Component city

Batac City

Batac City is a component city in Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Region, Philippines. Its population was 56,781 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
56,781
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 6% from 2010 to 2024
Rank by peopleSources
2nd
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 9 of every 100 people in Ilocos Norte lived in Batac City in 2024 (9.18%)
Inside itSources
43
barangays
LandSources
160.75 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: Batac City's land would fill a square about 12.7 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: 353 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 4 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
16,619
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
3.4 people in each, on average, in 2024
Town or countrySources
21.4%
About 21 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: 0102805000^[4]Formerly 012805000
ZIP code: 2906^{[15, 16]}

People

Batac City had 56,781 people in the 2024 census, up 6% 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.

Batac City had the 2nd most people of the 23 cities and municipalities of Ilocos Norte in 2024^[1]

1Laoag City112,117
2Batac City56,781
3Dingras40,176
4San Nicolas39,116
5Vintar35,051
6Badoc32,832
7Bacarra32,734

All 23 cities and municipalities of Ilocos Norte

In 2024, the 10 barangays with the most people held about 43 of every 100 of its people^[2]

Quiling Sur3,5526 in 100
Tabug3,4746 in 100
Baay3,2266 in 100
Bil-loca2,7715 in 100
Magnuang2,2474 in 100
Dariwdiw2,0294 in 100
Baligat2,0144 in 100
Palongpong1,9283 in 100
Naguirangan1,7193 in 100
Bungon1,6153 in 100

See all 43 barangays of Batac City

Age structure · 2020 Census^[36]People living in households, by age and sex

About 23 of every 100 are children under 15 (23.4%)
About 68 of every 100 are of working age, 15 to 64 (67.5%)
About 9 of every 100 are 65 or older (9.2%)

MenWomen

The figures by age

People by age group, men and women
Age	People	Men	Women
0 - 4	4,118	2,115	2,003
5 - 9	4,095	2,178	1,917
10 - 14	4,713	2,444	2,269
15 - 19	4,713	2,431	2,282
20 - 24	4,715	2,422	2,293
25 - 29	4,532	2,295	2,237
30 - 34	4,104	2,093	2,011
35 - 39	3,906	1,989	1,917
40 - 44	3,639	1,806	1,833
45 - 49	3,242	1,672	1,570
50 - 54	3,267	1,644	1,623
55 - 59	2,886	1,379	1,507
60 - 64	2,343	1,127	1,216
65 - 69	1,709	772	937
70 - 74	1,281	498	783
75 - 79	885	319	566
80 years and over	1,191	382	809

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: 56,781^{[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: 16,619^{[1, 2]}
People in each household, 2024: 3.4 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: 9.18%^[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: 21.4% (12,124 people)^[5]
Men and women, 2020: 27,566 men, 27,773 women^[36]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	56,781^{[1, 2]}	0.56% a year	16,619	3.4
2020as of May 1, 2020	55,484^[1]	0.11% a year	—	—
2015as of August 1, 2015	55,201^[1]	0.58% a year	—	—
2010as of May 1, 2010	53,542^[1]	—	—	—
2007as of August 1, 2007; as it was then	50,675^[33]	0.84% a year	—	—
2000as of May 1, 2000; on today’s borders	47,682^{[33, 34]}	0.99% a year	—	—
1995as of September 1, 1995; as it was then	45,534^[33]	1.04% a year	—	—
1990as of May 1, 1990; as it was then	43,092^[33]	1.38% a year	—	—
1980as of May 1, 1980; as it was then	37,579^[33]	1.30% a year	—	—
1975as of May 1, 1975; as it was then	35,230^[33]	1.25% a year	—	—
1970as of May 6, 1970; as it was then	33,114^[33]	1.96% a year	—	—
1960as of February 15, 1960; as it was then	27,139^[33]	—	—	—

Barangays

Batac City is made up of 43 barangays.

Barangays of Batac City. Each column heading sorts the table.
	^{[2, 3, 5, 6, 7]}	Share (2024)			Urban or rural
Ablan Pob.	716	1.26%	−0.79% a year	about 0.0799 km²	Urban
Acosta Pob.	1,027	1.81%	−0.71% a year	about 0.113 km²	Rural
Aglipay	1,060	1.87%	0.02% a year	about 0.126 km²	Rural
Baay	3,226	5.68%	−0.11% a year	about 3.96 km²	Rural
Baligat	2,014	3.55%	1.11% a year	about 4.09 km²	Rural
Baoa East	740	1.3%	−0.23% a year	about 3.22 km²	Rural
Baoa West	1,471	2.59%	1.12% a year	about 3.36 km²	Rural
Barani	663	1.17%	1.00% a year	about 0.102 km²	Rural
Ben-agan	660	1.16%	−1.87% a year	about 0.103 km²	Rural
Bil-loca	2,771	4.88%	−0.08% a year	about 3.43 km²	Urban
Biningan	470	0.83%	0.10% a year	about 5.38 km²	Rural
Bungon	1,615	2.84%	1.05% a year	about 4.50 km²	Rural
Callaguip	845	1.49%	0.37% a year	about 0.164 km²	Urban
Camandingan	1,561	2.75%	0.86% a year	about 9.52 km²	Rural
Camguidan	466	0.82%	−2.68% a year	about 3.28 km²	Rural
Cangrunaan	740	1.3%	0.63% a year	about 0.0809 km²	Urban
Capacuan	732	1.29%	0.16% a year	about 3.62 km²	Rural
Caunayan	994	1.75%	−2.51% a year	about 0.393 km²	Urban
Colo	1,423	2.51%	−0.15% a year	about 3.94 km²	Rural
Dariwdiw	2,029	3.57%	−0.28% a year	about 5.77 km²	Rural
Lacub	519	0.91%	5.09% a year	about 0.087 km²	Urban
Mabaleng	1,260	2.22%	1.96% a year	about 5.36 km²	Rural
Magnuang	2,247	3.96%	0.55% a year	about 7.59 km²	Rural
Maipalig	622	1.1%	7.73% a year	about 16.27 km²	Rural
Nagbacalan	1,142	2.01%	1.24% a year	about 6.88 km²	Rural
Naguirangan	1,719	3.03%	1.51% a year	about 2.69 km²	Rural
Palongpong	1,928	3.4%	0.77% a year	about 2.22 km²	Rural
Palpalicong	695	1.22%	−4.11% a year	about 0.225 km²	Rural
Parangopong	1,434	2.53%	3.29% a year	about 3.05 km²	Rural
Payao	1,436	2.53%	−0.35% a year	about 7.53 km²	Rural
Pimentel	1,249	2.2%	1.66% a year	about 4.83 km²	Rural
Quiling Norte	1,576	2.78%	0.74% a year	about 3.80 km²	Rural
Quiling Sur	3,552	6.26%	2.03% a year	about 2.82 km²	Rural
Quiom	886	1.56%	0.05% a year	about 13.63 km²	Rural
Rayuray	1,085	1.91%	0.52% a year	about 2.17 km²	Rural
Ricarte Pob.	620	1.09%	−4.91% a year	about 0.181 km²	Rural
San Julian	518	0.91%	2.62% a year	about 0.0934 km²	Rural
San Mateo	1,166	2.05%	0.65% a year	about 1.72 km²	Rural
San Pedro	981	1.73%	2.14% a year	about 7.72 km²	Rural
Suabit	1,279	2.25%	1.36% a year	about 0.188 km²	Urban
Sumader	1,384	2.44%	−0.05% a year	about 7.95 km²	Rural
Tabug	3,474	6.12%	0.84% a year	about 6.47 km²	Urban
Valdez Pob.	786	1.38%	−0.66% a year	about 0.286 km²	Urban

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

Batac City covers 160.75 km² of land, 353 people for every km² in 2024. Its land rises to 540 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: 160.75 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: 353 people per km²^[6]
Coordinates: 18.05028° N, 120.58824° E^[3]The point inside its border farthest from every edge, so it always falls within the place.

Height above the sea^[29]

Lowest: 5 m
Average: 91 m
Highest: 540 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^[30]

Quiaoit River19.8 of 22.6 km
Tabug 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 I^[31]

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, 16 km away^[32]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 4 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: 4.0% of people^[19]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: 3rd class^[4]

About 4 of every 100 people in Batac City lived below the poverty line in 2021 (4.0%)^[19]

The PSA's model for every town puts it between 3.0% and 5.0%, with 90% confidence.

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

Public places

25government offices
4hospitals and health centres
45schools
5places of worship
1market
2stations and terminals
2parks
5monuments 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.

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

Government offices20

14 more government offices are listed on the pages of the barangays they stand in. See the 43 barangays of Batac City

Hospitals and health centres4

Markets1

Batac Public Market · Bil-loca

Stations and terminals2

Laoag-Batac-Paoay Terminal · Valdez Pob.
RCJ Trans · Lacub

Parks2

Monuments and memorials5

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

Government & Leaders

A mayor leads Batac City. Its local laws, called ordinances, are passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod (the city 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]}

City classCity classA highly urbanized city or an independent component city governs itself apart from the province around it: its voters do not elect the governor. A component city is part of its province.More in the glossary: Component city^[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: 2nd district of Ilocos Norte^{[17, 18]}

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
Mark Christian Ramos Chua^[20]
Vice mayor
Albert Daguio Chua^[20]
2022–2025
Mayor
Albert Daguio Chua^[21]
Vice mayor
Windell Daguio Chua^[21]
2019–2022
Mayor
Albert Daguio Chua^[22]
Vice mayor
Windell Daguio Chua^[22]
2016–2019
Mayor
Albert Daguio Chua^[23]
Vice mayor
Jeffrey Jubal Castro Nalupta^[23]
2013–2016
Mayor
Jeffrey Jubal Castro Nalupta^[24]
Vice mayor
Ronald Allan Marders Nalupta^[24]
2010–2013
Mayor
Jeffrey Jubal Castro Nalupta^[25]
Vice mayor
Ronald Allan Marders Nalupta^[25]
2007–2010
Mayor
Jeffrey Jubal C. Nalupta^[26]
Vice mayor
Ronald Allan Marders Nalupta^[26]
2004–2007
Mayor
Jesus Nalupta Sr.^[27]
Vice mayor
Albert Chua^[27]
2001–2004
Mayor
Jesus R. Nalupta^[28]
Vice mayor
Albert D. Chua^[28]

Mayors and vice mayors of Batac City, by term
Term	Mayor	Vice mayor
2025–2028In office as of February 2026	Mark Christian Ramos Chua^[20]	Albert Daguio Chua^[20]
2022–2025	Albert Daguio Chua^[21]	Windell Daguio Chua^[21]
2019–2022	Albert Daguio Chua^[22]	Windell Daguio Chua^[22]
2016–2019	Albert Daguio Chua^[23]	Jeffrey Jubal Castro Nalupta^[23]
2013–2016	Jeffrey Jubal Castro Nalupta^[24]	Ronald Allan Marders Nalupta^[24]
2010–2013	Jeffrey Jubal Castro Nalupta^[25]	Ronald Allan Marders Nalupta^[25]
2007–2010	Jeffrey Jubal C. Nalupta^[26]	Ronald Allan Marders Nalupta^[26]
2004–2007	Jesus Nalupta Sr.^[27]	Albert Chua^[27]
2001–2004	Jesus R. Nalupta^[28]	Albert D. Chua^[28]

History & Identity

Stories from Ilocos Region

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

Batac City's fiesta and days

Gregorio L. Aglipay DayLocal special day · Every 1 September · next Wednesday, 1 September 2027

Everything listed for Batac City in Now

Official name: City of Batac^[4]
Created: Batac was converted from a municipality into a component city by Republic Act No. 9407, the Charter of the City of Batac, dated 24 March 2007. The city page says voters approved the conversion in a plebiscite on 23 June 2007.^{[9, 10]}

How it got its name

Sources differThe city says no record of the origin of the name survives, and that people believed Batac was already the name before the Spaniards came. In one account the word is native and means help given to someone in need.^[10]

Sources differA second account says Indonesian settlers who came to the islands about 5,000 years ago gave the name.^[10]

Local traditionA folktale says a man digging a root crop fell into a deep hole and cried for help. Two men from Paoay heard him, and his words, said to be 'Bataquennac', became the town's name.^[10]

Its story

The city page says the first site of Batac in 1687 was San Jose, now Palpalicong, where a Christian community and an Itneg community lived side by side.^[10]

The same page says the conquistador Juan de Salcedo founded Batac in 1577.^[10]

In 1903 Act No. 946 joined the municipality of Banna to Batac, with the seat of government at Batac.^[12]

Republic Act No. 9407 made Batac a component city in 2007, after a plebiscite on 23 June 2007.^[10]

The Supreme Court first voided and later upheld the cityhood laws of sixteen towns including Batac. The city page says the final ruling of 15 February 2011 declared them constitutional.^[10]

Timeline

1577
Founding by Juan de Salcedo, as the city page tells it.^[10]
1687
Batac had its first site at San Jose, now Palpalicong.^[10]
15 October 1903
Act No. 946 joined Banna to Batac.^[12]
24 March 2007
Republic Act No. 9407 converted Batac into a component city.^[9]
23 June 2007
Batac voters approved cityhood in a plebiscite.^[10]
15 February 2011
The Supreme Court finally upheld the cityhood laws of sixteen cities including Batac.^[10]

Changes since 1977

As the Philippine Statistics Authority recorded them in its list of places.

April to June 2007
Became a city, by RA 9407.^[35]
April to June 2009
Became a municipality again.^[35]
October to December 2009
Became a city again.^[35]

Nearby

Batac City shares a border with 7 places.

How it compares

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

Batac City beside Ilocos Norte
Figure	Batac City	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	56,781^{[1, 2]}	618,850	2nd 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	0.56% a year^{[1, 2]}faster	0.36% a year	9th 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	353^[6]more crowded	187	10th 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	160.75 km²^[6]	3,309.78 km²	7th 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	3.4^{[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	21.4%^[5]higher	15.6%	not ranked

Shares a border with^[3]

How far, in a straight line^[3]

Laoag City, the capital of Ilocos Norte: 17.9 km north
Manila: 387.5 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]

PaoayIlocos Norte9.1 km northwest
CurrimaoIlocos Norte10.6 km west
BannaIlocos Norte11.0 km southeast
San NicolasIlocos Norte11.2 km north
PiniliIlocos Norte12.6 km southwest
DingrasIlocos Norte12.7 km northeast

Sources

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

1.Philippine Statistics Authority. Population and Annual Population Growth Rate of the Philippines and its Regions, Provinces, and Highly Urbanized Cities Based on the 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2024 Population Census (OpenSTAT table 0211A6DAPG0). Published August 7, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
2.Philippine Statistics Authority. Total Population, Household Population, and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality, and Barangay as of 01 July 2024: Ilocos Region (OpenSTAT table 0011A6DTPH0). Published August 4, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
3.UN OCHA, from the PSA and NAMRIA. Philippines: Subnational Administrative Boundaries (COD-AB), barangay layer. Published February 13, 2025. Read by Scene September 25, 2026. CC BY-IGO 3.0. Open the source
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8.OpenStreetMap contributors. Named public places in OpenStreetMap: schools, hospitals and health centres, places of worship, government offices, markets, stations, parks, beaches and monuments, from Geofabrik's extract of the Philippines. Published September 30, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. ODbL 1.0. Open the source
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17.1986 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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25.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
26.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
27.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
28.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
29.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
30.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
31.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
32.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
33.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
34.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
35.Philippine Statistics Authority. Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC), 2nd Quarter 2026: Summary of Changes, every change to a place since 1977. Published June 30, 2026. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. CC BY (PSA Terms of Use). Open the source
36.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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