Lingig

Lingig, officially the Municipality of Lingig, is a municipality in the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 35,142 people.^[5]

Lingig
Municipality
Municipality of Lingig
Tagpupuran Blue Waters Resort
Flag
Map of Surigao del Sur with Lingig highlighted
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Lingig Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 8°02′17″N 126°24′46″E
Country	Philippines
Region	Caraga
Province	Surigao del Sur
District	2nd district
Barangays	18 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Elmer "Boyet" P. Evangelio
• Vice Mayor	Edgar L. Acdog
• Representative	Johnny T. Pimentel
• Electorate	24,720 voters (2025)
Area [2]
• Total	305.17 km2 (117.83 sq mi)
Elevation	101 m (331 ft)
Highest elevation	1,625 m (5,331 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2024 census)[3]
• Total	35,203
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
• Households	8,593
Economy
• Income class	2nd municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	32.18 % (2021)[4]
• Revenue	₱ 238.1 million (2022)
• Assets	₱ 348.3 million (2022)
• Expenditure	₱ 201.2 million (2022)
• Liabilities	₱ 64.5 million (2022)
Service provider
• Electricity	Surigao del Sur 1 Electric Cooperative (SURSECO 1)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	8312
PSGC	1606812000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)86
Native languages	Surigaonon Agusan Cebuano Kamayo Tagalog
Website	www.lgulingig.webs.com

The municipality is around one and a half hour away from Barangay Mangagoy, Bislig by bus. It is a border town of Surigao del Sur with Davao Oriental.

Geography

Barangays

Lingig is politically subdivided into 18 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.

• Anibongan
• Barcelona
• Bogak
• Bongan
• Handamayan
• Mahayahay
• Mandus
• Mansa-ilao
• Pagtila-an
• Palo Alto
• Poblacion
• Rajah Cabungso-an
• Sabang
• Salvacion
• San Roque
• Tagpoporan (Tagpupuran)
• Union
• Valencia

Climate

Climate data for Lingig
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	29.5 (85.1)	29.5 (85.1)	30.5 (86.9)	31.3 (88.3)	31.7 (89.1)	31.6 (88.9)	31.6 (88.9)	31.9 (89.4)	32.0 (89.6)	31.7 (89.1)	31.1 (88.0)	30.2 (86.4)	31.1 (87.9)
Daily mean °C (°F)	25.7 (78.3)	25.6 (78.1)	26.3 (79.3)	26.9 (80.4)	27.4 (81.3)	27.2 (81.0)	27.1 (80.8)	27.3 (81.1)	27.3 (81.1)	27.1 (80.8)	26.7 (80.1)	26.2 (79.2)	26.7 (80.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	21.8 (71.2)	21.8 (71.2)	22.1 (71.8)	22.6 (72.7)	23.1 (73.6)	22.8 (73.0)	22.6 (72.7)	22.7 (72.9)	22.6 (72.7)	22.6 (72.7)	22.4 (72.3)	22.2 (72.0)	22.4 (72.4)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	757 (29.8)	561 (22.1)	495 (19.5)	347 (13.7)	256 (10.1)	165 (6.5)	148 (5.8)	132 (5.2)	140 (5.5)	200 (7.9)	314 (12.4)	644 (25.4)	4,159 (163.9)
Source: Climate-Data.org[6]

Lingig has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round and with extremely heavy rainfall in January.

Demographics

Population census of Lingig

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1903	730	—
1939	5,397	+5.71%
1948	4,462	−2.09%
1960	11,225	+7.99%
1970	13,836	+2.11%
1975	19,172	+6.76%
1980	19,993	+0.84%
1990	21,015	+0.50%
1995	23,477	+2.10%
2000	26,487	+2.62%
2007	28,269	+0.90%
2010	31,544	+4.07%
2015	31,485	−0.04%
2020	35,142	+2.34%
2024	35,203	+0.04%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[7][8][9][10][11]

Economy

Poverty incidence of Lingig

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 2000 61.73 2003 70.48 2006 45.20 2009 48.89 2012 33.97 2015 45.28 2018 36.32 2021 32.18 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]