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Municipality

Loreto

Loreto is a municipality in Dinagat Islands, Caraga, Philippines. Its population was 9,940 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 Loreto by the figure chosen; the key beside it says what each colour means.
TubajonCarmen: 1,315 people, 692 per km², 2.16% a yearEsperanza: 1,377 people, 30 per km², −0.19% a yearFerdinand: 278 people, 46 per km², 3.38% a yearHelene: 359 people, 145 per km², 4.82% a yearLiberty: 694 people, 186 per km², −1.21% a yearMagsaysay: 363 people, 78 per km², 2.76% a yearPanamaon: 1,432 people, 45 per km², 0.15% a yearSan Juan: 1,602 people, 398 per km², 0.33% a yearSanta Cruz: 759 people, 542 per km², −1.19% a yearSantiago: 1,761 people, 25 per km², 0.75% 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

    9,940

    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 11.4% from 2010 to 2024

  • Rank by peopleSources

    6th

    of the 7 cities and municipalities of Dinagat Islands 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 8 of every 100 people in Dinagat Islands lived in Loreto in 2024 (8.25%)

  • Inside itSources

    10

    barangays

  • LandSources

    155.82 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: Loreto's land would fill a square about 12.5 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: 64 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 2 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

    2,541

    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

    46%

    About 46 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
1608505000[4]Formerly 168505000
ZIP code
8415[16, 17, 18]

People

Loreto had 9,940 people in the 2024 census, up 11.4% 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.

Loreto had the 6th most people of the 7 cities and municipalities of Dinagat Islands in 2024[1]
  1. 1Basilisa27,238
  2. 2San Jose26,735
  3. 3Cagdianao18,679
  4. 4Libjo18,157
  5. 5Dinagat10,820
  6. 6Loreto9,940
  7. 7Tubajon8,964
All 7 cities and municipalities of Dinagat Islands
Its 10 barangays by people, 2024 Census[2]
  1. Santiago1,76118 in 100
  2. San Juan1,60216 in 100
  3. Panamaon1,43214 in 100
  4. Esperanza1,37714 in 100
  5. Carmen1,31513 in 100
  6. Santa Cruz7598 in 100
  7. Liberty6947 in 100
  8. Magsaysay3634 in 100
  9. Helene3594 in 100
  10. Ferdinand2783 in 100
Age structure · 2020 Census[36]People living in households, by age and sex
  • About 31 of every 100 are children under 15 (30.9%)
  • About 60 of every 100 are of working age, 15 to 64 (60.2%)
  • About 9 of every 100 are 65 or older (8.9%)
MenWomen

The figures by age

People by age group, men and women
AgePeopleMenWomen
0 - 4827435392
5 - 91,057526531
10 - 141,106576530
15 - 19951487464
20 - 24713337376
25 - 29611322289
30 - 34649325324
35 - 39579297282
40 - 44509266243
45 - 49552287265
50 - 54478254224
55 - 59395198197
60 - 64379189190
65 - 69301144157
70 - 74252123129
75 - 791779285
80 years and over1336172

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
9,940[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
2,541[1, 2]
People in each household, 2024
3.9 on average[1, 2]
Share of Dinagat Islands, 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
8.25%[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
46% (4,570 people)[5]
Men and women, 2020
4,919 men, 4,750 women[36]People living in households
Population at each census, with its source
CensusPopulationGrowth since the census beforeHouseholdsPeople per household
2024as of July 1, 20249,940[1, 2]0.61% a year2,5413.9
2020as of May 1, 20209,690[1]0.85% a year——
2015as of August 1, 20159,309[1]0.82% a year——
2010as of May 1, 20108,920[1]———
2007as of August 1, 2007; as it was then9,030[34]0.43% a year——
2000as of May 1, 2000; on today’s borders8,751[34, 35]1.81% a year——
1995as of September 1, 1995; as it was then8,048[34]1.74% a year——
1990as of May 1, 1990; as it was then7,340[34]2.87% a year——
1980as of May 1, 1980; as it was then5,530[34]0.97% a year——
1975as of May 1, 1975; as it was then5,270[34]0.98% a year——
1970as of May 6, 1970; as it was then5,020[34]−4.82% a year——
1960as of February 15, 1960; as it was then8,324[34]———

Barangays

Loreto is made up of 10 barangays.
Barangays of Loreto. Each column heading sorts the table.
[2, 3, 5, 6, 7]Share (2024)Urban or rural
Carmen1,31513.23%2.16% a yearabout 1.90 km²Rural
Esperanza1,37713.85%−0.19% a yearabout 46.11 km²Urban
Ferdinand2782.8%3.38% a yearabout 6.10 km²Rural
Helene3593.61%4.82% a yearabout 2.47 km²Rural
Liberty6946.98%−1.21% a yearabout 3.73 km²Rural
Magsaysay3633.65%2.76% a yearabout 4.64 km²Rural
Panamaon1,43214.41%0.15% a yearabout 31.80 km²Urban
San Juan1,60216.12%0.33% a yearabout 4.03 km²Rural
Santa Cruz7597.64%−1.19% a yearabout 1.40 km²Rural
Santiago1,76117.72%0.75% a yearabout 70.68 km²Urban

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

Loreto covers 155.82 km² of land, 64 people for every km² in 2024. Its land rises to 934 m above the sea and it has 114.5 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
155.82 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
64 people per km²[6]
Coordinates
10.34354° N, 125.62575° E[3]The point inside its border farthest from every edge, so it always falls within the place.
Height above the sea[31]
Lowest
0 m
Average
239 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

114.5 km of coastline[32]

Rivers[32]

  1. Cambinliw River3.4 km
  2. Buayahan River0.7 km

Peaks[32]

  1. Mount Redondo939 m
  2. Mount Kanbinlio850 m
  3. Mount Malinaoheight not mapped
  4. Mount Maringingheight not mapped

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[33]

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.

Life & Economy

About 30 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
30.0% 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
2nd class[4]
About 30 of every 100 people in Loreto lived below the poverty line in 2021 (30.0%)[21]

The PSA's model for every town puts it between 23.1% and 37.0%, with 90% confidence.

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

Public places

  • 5government offices
  • 2hospitals and health centres
  • 14schools
  • 5places of worship
  • 1market
  • 1station or terminal
  • 2monuments and memorials

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.

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

Government & Leaders

A mayor leads Loreto. 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
Lone district of Dinagat Islands[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.

  1. 2025–2028In office as of February 2026

    Mayor
    Doandre Bill Abuyme Ladaga[22]
    Vice mayor
    Richard Casten Tan[22]

  2. 2022–2025

    Mayor
    Doandre Bill Abuyme Ladaga[23]
    Vice mayor
    Richard Casten Tan[23]

  3. 2019–2022

    Mayor
    Doandre Bill Abuyme Ladaga[24]
    Vice mayor
    Richard Casten Tan[24]

  4. 2016–2019

    Mayor
    Nena Inocente Ladaga-Quijano[25]
    Vice mayor
    Erwin Dalan San Juan[25]

  5. 2013–2016

    Mayor
    Nena Inocente Ladaga-Quijano[26]
    Vice mayor
    Doandre Bill Abuyme Ladaga[26]

  6. 2010–2013

    Mayor
    Doandre Bill Abuyme Ladaga[27]
    Vice mayor
    Pretsy Balibag Semorlan[27]

  7. 2007–2010

    Mayor
    Doandre Bill Abuyme Ladaga[28]
    Vice mayor
    Dario Gumato Pelismino[28]

  8. 2004–2007

    Mayor
    Andres Ladaga Jr.[29]
    Vice mayor
    Dario Pelismino[29]

  9. 2001–2004

    Mayor
    Andres I. Ladaga Jr.[30]
    Vice mayor
    Crispiniano L. Malunas[30]
Mayors and vice mayors of Loreto, by term
TermMayorVice mayor
2025–2028In office as of February 2026Doandre Bill Abuyme Ladaga[22]Richard Casten Tan[22]
2022–2025Doandre Bill Abuyme Ladaga[23]Richard Casten Tan[23]
2019–2022Doandre Bill Abuyme Ladaga[24]Richard Casten Tan[24]
2016–2019Nena Inocente Ladaga-Quijano[25]Erwin Dalan San Juan[25]
2013–2016Nena Inocente Ladaga-Quijano[26]Doandre Bill Abuyme Ladaga[26]
2010–2013Doandre Bill Abuyme Ladaga[27]Pretsy Balibag Semorlan[27]
2007–2010Doandre Bill Abuyme Ladaga[28]Dario Gumato Pelismino[28]
2004–2007Andres Ladaga Jr.[29]Dario Pelismino[29]
2001–2004Andres I. Ladaga Jr.[30]Crispiniano L. Malunas[30]

History & Identity

Its story

Loreto was a municipality of Surigao by 1903, when Act No. 953 kept its boundaries unchanged.[9]

In 1960 four of its barrios went to the new municipality of Albor, and Loreto was placed in Surigao del Norte.[10, 11]

In 1969 Republic Act No. 5643 took territory from Loreto to create Tubajon.[12]

In 2006 Loreto became part of the new Province of Dinagat Islands.[13]

Timeline

  1. October 22, 1903

    Act No. 953 listed Loreto among the municipalities of Surigao that kept their boundaries.[9]

  2. 1960

    Republic Act No. 2786 divided Surigao into Surigao del Norte and Surigao del Sur and listed this town among the municipalities of Surigao del Norte.[11]

  3. February 29, 1960

    Barrios of Loreto (with barrios of Dinagat) were separated to form the municipality of Albor under Executive Order No. 381.[10]

  4. June 21, 1969

    Republic Act No. 5643 separated territory from Loreto to create the Municipality of Tubajon.[12]

  5. 2006

    Under Republic Act No. 9355, a new Province of Dinagat Islands was carved out of Surigao del Norte, and the town became one of its seven municipalities.[13]

Nearby

Loreto shares a border with Tubajon.

How it compares

Loreto beside Dinagat Islands, and where it stands among the cities and municipalities of Dinagat Islands.

Loreto beside Dinagat Islands
FigureLoretoDinagat IslandsRank among the cities and municipalities of Dinagat Islands
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 glossary9,940[1, 2]120,5336th of 7
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 glossary0.61% a year[1, 2]faster−1.45% a year2nd of 7
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 glossary64[6]less crowded1467th of 7
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 glossary155.82 km²[6]826.48 km²3rd of 7
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 glossary3.9[1, 2]higher3.8not 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 glossary46%[5]higher15.8%not ranked

Shares a border with[3]

How far, in a straight line[3]

San Jose, the capital of Dinagat Islands
36.2 km south
Manila
690.5 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. TubajonDinagat Islands8.2 km southwest
  2. LibjoDinagat Islands20.9 km south
  3. BasilisaDinagat Islands29.3 km south
  4. CagdianaoDinagat Islands30.6 km south
  5. San JoseDinagat Islands36.2 km south
  6. DinagatDinagat Islands40.9 km south

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