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Masinloc

{{Short description|Municipality in Zambales, Philippines}}

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Masinloc

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| image_caption = San Andrés Church

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| established_title = Founded

| established_date = March 16, 1572

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Arsenia Jalata Lim

| leader_title1 = Vice Mayor

| leader_name1 = Pedro Enciso

| leader_title2 = Representative

| leader_name2 = Bing Maniquiz

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Masinloc, officially the Municipality of Masinloc ({{langx|xsb|Babali nin Masinloc}}; Ilocano: Ili ti Masinloc; {{langx|fil|Bayan ng Masinloc}}), is a municipality in the province of Zambales, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 54,529 people.{{PH census|current}}

Geography

Scarborough Shoal (under the names Pulo ng Panatag and Bajo de Masinloc), located {{convert|220|km|mi}} to the west, is claimed by the Philippine government as Philippine territory under the town's jurisdiction. The longstanding territorial dispute over the shoal with China has negatively impacted fishermen of the community, reducing catch sizes and affecting other businesses.{{cite news |title=Fishermen caught out by politics of South China Sea |author=Tomas Etzler |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/18/world/asia/philippines-china-scarborough-fishermen/?hpt=ias_c2 |newspaper=CNN |date=18 February 2013 |access-date=5 March 2013}}

Masinloc is {{convert|107|km}} from Olongapo, {{convert|29|km}} from Iba, and {{convert|233|km}} from Manila.

=Barangays=

Masinloc is politically subdivided into 13 barangays, as indicated below.{{PSGC detail|area}} Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

{{Div col|colwidth=15em}}

  • Baloganon
  • Bamban
  • Bani
  • Collat
  • Inhobol
  • North Poblacion
  • South Poblacion
  • Santo Rosario
  • Santa Rita
  • San Lorenzo
  • San Salvador
  • Taltal
  • Tapuac

{{div col end}}

=Climate=

{{Weather box

| location = Masinloc, Zambales

| width = auto

| metric first = Yes

| single line = Yes

| Jan high C = 30

| Jan low C = 19

| Feb high C = 31

| Feb low C = 20

| Mar high C = 33

| Mar low C = 21

| Apr high C = 34

| Apr low C = 23

| May high C = 32

| May low C = 25

| Jun high C = 31

| Jun low C = 25

| Jul high C = 30

| Jul low C = 24

| Aug high C = 29

| Aug low C = 24

| Sep high C = 29

| Sep low C = 24

| Oct high C = 30

| Oct low C = 23

| Nov high C = 31

| Nov low C = 22

| Dec high C = 20

| Dec low C = 10

| Jan precipitation mm = 9

| Feb precipitation mm = 10

| Mar precipitation mm = 16

| Apr precipitation mm = 27

| May precipitation mm = 137

| Jun precipitation mm = 183

| Jul precipitation mm = 215

| Aug precipitation mm = 219

| Sep precipitation mm = 190

| Oct precipitation mm = 124

| Nov precipitation mm = 45

| Dec precipitation mm = 18

| Jan rain days = 4.6

| Feb rain days = 4.4

| Mar rain days = 6.9

| Apr rain days = 10.3

| May rain days = 21.8

| Jun rain days = 25.4

| Jul rain days = 27.2

| Aug rain days = 26.4

| Sep rain days = 25.2

| Oct rain days = 19.7

| Nov rain days = 5.8

| Dec rain days = 7.0

| source 1 = Meteoblue

{{cite web

| url = https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climatemodelled/masinloc_philippines_1700665

| title = Masinloc: Average Temperatures and Rainfall

| publisher = Meteoblue

| accessdate = 26 April 2020 }}

| date = 26 April 2020

}}

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Demographics

{{Philippine Census

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| title= Population census of {{PH wikidata|name}}

| 1903 = {{PH census population|1903}}

| 1918 = {{PH census population|1918}}

| 1939 = {{PH census population|1939}}

| 1948 = {{PH census population|1948}}

| 1960 = {{PH census population|1960}}

| 1970 = {{PH census population|1970}}

| 1975 = {{PH census population|1975}}

| 1980 = {{PH census population|1980}}

| 1990 = {{PH census population|1990}}

| 1995 = {{PH census population|1995}}

| 2000 = {{PH census population|2000}}

| 2007 = {{PH census population|2007}}

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

| 2015 = {{PH census population|2015}}

| 2020 = {{PH census population|2020}}

| 2025 =

| 2030 =

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

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In the 2020 census, the population of Masinloc was 54,529 people,{{PH census|current}} with a density of {{convert|{{sigfig|54,529/331.50|2}}|PD/km2|disp=or}}.

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Diocesan Shrine and Parish of San Andres

Located in Barangay South Población, the 18th-century San Andrés Parish Church has been declared a National Cultural Treasure by the National Museum of the Philippines in July 2001.{{cite web|last1=Alba |first1=Reinerio |title=The Restoration of 26 Philippine Churches |url=http://ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/articles-on-c-n-a/article.php?subcat=13&i=17 |website=ncca.gov.ph |publisher=National Commission on Culture and the Arts |accessdate=26 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512223346/http://ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/articles-on-c-n-a/article.php?subcat=13&i=17 |archivedate=12 May 2014 }}

On April 4, 2021, Masinloc Church became one of the seven Pilgrim Churches in the Diocese of Iba in celebration of the 500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines, and on November 30 of the same year, San Andres Church was declared as the Diocesan Shrine and Parish of San Andres by the Most Rev. Bartolome G. Santos Jr., D.D., Bishop of Iba, with Rev. Fr. John Remel M. Mara, the current Parish Priest, being appointed as its First Rector.{{cite web|author=Kendrick Ivan B. Panganiban|title=2 Zambales parish churches declared diocesan shrines|url=https://cbcpnews.net/cbcpnews/2-zambales-parish-churches-declared-diocesan-shrines/|date=30 November 2021|publisher=CBCP News|access-date=3 December 2021}}

San Miguel Power Plant Corp.

An electric company producing electricity up to 908 MW. It uses water turbine and a steam engine attached to electric generator.

References

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External links

{{Commons category}}

  • [https://www.philatlas.com/luzon/r03/zambales/masinloc.html Masinloc Profile at PhilAtlas.com]
  • [{{NSCB detail}} Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20131004104825/http://census.gov.ph/ Philippine Census Information]
  • [https://oneocean.org/download/db_files/crmguidebook6.pdf Map of San Salvador Island marine reserve (page 84)]

{{Geographic location

| Centre = Masinloc

| North = Candelaria

| East = Mayantoc, Tarlac

| South = Palauig

| West = South China Sea

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{{Zambales}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:Municipalities of Zambales