Municipality

Bacarra

Bacarra is a municipality in Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Region, Philippines. Its population was 32,734 in the 2024 census, and it has 43 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
32,734
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 3.4% from 2010 to 2024
Rank by peopleSources
7th
of the 23 cities and municipalities of Ilocos Norte 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 5 of every 100 people in Ilocos Norte lived in Bacarra in 2024 (5.29%)
Inside itSources
43
barangays
LandSources
60.86 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: Bacarra's land would fill a square about 7.8 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: 538 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 5 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
9,040
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
3.6 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: 0102802000^[4]Formerly 012802000
ZIP code: 2916^{[13, 14]}

People

Bacarra had 32,734 people in the 2024 census, up 3.4% 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.

Bacarra had the 7th most people of the 23 cities and municipalities of Ilocos Norte in 2024^[1]

4San Nicolas39,116
5Vintar35,051
6Badoc32,832
7Bacarra32,734
8Pasuquin30,521
9Sarrat26,294
10Solsona26,249

All 23 cities and municipalities of Ilocos Norte

In 2024, the 10 barangays with the most people held about 39 of every 100 of its people^[2]

Buyon1,7735 in 100
Libtong1,6875 in 100
Cabaruan1,4374 in 100
Pasiocan1,2454 in 100
Cabusligan1,1604 in 100
Duripes1,1423 in 100
Cadaratan1,1283 in 100
Bani1,1103 in 100
Casilian1,0893 in 100
Sangil1,0763 in 100

See all 43 barangays of Bacarra

Age structure · 2020 Census^[33]People living in households, by age and sex

About 23 of every 100 are children under 15 (23.3%)
About 68 of every 100 are of working age, 15 to 64 (67.7%)
About 9 of every 100 are 65 or older (9%)

MenWomen

The figures by age

People by age group, men and women
Age	People	Men	Women
0 - 4	2,383	1,213	1,170
5 - 9	2,533	1,347	1,186
10 - 14	2,876	1,479	1,397
15 - 19	2,821	1,402	1,419
20 - 24	2,799	1,454	1,345
25 - 29	2,669	1,374	1,295
30 - 34	2,619	1,297	1,322
35 - 39	2,614	1,359	1,255
40 - 44	2,213	1,145	1,068
45 - 49	2,040	1,028	1,012
50 - 54	1,995	1,019	976
55 - 59	1,640	818	822
60 - 64	1,247	595	652
65 - 69	988	436	552
70 - 74	704	283	421
75 - 79	626	239	387
80 years and over	708	238	470

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: 32,734^{[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: 9,040^{[1, 2]}
People in each household, 2024: 3.6 on average^{[1, 2]}
Share of Ilocos Norte, 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: 5.29%^[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: 16,726 men, 16,749 women^[33]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	32,734^{[1, 2]}	−0.55% a year	9,040	3.6
2020as of May 1, 2020	33,496^[1]	0.82% a year	—	—
2015as of August 1, 2015	32,215^[1]	0.34% a year	—	—
2010as of May 1, 2010	31,648^[1]	—	—	—
2007as of August 1, 2007; as it was then	31,485^[31]	0.82% a year	—	—
2000as of May 1, 2000; on today’s borders	29,668^{[31, 32]}	1.38% a year	—	—
1995as of September 1, 1995; as it was then	27,827^[31]	0.61% a year	—	—
1990as of May 1, 1990; as it was then	26,940^[31]	1.43% a year	—	—
1980as of May 1, 1980; as it was then	23,371^[31]	1.11% a year	—	—
1975as of May 1, 1975; as it was then	22,118^[31]	1.30% a year	—	—
1970as of May 6, 1970; as it was then	20,736^[31]	1.08% a year	—	—
1960as of February 15, 1960; as it was then	18,570^[31]	—	—	—

Barangays

Bacarra is made up of 43 barangays.

Barangays of Bacarra. Each column heading sorts the table.
	^{[2, 3, 5, 6, 7]}	Share (2024)			Urban or rural
Bani	1,110	3.39%	0.68% a year	about 1.77 km²	Rural
Buyon	1,773	5.42%	1.46% a year	about 3.89 km²	Rural
Cabaruan	1,437	4.39%	0.32% a year	about 3.00 km²	Rural
Cabulalaan	740	2.26%	0.23% a year	about 1.02 km²	Rural
Cabusligan	1,160	3.54%	−0.21% a year	about 1.39 km²	Rural
Cadaratan	1,128	3.45%	−1.71% a year	about 0.947 km²	Rural
Calioet-Libong	779	2.38%	−1.42% a year	about 1.87 km²	Rural
Casilian	1,089	3.33%	0.63% a year	about 3.38 km²	Rural
Corocor	849	2.59%	−0.50% a year	about 1.64 km²	Rural
Duripes	1,142	3.49%	2.36% a year	about 2.24 km²	Rural
Ganagan	713	2.18%	0.41% a year	about 1.88 km²	Rural
Libtong	1,687	5.15%	0.98% a year	about 2.75 km²	Rural
Macupit	602	1.84%	−1.71% a year	about 0.733 km²	Rural
Nambaran	1,051	3.21%	1.10% a year	about 3.37 km²	Rural
Natba	570	1.74%	0.43% a year	about 0.998 km²	Rural
Paninaan	456	1.39%	1.14% a year	about 4.03 km²	Rural
Pasiocan	1,245	3.8%	0.71% a year	about 3.21 km²	Rural
Pasngal	780	2.38%	−0.58% a year	about 1.54 km²	Rural
Pipias	933	2.85%	−2.73% a year	about 0.709 km²	Rural
Pulangi	994	3.04%	−2.21% a year	about 3.34 km²	Rural
Pungto	543	1.66%	−0.48% a year	about 0.905 km²	Rural
San Agustin I	455	1.39%	−4.19% a year	about 0.136 km²	Rural
San Agustin II	246	0.75%	−3.14% a year	about 0.0893 km²	Rural
San Andres I	755	2.31%	−1.26% a year	about 0.126 km²	Rural
San Andres II	669	2.04%	−1.88% a year	about 0.133 km²	Rural
San Gabriel I	288	0.88%	−0.49% a year	about 0.0455 km²	Rural
San Gabriel II	347	1.06%	−3.70% a year	about 0.0609 km²	Rural
San Pedro I	365	1.12%	−1.76% a year	about 0.0594 km²	Rural
San Pedro II	621	1.9%	1.44% a year	about 0.0983 km²	Rural
San Roque I	485	1.48%	−2.11% a year	about 0.142 km²	Rural
San Roque II	394	1.2%	−0.30% a year	about 0.11 km²	Rural
San Simon I	563	1.72%	−2.92% a year	about 0.173 km²	Rural
San Simon II	295	0.9%	−3.42% a year	about 0.0521 km²	Rural
San Vicente	513	1.57%	−7.90% a year	about 0.104 km²	Rural
Sangil	1,076	3.29%	−0.46% a year	about 1.45 km²	Rural
Santa Filomena I	269	0.82%	−0.61% a year	about 0.133 km²	Rural
Santa Filomena II	332	1.01%	−0.85% a year	about 0.117 km²	Rural
Santa Rita	999	3.05%	−2.68% a year	about 0.606 km²	Rural
Santo Cristo I	456	1.39%	1.88% a year	about 0.125 km²	Rural
Santo Cristo II	428	1.31%	−1.66% a year	about 0.060 km²	Rural
Tambidao	813	2.48%	0.00% a year	about 3.61 km²	Rural
Teppang	690	2.11%	−0.55% a year	about 1.45 km²	Rural
Tubburan	894	2.73%	0.71% a year	about 2.11 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

Bacarra covers 60.86 km² of land, 538 people for every km² in 2024. Its land rises to 127 m above the sea and it has 4.8 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: 60.86 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: 538 people per km²^[6]
Coordinates: 18.26471° N, 120.61014° E^[3]The point inside its border farthest from every edge, so it always falls within the place.

Height above the sea^[27]

Lowest: Sea level
Average: 24 m
Highest: 127 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

4.8 km of coastline^[28]

Rivers^[28]

Bacarra River9.5 of 27.9 km
Bacarra River3.2 km
Bacarra River1.9 km
Bacarra River1.4 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 I^[29]

Two seasons: dry from November to April, wet for the rest of the year, with the heaviest rain from June to September.

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

At Laoag City, the nearest PAGASA station, 12 km away^[30]Averages for 1991 to 2020: 2,187 mm of rain on 86 days a year; 27.6 °C on average

Rain each month Average temperature

The figures by month

Climate at Laoag City, 1991 to 2020, by month
Month	Rain	Rainy days	Average	High	Low
January	6 mm	2	25.2 °C	30.6 °C	19.8 °C
February	3 mm	2	25.8 °C	31.2 °C	20.4 °C
March	5 mm	1	27.2 °C	32.5 °C	21.9 °C
April	22 mm	2	28.6 °C	33.6 °C	23.6 °C
May	219 mm	8	29.2 °C	33.7 °C	24.7 °C
June	287 mm	12	28.9 °C	33.1 °C	24.8 °C
July	479 mm	16	28.4 °C	32.2 °C	24.5 °C
August	594 mm	17	28.0 °C	31.6 °C	24.4 °C
September	413 mm	13	27.9 °C	31.8 °C	24.1 °C
October	117 mm	7	27.8 °C	32.1 °C	23.5 °C
November	37 mm	4	27.4 °C	32.0 °C	22.8 °C
December	6 mm	2	26.3 °C	31.1 °C	21.4 °C
The year	2,187 mm	86	27.6 °C	32.1 °C	23.0 °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 5 m above the sea.

Life & Economy

About 6 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: 5.8% of people^[17]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 6 of every 100 people in Bacarra lived below the poverty line in 2021 (5.8%)^[17]

The PSA's model for every town puts it between 4.3% and 7.3%, with 90% confidence.

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

Public places

15government offices
2hospitals and health centres
29schools
7places of worship
2markets
1station or terminal
1park
4monuments 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.

Government offices5

Hospitals and health centres2

Markets2

Stations and terminals1

Laoag-Bacarra Jeepney Terminal · San Simon I

Parks1

Bacarra Public Plaza · Santa Rita

Monuments and memorials4

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

Government & Leaders

A mayor leads Bacarra. 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.^{[11, 12]}

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: 1st district of Ilocos Norte^{[15, 16]}

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
Nicomedes Cadiz Dela Cruz Jr.^[18]
Vice mayor
Derek Bringas Velasco^[18]
2022–2025
Mayor
Nicomedes Cadiz Dela Cruz Jr.^[19]
Vice mayor
Jose Albano Pilar Jr.^[19]
2019–2022
Mayor
Fritzie Ann Kaye Dela Cruz Gapasin^[20]
Vice mayor
Jose Albano Pilar Jr.^[20]
2016–2019
Mayor
Nicomedes Cadiz Dela Cruz Jr.^[21]
Vice mayor
Jose Albano Pilar Jr.^[21]
2013–2016
Mayor
Nicomedes Cadiz Dela Cruz Jr.^[22]
Vice mayor
Jonathan Blas Pascua Ramit^[22]
2010–2013
Mayor
Nicomedes Cadiz Dela Cruz Jr.^[23]
Vice mayor
Pacifico Castro Velasco^[23]
2007–2010
Mayor
Philip Corpus Velasco^[24]
Vice mayor
Nicomedes Cadiz Dela Cruz Jr.^[24]
2004–2007
Mayor
Philip Velasco^[25]
Vice mayor
Nicomedes Dela Cruz Jr.^[25]
2001–2004
Mayor
Philip C. Velasco^[26]
Vice mayor
Nicomedes C. Dela Cruz Jr.^[26]

Mayors and vice mayors of Bacarra, by term
Term	Mayor	Vice mayor
2025–2028In office as of February 2026	Nicomedes Cadiz Dela Cruz Jr.^[18]	Derek Bringas Velasco^[18]
2022–2025	Nicomedes Cadiz Dela Cruz Jr.^[19]	Jose Albano Pilar Jr.^[19]
2019–2022	Fritzie Ann Kaye Dela Cruz Gapasin^[20]	Jose Albano Pilar Jr.^[20]
2016–2019	Nicomedes Cadiz Dela Cruz Jr.^[21]	Jose Albano Pilar Jr.^[21]
2013–2016	Nicomedes Cadiz Dela Cruz Jr.^[22]	Jonathan Blas Pascua Ramit^[22]
2010–2013	Nicomedes Cadiz Dela Cruz Jr.^[23]	Pacifico Castro Velasco^[23]
2007–2010	Philip Corpus Velasco^[24]	Nicomedes Cadiz Dela Cruz Jr.^[24]
2004–2007	Philip Velasco^[25]	Nicomedes Dela Cruz Jr.^[25]
2001–2004	Philip C. Velasco^[26]	Nicomedes C. Dela Cruz Jr.^[26]

History & Identity

Stories from Ilocos Region

Bacarra has no Story of its own yet. This one is about Ilocos Region, which Bacarra is part of.

Film, 1:00
Ilocos Region
Ilocos: our dialect, salt and a union
The oldest name of the Ilocos is said to mean 'our dialect'. One Ilocos split in 1818, La Union was named in 1850, and Pangasinan is said to mean 'where salt is made'.
Why It's Called That

All Stories

Its story

In 1903 the Philippine Commission reduced the municipalities of Ilocos Norte from fifteen to ten, and Bacarra took in the old municipality of Vintar.^[9]

The town church is listed by the National Historical Commission as a National Cultural Treasure under Presidential Decree No. 260 of 1973.^[10]

Timeline

15 October 1903
Act No. 946 joined the municipality of Vintar to Bacarra, with the seat of government at Bacarra.^[9]
1973
The Church of Bacarra was declared a National Cultural Treasure under Presidential Decree No. 260, s. 1973.^[10]

Nearby

Bacarra shares a border with Laoag City, Pasuquin and Vintar.

How it compares

Bacarra beside Ilocos Norte, and where it stands among the cities and municipalities of Ilocos Norte.

Bacarra beside Ilocos Norte
Figure	Bacarra	Ilocos Norte	Rank among the cities and municipalities of Ilocos Norte
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	32,734^{[1, 2]}	618,850	7th of 23
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	−0.55% a year^{[1, 2]}slower	0.36% a year	22nd of 23
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	538^[6]more crowded	187	5th of 23
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	60.86 km²^[6]	3,309.78 km²	18th of 23
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	3.6^{[1, 2]}lower	3.7	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	15.6%	not ranked

Shares a border with^[3]

How far, in a straight line^[3]

Laoag City, the capital of Ilocos Norte: 7.3 km southwest
Manila: 411.0 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]

Laoag CityIlocos Norte7.3 km southwest
PasuquinIlocos Norte11.4 km north
San NicolasIlocos Norte12.8 km south
SarratIlocos Norte13.1 km south
PiddigIlocos Norte18.1 km southeast
DingrasIlocos Norte19.7 km southeast

Sources

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

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14.Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost). Philippine ZIP Codes (the directory "ZipCode 2019.pdf", made 2019-12-02), as the Internet Archive keeps it (its SHA-1 matches the Archive's index). Published December 2, 2019. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1; a government-owned corporation's work is the Government's, Section 171.9). Open the source
15.1986 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
16.Commission on Elections (COMELEC). 2025 National and Local Elections: results, certificates of canvass of every province, city and municipality. Published May 2025. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
17.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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19.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected City/Municipal Candidates, May 9, 2022 National and Local Elections. Published December 23, 2025. 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
20.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected City/Municipal Candidates, May 13, 2019 National and Local Elections. Published December 23, 2025. 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
21.Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Records and Statistics Division, ERSD. List of Elected City/Municipal Candidates, May 9, 2016 National and Local Elections (its pages are headed "LIST OF ELECED CITY/MUNICIPAL CANDIDATES"). 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
22.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
23.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
24.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
25.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
26.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
27.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
28.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
29.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
30.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
31.Philippine Statistics Authority. 2015 Census of Population, Statistical Tables, Table 1: Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by City/Municipality, 1960-2015 (one workbook for each province, highly urbanized city and region). Published 2017. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
32.Philippine Statistics Authority. 2020 Census of Population and Housing: Table A (Population and Annual Growth Rate for the Philippines and its Regions, Provinces and Highly Urbanized Cities) and Table B (Population and Annual Growth Rates by Province, City and Municipality, by Region). Published July 2021. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
33.Philippine Statistics Authority. 2020 Census of Population and Housing: Household Population by Age Group and Sex, for the Philippines and its regions, provinces, cities and municipalities (revised file, psa.gov.ph/system/files/phcd/2022-12/). Published December 2022. Read by Scene October 8, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source

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