Leon B. Postigo Bacungan | |
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| Municipality of Leon B. Postigo | |
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| Nickname: LBP | |
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.svg)  Leon B. Postigo Location within thePhilippines | |
| Coordinates:8°09′05″N122°55′28″E / 8.151361°N 122.924403°E /8.151361; 122.924403 | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Zamboanga Peninsula |
| Province | Zamboanga del Norte |
| District | 3rd district |
| Founded | March 25, 1982 |
| Renamed | December 30, 1989 |
| Named after | Leon Bayot Postigo |
| Barangays | 18 (seeBarangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Runie O. Jamora |
| • Vice Mayor | Rodrigo B. Acaylar |
| • Representative | Adrian Michael A. Amatong |
| • Municipal Council | Members
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| • Electorate | 30,150 voters (2022) |
| Area | |
• Total | 255.50 km2 (98.65 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 77 m (253 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 428 m (1,404 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[3] | |
• Total | 27,639 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| • Households | 6,308 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 4th municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 53.82 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 203.7 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 362 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 178.5 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 128.5 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Zamboanga del Norte Electric Cooperative (ZANECO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 7112 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)65 |
| Native languages | Subanon Cebuano Chavacano Tagalog |
| Website | leonpostigo |
Leon B. Postigo, officially theMunicipality of Leon B. Postigo (Cebuano:Lungsod sa Leon B. Postigo;Subanen:Benwa Leon B. Postigo;Chavacano:Municipalidad de Leon B. Postigo;Tagalog:Bayan ng Leon B. Postigo), is amunicipality in theprovince ofZamboanga del Norte,Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 27,639 people.[3]
In the early 1980s, the councils of sixbarangays, along with residents of Maras, in the then southernSindangan demanded for a new municipality, which was originally proposed to be calledTalinga, with the barangay with the same name, located 11 kilometers fromPoblacion, to be the seat of government. The proposed municipality was to intervene the distance of Sindangan andSalug from each other, which were about 40 kilometers.[5]
Then assemblyman Guardson R. Lood sponsoredParliamentary Bill No. 300, which was also co-authored by eight other assemblymen.[5] The bill was approved asBatas Pambansa Blg. 204 on March 25, 1982; 17barangays in southwestern part of the mother municipality, but excluding Maras,[5] were separated to create the municipality, originally namedBacungan, with another barangay with the same name, which was not included in the original plan,[5] to be the seat of government.[6] A plebiscite for ratification, along with ten more newly-createdlocal entities including nearbyGodod, was held on May 17, coinciding withthe barangay elections.[7]
It was renamed to its current name by virtue ofRepublic Act No. 6830 on December 30, 1989,[8] in honor of Leon Bayot Postigo, aPhilippine Constabulary corporal whose 10-hectare lot in the town was donated by his heirs to the local government.[9]
Leon B. Postigo is politically subdivided into 18barangays. Each barangay consists ofpuroks while some havesitios.
| Climate data for Leon B. Postigo, Zamboanga del Norte | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (85) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 96 (3.8) | 79 (3.1) | 117 (4.6) | 127 (5.0) | 239 (9.4) | 301 (11.9) | 286 (11.3) | 283 (11.1) | 255 (10.0) | 272 (10.7) | 188 (7.4) | 115 (4.5) | 2,358 (92.8) |
| Average rainy days | 17.3 | 16.0 | 19.7 | 21.6 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 29.7 | 29.1 | 28.5 | 28.9 | 25.3 | 20.0 | 294.1 |
| Source: Meteoblue[10] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1990 | 14,618 | — |
| 1995 | 20,728 | +6.76% |
| 2000 | 19,550 | −1.25% |
| 2007 | 21,195 | +1.12% |
| 2010 | 24,643 | +5.64% |
| 2015 | 26,221 | +1.19% |
| 2020 | 27,639 | +1.04% |
| Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[11][12][13][14] | ||
Poverty incidence of Leon B. Postigo
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 2000 64.43 2003 58.17 2006 63.90 2009 65.96 2012 54.17 2015 57.82 2018 55.77 2021 53.82 Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] |
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