San Andres | |
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| Municipality of San Andres | |
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| Coordinates:13°19′23″N122°40′34″E / 13.3231°N 122.6761°E /13.3231; 122.6761 | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Calabarzon |
| Province | Quezon |
| District | 3rd district |
| Founded | August 20, 1959 |
| Named after | Saint Andrew the Apostle[1] |
| Barangays | 7 (seeBarangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Ralph Edward B. Lim |
| • Vice Mayor | Nelson Ausa |
| • Representative | Reynante U. Arrogancia |
| • Municipal Council | Members
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| • Electorate | 20,537 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 172.93 km2 (66.77 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 84 m (276 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 405 m (1,329 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[4] | |
• Total | 37,454 |
| • Density | 220/km2 (560/sq mi) |
| • Households | 9,199 |
| Demonym | San Andresin |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 4th municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 27.82 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 210.9 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 791.8 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 130.2 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 151.4 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Quezon 1 Electric Cooperative (QUEZELCO 1) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 4314 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)42 |
| Native languages | Tagalog |
San Andres, officially theMunicipality of San Andres (Tagalog:Bayan ng San Andres;Cebuano:Lungsod sa San Andres), is amunicipality in theprovince ofQuezon,Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 37,454 people.[4]
PresidentCarlos P. Garcia issuedExecutive Order (EO) No. 353 on August 20, 1959, wherein sixbarrios ofSan Narciso were organized into the municipal district ofSan Andres.[6] His successor,Diosdado Macapagal, issuedEO No. 357 on October 5, 1965, declaring and considering the said political unit a municipality "beginning July 1, 1963".[7]
In March 1973, San Andres was close to the epicenter of amagnitude 7.4 earthquake. The town suffered unknown fatalities and damage to almost 1,000 homes.
San Andres is 237 kilometres (147 mi) fromLucena and 367 kilometres (228 mi) fromManila. Administratively, the town of San Andres is subdivided into seven barangays.Poblacion forms the center, whereas the other six are in the outlying areas which are several kilometres away from the center of the municipality. The municipality also includes the island barangay ofAlibijaban inRagay Gulf.
San Andres is politically subdivided into 7barangays, as indicated below. Each barangay consists ofpuroks and some havesitios.
| Climate data for San Andres, Quezon | |||||||||||||
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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) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 55 (2.2) | 36 (1.4) | 45 (1.8) | 42 (1.7) | 114 (4.5) | 184 (7.2) | 245 (9.6) | 224 (8.8) | 238 (9.4) | 171 (6.7) | 130 (5.1) | 94 (3.7) | 1,578 (62.1) |
| Average rainy days | 13.0 | 9.5 | 11.8 | 12.7 | 21.3 | 25.3 | 28.3 | 26.5 | 26.4 | 24.2 | 19.9 | 16.1 | 235 |
| Source: Meteoblue[8] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1960 | 2,815 | — |
| 1970 | 9,571 | +13.00% |
| 1975 | 15,956 | +10.79% |
| 1980 | 17,822 | +2.24% |
| 1990 | 23,716 | +2.90% |
| 1995 | 25,948 | +1.70% |
| 2000 | 27,184 | +1.00% |
| 2007 | 29,216 | +1.00% |
| 2010 | 33,586 | +5.20% |
| 2015 | 35,780 | +1.21% |
| 2020 | 37,454 | +0.90% |
| Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[9][10][11][12] | ||
A main language spoken in San Andres isTagalog, which is spoken with a dialect that is spoken inMarinduque and easternOriental Mindoro. However, a significant minority spokeCebuano, spoken in some remote areas of the municipality by ethnic Cebuano-speaking people fromMasbate (in turn descended from settlers mainly fromCebu) who settled in San Andres several decades ago.
Poverty incidence of San Andres
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 2000 77.73 2003 59.14 2006 78.30 2009 39.01 2012 54.73 2015 43.76 2018 20.68 2021 27.82 Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] |
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