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Province

Masbate

Masbate is a province in the Bicol Region of Luzon, Philippines. Its population was 910,813 in the 2024 census, and it has 1 city and 20 municipalities.

  • Population: 2024 Census
  • Places: PSGC 2Q 2026
  • Checked by Scene: October 8, 2026
  • Page updated: October 9, 2026
A low rocky islet topped by coconut palms and a hut, ringed by white sand, across clear turquoise shallows under a cloudless blue sky.
Tinalisayan Island, off San Pascual.Photo: “Tinalisayan Island” by Derk29, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; resized by Scene. Scene's copy is shared under the same licence.

  • PeopleSources

    910,813

    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 9.1% from 2010 to 2024

  • Rank by peopleSources

    3rd

    of the 6 provinces of Bicol Region 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 15 of every 100 people in Bicol Region lived in Masbate in 2024 (15.02%)

  • Inside itSources

    21

    cities and municipalities

    550 barangays

  • LandSources

    4,095.65 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: Masbate's land would fill a square about 64.0 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: 222 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 2 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

    220,949

    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

    4.1 people in each, on average, in 2024

  • Town or countrySources

    14%

    About 14 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
0504100000[4]Formerly 054100000

People

Masbate had 910,813 people in the 2024 census, up 9.1% 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.

Masbate had the 3rd most people of the 6 provinces of Bicol Region in 2024[1]
  1. 1Camarines Sur2,063,314
  2. 2Albay1,379,398
  3. 3Masbate910,813
  4. 4Sorsogon845,066
  5. 5Camarines Norte604,666
  6. 6Catanduanes261,169
All 6 provinces of Bicol Region
Of every 100 people in Masbate in 2024[1]

Corrected by Scene from the PSA's men and women counts. The PSA's age table prints a both-sexes count for 80 - 84 (9,400 printed against 5,776 men and women) and 85 and over (7,984 printed against 3,624 men and women) that is not the sum of its men and women, although its men and women columns add up exactly to the Masbate totals. Scene shows the sum of the two for these groups and keeps the printed values.[5]

Age structure · 2024 Census[5]People living in households, by age and sex
  • About 33 of every 100 are children under 15 (32.5%)
  • About 61 of every 100 are of working age, 15 to 64 (61.2%)
  • About 6 of every 100 are 65 or older (6.4%)
MenWomen

The figures by age

People by age group, men and women
AgePeopleMenWomen
Under 585,58543,99341,592
5 - 998,72751,15747,570
10 - 14111,26257,63453,628
15 - 19102,76252,77149,991
20 - 2482,85241,98840,864
25 - 2965,78733,49132,296
30 - 3461,52931,48330,046
35 - 3951,12126,86324,258
40 - 4445,79224,03821,754
45 - 4942,69221,98920,703
50 - 5439,53220,14019,392
55 - 5934,82417,14017,684
60 - 6429,71814,64115,077
65 - 6923,37910,79612,583
70 - 7415,7816,8448,937
75 - 799,3363,6365,700
80 - 845,776Corrected by Scene · the PSA prints 9,4001,9523,824
85 and over3,624Corrected by Scene · the PSA prints 7,9849862,638

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
910,813[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
220,949[1, 2]
People in each household, 2024
4.1 on average[1, 2]
Share of Bicol Region, 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
15.02%[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
14% (127,318 people)[6]
Men and women, 2024
461,542 men, 448,537 women[5]People living in households
Population at each census, with its source
CensusPopulationGrowth since the census beforeHouseholdsPeople per household
2024as of July 1, 2024910,813[1, 2]0.05% a year220,9494.1
2020as of May 1, 2020908,920[1]0.39% a year——
2015as of August 1, 2015892,393[1]1.28% a year——
2010as of May 1, 2010834,650[1]———
2007as of August 1, 2007; as it was then768,939[36]1.15% a year——
2000as of May 1, 2000; on today’s borders707,668[36, 37]1.71% a year——
1995as of September 1, 1995; as it was then653,852[36]1.64% a year——
1990as of May 1, 1990; as it was then599,355[36]0.25% a year——
1980as of May 1, 1980; as it was then584,520[36]1.85% a year——
1975as of May 1, 1975; as it was then533,387[36]1.59% a year——
1970as of May 6, 1970; as it was then492,908[36]3.82% a year——
1960as of February 15, 1960; as it was then335,971[36]———

Cities and municipalities

Masbate is made up of 20 municipalities and 1 city, with 550 barangays in all.
Colour byColours the map of Masbate by the figure chosen; the key beside it says what each colour means.
Aroroy: 89,154 people, 193 per km², 0.22% a yearBaleno: 28,787 people, 147 per km², −0.06% a yearBalud: 40,236 people, 180 per km², 0.05% a yearBatuan: 15,614 people, 290 per km², 1.61% a yearCataingan: 51,165 people, 263 per km², 0.26% a yearCawayan: 68,510 people, 267 per km², −0.26% a yearMasbate City: 104,011 people, 548 per km², −0.12% a yearClaveria: 40,733 people, 240 per km², −0.81% a yearDimasalang: 25,054 people, 351 per km², 0.14% a yearEsperanza: 18,021 people, 269 per km², 0.66% a yearMandaon: 44,177 people, 131 per km², 0.03% a yearMilagros: 57,362 people, 112 per km², −0.07% a yearMobo: 41,199 people, 290 per km², 0.22% a yearMonreal: 25,843 people, 287 per km², 0.64% a yearPalanas: 28,133 people, 235 per km², 0.70% a yearPio V. Corpus: 23,641 people, 252 per km², −0.10% a yearPlacer: 56,658 people, 298 per km², 0.14% a yearSan Fernando: 22,006 people, 254 per km², 0.45% a yearSan Jacinto: 29,458 people, 263 per km², −0.18% a yearSan Pascual: 44,641 people, 180 per km², 0.10% a yearUson: 56,410 people, 201 per km², −0.32% 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
Cities and municipalities of Masbate. Each column heading sorts the table.
Kind[1, 7]Share (2024)
AroroyMunicipality89,1549.79%0.22% a year461.38 km²
BalenoMunicipality28,7873.16%−0.06% a year196.42 km²
BaludMunicipality40,2364.42%0.05% a year223.00 km²
BatuanMunicipality15,6141.71%1.61% a year53.82 km²
CatainganMunicipality51,1655.62%0.26% a year194.45 km²
CawayanMunicipality68,5107.52%−0.26% a year256.29 km²
Masbate CityComponent city104,01111.42%−0.12% a year189.91 km²
ClaveriaMunicipality40,7334.47%−0.81% a year169.66 km²
DimasalangMunicipality25,0542.75%0.14% a year71.45 km²
EsperanzaMunicipality18,0211.98%0.66% a year66.88 km²
MandaonMunicipality44,1774.85%0.03% a year336.75 km²
MilagrosMunicipality57,3626.3%−0.07% a year513.83 km²
MoboMunicipality41,1994.52%0.22% a year142.14 km²
MonrealMunicipality25,8432.84%0.64% a year90.05 km²
PalanasMunicipality28,1333.09%0.70% a year119.49 km²
Pio V. CorpusMunicipality23,6412.6%−0.10% a year93.75 km²
PlacerMunicipality56,6586.22%0.14% a year190.14 km²
San FernandoMunicipality22,0062.42%0.45% a year86.53 km²
San JacintoMunicipality29,4583.23%−0.18% a year112.12 km²
San PascualMunicipality44,6414.9%0.10% a year247.54 km²
UsonMunicipality56,4106.19%−0.32% a year280.05 km²

Land & Environment

Masbate covers 4,095.65 km² of land, 222 people for every km² in 2024. Its land rises to 701 m above the sea and it has 1,146.6 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
4,095.65 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
222 people per km²[7]
Coordinates
12.34477° N, 123.44589° E[3]The point inside its border farthest from every edge, so it always falls within the place.
Height above the sea[32]
Lowest
Sea level
Average
75 m
Highest
701 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

1,146.6 km of coastline[33]

Rivers[33]

  1. Lanang River41.9 of 42.8 km
  2. Nainday River35.4 of 35.5 km
  3. Aguada River21.1 of 21.2 km
  4. Guiom River20.3 km
  5. Gaed River19.6 of 19.7 km
  6. Malbug18.3 of 21.1 km
  7. Asid River17.4 of 17.6 km
  8. Sagawsawan River16.3 of 16.5 km

The longest inside it: 14 in all.

Peaks[33]

  1. Conical Peak682 m
  2. Mount Bagulipat604 m
  3. Mount Nabongsuran484 m
  4. Mount Manapao373 m
  5. Mount Engañoso333 m
  6. Mount Sagurun239 m

The highest: 29 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 III[34]

No clear rainiest time of year, and a short dry season of one to three months, in December to February or in March to May.

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

At Masbate, the nearest PAGASA station, 20 km away[35]Averages for 1991 to 2020: 2,027 mm of rain on 146 days a year; 28.4 °C on average

Rain each month Average temperature

The figures by month

Climate at Masbate, 1991 to 2020, by month
MonthRainRainy daysAverageHighLow
January195 mm1426.9 °C30.4 °C23.4 °C
February114 mm1027.2 °C31.0 °C23.4 °C
March111 mm828.0 °C32.0 °C24.0 °C
April50 mm529.1 °C33.2 °C24.9 °C
May127 mm829.7 °C33.7 °C25.7 °C
June145 mm1129.4 °C33.3 °C25.5 °C
July209 mm1528.8 °C32.5 °C25.1 °C
August169 mm1428.8 °C32.5 °C25.1 °C
September205 mm1528.8 °C32.5 °C25.0 °C
October204 mm1428.6 °C32.4 °C24.9 °C
November205 mm1528.3 °C31.9 °C24.7 °C
December294 mm1727.5 °C30.9 °C24.1 °C
The year2,027 mm14628.4 °C32.2 °C24.7 °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 9 m above the sea.

Life & Economy

Masbate's economy made ₱117.1 billion of goods and services in 2025, ₱125,665 for each person. About 19 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
₱117.1 billion[19]Its gross domestic product at current prices; ₱89.1 billion at 2018 prices.
Growth, 2024–2025
3.9%[20]How much more it made than the year before, at 2018 prices.
For each person, 2025
₱125,665[21]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
19.2% of people[22]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
1st class[4]
About 19 of every 100 people in Masbate lived below the poverty line in 2023 (19.2%)[22]

The PSA's survey puts it between 15.7% and 22.8%, with 95% confidence. The poverty line was ₱28,627 a person for the year.

Public places

  • 94government offices
  • 27hospitals and health centres
  • 718schools
  • 67places of worship
  • 9markets
  • 17stations and terminals
  • 7parks
  • 2beaches
  • 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 “Masbate” in their name, then one in each of its most populous cities and municipalities.

Stations and terminals17

11 more stations and terminals are listed on the pages of the cities and municipalities they stand in. See the 21 cities and municipalities of Masbate

Parks7

Beaches2

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 Masbate. 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.[16, 17]

Capital
Masbate City[4]

3 legislative districtsLegislative districtThe area that elects one member of the House of Representatives. A big province or city may have several.More in the glossary[18]

Each district elects one member of the House of Representatives. These are the districts as the laws drew them for the 2025 elections.

1st district

2nd district

3rd district

Leaders

The governor and vice governor 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

    Governor
    Ricardo Tingcungco Kho[23]
    Vice governor
    Fernando Pastrana Talisic[23]

  2. 2022–2025

    Governor
    Antonio Tero Kho[24]
    Vice governor
    Elisa Tingcungco Kho[24]

  3. 2019–2022

    Governor
    Antonio Tero Kho[25]
    Vice governor
    Olga Tingcungco Kho[25]

  4. 2016–2019

    Governor
    Antonio Tero Kho[26]
    Vice governor
    Jo Kristine Celera Revil[26]

  5. 2013–2016

    Governor
    Rizalina Seachon Lanete[27]
    Vice governor
    Vicente Homer Bajar Revil[27]

  6. 2010–2013

    Governor
    Rizalina Seachon Lanete[28]
    Vice governor
    Vicente Homer Bajar Revil[28]

  7. 2007–2010

    Governor
    Elisa Tingcungco Kho[29]
    Vice governor
    Vicente Homer Bajar Revil[29]

  8. 2004–2007

    Governor
    Antonio Tero Kho[30]
    Vice governor
    Raul Romero Estrella[30]

  9. 2001–2004

    Governor
    Antonio T. Kho[31]
    Vice governor
    Edgar O. Legaspi[31]
Governors and vice governors of Masbate, by term
TermGovernorVice governor
2025–2028In office as of February 2026Ricardo Tingcungco Kho[23]Fernando Pastrana Talisic[23]
2022–2025Antonio Tero Kho[24]Elisa Tingcungco Kho[24]
2019–2022Antonio Tero Kho[25]Olga Tingcungco Kho[25]
2016–2019Antonio Tero Kho[26]Jo Kristine Celera Revil[26]
2013–2016Rizalina Seachon Lanete[27]Vicente Homer Bajar Revil[27]
2010–2013Rizalina Seachon Lanete[28]Vicente Homer Bajar Revil[28]
2007–2010Elisa Tingcungco Kho[29]Vicente Homer Bajar Revil[29]
2004–2007Antonio Tero Kho[30]Raul Romero Estrella[30]
2001–2004Antonio T. Kho[31]Edgar O. Legaspi[31]

History & Identity

Created
Organized as a province under Act No. 105, enacted 18 March 1901; annexed to Sorsogon from 1 January 1906 by Act No. 1413; authorized to be reestablished as a province by Act No. 2934, approved 15 December 1920[9, 10, 11]

How it got its name

The name is on record from the first years of Spanish rule: Fray Martín de Rada wrote in July 1569 of a place called Masbat, rich in gold mines; documents of 1573 and 1574 write Masbat or Masbad, and Miguel de Loarca first wrote Masbate in 1582.[13]

Burias, one of its three main islands, is named after the buri palm that grows there.[14]

Its story

Captain Luis Enríquez de Guzmán led the first Spanish expedition to Masbate, Burias and Ticao in 1569, and the Augustinian Alonso Jiménez began preaching there; by 1605 Masbate was an Augustinian mission, and Recollect missionaries took charge in the late 1680s.[12, 13, 14]

From 1837 fortune-seekers poured into the ore fields of Aroroy, and the growth in people and trade called for closer government: in 1846 Masbate and Ticao were separated from Albay as a politico-military district, and in 1864 Masbate was declared a province of its own.[12, 13]

On 19 August 1898, threatened by the pulahanes, about a thousand Spaniards and loyal Filipinos abandoned Masbate for Capiz, a month before the Spaniards left Legazpi, and revolutionary forces under General Riego de Dios arrived at the end of that month.[14]

Act No. 105 of 18 March 1901 made the old District of Masbate, with Ticao and Burias, a civil province. The province keeps 18 March as its founding anniversary; the 125th fell in 2026.[9, 15]

Act No. 1413 joined it to Sorsogon from 1 January 1906, and Act No. 2934 of 15 December 1920 allowed it to be restored as a province, with the town of Masbate as its capital.[10, 11]

Timeline

  1. 1569

    Luis Enríquez de Guzmán's expedition reaches Masbate, Burias and Ticao.[12]

  2. 1605

    Masbate becomes an Augustinian mission.[13]

  3. 1846

    Masbate and Ticao are separated from Albay as a politico-military district.[12, 13]

  4. 1864

    Masbate is declared a province separate from Albay.[13]

  5. 19 August 1898

    The Spaniards abandon Masbate for Capiz.[14]

  6. 18 March 1901

    Act No. 105 extends the Provincial Government Act to Masbate.[9]

  7. 1 January 1906

    Under Act No. 1413, Masbate becomes part of Sorsogon.[10]

  8. 15 December 1920

    Act No. 2934 provides for restoring Masbate as a province.[11]

Nearby

Masbate shares no land border with another province. Nearest across the water are Quezon, Samar, Albay and Sorsogon.

How it compares

Masbate beside Bicol Region, and where it stands among the provinces of Bicol Region.

Masbate beside Bicol Region
FigureMasbateBicol RegionRank among the provinces of Bicol Region
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 glossary910,813[1, 2]6,064,4263rd of 6
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 glossary0.05% a year[1, 2]faster−0.07% a year3rd of 6
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 glossary222[7]less crowded3375th of 6
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 glossary4,095.65 km²[7]18,007.22 km²2nd of 6
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 glossary4.1[1, 2]about the same4.1not 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 glossary14%[6]lower24.5%not ranked

The nearest provinces across the water[3]

  1. QuezonCALABARZON13.2 km northwest
  2. SamarEastern Visayas13.3 km east
  3. AlbayBicol Region13.5 km north
  4. SorsogonBicol Region16.6 km northeast

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 9, 2026. Sources checked by Scene October 8, 2026.
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  8. 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
  9. 9.United States Philippine Commission. Act No. 105: An Act Extending the Provisions of the Provincial Government Act to the Province of Masbate. Published March 18, 1901. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
  10. 10.Philippine Commission. Act No. 1413: An Act Annexing the Province of Masbate to the Province of Sorsogon, and Amending Act Numbered Seventy-Four, as Amended by Making the Provinces of Albay and Sorsogon Separate School Divisions, and for Other Purposes. Published November 23, 1905. Read by Scene October 2, 2026. Philippine government work, no copyright (Republic Act No. 8293, Section 176.1). Open the source
  11. 11.Philippine Legislature. Act No. 2934: An Act Authorizing the Separation of the Subprovinee of Masbate from the Province of Sorsogon and the Reestablishment of the Former Province of Masbate, and for Other Purposes. Published December 15, 1920. 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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  15. 15.Office of the President of the Philippines. Proclamation No. 1167, s. 2026: Declaring Wednesday, 18 March 2026, a Special (Non-Working) Day in the Province of Masbate. Published February 11, 2026. 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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  32. 32.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
  33. 33.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
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