Mambajao | |
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| Municipality of Mambajao | |
 Sunset at Mambajao | |
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| Nickname: Lanzones Capital of the Philippines | |
 Map of Camiguin with Mambajao highlighted | |
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.svg)  Mambajao Location within thePhilippines | |
| Coordinates:9°15′N124°43′E / 9.25°N 124.72°E /9.25; 124.72 | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Northern Mindanao |
| Province | Camiguin |
| District | Lone district |
| Founded | July 6, 1855 |
| Barangays | 15 (seeBarangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Yñigo Jesus D. Romualdo (Lakas) |
| • Vice Mayor | Robert Jones H. Closas (Lakas) |
| • Representative | Jurdin Jesus M. Romualdo (Lakas) |
| • Municipal Council | Members
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| • Electorate | 27,913 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 89.00 km2 (34.36 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 1,619 m (5,312 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2024 census)[3] | |
• Total | 41,782 |
| • Density | 469.5/km2 (1,216/sq mi) |
| • Households | 9,351 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 3rd municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 15 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 226.8 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 417.3 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 202.5 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 76.03 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Camiguin Electric Cooperative (CAMELCO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 9100 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)88 |
| Native languages | Kinamigin Cebuano Tagalog |
| Website | www |
Mambajao, officially theMunicipality of Mambajao, is amunicipality and capital of theprovince ofCamiguin,Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 41,094 people making it the most populous town in the province.[5]
Mambajao is fromVisayanmambahaw (archaic form ofmamahaw), meaning "to eat breakfast"; from the root wordbahaw, "leftover rice from [last night]".[6]
On January 4, 1855, Mambajao was separated fromCatarman, and by July 6 that year it was proclaimed as a town, with Fr. Valero Salvo as its first parish priest.[7] On July 17, 1864, tremors were felt across the town, which were signs of an ongoing activity within an undersea volcano near Catarman. By May 1, 1871, the volcano erupted, decimating the town of Catarman, which lead to almost all of its inhabitants moving to Mambajao.[7] In January 1872, Barrio Agojo was transferred from Guinsiliban to Mambajao.[7]
The town's principal crop in the 19th century wasabaca, while coffee andcacao were mostly produced for local consumption.[7] Sporadic fires were started from April 13, 1865, until 1881 by people attempting to burn down the town.[7] By the 1880s, the town had become cosmopolitan, for its population then includedSpaniards,Tagalogs,Cebuanos,Leyteños,Samareños,Ilocanos, and others in addition to Camigueños andBoholanos.[7]
By the virtue ofAct No. 951, issued by thePhilippine Commission on October 21, 1903, which reduced the number of municipalities inthe then-undivided Misamis (Camiguin's mother province) from 24 to 10,Catarman,Sagay, andMahinog became part of Mambajao.[8]
In 1942, the Japanese forces landed in the town of Mambajao.
On November 19, 2018, the old municipal hall of Mambajao was destroyed by a fire after it was spread to its second floor.
Mambajao is politically subdivided into 16barangays.[9] Each barangay consists ofpuroks while some havesitios.
| Climate data for Mambajao, Camiguin | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 30 (85) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23 (73) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 24 (74) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 102 (4.0) | 85 (3.3) | 91 (3.6) | 75 (3.0) | 110 (4.3) | 141 (5.6) | 121 (4.8) | 107 (4.2) | 111 (4.4) | 144 (5.7) | 169 (6.7) | 139 (5.5) | 1,395 (55.1) |
| Average rainy days | 18.6 | 14.8 | 16.5 | 16.7 | 23.9 | 26.4 | 25.6 | 24.1 | 24.4 | 26.3 | 23.7 | 20.5 | 261.5 |
| Source: Meteoblue[10] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1903 | 14,446 | — |
| 1918 | 21,308 | +2.62% |
| 1939 | 21,414 | +0.02% |
| 1948 | 25,193 | +1.82% |
| 1960 | 15,288 | −4.08% |
| 1970 | 18,673 | +2.02% |
| 1975 | 19,183 | +0.54% |
| 1980 | 21,337 | +2.15% |
| 1990 | 25,207 | +1.68% |
| 1995 | 27,770 | +1.83% |
| 2000 | 30,806 | +2.25% |
| 2007 | 35,308 | +1.90% |
| 2010 | 36,435 | +1.15% |
| 2015 | 38,735 | +1.17% |
| 2020 | 41,094 | +1.25% |
| Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[11][12][13][14][15] | ||
In the 2020 census, the population of Mambajao was 41,094 people,[16] with a density of 460 inhabitants per square kilometre or 1,200 inhabitants per square mile.
Poverty incidence of Mambajao
Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
TheCamiguin Sports Complex (Also known asCong. Pedro Palarca-Romualdo Tourism and Sports Complex) is a sports complex located in Mambajao, and hosts to the 2016 Northern Mindanao Regional Athletic Meet,[25] and Lanzones Festival events.
The main campus of theCamiguin Polytechnic State College is located in Mambajao.
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