Sominot, officially the Municipality of Sominot ( ceb, Lungsod sa Sominot;
Subanen: ''Benwa Sominot'';
Chavacano
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: ''Municipalidad de Sominot''; tl, Bayan ng Sominot), is a 5th class
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
province
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of
Zamboanga del Sur
Zamboanga del Sur ( Cebuano: ''Habagatang Zamboanga;'' Subanen: ''S'helatan Sembwangan/Sembwangan dapit Shelatan''; Chavacano: ''Zamboanga del Sur''; tl, Timog Zamboanga; mdh, Pagabatan Sambuanga), officially the Province of Zamboanga del Sur, ...
,
Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 19,061 people.
The town was formerly known as Don Mariano Marcos, named after President
Ferdinand Marcos' father
Mariano Marcos
Mariano Marcos y Rubio (; April 21, 1897 – March 8, 1945) was a lawyer, educator, and politician from Batac, Ilocos Norte, Philippines. A Congressman from 1925 to 1931, he is best known for being the father of Ferdinand Marcos, who was Presid ...
, until it was renamed on September 12, 1988.
Geography
Barangays
Sominot is politically subdivided into 18
barangay
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s. Each barangay consists of
puroks while some have
sitios
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.
* Bag-ong Baroy
* New Oroquieta
* Barubuhan
* Bulanay
* Datagan
* Eastern Poblacion
* Lantawan
* Libertad
* Lumangoy
* New Carmen
* Picturan
*
Poblacion
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* Rizal
* San Miguel
* Santo Niño
* Sawa
* Tungawan
* Upper Sicpao
Climate
Demographics
Economy
References
External links
Sominot Profile at PhilAtlas.com*
Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>
Philippine Census Information
Municipalities of Zamboanga del Sur
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