San Andres, Quezon

San Andres, officially the Municipality of San Andres (Tagalog: Bayan ng San Andres; Cebuano: Lungsod sa San Andres), is a municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 37,454 people.^[6]

San Andres
Municipality
Municipality of San Andres
Alibijaban Island
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Map of Quezon with San Andres highlighted
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San Andres Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 13°19′23″N 122°40′34″E
Country	Philippines
Region	Calabarzon
Province	Quezon
District	3rd district
Founded	August 20, 1959
Named after	Saint Andrew the Apostle[1]
Barangays	7 (see Barangays)
Government  [2]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Ralph Edward B. Lim
• Vice Mayor	Nelson Ausa
• Representative	Reynante U. Arrogancia
• Municipal Council	Members Rahzes Casey C. Villanueva Khirk L. Banquiles Teddy B. Tan Sonny P. Luzares Edgar M. Lingahan Nelson P. Villanueva Dondon M. Ludovice Esperanza M. Fontanil
• Electorate	20,537 voters (2025)
Area [3]
• Total	172.93 km2 (66.77 sq mi)
Elevation	84 m (276 ft)
Highest elevation	405 m (1,329 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2024 census)[4]
• Total	38,407
• Density	220/km2 (580/sq mi)
• Households	9,199
Demonym	San Andresin
Economy
• Income class	4th municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	27.82 % (2021)[5]
• Revenue	₱ 210.9 million (2022)
• Assets	₱ 791.8 million (2022)
• Expenditure	₱ 130.2 million (2022)
• Liabilities	₱ 151.4 million (2022)
Service provider
• Electricity	Quezon 1 Electric Cooperative (QUEZELCO 1)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	4314
PSGC	0405640000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)42
Native languages	Tagalog

History

President Carlos P. Garcia issued Executive Order (EO) No. 353 on August 20, 1959, wherein six barrios of San Narciso were organized into the municipal district of San Andres.^[7] His successor, Diosdado Macapagal, issued EO No. 357 on October 5, 1965, declaring and considering the said political unit a municipality "beginning July 1, 1963".^[8]

In March 1973, San Andres was close to the epicenter of a magnitude 7.4 earthquake. The town suffered unknown fatalities and damage to almost 1,000 homes.

Geography

San Andres is 237 kilometres (147 mi) from Lucena and 367 kilometres (228 mi) from Manila. Administratively, the town of San Andres is subdivided into seven barangays. Poblacion forms the center, whereas the other six are in the outlying areas which are several kilometres away from the center of the municipality. The municipality also includes the island barangay of Alibijaban in Ragay Gulf.

Barangays

San Andres is politically subdivided into 7 barangays, as indicated below. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

• Alibihaban
• Camflora
• Mangero
• Pansoy
• Tala
• Talisay
• Poblacion

Climate

Climate data for San Andres, Quezon
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	27 (81)	28 (82)	29 (84)	31 (88)	31 (88)	30 (86)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	28 (82)	29 (84)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22 (72)	22 (72)	22 (72)	24 (75)	25 (77)	25 (77)	25 (77)	25 (77)	25 (77)	24 (75)	24 (75)	23 (73)	24 (75)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	55 (2.2)	36 (1.4)	45 (1.8)	42 (1.7)	114 (4.5)	184 (7.2)	245 (9.6)	224 (8.8)	238 (9.4)	171 (6.7)	130 (5.1)	94 (3.7)	1,578 (62.1)
Average rainy days	13.0	9.5	11.8	12.7	21.3	25.3	28.3	26.5	26.4	24.2	19.9	16.1	235
Source: Meteoblue[9]

Demographics

Population census of San Andres

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1960	2,815	—
1970	9,571	+13.00%
1975	15,956	+10.79%
1980	17,822	+2.24%
1990	23,716	+2.90%
1995	25,948	+1.70%
2000	27,184	+1.00%
2007	29,216	+1.00%
2010	33,586	+5.20%
2015	35,780	+1.21%
2020	37,454	+0.97%
2024	38,407	+0.61%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[10][11][12][13][14]

A main language spoken in San Andres is Tagalog, which is spoken with a dialect that is spoken in Marinduque and eastern Oriental Mindoro. However, a significant minority spoke Cebuano, spoken in some remote areas of the municipality by ethnic Cebuano-speaking people from Masbate (in turn descended from settlers mainly from Cebu) who settled in San Andres several decades ago.

Economy

Poverty incidence of San Andres

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 2000 77.73 2003 59.14 2006 78.30 2009 39.01 2012 54.73 2015 43.76 2018 20.68 2021 27.82 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]

Churches

• San Andrés Apóstol Parish - Poblacion (est. 1965)