San Roque, Northern Samar
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San Roque | |
|---|---|
| Municipality of San Roque | |
 Flag | |
 Map of Northern Samar with San Roque highlighted | |
 Interactive map of San Roque | |
.svg)  San Roque Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 12°31′59″N 124°52′01″E / 12.533°N 124.867°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Eastern Visayas |
| Province | Northern Samar |
| District | 2nd district |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Named after | Saint Roch |
| Barangays | 16 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Maria Ana G. Abalon |
| • Vice Mayor | Ethel Ombrog Ramirez |
| • Representative | Jose L. Ong Jr. |
| • Councilors | List |
| • Electorate | 17,816 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 152.98 km2 (59.07 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 7.4 m (24 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 202 m (663 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2024 census)[4] | |
• Total | 29,993 |
| • Density | 196.06/km2 (507.79/sq mi) |
| • Households | 5,619 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 4th municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 29.57 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 196.1 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 469.9 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 174.7 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 38.21 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Northern Samar Electric Cooperative (NORSAMELCO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 6415 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)55 |
| Native languages | Waray Tagalog |
| Website | www |
San Roque, officially the Municipality of San Roque (Waray: Bungto han San Roque; Tagalog: Bayan ng San Roque), is a municipality in the province of Northern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 29,882 people.[6]
San Roque was originally a part of Pambujan. San Roque is the Spanish language name for Saint Roch.
Republic Act No. 2102, which created the municipality of San Roque, was enacted without executive approval on March 28, 1959. The territory of the town was described as follows:
- On the north by the limits of the municipal water as prescribed by the Revised Administrative Code;
- On the Northeast in straight line starting from the seashore down to the Cacapisan Creek passing Dale up to the bank of the Pambujan River;
- On the East thru a straight line from the bank of the Pambujan River running south-westerly to the mouth of the Cabigaho Creek;
- On the West by a straight line retaining the former boundary between Mondragon and Pambujan.
The law creating the town referred to the barrios of Lao-angan, Coroconog, Dale, Balnasan, Bantayan, Pagsang-an, Malobago, Lawa-an, Ginagda-nan, and Balud and the sitio of Cabigaho as comprising the town.[7]
Geography
Barangays
San Roque is politically subdivided into 16 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
- Balnasan
- Balud
- Bantayan
- Coroconog
- Dale
- Ginagdanan
- Lao-angan
- Lawaan
- Malobago
- Pagsang-an
- Zone 1 (Poblacion)
- Zone 2 (Poblacion)
- Zone 3 (Poblacion)
- Zone 4 (Poblacion)
- Zone 5 (Poblacion)
- Zone 6 (Poblacion)
Climate
| Climate data for San Roque, Northern Samar | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27 (81) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
30 (86) |
31 (88) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (74) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 84 (3.3) |
59 (2.3) |
58 (2.3) |
55 (2.2) |
93 (3.7) |
133 (5.2) |
149 (5.9) |
125 (4.9) |
155 (6.1) |
165 (6.5) |
140 (5.5) |
136 (5.4) |
1,352 (53.3) |
| Average rainy days | 18.1 | 13.6 | 15.8 | 16.1 | 21.7 | 25.5 | 26.6 | 25.1 | 24.8 | 25.8 | 22.7 | 20.1 | 255.9 |
| Source: Meteoblue[8] | |||||||||||||
