Placer, Surigao del Norte

Placer, officially the Municipality of Placer (Surigaonon: Lungsod nan Placer; Tagalog: Bayan ng Placer), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Surigao del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 27,094 people. [3]

Placer
Municipality
Municipality of Placer
Cagbantoy Beach
Map of Surigao del Norte with Placer highlighted
OpenStreetMap
Placer
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 9°39′25″N 125°36′06″E
Country Philippines
RegionCaraga (Region XIII)
ProvinceSurigao del Norte
District2nd District
Founded1850
Barangays20 (see Barangays)
Government
 [1]
 • TypeSangguniang Bayan
 • MayorJovymarie C. Villazon
 • Vice MayorRyan Fel B. Napuli
 • RepresentativeRobert Ace S. Barbers
 • Electorate21,235 voters (2019)
Area
 [2]
 • Total61.29 km2 (23.66 sq mi)
Elevation
42 m (138 ft)
Population
 (2015 census) [3]
 • Total27,094
 • Density440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
 • Households
5,854
Economy
 • Income class4th municipal income class
 • Poverty incidence34.4% (2015)[4]
 • Revenue₱85,864,073.03 (2016)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
8405
PSGC
166717000
IDD : area code +63 (0)86
Climate typetropical rainforest climate
Native languagesSurigaonon
Agusan
Cebuano
Tagalog

World War II

After the Japanese obtained the surrender of American and Filipino troops on Mindanao in May and June 1942, Placer, along with much of Mindanao, remained free of Japanese occupation. In late September 1943, Japanese troops landed and occupied Placer. Their goals seemed to be to fill drums with oil from a storage tank there for their use and to search for lumber. About 300 to 400 Japanese troops were in town. Some began moving south toward Claver. On October 10, guerrillas under American leadership attacked with 135 men from both the north and south to dislodge the Japanese from Placer. This attack failed, leaving the town in Japanese hands.[5]

Barangays

Placer is politically subdivided into 20 barangays. In 1956, the sitios of Santa Cruz, Anislagan, Alangalang, Soyoc, and Pananay-an were converted into barrios, while barrio Macalaya was divided into Upper and Lower Macalaya.[6]

  • Amoslog
  • Anislagan
  • Bad-as [contains the intersection of the Pan-Philippine Highway (or National Highway) & the Surigao-Davao Coastal Road]
  • Boyongan
  • Bugas-bugas
  • Central (Población)
  • Ellaperal (Nonok)
  • Ipil (Poblacion)
  • Lakandula
  • Mabini
  • Macalaya
  • Magsaysay (Población)
  • Magupange
  • Pananay-an
  • Panhutongan
  • San Isidro
  • Sani-sani
  • Santa Cruz
  • Suyoc
  • Tagbongabong

Demographics
Population census of Placer
YearPop.±% p.a.
1903 2,791—    
1918 12,116+10.28%
1939 14,443+0.84%
1948 9,330−4.74%
1960 10,849+1.26%
1970 11,673+0.73%
1975 12,931+2.07%
1980 14,470+2.27%
1990 18,478+2.48%
1995 20,712+2.16%
2000 21,542+0.85%
2007 22,743+0.75%
2010 24,600+2.90%
2015 27,094+1.86%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [3] [7] [8]

Climate
Climate data for Placer, Surigao del Norte
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 27
(81)		 27
(81)		 28
(82)		 29
(84)		 30
(86)		 29
(84)		 29
(84)		 29
(84)		 29
(84)		 29
(84)		 29
(84)		 28
(82)		 29
(83)
Average low °C (°F) 23
(73)		 23
(73)		 23
(73)		 23
(73)		 25
(77)		 25
(77)		 25
(77)		 25
(77)		 25
(77)		 25
(77)		 24
(75)		 24
(75)		 24
(75)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 210
(8.3)		 161
(6.3)		 123
(4.8)		 85
(3.3)		 148
(5.8)		 186
(7.3)		 164
(6.5)		 157
(6.2)		 141
(5.6)		 190
(7.5)		 223
(8.8)		 200
(7.9)		 1,988
(78.3)
Average rainy days 21.0 16.8 18.5 18.2 24.9 27.7 28.4 27.0 26.1 27.6 24.6 22.0 282.8
Source: Meteoblue [9]

References
  1.  Municipality of Placer | (DILG)
  2. "Province: Surigao del Norte". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  3. Census of Population (2015). "Caraga". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  4. "PSA releases the 2015 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Quezon City, Philippines. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  5. Virginia Hansen Holmes, Guerrilla Daughter (Kent, Ohio: Kent State U. Press, 2009), pp. 108-9.
  6. "An Act Converting into Barrios Certain Sitios in the Province of Surigao, and Dividing the Barrio of Macalaya into Two Barrios, Municipality of Placer, in the Same Province". LawPH.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
  7. Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Caraga". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. NSO. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  8. Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Caraga". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. NSO.
  9. "Placer: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 20 November 2019.


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