Can-avid | |
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| Municipality of Can-avid | |
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| Motto: Upai Can-avid... Upayon Ta, Panlawas, Agrikultura ngan mga Industriya han Can-avid | |
 Map of Eastern Samar with Can-avid highlighted | |
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.svg)  Can-avid Location within thePhilippines | |
| Coordinates:12°00′N125°27′E / 12°N 125.45°E /12; 125.45 | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Eastern Visayas |
| Province | Eastern Samar |
| District | Lone district |
| Founded | July 4, 1948 |
| Barangays | 28 (seeBarangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Gil Norman P. Germino |
| • Vice Mayor | Vilma A. Germino |
| • Representative | Maria Fe R. Abunda |
| • Councilors | List
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| • Electorate | 17,166 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 288.7 km2 (111.5 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 14 m (46 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 105 m (344 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2024 census)[3] | |
• Total | 21,942 |
| • Density | 76.00/km2 (196.8/sq mi) |
| • Households | 5,102 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 4th municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 35.48 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 195.6 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 818.3 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 178.1 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 434.8 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Eastern Samar Electric Cooperative (ESAMELCO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 6806 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)55 |
| Native languages | Waray Tagalog |
| Website | www |
Can-avid (IPA:[ˌkɐnˈʔavɪd]), officially theMunicipality of Can-avid (Waray:Bungto han Can-avid;Tagalog:Bayan ng Can-avid), is amunicipality in theprovince ofEastern Samar,Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 21,682 people.[5]
Can-avid was created in 1948 from thebarrios of Can-avid, Carolina, Barok, Cansangaya, Mabuhay, Camantang, Canilay, Pandol and Balagon, formerly part ofDolores, Eastern Samar, by virtue of Republic Act No. 264.[6]
Can-avid is politically subdivided into 28barangays. [7] Each barangay consists ofpuroks and some havesitios.
| Climate data for Can-avid, 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) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 29 (83) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (74) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 97 (3.8) | 64 (2.5) | 69 (2.7) | 58 (2.3) | 98 (3.9) | 161 (6.3) | 167 (6.6) | 140 (5.5) | 158 (6.2) | 171 (6.7) | 169 (6.7) | 154 (6.1) | 1,506 (59.3) |
| Average rainy days | 17.1 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.2 | 21.1 | 25.2 | 26.8 | 25.4 | 25.5 | 26.5 | 23.0 | 20.3 | 254.3 |
| Source: Meteoblue(Use with caution: this is modeled/calculated data, not measured locally.)[8] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1948 | 5,987 | — |
| 1960 | 8,409 | +2.87% |
| 1970 | 9,695 | +1.43% |
| 1975 | 11,135 | +2.82% |
| 1980 | 12,196 | +1.84% |
| 1990 | 13,254 | +0.84% |
| 1995 | 15,759 | +3.30% |
| 2000 | 17,228 | +1.93% |
| 2007 | 18,173 | +0.74% |
| 2010 | 19,785 | +3.14% |
| 2015 | 21,015 | +1.16% |
| 2020 | 21,682 | +0.66% |
| 2024 | 21,942 | +0.29% |
| Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[9][10][11][12][13] | ||
In the 2020 census, the population of Can-avid, Eastern Samar, was 21,682 people,[14] with a density of 75 inhabitants per square kilometre or 190 inhabitants per square mile.
Poverty incidence of Can-avid
Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
Places adjacent to Can-avid | |
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 Province ofEastern Samar | |
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Borongan (capital and largest city) | |
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| Component city | |
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