San Andres, Quezon
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San Andres, officially the Municipality of San Andres (Template:Langx; Template:Langx), is a municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 37,454 people.Template:PH census
History
President Carlos P. Garcia issued Executive Order (EO) No. 353 on August 20, 1959, wherein six barrios of San Narciso were organized into the municipal district of San Andres.[1] His successor, Diosdado Macapagal, issued EO No. 357 on October 5, 1965, declaring and considering the said political unit a municipality "beginning July 1, 1963".[2]
In March 1973, San Andres was close to the epicenter of a magnitude 7.4 earthquake. The town suffered unknown fatalities and damage to almost 1,000 homes.
Geography
San Andres is Script error: No such module "convert". from Lucena and Script error: No such module "convert". from Manila. Administratively, the town of San Andres is subdivided into seven barangays. Poblacion forms the center, whereas the other six are in the outlying areas which are several kilometres away from the center of the municipality. The municipality also includes the island barangay of Alibijaban in Ragay Gulf.
Barangays
San Andres is politically subdivided into 7 barangays, as indicated below. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
- Alibihaban
- Camflora
- Mangero
- Pansoy
- Tala
- Talisay
- Poblacion
Climate
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Demographics
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Economy
Churches
- San Andrés Apóstol Parish - Poblacion (est. 1965)
References
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External links
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- San Andres Profile at PhilAtlas.com
- [[[:Template:NSCB detail]] Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
- Philippine Census Information
- Local Governance Performance Management System
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