Placer, Masbate
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Placer
Lungsod sa Placer Pueblo de Cervantéz | |
|---|---|
| Municipality of Placer | |
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 Map of Masbate with Placer highlighted | |
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.svg)  Placer Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 11°52′08″N 123°55′00″E / 11.8689°N 123.9167°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Bicol Region |
| Province | Masbate |
| District | 3rd district |
| Barangays | 35 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Eusebio P. Dumoran Jr. |
| • Vice Mayor | Mark A. Tinegra |
| • Representative | Wilton T. Kho |
| • Municipal Council | Members |
| • Electorate | 39,115 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 193.03 km2 (74.53 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 8.0 m (26.2 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 59 m (194 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2024 census)[3] | |
• Total | 56,658 |
| • Density | 293.52/km2 (760.21/sq mi) |
| • Households | 13,197 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 2nd municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 29.88 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 265.7 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 808.5 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 210 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 309.6 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Masbate Electric Cooperative (MASELCO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 5408 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)56 |
| Native languages | Cebuano Tagalog |
| Website | www |
Placer, officially the Municipality of Placer (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Placer), is a municipality in the province of Masbate, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 56,658 people.[5]
By virtue of Republic Act No. 292, passed on June 16, 1948, the barrio of Placer was constituted as its own municipality, separate from Cataingan.[6] The barrio of Esperanza (the then-largest barrio of Placer) eventually separated from Placer as a new municipality in 1959.[7]
Geography
Placer is 95 kilometres (59 mi) from Masbate City.
Barangays
Placer is politically subdivided into 35 barangays. [8] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
- Aguada
- Ban-Ao
- Burabod
- Cabangcalan
- Calumpang
- Camayabsan
- Daan-lungsod
- Dangpanan
- Daraga
- Guin-Awayan
- Guinhan-Ayan
- Katipunan
- Libas
- Locso-An
- Luna
- Mahayag
- Mahayahay
- Manlut-Od
- Matagangtang
- Naboctot
- Nagarao
- Nainday
- Naocondiot
- Pasiagon
- Pili
- Poblacion
- Puro
- Quibrada
- San Marcos
- Santa Cruz
- Taboc
- Tan-Awan
- Taverna
- Tubod
- Villa-Inocencio
Climate
| Climate data for Placer, Masbate | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29 (84) |
29 (84) |
31 (88) |
32 (90) |
32 (90) |
31 (88) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
30 (86) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23 (73) |
22 (72) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
24 (75) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 39 (1.5) |
34 (1.3) |
42 (1.7) |
36 (1.4) |
73 (2.9) |
109 (4.3) |
118 (4.6) |
108 (4.3) |
129 (5.1) |
136 (5.4) |
112 (4.4) |
89 (3.5) |
1,025 (40.4) |
| Average rainy days | 12.6 | 9.7 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 20.5 | 25.3 | 26.2 | 24.8 | 25.2 | 25.9 | 21.9 | 17.9 | 235 |
| Source: Meteoblue[9] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
Population census of Placer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[10][11][12][13][14] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the 2024 census, the population of Placer was 56,658 people,[15] with a density of 290 inhabitants per square kilometre or 750 inhabitants per square mile.
Placer is one of the only four municipalities in Masbate which is dominantly Cebuano-speaking, the other being the adjacent municipalities of Esperanza, Pio V. Corpuz, and Cawayan.
