San Jacinto, Masbate

San Jacinto, officially the Municipality of San Jacinto, is a municipality in the province of Masbate, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 29,686 people.^[5] San Jacinto is the commercial capital of Ticao Island.

San Jacinto Ticao
Municipality
Municipality of San Jacinto
Flag Seal
Map of Masbate with San Jacinto highlighted
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San Jacinto Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 12°34′06″N 123°44′01″E
Country	Philippines
Region	Bicol Region
Province	Masbate
District	1st district
Barangays	21 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Francisco P. Altarejos
• Vice Mayor	Leny Arcenas
• Representative	Richard Kho
• Municipal Council	Members Jerol L. Espinosa Noe M. Almodal Floyd King E. Espinosa Letty D. Bartolata Alfredo L. Alcantara Jimson R. Bartolay Harry Sandro H. Tan Gemma G. delos Santos
• Electorate	22,005 voters (2025)
Area [2]
• Total	122.40 km2 (47.26 sq mi)
Elevation	34 m (112 ft)
Highest elevation	332 m (1,089 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2024 census)[3]
• Total	29,458
• Density	240/km2 (620/sq mi)
• Households	7,474
Economy
• Income class	4th municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	22.8 % (2021)[4]
• Revenue	₱ 175.8 million (2022)
• Assets	₱ 655 million (2022)
• Expenditure	₱ 131.2 million (2022)
• Liabilities	₱ 83.32 million (2022)
Service provider
• Electricity	Ticao Island Electric Cooperative (TISELCO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	5417
PSGC	0504119000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)56
Native languages	Masbateño Tagalog
Website	https://sjmasbate.gov.ph

It is located on Ticao Island.

Geography

Barangays

San Jacinto is politically subdivided into 21 barangays. ^[6] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

• Almiñe
• Bagacay
• Bagahanglad
• Bartolabac
• Burgos
• Calipat-An
• Danao
• Dorong-an Daplian
• Interior
• Jagna-an
• Luna
• Mabini
• Piña
• District I (Poblacion)
• District II (Poblacion)
• District III (Poblacion)
• District IV (Poblacion)
• Roosevelt
• San Isidro
• Sta. Rosa
• Washington

Climate

Climate data for San Jacinto, Masbate
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)	30 (86)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	28 (82)	29 (84)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	22 (72)	21 (70)	22 (72)	23 (73)	24 (75)	25 (77)	25 (77)	25 (77)	25 (77)	24 (75)	23 (73)	23 (73)	24 (74)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	65 (2.6)	44 (1.7)	42 (1.7)	39 (1.5)	87 (3.4)	150 (5.9)	184 (7.2)	153 (6.0)	163 (6.4)	154 (6.1)	127 (5.0)	100 (3.9)	1,308 (51.4)
Average rainy days	13.9	9.2	11.1	12.5	19.6	24.3	26.5	25.0	25.5	24.4	19.4	15.1	226.5
Source: Meteoblue[7]

Demographics

Population census of San Jacinto

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1903 4,845 —     1918 8,142 +3.52% 1939 15,134 +3.00% 1948 20,208 +3.26% 1960 17,330 −1.27% 1970 21,660 +2.25% 1975 22,765 +1.00% 1980 26,389 +3.00%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1990 23,068 −1.34% 1995 24,048 +0.78% 2000 24,780 +0.64% 2007 26,508 +0.93% 2010 27,974 +1.98% 2015 30,372 +1.58% 2020 29,686 −0.48% 2024 29,458 −0.18%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[8][9][10][11][12]

In the 2020 census, the population of San Jacinto, Masbate, was 29,686 people,^[13] with a density of 240 inhabitants per square kilometre or 620 inhabitants per square mile.

Economy

Poverty incidence of San Jacinto

10 20 30 40 50 60 2000 57.31 2003 56.93 2006 39.60 2009 39.13 2012 38.78 2015 33.98 2018 27.07 2021 22.80 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

Archaeological and ecological landscape and seascape of Ticao

The municipality is part of Ticao island, which is known as an archaeological landscape, possessing thousands of pre-colonial artifacts such as the Baybayin-inscribed Rizal Stone, Ticao gold spike teeth, Burial jars of varying designs and sizes, jade beads, human face rock statues, and the Ticao petrographs. Much of the homes in Ticao island use these archaeological finds to design their interiors. The island is also an ecological frontier for the conservation of manta rays. The island also possesses a 'rare subspecies' of Visayan warty pig, that is almost near extinction.