Guipos

Guipos, officially the Municipality of Guipos (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Guipos; Subanen: Benwa Guipos; Chavacano: Municipalidad de Guipos; Tagalog: Bayan ng Guipos), is a municipality in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 21,738 people.^[5]

Guipos
Municipality
Municipality of Guipos
Flag Seal
Map of Zamboanga del Sur with Guipos highlighted
OpenStreetMap
Guipos Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 7°44′06″N 123°19′23″E
Country	Philippines
Region	Zamboanga Peninsula
Province	Zamboanga del Sur
District	2nd district
Founded	October 17, 1991
Barangays	17 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Vicente P. Cajeta
• Vice Mayor	Junevell O. Lamiing
• Representative	Leonardo L. Babasa Jr.
• Municipal Council	Members Merlyn U. Rabe Arnold T. Tagaloguin Dionisio T. Alejay Jerson R. Galinada Elsie B. Ordoñez Catalina D. Bala Junner R. Revilleza Earl Vincent P. Revelo
• Electorate	20,020 voters (2025)
Area [2]
• Total	90.53 km2 (34.95 sq mi)
Elevation	207 m (679 ft)
Highest elevation	530 m (1,740 ft)
Lowest elevation	71 m (233 ft)
Population  (2024 census)[3]
• Total	22,173
• Density	240/km2 (630/sq mi)
• Households	5,080
Economy
• Income class	4th municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	27.25 % (2021)[4]
• Revenue	₱ 147.6 million (2022)
• Assets	₱ 313.7 million (2022)
• Expenditure	₱ 118.5 million (2022)
• Liabilities	₱ 88.6 million (2022)
Service provider
• Electricity	Zamboanga del Sur 1 Electric Cooperative (ZAMSURECO 1)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	7042
PSGC	0907343000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)62
Native languages	Subanon Cebuano Chavacano Tagalog

The town was officially established on October 7, 1991, by virtue of Republic Act No. 7159, signed by President Corazon C. Aquino. It was formed from barangays Guipos, Katipunan, Bagong Oroquieta, and Dalapang of the municipality of San Miguel; barangays Datagan, Dagohoy, Balongating, Baguitan, Magting, Sikatuna, Dacsol, Guling, and Canunan of the municipality of Dumalinao; barangays Lintum, Singclot and Litan of the municipality of Dinas; and barangay Regla of the municipality of San Pablo.^[6][7]

Through Presidential Proclamation 682, October 7, 2024 was declared a special non-working day in Guipos to commemorate the 33rd Araw ng Guipos.^[8]

Geography

Barangays

Guipos is politically subdivided into 17 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.

• Bagong Oroquieta
• Baguitan
• Balongating
• Canunan
• Dacsol
• Dagohoy
• Dalapang
• Datagan
• Guling
• Katipunan
• Lintum
• Litan
• Magting
• Poblacion (Guipos)
• Regla
• Sikatuna
• Singclot

Climate

Climate data for Guipos, Zamboanga del Sur
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	29 (84)	30 (86)	30 (86)	30 (86)	29 (84)	28 (82)	27 (81)	27 (81)	28 (82)	28 (82)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	20 (68)	20 (68)	21 (70)	22 (72)	23 (73)	23 (73)	22 (72)	22 (72)	22 (72)	22 (72)	22 (72)	20 (68)	22 (71)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	22 (0.9)	18 (0.7)	23 (0.9)	24 (0.9)	67 (2.6)	120 (4.7)	132 (5.2)	156 (6.1)	119 (4.7)	124 (4.9)	54 (2.1)	24 (0.9)	883 (34.6)
Average rainy days	9.4	9.1	11.5	11.9	20.1	22.5	22.4	23.2	21.5	22.2	15.7	11.5	201
Source: Meteoblue[9]

Demographics

Population census of Guipos

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1995	16,399	—
2000	18,172	+2.23%
2007	19,616	+1.06%
2010	19,771	+0.29%
2015	20,729	+0.91%
2020	21,738	+1.01%
2024	22,173	+0.48%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[10][11][12][13][14]

Economy

Poverty incidence of Guipos

10 20 30 40 50 60 2000 51.48 2003 37.28 2006 28.30 2009 35.96 2012 38.78 2015 42.49 2018 31.63 2021 27.25 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]