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Dinagat Islands

Dinagat Islands is a province in the Caraga region of Mindanao, Philippines. Its population was 120,533 in the 2024 census, and it has 7 municipalities.

  • Population: 2024 Census
  • Places: PSGC 2Q 2026
  • Checked by Scene: October 8, 2026
  • Page updated: October 8, 2026
Colour byColours the map of Dinagat Islands by the figure chosen; the key beside it says what each colour means.
Basilisa: 27,238 people, 266 per km², −7.03% a yearCagdianao: 18,679 people, 97 per km², 0.43% a yearDinagat: 10,820 people, 408 per km², 0.45% a yearLibjo: 18,157 people, 101 per km², 0.14% a yearLoreto: 9,940 people, 64 per km², 0.61% a yearSan Jose: 26,735 people, 607 per km², 0.33% a yearTubajon: 8,964 people, 71 per km², 2.40% a year

People · 2024 Census

  • Under 20,000
  • 20,000 to 31,000
  • 31,000 to 45,000
  • 45,000 to 76,000
  • 76,000 and over

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

Density · people per km², 2024

  • Under 140
  • 140 to 250
  • 250 to 390
  • 390 to 750
  • 750 and over

The same steps colour every map of cities and municipalities 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

    120,533

    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

    Down 4.9% from 2010 to 2024

  • Rank by peopleSources

    5th

    of the 5 provinces of Caraga 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 4 of every 100 people in Caraga lived in Dinagat Islands in 2024 (4.21%)

  • Inside itSources

    7

    cities and municipalities

    100 barangays

  • LandSources

    826.48 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: Dinagat Islands's land would fill a square about 28.7 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: 146 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 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

    31,496

    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

    15.8%

    About 16 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
1608500000[4]Formerly 168500000

People

Dinagat Islands had 120,533 people in the 2024 census, down 4.9% 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.

Dinagat Islands had the fewest people of the 5 provinces of Caraga in 2024[1]
  1. 1Agusan del Sur740,531
  2. 2Surigao del Sur648,858
  3. 3Surigao del Norte565,644
  4. 4Agusan del Norte404,100
  5. 5Dinagat Islands120,533
All 5 provinces of Caraga
Of every 100 people in Dinagat Islands in 2024[1]
Age structure · 2024 Census[5]People living in households, by age and sex
  • About 27 of every 100 are children under 15 (27.4%)
  • About 63 of every 100 are of working age, 15 to 64 (63.4%)
  • About 9 of every 100 are 65 or older (9.2%)
MenWomen

The figures by age

People by age group, men and women
AgePeopleMenWomen
Under 58,8304,5444,286
5 - 911,3575,9345,423
10 - 1412,7586,4756,283
15 - 1911,7286,1355,593
20 - 2410,3645,4484,916
25 - 299,0704,6484,422
30 - 348,8704,5194,351
35 - 397,4913,9253,566
40 - 446,4013,4062,995
45 - 495,7923,0522,740
50 - 546,1243,0513,073
55 - 595,5052,7472,758
60 - 645,0042,4512,553
65 - 693,8901,8252,065
70 - 742,9421,3401,602
75 - 792,0628671,195
80 - 841,303518785
85 and over839342497

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
120,533[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
31,496[1, 2]
People in each household, 2024
3.8 on average[1, 2]
Share of Caraga, 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
4.21%[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
15.8% (18,985 people)[6]
Men and women, 2024
61,227 men, 59,103 women[5]People living in households
Population at each census, with its source
CensusPopulationGrowth since the census beforeHouseholdsPeople per household
2024as of July 1, 2024120,533[1, 2]−1.45% a year31,4963.8
2020as of May 1, 2020128,117[1]0.16% a year——
2015as of August 1, 2015127,152[1]0.05% a year——
2010as of May 1, 2010126,803[1]———
2007as of August 1, 2007; as it was then120,813[37]1.69% a year——
2000as of May 1, 2000; on today’s borders106,951[37, 38]1.33% a year——
1995as of September 1, 1995; as it was then100,537[37]0.31% a year——
1990as of May 1, 1990; as it was then98,865[37]2.22% a year——
1980as of May 1, 1980; as it was then79,342[37]8.21% a year——
1975as of May 1, 1975; as it was then53,443[37]10.67% a year——
1970as of May 6, 1970; as it was then32,227[37]3.46% a year——
1960as of February 15, 1960; as it was then22,761[37]———

Cities and municipalities

Dinagat Islands is made up of 7 municipalities, with 100 barangays in all.
Cities and municipalities of Dinagat Islands. Each column heading sorts the table.
[1, 7]Share (2024)
Basilisa27,23822.6%−7.03% a year102.46 km²
Cagdianao18,67915.5%0.43% a year191.95 km²
Dinagat10,8208.98%0.45% a year26.50 km²
Libjo18,15715.06%0.14% a year179.31 km²
Loreto9,9408.25%0.61% a year155.82 km²
San Jose26,73522.18%0.33% a year44.06 km²
Tubajon8,9647.44%2.40% a year126.38 km²

Land & Environment

Dinagat Islands covers 826.48 km² of land, 146 people for every km² in 2024. Its land rises to 934 m above the sea and it has 621.8 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
826.48 km²[7]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
146 people per km²[7]
Coordinates
10.15358° N, 125.58650° E[3]The point inside its border farthest from every edge, so it always falls within the place.
Height above the sea[33]
Lowest
Sea level
Average
156 m
Highest
934 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

621.8 km of coastline[34]

Rivers[34]

  1. San Jose River15.4 of 16.2 km
  2. Mayatoy5.7 km
  3. Cambinliw River3.4 km
  4. Magsaysay River1.4 km
  5. Buayahan River0.7 km

Peaks[34]

  1. Mount Redondo939 m
  2. Mount Kanbinlio850 m
  3. Mount Palhi730 m
  4. Mount Tristan625 m
  5. Mount Gabo220 m
  6. Mount Malinaoheight not mapped

The highest: 7 in all.

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 II[35]

No dry season. The rain is heaviest from December to February, and no month is truly dry.

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

At Surigao, the nearest PAGASA station, 43 km away[36]Averages for 1991 to 2020: 3,757 mm of rain on 192 days a year; 27.8 °C on average

Rain each month Average temperature

The figures by month

Climate at Surigao, 1991 to 2020, by month
MonthRainRainy daysAverageHighLow
January662 mm2426.3 °C29.4 °C23.1 °C
February468 mm1926.6 °C30.0 °C23.3 °C
March355 mm1927.3 °C30.9 °C23.7 °C
April211 mm1528.1 °C31.9 °C24.3 °C
May120 mm1028.9 °C32.8 °C24.9 °C
June158 mm1228.6 °C32.6 °C24.7 °C
July158 mm1228.5 °C32.4 °C24.6 °C
August143 mm1028.8 °C32.8 °C24.7 °C
September181 mm1128.6 °C32.7 °C24.6 °C
October250 mm1628.2 °C32.0 °C24.4 °C
November454 mm2127.5 °C31.0 °C24.0 °C
December597 mm2326.9 °C30.2 °C23.6 °C
The year3,757 mm19227.8 °C31.6 °C24.1 °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 39 m above the sea.

Life & Economy

Dinagat Islands's economy made ₱16.5 billion of goods and services in 2025, ₱131,367 for each person. About 29 of every 100 people lived below the poverty line in 2023.
Economy, 2025Gross domestic productThe value of all the goods and services made in a place in a year: the size of its economy. The PSA measures it for every region, province and highly urbanized city. Counted at 2018 prices, it leaves out the rise in prices, so one year can be set beside another.More in the glossary
₱16.5 billion[22]Its gross domestic product at current prices; ₱14.0 billion at 2018 prices.
Growth, 2024–2025
1.3%[23]How much more it made than the year before, at 2018 prices.
For each person, 2025
₱131,367[24]Its economy divided by its projected population, at current prices, as the PSA works it out.
Poverty, 2023Poverty 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
29.4% of people[25]Below the poverty line, by the PSA's survey.
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
2nd class[4]
About 29 of every 100 people in Dinagat Islands lived below the poverty line in 2023 (29.4%)[25]

The PSA's survey puts it between 24.9% and 34.0%, with 95% confidence. The poverty line was ₱33,989 a person for the year.

Public places

  • 21government offices
  • 8hospitals and health centres
  • 141schools
  • 9places of worship
  • 2markets
  • 19stations and terminals
  • 3parks
  • 2monuments and memorials

Counted from OpenStreetMap[3, 8]. Each town's page lists its own; this page lists the stations, parks, beaches and monuments.

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

Stations and terminals19

13 more stations and terminals are listed on the pages of the cities and municipalities they stand in. See the 7 cities and municipalities of Dinagat Islands

Parks3

Monuments and memorials2

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

Government & Leaders

A governor leads Dinagat Islands. Its local laws, called ordinances, are passed by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (the provincial board), led by the vice governor. The governor, the vice governor and the board's elected members serve three-year terms, and none may serve more than three in a row.[20, 21]

Capital
San Jose[4]
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
Lone district of Dinagat Islands[9]

Leaders

The governor and vice governor elected at each election since 2007, 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

    Governor
    Nilo Pepito Demerey Jr.[26]
    Vice governor
    Geraldine Buray Ecleo[26]

  2. 2022–2025

    Governor
    Nilo Pepito Demerey Jr.[27]
    Vice governor
    Benglen Buray Ecleo[27]

  3. 2019–2022

    Governor
    Arlene Javellana Bag-ao[28]
    Vice governor
    Nilo Pepito Demerey Jr.[28]

  4. 2016–2019

    Governor
    Glenda Buray Ecleo[29]
    Vice governor
    Benglen Buray Ecleo[29]

  5. 2013–2016

    Governor
    Glenda Buray Ecleo[30]
    Vice governor
    Benglen Buray Ecleo[30]

  6. 2010–2013

    Governor
    Glenda Buray Ecleo[31]
    Vice governor
    Geraldine Ecleo Villaroman[31]

  7. 2007–2010

    Governor
    Geraldine Ecleo Villaroman[32]
    Vice governor
    Elvis Arrocena Dela Merced[32]
Governors and vice governors of Dinagat Islands, by term
TermGovernorVice governor
2025–2028In office as of February 2026Nilo Pepito Demerey Jr.[26]Geraldine Buray Ecleo[26]
2022–2025Nilo Pepito Demerey Jr.[27]Benglen Buray Ecleo[27]
2019–2022Arlene Javellana Bag-ao[28]Nilo Pepito Demerey Jr.[28]
2016–2019Glenda Buray Ecleo[29]Benglen Buray Ecleo[29]
2013–2016Glenda Buray Ecleo[30]Benglen Buray Ecleo[30]
2010–2013Glenda Buray Ecleo[31]Geraldine Ecleo Villaroman[31]
2007–2010Geraldine Ecleo Villaroman[32]Elvis Arrocena Dela Merced[32]

History & Identity

Dinagat Islands's fiesta and days

Everything listed for Dinagat Islands in Now

Created
Created by Republic Act No. 9355, approved 2 October 2006, which made seven towns of Surigao del Norte a province; ratified in a plebiscite on 2 December 2006[9, 10]

How it got its name

Republic Act No. 9355 named the province for its islands: Dinagat, the main one, with Hibuson Island and some 47 islets.[9, 12]

Local traditionA legend in Surigao del Norte's history says Dinagat is named after Queen Dina, mother of Rajah Siagu, who ruled a kingdom by the sea, dagat.[13]

Its story

An American gazetteer of 1902 lists Dinagat among the islands of Surigao: some 43 miles long, with a town of 5,264 people on its south-west shore. Its people mined gold and gathered wax and honey.[12]

During World War II the first American advance troops landed on 17 October at Campintac beach in Loreto and raised the American flag there, before General Douglas MacArthur liberated Leyte. A historical marker at Palo, Leyte, dates MacArthur's return to the Philippines to 20 October 1944.[13, 14]

Republic Act No. 9355, approved on 2 October 2006, made the seven towns of Dinagat and the nearby islands, from Basilisa to Tubajon, a province of their own, with San Jose as the capital. The voters of Surigao del Norte approved it in a plebiscite on 2 December 2006, by 69,943 votes to 63,502.[9, 10]

Officials appointed by the President took their oath on 26 January 2007. The first elected officials took office on 1 July 2007, and with them the province began its corporate existence.[10]

On 10 February 2010 the Supreme Court struck the law down, holding that the province had neither the population nor the land area the Local Government Code requires. On 12 April 2011 it reversed itself, upheld the rule that exempts island provinces from the land-area requirement, and declared the province valid.[10, 15]

The province marks 2 October, the day the law was approved, as its Charter Anniversary, Adlaw nan Probinsiya, with the week-long Bugkosan sa Isla Festival, from a local word for binding together. Its 20th anniversary fell in 2026.[11, 16, 17, 18]

Timeline

  1. 15 November 1989

    Republic Act No. 6769 creates the town of San Jose out of twelve barangays of Dinagat.[19]

  2. 2 October 2006

    Republic Act No. 9355 creates the Province of Dinagat Islands, with San Jose as its capital.[9]

  3. 2 December 2006

    A plebiscite in Surigao del Norte approves the new province.[10]

  4. 26 January 2007

    The President's appointed provincial officials take their oath.[10]

  5. 1 July 2007

    The first elected officials take office; the province begins its corporate existence.[10]

  6. 10 February 2010

    The Supreme Court declares Republic Act No. 9355 unconstitutional.[10]

  7. 12 April 2011

    The Supreme Court reverses itself and declares the province valid.[15]

  8. 2 October 2026

    The province marks its Charter Anniversary, a special day by Proclamation No. 1440.[17]

Nearby

Dinagat Islands shares no land border with another province. Nearest across the water are Surigao del Norte, Southern Leyte, Eastern Samar and Leyte.

How it compares

Dinagat Islands beside Caraga, and where it stands among the provinces of Caraga.

Dinagat Islands beside Caraga
FigureDinagat IslandsCaragaRank among the provinces of Caraga
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 glossary120,533[1, 2]2,865,1965th of 5
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−1.45% a year[1, 2]slower0.51% a year5th of 5
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 glossary146[7]more crowded1313rd of 5
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 glossary826.48 km²[7]21,820.20 km²5th of 5
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]lower4.0not 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 glossary15.8%[6]lower38.9%not ranked

The nearest provinces across the water[3]

  1. Surigao del NorteCaraga0.1 km south
  2. Southern LeyteEastern Visayas22.8 km northwest
  3. Eastern SamarEastern Visayas26.8 km north
  4. LeyteEastern Visayas35.4 km northwest

Measured between the two borders where they come closest, on the Earth's surface, across the water. Not a boat or ferry route.

Sources

Page updated October 8, 2026. Sources checked by Scene October 8, 2026.
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  2. 2.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024 : Region XIII (Caraga) (OpenSTAT table 0131A6DTHP2). Published August 3, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
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