San Jose | |
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| Municipality of San Jose | |
 PBMA Founder's Shrine, San Jose | |
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 Map of Dinagat Islands with San Jose highlighted | |
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.svg)  San Jose Location within thePhilippines | |
| Coordinates:10°00′30″N125°35′20″E / 10.0083°N 125.5889°E /10.0083; 125.5889 | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Caraga |
| Province | Dinagat Islands |
| District | Lone district |
| Founded | November 15, 1989 |
| Barangays | 12 (seeBarangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Ruben J D. Zuniega |
| • Vice Mayor | Rechard T. Pasquil |
| • Representative | Arlene J. Bag-ao |
| • Municipal Council | Members
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| • Electorate | 16,438 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 27.80 km2 (10.73 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 24 m (79 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 297 m (974 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2024 census)[3] | |
• Total | 26,735 |
| • Density | 961.7/km2 (2,491/sq mi) |
| • Households | 6,530 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 4th municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 39.01 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 50.65 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 258.8 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 111.6 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 42.2 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Dinagat Island Electric Cooperative (DIELCO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 8427 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)86 |
| Native languages | Surigaonon Cebuano Tagalog |
| Website | www |
San Jose, officially theMunicipality of San Jose (Surigaonon:Lungsod nan San Jose;Cebuano:Lungsod sa San Jose;Tagalog:Bayan ng San Jose), is amunicipality and the provincial capital of theprovince ofDinagat Islands,Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,375 people.[5]
San Jose is the seat of thePhilippine Benevolent Missionaries Association (PBMA).
The Municipality of San Jose was named in honor of Jose Ecleo who was its pioneer and the father of the late renowned mayor of the Municipality of Dinagat.
It was once a part of the municipality of Dinagat. Even then, San Jose has been significantly progressive compared with the Poblacion until its creation as a municipality on November 15, 1989, by virtue ofRepublic Act No. 6769 authored by Glenda B. Ecleo, during the time of PresidentCorazon C. Aquino.[6] The creation was amended on December 20, 2009, an act to amend Section 1 of the above-mentioned Republic Act through Republic Act 9859 covering an area of 3,422 hectares. It was within its jurisdiction twelve (12) barangays namely; San Jose, Matingbe, Aurelio, Jacquez, San Juan, Mahayahay, Don Ruben, Justiniana Edera, Santa Cruz, Cuarinta, Wilson and Luna.
San Jose has many roads, a commercial establishment, a concrete port, a college and other urban uses not common to rural communities.
San Jose is politically subdivided into 12barangays.[7] Each barangay consists ofpuroks while some havesitios.
| Climate data for San Jose, Dinagat Islands | |||||||||||||
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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) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 29 (83) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23 (73) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 24 (74) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 210 (8.3) | 161 (6.3) | 123 (4.8) | 85 (3.3) | 148 (5.8) | 186 (7.3) | 164 (6.5) | 157 (6.2) | 141 (5.6) | 190 (7.5) | 223 (8.8) | 200 (7.9) | 1,988 (78.3) |
| Average rainy days | 21.0 | 16.8 | 18.5 | 18.2 | 24.9 | 27.7 | 28.4 | 27.0 | 26.1 | 27.6 | 24.6 | 22.0 | 282.8 |
| Source: Meteoblue[8] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1990 | 30,405 | — |
| 1995 | 27,481 | −1.88% |
| 2000 | 25,532 | −1.56% |
| 2007 | 28,398 | +1.48% |
| 2010 | 31,035 | +3.28% |
| 2015 | 27,487 | −2.29% |
| 2020 | 26,375 | −0.87% |
| 2024 | 26,735 | +0.33% |
| Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[9][10][11][12][13] | ||
Poverty incidence of San Jose
Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
Places adjacent to San Jose, Dinagat Islands | |
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 Province ofDinagat Islands | |
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