Pola | |
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Municipality of Pola | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 13°08′38″N 121°26′24″E / 13.1439°N 121.44°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Mimaropa |
Province | Oriental Mindoro |
District | 1st district |
Founded | January 1, 1912[1] |
Barangays | 23 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• mayor of Pola[*] | Jennifer M. Cruz (NUP) |
• Vice Mayor | Marvin T. Rivera (PDP-Laban) |
• Representative | Arnan C. Panaligan (Mindoro Bago Sarili) |
• Electorate | 23,297 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 159.34 km2 (61.52 sq mi) |
Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
Highest elevation | 487 m (1,598 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census)[4] | |
• Total | 35,455 |
• Density | 220/km2 (580/sq mi) |
• Households | 8,965 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 3rd municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 18.13 |
• Revenue | ₱ 151.4 million (2020), 60.94 million (2012), 67.22 million (2013), 75.28 million (2014), 84.81 million (2015), 94.47 million (2016), 107.4 million (2017), 113.1 million (2018), 126.2 million (2019), 148 million (2021), 196.4 million (2022) |
• Assets | ₱ 490.4 million (2020), 190.6 million (2012), 205.8 million (2013), 225.4 million (2014), 248.8 million (2015), 329.4 million (2016), 478.6 million (2017), 493.3 million (2018), 419.7 million (2019), 569.9 million (2021), 701.4 million (2022) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 100.5 million (2020), 56.97 million (2012), 52.24 million (2013), 55.27 million (2014), 63.86 million (2015), 70.56 million (2016), 87.43 million (2017), 82.58 million (2018), 90.24 million (2019), 102.5 million (2021), 130.7 million (2022) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 63.71 million (2020), 19.88 million (2012), 19.55 million (2013), 16.58 million (2014), 68.1 million (2015), 121.5 million (2016), 242.9 million (2017), 197.8 million (2018), 67.19 million (2019), 82.17 million (2021), 106.7 million (2022) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Oriental Mindoro Electric Cooperative (ORMECO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 5206 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)43 |
Native languages | Tadyawan Tagalog |
Pola, officially the Municipality of Pola (Tagalog: Bayan ng Pola), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 35,455 people.[4] It is 74 kilometres (46 mi) from Calapan.
Pola is known as the birthplace of former vice president and veteran news anchor Noli de Castro, actor and current Oriental Mindoro vice governor Ejay Falcon, ABS CBN News Senior Reporter and anchor Dennis Datu and DZMM Broadcaster and field reporter Noel Alamar.
Its name was derived from the color of the soil in the locality, which is reddish clay. In Tagalog, this is called "pula". This name persisted until the Spaniards arrived and embraced it as the name of the town. The Poblacion is located at the estuary of the Casiligan River, surrounded by abundant green mountain ranges and rocky hills to the west, Hence, the people are given a conducive refuge for agriculture, fishing, and nipa weaving.[6]
The town recently gained national attention because of an oil spill that occurred on February 28, 2023, after the MT Princess Empress sank off the coast of neighboring town Naujan; Pola is one of the worst affected municipalities by the oil spill.
Pola is politically subdivided into 23 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for Pola, Oriental Mindoro | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26 (79) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
28 (82) |
27 (81) |
29 (84) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
23 (73) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
24 (75) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 115 (4.5) |
66 (2.6) |
55 (2.2) |
39 (1.5) |
164 (6.5) |
282 (11.1) |
326 (12.8) |
317 (12.5) |
318 (12.5) |
192 (7.6) |
119 (4.7) |
173 (6.8) |
2,166 (85.3) |
Average rainy days | 13.6 | 9.4 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 21.1 | 26.0 | 29.0 | 27.6 | 27.5 | 23.1 | 16.7 | 16.1 | 231 |
Source: Meteoblue[7] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1903 | 1,650 | — |
1918 | 4,307 | +6.61% |
1939 | 10,107 | +4.15% |
1948 | 12,612 | +2.49% |
1960 | 21,884 | +4.70% |
1970 | 18,789 | −1.51% |
1975 | 19,072 | +0.30% |
1980 | 23,188 | +3.98% |
1990 | 26,833 | +1.47% |
1995 | 29,156 | +1.57% |
2000 | 31,938 | +1.97% |
2007 | 32,635 | +0.30% |
2010 | 32,984 | +0.39% |
2015 | 34,701 | +0.97% |
2020 | 35,455 | +0.42% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[8][9][10][11] |
Poverty incidence of Pola
10
20
30
40
50
2006
41.90 2009
37.93 2012
29.16 2015
18.33 2018
14.88 2021
18.13 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] |
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