Marihatag

{{Short description|Municipality in Surigao del Sur, Philippines}}

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Marihatag, officially the Municipality of Marihatag (Surigaonon: Lungsod nan Marihatag; {{langx|tl|Bayan ng Marihatag}}); (Indonesian: Kotamadya Marihatag) , is a municipality in the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 19,441 people.{{PH census|current}}

It was known as Oteiza until 1955.[http://philippinelaw.info/statutes/ra1261-surigao-to--marihatag.html Republic Act No. 1261], PhilippineLaw.info, retrieved 2012

The municipality hosts the "Balik-Marihatag" Festival which literally means going back home to Marihatag.

Etymology

Its name is a concatenation of Maria Ihatag.

Geography

=Barangays=

Marihatag is politically subdivided into 12 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.

  • Alegria
  • Amontay
  • Antipolo
  • Arorogan
  • Bayan (formerly Hinogbakan)
  • Mahaba
  • Mararag
  • Poblacion
  • San Antonio
  • San Isidro
  • San Pedro
  • Sta Cruz

=Climate=

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| Jan high C = 29.0

| Feb high C = 29.1

| Mar high C = 30.0

| Apr high C = 30.9

| May high C = 31.7

| Jun high C = 31.7

| Jul high C = 31.7

| Aug high C = 32.0

| Sep high C = 32.0

| Oct high C = 31.5

| Nov high C = 30.6

| Dec high C = 29.7

| Jan mean C = 25.5

| Feb mean C = 25.6

| Mar mean C = 26.2

| Apr mean C = 26.8

| May mean C = 27.5

| Jun mean C = 27.4

| Jul mean C = 27.4

| Aug mean C = 27.6

| Sep mean C = 27.5

| Oct mean C = 27.2

| Nov mean C = 26.6

| Dec mean C = 26.1

| year mean C =

| Jan low C = 22.1

| Feb low C = 22.1

| Mar low C = 22.4

| Apr low C = 22.8

| May low C = 23.4

| Jun low C = 23.2

| Jul low C = 23.1

| Aug low C = 23.2

| Sep low C = 23.0

| Oct low C = 23.0

| Nov low C = 22.7

| Dec low C = 22.5

|rain colour= green

|Jan rain mm=700

|Feb rain mm=579

|Mar rain mm=435

|Apr rain mm=316

|May rain mm=267

|Jun rain mm=193

|Jul rain mm=198

|Aug rain mm=165

|Sep rain mm=180

|Oct rain mm=208

|Nov rain mm=424

|Dec rain mm=604

|source 1 = Climate-Data.org{{cite web

|url = https://en.climate-data.org/location/766061/

|title = Climate: Marihatag

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|accessdate = October 25, 2020}}

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Marihatag has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round and with extremely heavy rainfall in January.

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Demographics

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| 2010 = {{PH census population|2010}}

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| footnote= Source: Philippine Statistics Authority{{PH census|2015}}{{PH census|2010}}{{PH census|2007}}{{LWUA population data}}

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Economy

{{PH poverty incidence}}

See also

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