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Santo Niño, officially the Municipality of Santo Niño (Ibanag: Ili nat Santo Niño; Ilocano: Ili ti Santo Niño; Tagalog: Bayan ng Santo Niño), formerly known as Faire, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 28,537 people. [3]

Santo Niño Faire
Municipality
Municipality of Santo Niño
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Map of Cagayan with Santo Niño highlighted
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Santo Niño Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 17°53′10″N 121°34′09″E
Country	Philippines
Region	Cagayan Valley
Province	Cagayan
District	2nd district
Barangays	31 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Vicente G. Pagurayan
• Vice Mayor	Andrew Vincent R. Pagurayan
• Representative	Samantha Louise V. Alfonso
• Electorate	17,951 voters (2019)
Area [2]
• Total	512.90 km2 (198.03 sq mi)
Elevation	111 m (364 ft)
Highest elevation	721 m (2,365 ft)
Lowest elevation	3 m (10 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [3]
• Total	28,537
• Density	56/km2 (140/sq mi)
• Households	6,439
Economy
• Income class	2nd municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	16.74% (2018)[4]
• Revenue	₱189,806,177.11 (2020)
• Assets	₱481,033,213.26 (2020)
• Expenditure	₱127,319,290.69 (2020)
• Liabilities	₱131,925,872.44 (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Cagayan 1 Electric Cooperative (CAGELCO 1)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	3525
PSGC	021526000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)78
Native languages	Ibanag Ilocano Itawis Tagalog

Geography

Barangays

Santo Niño is politically subdivided into 31 barangays. These barangays are headed by elected officials: Barangay Captain and Barangay Council, whose members are called Barangay Councilors. All are elected every three years.

Climate

Demographics

Population census of Santo Niño

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1903 4,069 —     1918 5,421 +1.93% 1939 8,877 +2.38% 1948 9,947 +1.27% 1960 13,981 +2.88% 1970 16,923 +1.93% 1975 18,638 +1.95% 1980 19,493 +0.90%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1990 18,608 −0.46% 1995 21,151 +2.43% 2000 22,752 +1.58% 2007 25,688 +1.69% 2010 26,126 +0.62% 2015 27,219 +0.78% 2020 28,537 +0.93%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [6] [7] [8][9]

In the 2020 census, the population of Santo Niño, Cagayan, was 28,537 people, [3] with a density of 56 inhabitants per square kilometre or 150 inhabitants per square mile.

Economy

Government

Santo Niño, belonging to the second legislative district of the province of Cagayan, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.

Elected officials

Members of the Municipal Council
(2019–2022)[17]

Position	Name
Congressman	Samantha Louise V. Alfonso
Mayor	Vicente G. Pagurayan
Vice-Mayor	Marites E. Cuntapay
Councilors	Eden M. Aquinaldo
	Romeo P. Pecson
	Edgar T. Tulali
	Detilinda C. Carag
	Jose C. Carodan
	Divinia L. Baltazar
	Arnold D. Fidel
	Ismael M. Macasaddu

Education

The Schools Division of Cagayan governs the town's public education system.[18] The division office is a field office of the DepEd in Cagayan Valley region.[19] The office governs the public and private elementary and public and private high schools throughout the municipality.

See also

• List of renamed cities and municipalities in the Philippines

References

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information

На других языках

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[de] Santo Niño (Cagayan)

Santo Niño (Faire) ist eine Stadtgemeinde in der philippinischen Provinz Cagayan. Im Westen grenzt sie an die Provinz Apayao. Im Jahre 2015 zählte sie 27.219 Einwohner.

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- [en] Santo Niño, Cagayan

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