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Municipality

Santander

Santander is a municipality in Cebu, Central Visayas, Philippines. Its population was 18,669 in the 2024 census, and it has 10 barangays.

  • Population: 2024 Census
  • Places: PSGC 2Q 2026
  • Checked by Scene: October 8, 2026
  • Page updated: October 9, 2026
Colour byColours the map of Santander by the figure chosen; the key beside it says what each colour means.
OslobSamboanBunlan: 2,256 people, 446 per km², −0.42% a yearCabutongan: 1,292 people, 216 per km², −0.33% a yearCandamiang: 1,110 people, 242 per km², −0.87% a yearLiloan: 2,390 people, 1,320 per km², 0.61% a yearLip-tong: 1,416 people, 398 per km², 1.39% a yearLooc: 2,289 people, 800 per km², 1.07% a yearPasil: 1,699 people, 651 per km², 1.40% a yearPoblacion: 2,852 people, 1,517 per km², −0.42% a yearTalisay: 2,525 people, 763 per km², −0.08% a yearCanlumacad: 840 people, 532 per km², −0.97% a year

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

    18,669

    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 15.9% from 2010 to 2024

  • Rank by peopleSources

    48th

    of the 53 cities and municipalities of Cebu 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 6 of every 1,000 people in Cebu lived in Santander in 2024 (0.55%)

  • Inside itSources

    10

    barangays

  • LandSources

    29.05 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: Santander's land would fill a square about 5.4 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: 643 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 6 people per hectare 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

    4,906

    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

    3.8 people in each, on average, in 2024

  • Town or countrySources

    25.1%

    About 25 of every 100 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
0702245000[4]Formerly 072245000
ZIP code
6026[15, 16]

People

Santander had 18,669 people in the 2024 census, up 15.9% 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.

Santander had the 48th most people of the 53 cities and municipalities of Cebu in 2024[1]
  1. 45Samboan20,736
  2. 46Malabuyoc20,378
  3. 47Alcoy19,207
  4. 48Santander18,669
  5. 49Alcantara17,490
  6. 50Ginatilan17,184
  7. 51Boljoon17,153
All 53 cities and municipalities of Cebu
Its 10 barangays by people, 2024 Census[2]
  1. Poblacion2,85215 in 100
  2. Talisay2,52514 in 100
  3. Liloan2,39013 in 100
  4. Looc2,28912 in 100
  5. Bunlan2,25612 in 100
  6. Pasil1,6999 in 100
  7. Lip-tong1,4168 in 100
  8. Cabutongan1,2927 in 100
  9. Candamiang1,1106 in 100
  10. Canlumacad8404 in 100
Age structure · 2020 Census[36]People living in households, by age and sex
  • About 30 of every 100 are children under 15 (30.3%)
  • About 62 of every 100 are of working age, 15 to 64 (61.6%)
  • About 8 of every 100 are 65 or older (8.2%)
MenWomen

The figures by age

People by age group, men and women
AgePeopleMenWomen
0 - 41,875981894
5 - 91,826930896
10 - 141,889986903
15 - 191,786894892
20 - 241,416745671
25 - 291,318671647
30 - 341,230620610
35 - 391,159580579
40 - 441,129563566
45 - 49945460485
50 - 54908440468
55 - 59833432401
60 - 64642322320
65 - 69619293326
70 - 74408181227
75 - 79254112142
80 years and over22877151

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
18,669[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
4,906[1, 2]
People in each household, 2024
3.8 on average[1, 2]
Share of Cebu, 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
0.55%[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
25.1% (4,679 people)[5]
Men and women, 2020
9,287 men, 9,178 women[36]People living in households
Population at each census, with its source
CensusPopulationGrowth since the census beforeHouseholdsPeople per household
2024as of July 1, 202418,669[1, 2]0.18% a year4,9063.8
2020as of May 1, 202018,527[1]0.78% a year——
2015as of August 1, 201517,857[1]1.98% a year——
2010as of May 1, 201016,105[1]———
2007as of August 1, 2007; as it was then15,294[34]1.38% a year——
2000as of May 1, 2000; on today’s borders13,842[34, 35]2.42% a year——
1995as of September 1, 1995; as it was then12,382[34]0.86% a year——
1990as of May 1, 1990; as it was then11,831[34]0.75% a year——
1980as of May 1, 1980; as it was then10,979[34]2.12% a year——
1975as of May 1, 1975; as it was then9,887[34]2.72% a year——
1970as of May 6, 1970; as it was then8,646[34]2.63% a year——
1960as of February 15, 1960; as it was then6,629[34]———

Barangays

Santander is made up of 10 barangays.
Barangays of Santander. Each column heading sorts the table.
[2, 3, 5, 6, 7]Share (2024)Urban or rural
Bunlan2,25612.08%−0.42% a yearabout 5.06 km²Rural
Cabutongan1,2926.92%−0.33% a yearabout 5.99 km²Rural
Candamiang1,1105.95%−0.87% a yearabout 4.59 km²Rural
Canlumacad8404.5%−0.97% a yearabout 1.58 km²Rural
Liloan2,39012.8%0.61% a yearabout 1.81 km²Urban
Lip-tong1,4167.58%1.39% a yearabout 3.56 km²Rural
Looc2,28912.26%1.07% a yearabout 2.86 km²Urban
Pasil1,6999.1%1.40% a yearabout 2.61 km²Rural
Poblacion2,85215.28%−0.42% a yearabout 1.88 km²Rural
Talisay2,52513.53%−0.08% a yearabout 3.31 km²Rural

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

Santander covers 29.05 km² of land, 643 people for every km² in 2024. Its land rises to 558 m above the sea and it has 13.8 km of coast.
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
29.05 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
643 people per km²[6]
Coordinates
9.43862° N, 123.32756° E[3]The point inside its border farthest from every edge, so it always falls within the place.
Height above the sea[30]
Lowest
1 m
Average
201 m
Highest
558 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

13.8 km of coastline[31]

Rivers[31]

  1. Canisot River1.5 km
  2. Liloan River0.7 km
  3. Liloan River0.7 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[32]

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 Dumaguete City, the nearest PAGASA station, 12 km away[33]Averages for 1991 to 2020: 1,323 mm of rain on 124 days a year; 27.9 °C on average

Rain each month Average temperature

The figures by month

Climate at Dumaguete City, 1991 to 2020, by month
MonthRainRainy daysAverageHighLow
January97 mm1126.9 °C29.2 °C24.6 °C
February74 mm826.9 °C29.4 °C24.5 °C
March68 mm727.5 °C30.2 °C24.7 °C
April49 mm528.3 °C31.2 °C25.4 °C
May85 mm828.7 °C31.9 °C25.5 °C
June144 mm1228.4 °C31.7 °C25.0 °C
July146 mm1428.0 °C31.5 °C24.5 °C
August105 mm1128.2 °C31.9 °C24.4 °C
September117 mm1228.1 °C31.7 °C24.4 °C
October159 mm1327.9 °C31.2 °C24.6 °C
November146 mm1127.9 °C30.7 °C25.1 °C
December134 mm1227.6 °C30.1 °C25.0 °C
The year1,323 mm12427.9 °C30.9 °C24.8 °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 7 m above the sea.

Life & Economy

About 35 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
35.1% of people[20]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
4th class[4]
About 35 of every 100 people in Santander lived below the poverty line in 2021 (35.1%)[20]

The PSA's model for every town puts it between 28.3% and 42.0%, with 90% confidence.

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

Public places

  • 17government offices
  • 2hospitals and health centres
  • 11schools
  • 2places of worship
  • 1market
  • 3stations and terminals
  • 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.

Where a kind has more than 8, this page shows 6: first those with “Santander” in their name, then one in each of its most populous barangays.

Government offices11

5 more government offices are listed on the pages of the barangays they stand in. See the 10 barangays of Santander

Hospitals and health centres2

Markets1

Stations and terminals3

Parks1

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

Government & Leaders

A mayor leads Santander. 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.[13, 14]

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 Cebu[17, 18, 19]

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.

  1. 2025–2028In office as of February 2026

    Mayor
    Marites Bureros Buscato[21]
    Vice mayor
    Julie Anne Singco Wenceslao[21]

  2. 2022–2025

    Mayor
    Marites Bureros Buscato[22]
    Vice mayor
    Marilyn Singco Wenceslao[22]

  3. 2019–2022

    Mayor
    Marites Bureros Buscato[23]
    Vice mayor
    Marilyn Singco Wenceslao[23]

  4. 2016–2019

    Mayor
    Marilyn Singco Wenceslao[24]
    Vice mayor
    Wilson Singco Wenceslao[24]

  5. 2013–2016

    Mayor
    Marilyn Singco Wenceslao[25]
    Vice mayor
    Wilson Singco Wenceslao[25]

  6. 2010–2013

    Mayor
    Marilyn Singco Wenceslao[26]
    Vice mayor
    Wilson Singco Wenceslao[26]

  7. 2007–2010

    Mayor
    Wilson Singco Wenceslao[27]
    Vice mayor
    Marilyn Singco Wenceslao[27]

  8. 2004–2007

    Mayor
    Wilson Wenceslao[28]
    Vice mayor
    Marilyn Wenceslao[28]

  9. 2001–2004

    Mayor
    Wilson S. Wenceslao[29]
    Vice mayor
    Marilyn S. Wenceslao[29]
Mayors and vice mayors of Santander, by term
TermMayorVice mayor
2025–2028In office as of February 2026Marites Bureros Buscato[21]Julie Anne Singco Wenceslao[21]
2022–2025Marites Bureros Buscato[22]Marilyn Singco Wenceslao[22]
2019–2022Marites Bureros Buscato[23]Marilyn Singco Wenceslao[23]
2016–2019Marilyn Singco Wenceslao[24]Wilson Singco Wenceslao[24]
2013–2016Marilyn Singco Wenceslao[25]Wilson Singco Wenceslao[25]
2010–2013Marilyn Singco Wenceslao[26]Wilson Singco Wenceslao[26]
2007–2010Wilson Singco Wenceslao[27]Marilyn Singco Wenceslao[27]
2004–2007Wilson Wenceslao[28]Marilyn Wenceslao[28]
2001–2004Wilson S. Wenceslao[29]Marilyn S. Wenceslao[29]

History & Identity

Created
Santander was made a separate municipality, split from Oslob, sometime in 1918, according to the town's former official website, which credits the work to Oslob's elected municipal president, himself a native of the barrio.[9]

How it got its name

Local traditionThe town's former official website says Santander was once called Tanyong, after the waters of the Tanon Strait, and that a Spanish priest suggested naming it for his home place in Spain.[9]

Local traditionThe Cebu provincial tourism office likewise says the town was once called Tañon and that Spanish rulers gave it the name Santander, after a coastal city in northern Spain.[10]

Its story

Santander lies at the southernmost tip of mainland Cebu, according to the province's tourism office.[10]

The town's former official website says Santander was under the Boljoon parish in the 1600s and became a visita of the new Oslob parish in 1848.[9]

The 1918 census counts Santander among the towns founded in Cebu between 1866 and 1880.[11]

In 1903 an act of the Philippine Commission joined Santander to Oslob.[12]

The same website says Santander became a separate town sometime in 1918.[9]

Timeline

  1. 1600s

    The town's former official website says Santander was under the Boljoon parish, along with Alcoy, Nueva Caceres and Oslob, in the 1600s.[9]

  2. 1848

    The same website says Santander became a visita, a chapel-station, of the new Oslob parish when that parish was founded in 1848.[9]

  3. 1866 to 1880

    The 1918 census of the Philippine Legislature says Santander was one of the towns founded in Cebu between 1866 and 1880.[11]

  4. 22 October 1903

    Act No. 952 of 22 October 1903 joined Santander, with Nueva Caceres, to the municipality of Oslob.[12]

  5. 1918

    Santander becomes a separate municipality, split from Oslob, says the town's former official website.[9]

Nearby

Santander shares a border with Oslob and Samboan.

How it compares

Santander beside Cebu, and where it stands among the cities and municipalities of Cebu.

Santander beside Cebu
FigureSantanderCebuRank among the cities and municipalities of Cebu
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 glossary18,669[1, 2]3,400,52248th of 53
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 glossary0.18% a year[1, 2]slower0.54% a year41st of 53
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 glossary643[6]less crowded77528th of 53
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 glossary29.05 km²[6]4,389.23 km²48th of 53
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 glossary3.8[1, 2]about the same3.8not 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 glossary25.1%[5]lower55.1%not ranked

Shares a border with[3]

How far, in a straight line[3]

Cebu City, the capital of Cebu
120.0 km northeast
Manila
627.3 km northwest

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

The nearest towns and cities[3]

  1. SamboanCebu8.1 km north
  2. San JoseNegros Oriental12.9 km west
  3. SibulanNegros Oriental13.7 km southwest
  4. Dumaguete CityNegros Oriental15.9 km south
  5. GinatilanCebu15.9 km north
  6. OslobCebu17.2 km northeast

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