Siruma | |
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| Municipality of Siruma | |
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.svg)  Siruma Location within thePhilippines | |
| Coordinates:14°01′19″N123°15′32″E / 14.0219°N 123.2589°E /14.0219; 123.2589 | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Bicol Region |
| Province | Camarines Sur |
| District | 4th district |
| Barangays | 22 (seeBarangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Carina R. Polinga |
| • Vice Mayor | Sandy S. Ondis |
| • Representative | Arnulf Bryan B. Fuentebella |
| • Municipal Council | Members
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| • Electorate | 14,979 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 141.27 km2 (54.54 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 11 m (36 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 134 m (440 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | −1 m (−3.3 ft) |
| Population (2024 census)[3] | |
• Total | 19,168 |
| • Density | 135.68/km2 (351.42/sq mi) |
| • Households | 4,262 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 4th municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 49.7 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 145 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 199.5 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 111.1 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 9.931 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Camarines Sur 2 Electric Cooperative (CASURECO 2) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 4427 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)54 |
| Native languages | Central Bikol Tagalog |
| Crime index | 0 |
| Website | crohan |
Siruma, officially theMunicipality of Siruma (Central Bikol:Banwaan kan Siruma;Tagalog:Bayan ng Siruma), is amunicipality in theprovince ofCamarines Sur,Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 19,168 people.[5]
Siruma was under the jurisdiction of Quipayo, considered to be one of the oldest parishes in the Archdiocese of Nueva Caceres. Now, Quipayo is an informal district, a conglomeration of several surrounding barangays clustered about the Catholic Parish of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception.
On October 19, 1846, a decree was implemented by Governor GeneralNarciso Claveria which restructured the territorial domain of the province. It was during this time that Siruma was ceded to Camarines Norte.
It was said that the town's name was derived from the name of an island called "Matandang Siruma". The word "siruma" comes from the local vernacularsirum which is a "small, red ant". A myth was told that a certain capitan encountered a swarm of small red ants during his overnight stay in one of the places in Siruma, thus, calling the place as "masirum".
Siruma is politically subdivided into 22barangays. Each barangay consists ofpuroks and some havesitios.
| Climate data for Siruma, Camarines Sur | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 33 (91) | 35 (95) | 36 (97) | 36 (97) | 35 (95) | 34 (93) | 35 (95) | 33 (91) | 32 (90) | 31 (88) | 33 (92) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 27 (81) | 27 (81) | 28 (82) | 30 (86) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 62.63 (2.47) | 114.71 (4.52) | 41.44 (1.63) | 56.32 (2.22) | 105.22 (4.14) | 175.86 (6.92) | 192.89 (7.59) | 110.61 (4.35) | 130.78 (5.15) | 546.13 (21.50) | 232.9 (9.17) | 462 (18.2) | 2,231.49 (87.86) |
| Average rainy days | 21 | 25 | 14 | 17 | 23 | 29 | 31 | 23 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 31 | 299 |
| Source: World Weather Online(modeled/calculated data, not measured locally)[6] | |||||||||||||
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| Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[7][8][9][10][11] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the 2024 census, the population of Siruma was 19,168 people,[12] with a density of 140 inhabitants per square kilometre or 360 inhabitants per square mile.
Poverty incidence of Siruma
Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]
The Siruma Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.[21]
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 Province ofCamarines Sur | |
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