Santa Cruz, Zambales
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Santa Cruz
Sigayan | |
|---|---|
| Municipality of Santa Cruz | |
 Santa Cruz proper | |
 Seal | |
 Map of Zambales with Santa Cruz highlighted | |
 Interactive map of Santa Cruz | |
.svg)  Santa Cruz Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 15°46′N 119°55′E / 15.77°N 119.92°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Central Luzon |
| Province | Zambales |
| District | 2nd district |
| Founded | 1612 |
| Barangays | 25 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Consolacion M. Marty |
| • Vice Mayor | Miguel M. Maniago, Jr. |
| • Representative | Doris E. Maniquiz |
| • Municipal Council | Members |
| • Electorate | 43,102 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 438.46 km2 (169.29 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 11 m (36 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 107 m (351 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2024 census)[3] | |
• Total | 66,647 |
| • Density | 152.00/km2 (393.68/sq mi) |
| • Households | 16,033 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 1st municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 24.93 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 463 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 1,306 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 298 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 610.1 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Zambales 1 Electric Cooperative (ZAMECO 1) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 2213 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)47 |
| Native languages | Sambal Ilocano Tagalog |
Santa Cruz, officially the Municipality of Santa Cruz (Sambal: Babali nin Santa Cruz; Ilocano: Ili ti Santa Cruz; Filipino: Bayan ng Santa Cruz), is a municipality in the province of Zambales, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 66,647 people.[5]
Barangays
Santa Cruz is 136 kilometres (85 mi) from Olongapo, 58 kilometres (36 mi) from Iba, and 262 kilometres (163 mi) from Manila.
Santa Cruz is politically subdivided into 25 barangays, as indicated below. [6] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
- Babuyan
- Bangcol
- Bayto
- Biay
- Bolitoc
- Bulawon
- Canaynayan
- Gama
- Guinabon
- Guisguis
- Lipay
- Lomboy
- Lucapon North
- Lucapon South
- Malabago
- Naulo
- Pagatpat
- Pamonoran
- Poblacion North
- Poblacion South
- Sabang
- San Fernando
- Tabalong
- Tubotubo North
- Tubotubo South
Climate
| Climate data for Santa Cruz, Zambales | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30 (86) |
32 (90) |
33 (91) |
34 (93) |
32 (90) |
31 (88) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
30 (86) |
31 (88) |
30 (86) |
31 (88) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 19 (66) |
20 (68) |
21 (70) |
23 (73) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
22 (72) |
20 (68) |
23 (73) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 9 (0.4) |
10 (0.4) |
16 (0.6) |
27 (1.1) |
137 (5.4) |
183 (7.2) |
215 (8.5) |
219 (8.6) |
190 (7.5) |
124 (4.9) |
45 (1.8) |
18 (0.7) |
1,193 (47.1) |
| Average rainy days | 4.6 | 4.4 | 6.9 | 10.3 | 21.8 | 25.4 | 27.2 | 26.4 | 25.2 | 19.7 | 13.8 | 7.0 | 192.7 |
| Source: Meteoblue (modeled/calculated data, not measured locally)[7] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
Population census of Santa Cruz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[8][9][10][11][12] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the 2024 census, the population of Santa Cruz was 66,647 people,[13] with a density of 150 inhabitants per square kilometre or 390 inhabitants per square mile.
Economy
Poverty incidence of Santa Cruz
32.65
18.37
18.20
18.69
18.93
23.68
9.60
24.93
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
The banking and financial sectors are well developed in this town. Several banks such as Philippine National Bank, Bank of Commerce, BDO Network Bank, and some rural banks are in place, as well as remittance centers including Palawan Pawnshop, Cebuana Luillher, Western Union and LBC Express including other local pawnshops. Convenience store, local department stores, grocery stores and pharmaceutical shops serve the public.
Two cinema houses (the Ebido and Mose) previously served the locals but due to the high availability of recording media from VHS tapes, CDs and DVDs, the cinema houses eventually closed in the 90s.
Cable television services, the PLDT Telephone/Fiber network (previously Digitel) and more recently Converge ICT have been supplemented by the internet.
