Maria, officially the Municipality of Maria (; ), is a municipality in the

province A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

Siquijor Siquijor ( , ), officially the Province of Siquijor (; ), is a Philippines, Philippine Provinces of the Philippines, island province (List of islands of the Philippines, the third smallest in the country, in terms of population and land area) ...

, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 14,385. Maria is from

Geography

Barangays

Maria is politically subdivided into 22 barangays. Each barangay consists of

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s and some have

sitios A ''sitio'' (Spanish language, Spanish for "site") in the Philippines is a territorial enclave that forms part of a barangay. Typically rural, a ''sitios location is usually far from the center of the barangay itself and could be its own bar ...

Climate

Demographics

Economy

Education

The public schools in the town of Maria are administered by one school district under th
Schools Division of Siquijor
Elementary schools: * Bogo Elementary School — Bogo * Candaping Elementary School — Candaping B * Cantaroc Elementary School — Cantaroc B * Cantugbas Elementary School — Cantugbas * Lico-an Elementary School — Lico-an * Lilo-an Elementary School — Lilo-an * Logucan Elementary School — Logucan * Minalulan Elementary School — Minalulan * Nabutay Elementary School — Nabutay * Pisong A Elementary School — Pisong A * Pisong B Elementary School — Pisong B High schools: * Candaping National High School — Candaping B Integrated schools: * Maria Integrated School (formerly ''Maria CS'') — Poblacion Norte

References

External links

* Philippine Standard Geographic Code {{Authority control Municipalities of Siquijor