Sominot | |
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Municipality of Sominot | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 8°02′30″N 123°23′05″E / 8.041547°N 123.384644°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Zamboanga Peninsula |
Province | Zamboanga del Sur |
District | 1st district |
Founded | March 27, 1980 |
Barangays | 18 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Johnriel D. Melo |
• Vice Mayor | Proceso S. Estrada |
• Representative | Divina Grace C. Yu |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 10,845 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 111.52 km2 (43.06 sq mi) |
Elevation | 256 m (840 ft) |
Highest elevation | 490 m (1,610 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 22 m (72 ft) |
Population (2020 census)[3] | |
• Total | 19,061 |
• Density | 170/km2 (440/sq mi) |
• Households | 4,237 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 5th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 38.40 |
• Revenue | ₱ 95.77 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 248.8 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 78 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 59.78 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Zamboanga del Sur 1 Electric Cooperative (ZAMSURECO 1) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 7022 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)62 |
Native languages | Subanon Cebuano Chavacano Tagalog |
Website | www |
Sominot, officially the Municipality of Sominot (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Sominot; Subanen: Benwa Sominot; Chavacano: Municipalidad de Sominot; Tagalog: Bayan ng Sominot), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 19,061 people.[3]
The town was formerly known as Don Mariano Marcos, named after President Ferdinand Marcos' father Mariano Marcos, until it was renamed on September 12, 1988.
Sominot is politically subdivided into 18 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
Climate data for Sominot, Zamboanga del Sur | |||||||||||||
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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) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
30 (86) |
28 (82) |
28 (82) |
27 (81) |
27 (81) |
28 (82) |
27 (81) |
28 (82) |
28 (82) |
28 (82) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21 (70) |
21 (70) |
21 (70) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
21 (70) |
22 (71) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 48 (1.9) |
44 (1.7) |
56 (2.2) |
56 (2.2) |
112 (4.4) |
135 (5.3) |
124 (4.9) |
124 (4.9) |
115 (4.5) |
134 (5.3) |
90 (3.5) |
56 (2.2) |
1,094 (43) |
Average rainy days | 13.0 | 11.7 | 15.6 | 18.1 | 25.6 | 25.7 | 25.2 | 24.1 | 23.8 | 26.1 | 22.3 | 16.5 | 247.7 |
Source: Meteoblue [5] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1990 | 12,653 | — |
1995 | 13,344 | +1.00% |
2000 | 14,815 | +2.27% |
2007 | 16,367 | +1.38% |
2010 | 16,652 | +0.63% |
2015 | 18,537 | +2.06% |
2020 | 19,061 | +0.55% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[6][7][8][9] |