (6.4) | 1,376 (54.2) |
| Average rainy days | 17.6 | 13.2 | 15.5 | 14.9 | 19.6 | 24.3 | 26.6 | 25.4 | 24.9 | 25.4 | 22.9 | 20.9 | 251.2 |
| Source: Meteoblue[8] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1960 | 8,647 | — |
| 1970 | 9,330 | +0.76% |
| 1975 | 10,246 | +1.90% |
| 1980 | 11,686 | +2.66% |
| 1990 | 11,245 | −0.38% |
| 1995 | 12,538 | +2.06% |
| 2000 | 13,024 | +0.82% |
| 2007 | 14,354 | +1.35% |
| 2010 | 15,164 | +2.02% |
| 2015 | 16,026 | +1.06% |
| 2020 | 16,360 | +0.44% |
| 2024 | 16,648 | +0.42% |
| Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[9][10][11][12][13] | ||
In the 2020 census, the population of Arteche, Eastern Samar, was 16,360 people,[14] with a density of 96 inhabitants per square kilometre or 250 inhabitants per square mile.
Poverty incidence of Arteche
Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
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