Del Carmen, officially the Municipality of Del Carmen (
Surigaonon: Lungsod nan Del Carmen; tl, Bayan ng Del Carmen), is a 5th class
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
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in the
province
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of
Surigao del Norte
Surigao del Norte ( Surigaonon: ''Probinsya nan Surigao del Norte''; ceb, Amihanang Surigao; Tagalog: ''Hilagang Surigao''), officially the Province of Surigao del Norte, is a province in the Philippines located in the Caraga region of Mindanao. ...
,
Philippines
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. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 18,392 people. The municipality was formerly called Numancia until 1966 when it was changed to its present name.
[Republic Act No. 4786](_blank)
, PhilippineLaw.info, retrieved 2012 It is located on
Siargao Island and home to
Sayak Airport, the island's main airport.
Geography
Barangays
Del Carmen is politically subdivided into 20
barangay
A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolita ...
s.
Climate
Demographics
Economy
Education
Surigao State College of Technology - Del Carmen Campus
See also
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References
External links
Del Carmen Profile at PhilAtlas.com Del Carmen Profile at the DTI Cities and Municipalities Competitive IndexMunicipality of Del Carmen, Siargao Islands, Surigao del Norte, Philippines*
Philippine Standard Geographic Code
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* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
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Philippine Census InformationLocal Governance Performance Management System
Municipalities of Surigao del Norte
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