San Luis, Agusan del Sur

San Luis
Municipality
Location within Agusan del Sur province
San Luis Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 8°30′N 125°44′E / 8.5°N 125.74°ECoordinates: 8°30′N 125°44′E / 8.5°N 125.74°E
Country	Philippines
Region	Caraga (Region XIII)
Province	Agusan del Sur
District	1st district of Agusan del Sur
Barangays	25 (see Barangays)
Government [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Ronaldo Y. Corvera
Area[2]
• Total	950.5 km^2 (367.0 sq mi)
Population (2015 census)[3]
• Total	32,109
• Density	34/km^2 (87/sq mi)
• Voter (2016)[4]	16,701
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	8511
IDD : area code	+63 (0)85
Income class	1st class
PSGC	160309000

San Luis, officially the Municipality of San Luis (Filipino: Bayan ng San Luis), is a municipality in the province of Agusan del Sur in the Caraga (Region XIII) of the Philippines. The population was 32,109 at the 2015 census.^[3] In the 2016 election, it had 16,701 registered voters.^[4]

San Luis was created into a municipality on June 15, 1968, when the barrios of San Luis, Santa Inez, Nuevo Trabajo, Cualision and Baylo were separated from the municipality of Esperanza and constituted into the new town, through Republic Act 5262.^[5] Since the 1970s, the town's economy has been largely based on logging industries.^[6]

Geography

San Luis is located at 8°30′N 125°44′E / 8.5°N 125.74°E.

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 950.5 square kilometres (367.0 sq mi)^[2] constituting 9.51% of the 9,989.52-square-kilometre- (3,856.98 sq mi) total area of Agusan del Sur.

Barangays

San Luis is politically subdivided into 25 barangays.^[7]

PSGC	Barangay	Population			±% p.a.
		2015[3]		2010[8]
160309001	Anislagan	6.2%	1,998	1,947	+0.49%
160309008	Balit	2.7%	868	1,139	−5.04%
160309002	Baylo	4.8%	1,555	1,328	+3.05%
160309009	Binicalan	10.4%	3,353	3,103	+1.49%
160309010	Cecilia	3.5%	1,135	1,136	−0.02%
160309003	Coalicion	4.4%	1,398	1,643	−3.03%
160309004	Culi	3.1%	1,008	1,035	−0.50%
160309011	Dimasalang	4.3%	1,387	1,360	+0.38%
160309012	Don Alejandro	8.1%	2,600	2,648	−0.35%
160309013	Don Pedro	0.8%	241	294	−3.71%
160309014	Doña Flavia	8.1%	2,614	2,529	+0.63%
160309025	Doña Maxima	4.6%	1,467	1,522	−0.70%
160309015	Mahagsay	3.1%	1,009	1,242	−3.88%
160309016	Mahapag	2.3%	730	695	+0.94%
160309017	Mahayahay	2.5%	795	1,135	−6.55%
160309018	Muritula	2.3%	743	769	−0.65%
160309005	Nuevo Trabajo	5.8%	1,876	1,725	+1.61%
160309006	Poblacion	5.7%	1,815	1,653	+1.80%
160309019	Policarpo	1.5%	486	533	−1.74%
160309020	San Isidro	2.5%	807	955	−3.16%
160309021	San Pedro	3.8%	1,219	1,567	−4.67%
160309007	Santa Ines	5.4%	1,748	1,453	+3.58%
160309022	Santa Rita	0.9%	301	456	−7.60%
160309023	Santiago	1.6%	499	465	+1.35%
160309024	Wegguam	1.4%	457	401	+2.52%
	Total		32,109	32,733	−0.37%

Demographics

Population census of San Luis
Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1990 18,521 —     1995 21,910 +3.20% 2000 25,901 +3.65%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 2007 30,424 +2.24% 2010 32,733 +2.70% 2015 32,109 −0.37%
Source: PSA[3][8][9]

In the 2015 census, San Luis had a population of 32,109.^[3] The population density was 34 inhabitants per square kilometre (88/sq mi).

In the 2016 election, it had 16,701 registered voters.^[4]

References

1. "Municipality". Quezon City, Philippines: Department of the Interior and Local Government. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
2. "Province: Agusan del Sur". PSGC Interactive. Makati City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
3. "CARAGA". Census of Population (2015): Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay (Report). PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
4. "2016 National and Local Elections Statistics". Commission on Elections. 2016.
5. "Republic Act No. 5262; An Act Creating the Municipality of San Luis in the Province of Agusan". The Corpus Juris. 15 June 1968. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
6. Dumas, Louie G. (4 March 2011). "Logging ban forces locals to look for other jobs". BusinessWorld Online. BusinessWorld Publishing Corporation. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
7. "Municipal: San Luis, Agusan del Sur". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
8. "CARAGA". Census of Population and Housing (2010): Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay (Report). NSO. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
9. "CARAGA". Census of Population (1995, 2000 and 2007): Total Population by Province, City and Municipality (Report). NSO. Archived from the original on 11 November 2011.

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