Municipality

Santo Niño

Santo Niño is a municipality in Cagayan, Cagayan Valley, Philippines. Its population was 29,066 in the 2024 census, and it has 31 barangays.

Population: 2024 Census
Places: PSGC 2Q 2026
Checked by Scene: October 8, 2026
Page updated: October 9, 2026

PlacesPeopleDensityGrowth

People · 2024 Census

Under 690
690 to 1,100
1,100 to 1,800
1,800 to 3,100
3,100 and over

The same steps colour every map of barangays in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Density · people per km², 2024

Under 160
160 to 340
340 to 700
700 to 2,600
2,600 and over

The same steps colour every map of barangays in the Atlas, so a colour means the same range everywhere.

Growth a year · 2020–2024

Fell by more than 1% a year
Fell, by up to 1% a year
Grew, by under 1% a year
Grew by 1 to 2% a year
Grew by 2% a year or more

Each place's yearly change between the 2020 and 2024 censuses, on the same steps as every map in the Atlas.

Borders from UN OCHA (PSA and NAMRIA), a guide and not the legal boundary^[3]Open in OpenStreetMap

PeopleSources
29,066
people counted in the 2024 censusCensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary
Up 11.3% from 2010 to 2024
Rank by peopleSources
21st
of the 29 cities and municipalities of Cagayan by population, 2024Rank and shareWorked out by Scene from the PSA's counts: where a place stands among the places listed with it, and how many of every 100 of its parent's people live in it.More in the glossary
About 2 of every 100 people in Cagayan lived in Santo Niño in 2024 (2.26%)
Inside itSources
31
barangays
LandSources
423.13 km²
of land, 2019 masterlistLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.Explained by Scene: Santo Niño's land would fill a square about 20.6 km on each side. That is only a way to picture its size: its real shape is on the map.More in the glossary
Average density, 2024: 69 people per km²Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.Explained by Scene: About 1 person per 1 hectares if everyone were spread evenly across the land. In fact people live closer together in towns and farther apart in the countryside.More in the glossary
HomesSources
7,439
households in 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary
3.9 people in each, on average, in 2024
Town or countrySources
0%
Fewer than 1 of every 1,000 people lived in urban barangays in 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary

PSGC codePSGC codeThe code the Philippine Statistics Authority gives every place, so each one is known exactly, even when two share a name.More in the glossary: 0201526000^[4]Formerly 021526000
ZIP code: 3525^{[16, 17, 18]}

People

Santo Niño had 29,066 people in the 2024 census, up 11.3% from 2010.

People at each census since 1960

Counts from 2000 on are on today’s borders; earlier counts are as the place was then, so the line may step where a border moved.

Santo Niño had the 21st most people of the 29 cities and municipalities of Cagayan in 2024^[1]

18Claveria32,997
19Buguey32,351
20Iguig31,342
21Santo Niño29,066
22Sanchez Mira26,292
23Camalaniugan25,629
24Piat25,436

All 29 cities and municipalities of Cagayan

In 2024, the 10 barangays with the most people held about 56 of every 100 of its people^[2]

Centro Norte3,10311 in 100
Centro Sur2,5079 in 100
Lattac1,6446 in 100
Tabang1,4875 in 100
Dungao1,4035 in 100
Campo1,3615 in 100
Abariongan Ruar1,2184 in 100
Calassitan1,1774 in 100
Abariongan Uneg1,1744 in 100
Matalao1,1304 in 100

See all 31 barangays of Santo Niño

Age structure · 2020 Census^[38]People living in households, by age and sex

About 29 of every 100 are children under 15 (28.6%)
About 64 of every 100 are of working age, 15 to 64 (64.1%)
About 7 of every 100 are 65 or older (7.4%)

MenWomen

The figures by age

People by age group, men and women
Age	People	Men	Women
0 - 4	2,466	1,291	1,175
5 - 9	2,801	1,472	1,329
10 - 14	2,876	1,459	1,417
15 - 19	2,834	1,468	1,366
20 - 24	2,420	1,290	1,130
25 - 29	2,290	1,189	1,101
30 - 34	1,925	1,025	900
35 - 39	1,730	876	854
40 - 44	1,719	886	833
45 - 49	1,633	853	780
50 - 54	1,382	733	649
55 - 59	1,267	663	604
60 - 64	1,070	507	563
65 - 69	805	377	428
70 - 74	499	209	290
75 - 79	377	155	222
80 years and over	422	143	279

Every figure, census by census

People, 2024 CensusCensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary: 29,066^{[1, 2]}
Households, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary: 7,439^{[1, 2]}
People in each household, 2024: 3.9 on average^{[1, 2]}
Share of Cagayan, 2024Rank and shareWorked out by Scene from the PSA's counts: where a place stands among the places listed with it, and how many of every 100 of its parent's people live in it.More in the glossary: 2.26%^[1]
In urban barangays, 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary: 0% (0 people)^[5]
Men and women, 2020: 14,596 men, 13,920 women^[38]People living in households

Population at each census, with its source
Census	Population	Growth since the census before	Households	People per household
2024as of July 1, 2024	29,066^{[1, 2]}	0.44% a year	7,439	3.9
2020as of May 1, 2020	28,537^[1]	1.00% a year	—	—
2015as of August 1, 2015	27,219^[1]	0.78% a year	—	—
2010as of May 1, 2010	26,126^[1]	—	—	—
2007as of August 1, 2007; as it was then	25,688^[36]	1.69% a year	—	—
2000as of May 1, 2000; on today’s borders	22,752^{[36, 37]}	1.58% a year	—	—
1995as of September 1, 1995; as it was then	21,151^[36]	2.43% a year	—	—
1990as of May 1, 1990; as it was then	18,608^[36]	−0.46% a year	—	—
1980as of May 1, 1980; as it was then	19,493^[36]	0.90% a year	—	—
1975as of May 1, 1975; as it was then	18,638^[36]	1.95% a year	—	—
1970as of May 6, 1970; as it was then	16,923^[36]	1.88% a year	—	—
1960as of February 15, 1960; as it was then	13,981^[36]	—	—	—

Barangays

Santo Niño is made up of 31 barangays.

Barangays of Santo Niño. Each column heading sorts the table.
	^{[2, 3, 5, 6, 7]}	Share (2024)			Urban or rural
Abariongan Ruar	1,218	4.19%	0.60% a year	about 5.75 km²	Rural
Abariongan Uneg	1,174	4.04%	0.14% a year	about 7.05 km²	Rural
Balagan	639	2.2%	1.44% a year	about 48.83 km²	Rural
Balanni	836	2.88%	1.06% a year	about 32.54 km²	Rural
Cabayo	132	0.45%	1.12% a year	about 4.58 km²	Rural
Calapangan	761	2.62%	0.77% a year	about 2.20 km²	Rural
Calassitan	1,177	4.05%	0.06% a year	about 33.54 km²	Rural
Campo	1,361	4.68%	0.30% a year	about 6.12 km²	Rural
Centro Norte	3,103	10.68%	0.57% a year	about 2.51 km²	Rural
Centro Sur	2,507	8.63%	0.34% a year	about 3.14 km²	Rural
Dungao	1,403	4.83%	0.64% a year	about 7.05 km²	Rural
Lattac	1,644	5.66%	0.23% a year	about 4.14 km²	Rural
Lipatan	710	2.44%	−0.07% a year	about 25.96 km²	Rural
Lubo	1,091	3.75%	−0.31% a year	about 4.58 km²	Rural
Mabitbitnong	360	1.24%	1.31% a year	about 2.49 km²	Rural
Mapitac	224	0.77%	0.32% a year	about 6.44 km²	Rural
Masical	459	1.58%	0.21% a year	about 8.70 km²	Rural
Matalao	1,130	3.89%	0.32% a year	about 6.08 km²	Rural
Nag-uma	718	2.47%	0.03% a year	about 5.88 km²	Rural
Namuccayan	1,121	3.86%	0.22% a year	about 3.58 km²	Rural
Niug Norte	774	2.66%	0.09% a year	about 12.59 km²	Rural
Niug Sur	783	2.69%	0.40% a year	about 1.46 km²	Rural
Palusao	494	1.7%	0.89% a year	about 6.14 km²	Rural
San Manuel	930	3.2%	0.63% a year	about 5.87 km²	Rural
San Roque	37	0.13%	4.33% a year	about 4.73 km²	Rural
Santa Felicitas	412	1.42%	0.77% a year	about 52.02 km²	Rural
Santa Maria	322	1.11%	0.00% a year	about 5.12 km²	Rural
Sidiran	621	2.14%	1.36% a year	about 4.05 km²	Rural
Tabang	1,487	5.12%	0.41% a year	about 2.71 km²	Rural
Tamucco	650	2.24%	0.37% a year	about 43.64 km²	Rural
Virginia	788	2.71%	0.81% a year	about 3.76 km²	Rural

Areas are approximate: each is measured inside the barangay's border on UN OCHA's map, which is a guide, not the legal boundary.

Land & Environment

Santo Niño covers 423.13 km² of land, 69 people for every km² in 2024. Its land rises to 539 m above the sea and it lies inland.

Land areaLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary: 423.13 km²^[6]As listed in the 2019 Masterlist of Land Areas (LMB, DENR)
Average density, 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary: 69 people per km²^[6]
Coordinates: 17.93409° N, 121.53669° E^[3]The point inside its border farthest from every edge, so it always falls within the place.

Height above the sea^[32]

Lowest: 4 m
Average: 140 m
Highest: 539 m

Heights from the Copernicus DEM, a 30 m model of the surface: it reads the tops of trees and roofs, not the bare ground, over the land inside the border, the sea left out. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved.

Water, coast and peaks

No coastline: it lies inland.

Rivers^[33]

Chico River31.6 of 252.3 km
Cagayan River7.3 of 521.5 km
Cagayan River1.9 km

Named rivers, lakes and peaks as OpenStreetMap mapped them on 30 September 2026, and the coast within 150 m of the border. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Climate

Climate typeClimate typePAGASA sorts the country's climate into four types by when the rain falls. Type I has a dry season from November to April and a wet one for the rest of the year; Type II has no dry season, with the most rain from December to February; Type III has a short dry season; Type IV has rain spread through the year.More in the glossary

Type III^[34]

No clear rainiest time of year, and a short dry season of one to three months, in December to February or in March to May.

Read by Scene off PAGASA's climate map, so approximate: the type that covers most of the place's land.

At Tuguegarao, the nearest PAGASA station, 40 km away^[35]Averages for 1991 to 2020: 1,769 mm of rain on 110 days a year; 26.9 °C on average

Rain each month Average temperature

The figures by month

Climate at Tuguegarao, 1991 to 2020, by month
Month	Rain	Rainy days	Average	High	Low
January	34 mm	5	23.6 °C	28.3 °C	18.9 °C
February	32 mm	5	24.5 °C	29.8 °C	19.2 °C
March	32 mm	4	26.6 °C	32.5 °C	20.8 °C
April	47 mm	5	28.9 °C	35.1 °C	22.6 °C
May	141 mm	9	29.5 °C	35.6 °C	23.4 °C
June	136 mm	9	29.4 °C	35.2 °C	23.6 °C
July	206 mm	13	28.5 °C	33.7 °C	23.3 °C
August	217 mm	12	28.2 °C	33.2 °C	23.3 °C
September	226 mm	12	27.8 °C	32.7 °C	23.0 °C
October	283 mm	13	26.6 °C	31.2 °C	22.0 °C
November	258 mm	12	25.4 °C	29.6 °C	21.1 °C
December	158 mm	11	23.8 °C	27.9 °C	19.8 °C
The year	1,769 mm	110	26.9 °C	32.1 °C	21.7 °C

A station's figures describe the place around it only roughly: inland and in the hills it may be cooler and wetter. The station stands 62 m above the sea.

Life & Economy

About 16 of every 100 people lived below the poverty line in 2021.

Poverty, 2021Poverty incidenceHow many of every 100 people live in families whose income is below the poverty line: what a person needs in a year for food and other basic needs, as the PSA sets it for each province. It is an estimate, from a survey or, for a town, a statistical model, so the PSA gives a range it is likely to fall in.More in the glossary: 15.5% of people^[21]Below the poverty line, by the PSA's estimate for every town.
Income classIncome classThe Department of Finance sorts provinces, cities and municipalities into classes by their average yearly income over recent years: 1st class has the most. It measures the local government's income, not how well off its people are.More in the glossary: 1st class^[4]

About 16 of every 100 people in Santo Niño lived below the poverty line in 2021 (15.5%)^[21]

The PSA's model for every town puts it between 12.3% and 18.8%, with 90% confidence.

The PSA rates this estimate's reliability as acceptable rather than high: read it as a guide.

Public places

1government office
31schools
1park

Counted from OpenStreetMap^{[3, 8]}. Schools, places of worship, barangay halls and places known only by a common name, such as a chapel, are listed on each barangay's page.

Government offices1

Santo Niño Municipal Hall · Centro Norte

Parks1

Santo Niño Cemetery(New Site) · Sidiran

As OpenStreetMap maps them on September 30, 2026. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database License.

Government & Leaders

A mayor leads Santo Niño. Its local laws, called ordinances, are passed by the Sangguniang Bayan (the municipal council), led by the vice mayor. The mayor, the vice mayor and the council's elected members serve three-year terms, and none may serve more than three in a row.^{[14, 15]}

Legislative districtLegislative districtThe area that elects one member of the House of Representatives. A big province or city may have several.More in the glossary: 2nd district of Cagayan^{[19, 20]}

Leaders

The mayor and vice mayor elected at each election since 2001, as COMELEC's lists of the elected name them, and those in office now, as the DILG's directory lists them.

2025–2028In office as of February 2026
Mayor
Andrew Vincent Roxas Pagurayan^[22]
Vice mayor
Vicente Gabriel Pagurayan^[22]
2022–2025
Mayor
Vicente Gabriel Pagurayan^[23]
Vice mayor
Andrew Vincent Roxas Pagurayan^[23]
2019–2022
Mayor
Vicente Gabriel Pagurayan^[24]
Vice mayor
Marites Eneres Cuntapay^[24]
2016–2019
Mayor
Vicente Gabriel Pagurayan^[25]
Vice mayor
Marites Eneres Cuntapay^[25]
2013–2016
Mayor
Andrew Vincent Roxas Pagurayan^[26]
Vice mayor
Marites Eneres Cuntapay^[26]
2010–2013
Mayor
Andrew Vincent Roxas Pagurayan^[27]
Vice mayor
Cesar Malenab Cuntapay Jr.^[27]
2007–2010
Mayor
Andrew Vincent Roxas Pagurayan^[28]
Vice mayor
Cesar Malenab Cuntapay Jr.^[28]
2004–2007
Mayor
Vicente Pagurayan^[29]
Vice mayor
Cesar Cuntapay Jr.^[29]
2001–2004
Mayor
Vicente G. Pagurayan^[30]
Vice mayor
Genaro C. Cardona Jr.^[30]

Mayors and vice mayors of Santo Niño, by term
Term	Mayor	Vice mayor
2025–2028In office as of February 2026	Andrew Vincent Roxas Pagurayan^[22]	Vicente Gabriel Pagurayan^[22]
2022–2025	Vicente Gabriel Pagurayan^[23]	Andrew Vincent Roxas Pagurayan^[23]
2019–2022	Vicente Gabriel Pagurayan^[24]	Marites Eneres Cuntapay^[24]
2016–2019	Vicente Gabriel Pagurayan^[25]	Marites Eneres Cuntapay^[25]
2013–2016	Andrew Vincent Roxas Pagurayan^[26]	Marites Eneres Cuntapay^[26]
2010–2013	Andrew Vincent Roxas Pagurayan^[27]	Cesar Malenab Cuntapay Jr.^[27]
2007–2010	Andrew Vincent Roxas Pagurayan^[28]	Cesar Malenab Cuntapay Jr.^[28]
2004–2007	Vicente Pagurayan^[29]	Cesar Cuntapay Jr.^[29]
2001–2004	Vicente G. Pagurayan^[30]	Genaro C. Cardona Jr.^[30]

Before 2001

The heads of Santo Niño before COMELEC's lists begin, newest first, as the local government's own page lists them, with the office as that page writes it ("Not given" where it names no single office). "From" a year: the page gives only when the term began.

Heads of Santo Niño before 2001, newest first
Years	Name	Office
1998	Romeo Pecson^[31]	Municipal Mayor
1998–2007	Vicente G. Pagurayan^[31]	Municipal Mayor
1988–1998	Jose C. Carodan^[31]	Municipal Mayor
1988	Sisenando Singson^[31]	Municipal Mayor
1987	Genaro Cardona, Sr.^[31]	Municipal Mayor
1987	Jose C. Carodan^[31]	Municipal Mayor
1987	Romeo A. Malana^[31]	Municipal Mayor
1987	Vicente G. Pagurayan^[31]	Municipal Mayor
1978–1986	Vicente G. Pagurayan^[31]	Municipal Mayor
1960–1978	Leandro Pagurayan^[31]	Municipal Mayor
1952–1959	Felix Pacquing^[31]	Municipal Mayor
1948–1951	Pedro Carodan^[31]	Municipal Mayor

History & Identity

Stories from Cagayan Valley

Santo Niño has no Story of its own yet. This one is about Cagayan Valley, which Santo Niño is part of.

Film, 1:00
Cagayan Valley
Cagayan Valley: the cave and the giant province
A foot bone found in Callao Cave in 2007 led to Homo luzonensis, a human species named in 2019. The valley above was once one province covering all of northeast Luzon.
This Happened Here

All Stories

Former name: Faire^[4]

How it got its name

Local traditionThe town's own history says the church of Santo Niño was built by the first gobernadorcillo, Manuel Faire, in memory of his infant son named Niño. The Santo Niño became patron saint and the place took his name.^[10]

Local traditionThe same page says the town was later renamed Faire in honour of Gobernadorcillo Manuel Faire, then renamed Santo Niño again.^[10]

Act No. 2390 of 28 February 1914 changed the name of the municipality of Santo Nino to Faire. Republic Act No. 5644 of 21 June 1969 changed Faire back to Santo Niño.^{[11, 12]}

Its story

The Spanish-era place was first called Tabang and then Kabarungan, according to the municipal history page.^[10]

The page says the first municipal government was set up at Tabang under Captain Manuel Faire as gobernadorcillo. He brought Ilocano labourers from Ilocos Norte to Kabarungan, where Kalinga people lived.^[10]

The town page says Santo Niño was officially established on 27 November 1897. Faire kept his post as gobernadorcillo until the first election of a municipal president in 1901.^[10]

The seat of government moved between Kabarungan and Tabang. A storm in 1906 destroyed the municipal building, so the office moved to Tabang.^[10]

In 1903 the Philippine Commission joined a part of Nassiping, the west side of the Cagayan River, to Santo Niño and kept its seat at Santo Niño.^[13]

A 1914 act renamed the town Faire, and a 1969 act changed the name back to Santo Niño.^{[11, 12]}

The page says Kalinga, Itawes and Ibanag people first lived here, and Ilocanos are now the largest group.^[10]

Timeline

27 November 1897
The town page gives 27 November 1897 as the date Santo Niño was officially established.^[10]
15 October 1903
Act No. 944 reorganised Cagayan's municipalities. Santo Niño took in part of Nassiping.^[13]
28 February 1914
Act No. 2390 changed the name of Santo Nino to Faire.^[11]
21 June 1969
Republic Act No. 5644 changed the name of Faire back to Santo Niño.^[12]

Nearby

Santo Niño shares a border with 6 places.

How it compares

Santo Niño beside Cagayan, and where it stands among the cities and municipalities of Cagayan.

Santo Niño beside Cagayan
Figure	Santo Niño	Cagayan	Rank among the cities and municipalities of Cagayan
People, 2024CensusA count of every person in the country, all on one day. The 2024 census counted people as they were on 1 July 2024.More in the glossary	29,066^{[1, 2]}	1,284,676	21st of 29
Growth a year, 2020–2024Growth a yearHow fast the number of people changed each year between two censuses. 1% a year means about 1 more person for every 100 people, each year.More in the glossary	0.44% a year^{[1, 2]}faster	0.30% a year	12th of 29
People per km², 2024Population densityHow crowded a place is on average: its people divided by its land area. 1,000 people per square kilometre is 10 people per hectare, a square of 100 by 100 metres.More in the glossary	69^[6]less crowded	134	24th of 29
Land areaLand areaThe land inside the place's official boundary. A square kilometre is a square 1 km on each side, about the size of 140 football fields.More in the glossary	423.13 km²^[6]	9,554.62 km²	8th of 29
People in each household, 2024HouseholdA person living alone, or people who sleep in the same home and share their meals. A family may be one household or several.More in the glossary	3.9^{[1, 2]}about the same	3.9	not ranked
In urban barangays, 2024Urban barangayThe PSA counts a barangay as urban when it has 5,000 people or more, or a big employer, or several businesses and public services close by. Every barangay in Metro Manila is urban.More in the glossary	0%^[5]lower	17.9%	not ranked

Shares a border with^[3]

How far, in a straight line^[3]

Tuguegarao City, the capital of Cagayan: 39.3 km southeast
Manila: 376.5 km south

In a straight line between the points inside each place farthest from its edges, not by road.

The nearest towns and cities^[3]

LasamCagayan14.6 km north
RizalCagayan16.0 km west
AlcalaCagayan16.2 km east
PiatCagayan19.5 km south
GattaranCagayan21.1 km northeast
AmulungCagayan23.5 km southeast

Sources

Page updated October 9, 2026. Sources checked by Scene October 8, 2026.

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19.1986 Constitutional Commission (text from the Chan Robles Virtual Law Library). Ordinance appended to the 1987 Constitution, apportioning the seats of the House of Representatives. Published February 2, 1987. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
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21.Philippine Statistics Authority. Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2018 and 2021 (the PSA's workbook "2018 - 2021 SAE_with PSGC_noHUC.xlsx", sheet "2018-2021_NoHUC", as the Internet Archive keeps it). Published April 2, 2024. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
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26.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected City/Municipal Candidates, May 13, 2013 National and Local Elections. Published January 12, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
27.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected City/Municipal Candidates, May 10, 2010 National and Local Elections. Published January 8, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
28.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected City/Municipal Candidates, May 14, 2007 National and Local Elections. Published January 14, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
29.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected City/Municipal Candidates, May 10, 2004 National and Local Elections (its pages are headed "LIST OF CITY/MUNICIPAL CANDIDATES"). Published January 14, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
30.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected City/Municipal Candidates, May 14, 2001 National and Local Elections. Published January 8, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Public domain: comelec.gov.ph says "All content is in the public domain unless otherwise stated." Each list carries COMELEC's data privacy notice (RA 10173).. Open the source
31.santonino.gov.ph. Past Municipal Mayors – Santo Nino Cagayan Website. Read by Scene October 3, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
32.European Union and the European Space Agency (Copernicus), from DLR and Airbus Defence and Space (WorldDEM). Copernicus DEM GLO-30: global digital surface model at 30 m, one-degree tiles (2021 release). Published 2021. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Copernicus DEM GLO-30 licence: free, any use including commercial, with the Copernicus notice. Open the source
33.OpenStreetMap contributors, extract by Geofabrik. Named rivers, lakes, reservoirs, peaks and the coastline of the Philippines in OpenStreetMap (Geofabrik extract, cut by osmium). Published September 30, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. ODbL 1.0. Open the source
34.Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Climatology and Agrometeorology Division. Climate Map of the Philippines (1951-2010), Modified Coronas Climate Classification. Published August 2014. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. A work of the Government of the Philippines: no copyright (RA 8293 s.176.1); PAGASA's approval is needed to use it for profit. Open the source
35.Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Climatology and Agrometeorology Division. Climatological Normals, 1991-2020, by synoptic station (one PDF each). Published January 2022. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. A work of the Government of the Philippines: no copyright (RA 8293 s.176.1); PAGASA's approval is needed to use it for profit. Open the source
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