Agutaya
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| Municipality of Agutaya | |
Agutaya island, and small Eke island in the foreground
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Map of Palawan with Agutaya highlighted
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  Agutaya Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 11°09′07″N 120°56′23″E / 11.151983°N 120.939647°E / 11.151983; 120.939647 | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Mimaropa |
| Province | Palawan |
| District | 1st district |
| Founded | 1916 |
| Barangays | 10 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Perla C. Bacuel |
| • Vice Mayor | Fernando G. Ilustrisimo Sr. |
| • Representative | Franz Josef George E. Alvarez |
| • Municipal Council | Members
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| • Electorate | 7,727 voters (2022) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 37.31 km2 (14.41 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 250 m (820 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population
(2020 census)[3]
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| • Total | 12,867 |
| • Density | 340/km2 (890/sq mi) |
| • Households | 3,174 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 5th municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence |
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| • Revenue | ₱ 76.46 million (2020) |
| • Assets | ₱ 201.8 million (2020) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 61.85 million (2020) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 66.17 million (2020) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Palawan Electric Cooperative (PALECO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code |
5320
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| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)48 |
| Native languages | Agutaynen Cuyonon Palawano Tagalog |
Agutaya, officially the Municipality of Agutaya (Tagalog: Bayan ng Agutaya), is a 5th class municipality in the provinceofPalawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 12,867 people.[3]
An island municipality, it is the eastern part of the Cuyo Archipelago in the Sulu Sea, and the municipality covers several islands, including its namesake Agutaya Island, which is the second largest island of the Cuyo archipelago,[5] as well as Diit, Halog, Maracanao, Matarawis (also spelled Matarabis), Eke, and Quiniluban islands.
Agutaya Island is the second largest of the Cuyo group with an area of about 4.5 square miles (12 km2). The north-eastern part is hilly. Four peaks tower over the island. The middle and highest of the four peaks, 885 feet (270 m) high, is covered with cogon grass (Imperata arundinacea), the others being wooded.[5]
Native sailboats used to be unable to sail to and from the nearby island of Cuyo (only 20 miles away), due to the strength of the monsoon, either the Northwest monsoon in wintertime, or the Southwest monsoon in summer.[6]
Agutaya is an inactive volcano, 120 metres (390 ft) ASL, located at 11°09′N 120°57′E / 11.150°N 120.950°E / 11.150; 120.950, in the province of Palawan in the Philippines.
Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) lists Agutaya as inactive.[7]
Agutaya is politically subdivided into 10 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
| Climate data for Agutaya, Palawan | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29 (84) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
30 (85) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
24 (75) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 45 (1.8) |
34 (1.3) |
62 (2.4) |
64 (2.5) |
127 (5.0) |
159 (6.3) |
172 (6.8) |
147 (5.8) |
167 (6.6) |
182 (7.2) |
172 (6.8) |
88 (3.5) |
1,419 (56) |
| Average rainy days | 12.1 | 9.4 | 13.0 | 14.3 | 22.7 | 26.9 | 28.0 | 26.4 | 27.0 | 27.0 | 22.7 | 17.8 | 247.3 |
| Source: Meteoblue[8] | |||||||||||||
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| Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[9][10][11][12] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the 2020 census, the population of Agutaya was 12,867 people,[3] with a density of 340 inhabitants per square kilometre or 880 inhabitants per square mile.
Agutaya is home to a specific language, called the Agutaynen language, spoken by 10,000 people overall. Today, half of its speakers live in Agutaya, while the rest live in other communities of Palawan.[13] Tagalog and Cuyonon are also widely spoken.
Poverty incidence of Agutaya
10
20
30
40
50
2006
2009
2012
2015
2018
2021
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] |
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Places adjacent to Agutaya
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Philippines
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Puerto Princesa (capital and largest city) | |
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| Highly urbanized city |
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