Placer
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| Municipality of Placer | |
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Map of Masbate with Placer highlighted
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  Placer Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 11°52′08″N 123°55′00″E / 11.8689°N 123.9167°E / 11.8689; 123.9167 | |
| 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
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| • Electorate | 38,475 voters (2022) |
| 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
(2020 census)[3]
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| • Total | 56,340 |
| • Density | 290/km2 (760/sq mi) |
| • Households | 13,197 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 2nd municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence |
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| • Revenue | ₱ 189.6 million (2020) |
| • Assets | ₱ 622 million (2020) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 166.8 million (2020) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 217.7 million (2020) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Masbate Electric Cooperative (MASELCO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code |
5408
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| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)56 |
| Native languages | Cebuano Tagalog |
| Website | www |
Placer, officially the Municipality of Placer, is a 2nd class municipality in the provinceofMasbate, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 56,340 people.[3]
Placer is 95 kilometres (59 mi) from Masbate City.
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. At the time of its creation, Placer included the entire present-day municipality of Esperanza, which was then a barrio of Placer (its largest barrio).[5]
Placer is politically subdivided into 35 barangays. [6] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
| Climate data for Placer, Masbate | |||||||||||||
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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) |
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[7] | |||||||||||||
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| Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[8][9][10][11] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the 2020 census, the population of Placer, Masbate, was 56,340 people,[3] 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; Esperanza separated from Placer in 1959.,[12] Pio V. Corpuz, and Cawayan.
Poverty incidence of Placer
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Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] |
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Places adjacent to Placer, Masbate
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 Province of Masbate | |
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Masbate City (capital and largest city) | |
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