Maria, officially the Municipality of Maria (; ), is a municipality in the
province
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of
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
Siquijor
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.
Geography
Barangays
Maria is politically subdivided into 22 barangays. Each barangay consists of
purok
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s and some have
sitios
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.
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
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Municipalities of Siquijor