Poro, Cebu

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| leader_name = Edgar G. Rama

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Poro, officially the Municipality of Poro ({{langx|ceb|Lungsod sa Poro}}; {{langx|tl|Bayan ng Poro}}), is a municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,232 people.{{PH census|current}}

The patronal feast of Poro is celebrated on the third Friday of January, in honour of the Santo Niño de Cebu.

Geography

Poro is bordered to the north by the Province of Leyte in the Camotes Sea, to the west is by the island of Pacijan Island With the town of San Francisco, to the east is the town of Tudela and to the south is the Camotes Sea.

Poro, along with the municipality of Tudela, is located on Poro Island of the Camotes Islands.

=Barangays=

Poro is politically subdivided into 17 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

=Climate=

{{Weather box

| location = Poro, Cebu

| width = auto

| metric first = Yes

| single line = Yes

| Jan high C = 28

| Jan low C = 22

| Feb high C = 28

| Feb low C = 22

| Mar high C = 29

| Mar low C = 22

| Apr high C = 30

| Apr low C = 23

| May high C = 30

| May low C = 25

| Jun high C = 30

| Jun low C = 25

| Jul high C = 29

| Jul low C = 25

| Aug high C = 29

| Aug low C = 25

| Sep high C = 29

| Sep low C = 25

| Oct high C = 29

| Oct low C = 24

| Nov high C = 29

| Nov low C = 24

| Dec high C = 28

| Dec low C = 23

| Jan precipitation mm = 78

| Feb precipitation mm = 57

| Mar precipitation mm = 84

| Apr precipitation mm = 79

| May precipitation mm = 118

| Jun precipitation mm = 181

| Jul precipitation mm = 178

| Aug precipitation mm = 169

| Sep precipitation mm = 172

| Oct precipitation mm = 180

| Nov precipitation mm = 174

| Dec precipitation mm = 128

| Jan rain days = 16.7

| Feb rain days = 13.8

| Mar rain days = 17.3

| Apr rain days = 18.5

| May rain days = 23.2

| Jun rain days = 26.5

| Jul rain days = 27.1

| Aug rain days = 26.0

| Sep rain days = 26.4

| Oct rain days = 27.5

| Nov rain days = 24.6

| Dec rain days = 21.0

| source 1 = Meteoblue

{{cite web

| url = https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climatemodelled/poro_philippines_1692901

| title = Poro: Average Temperatures and Rainfall

| publisher = Meteoblue

| access-date = 10 May 2020 }}

| date = 10 May 2020

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Demographics

{{Philippine Census

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| source=Philippine Statistics Authority{{PH census|2015}}{{PH census|2010}}{{PH census|2007}}

| 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 =

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=Etymology and languages=

The town's name is derived from the Waray-Waray word puro meaning "island". This how Camotes Island is called by Warays and Leyteños. Before the first municipality to be established in Camotes, puro meant the name of all the islands.

Aside from Cebuano, Waray, Tagalog, and English, the townsfolk also speak the local Porohanon language. Also known as Camotes Visayan, the language is mutually intelligible with other Visayan languages (e.g. Cebuano) spoken in the rest of the Camotes Islands, Cebu, other parts of the Visayas, and Northern Mindanao.

The town is home to the Porohanon language, one of the most endangered languages in the Visayas. The language is only used in the Poro islands. The language is classified as distinct from Cebuano by the Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino and is vital to the culture and arts of the Porohanon people. Porohanon is distinguished by the way the locals substitute /{{IPA link|j}}/ sounds with /{{IPA link|ʒ}}/, for instance Cebuano maayong buntag ("good morning") vocalised as maazong buntag in Porohanon. (Possibly occasions too a handover from the yeísmo phenomenon in Spanish.) Other dialectical variations include the Porohanon ara dira instead of the standard Cebuano na-a diha.

Economy

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[{{NSCB detail}} Philippine Standard Geographic Code]

{{Geographic location

| Centre = Poro

| North = Camotes Sea

| Northeast = Pilar

| East = Tudela

| South = Camotes Sea

| West = San Francisco

| state = off

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Category:Municipalities of Cebu