Santa, Ilocos Sur

Santa

Sta. Catalina de Alexandria
Santa Sta. Catalina de Alexandria
Municipality
	Municipality of Santa
	View of Santa
	Flag Seal
	Nickname(s): Gateway to the Cordilleras; Virgen Catalina de Alexandria
	Motto: Paspas Santa! (Faster Santa!)
	Anthem: Santa March
	Map of Ilocos Sur with Santa highlighted
	OpenStreetMap
	Santa Location within the Philippines
	Coordinates: 17°29′10″N 120°26′04″E / 17.486042°N 120.434444°E
Country	Philippines
Region	Ilocos Region
Province	Ilocos Sur
District	2nd district
Founded	1576
Barangays	26 (see Barangays)
Government
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Jesus B. Bueno Jr.
• Vice Mayor	Jeremy Jesus D. Bueno III
• Representative	Kristine Singson-Meehan
• Municipal Council	Members
• Electorate	10,293 voters (2022)
Area
• Total	109.10 km2 (42.12 sq mi)
Elevation	72 m (236 ft)
Highest elevation	624 m (2,047 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2020 census)
• Total	14,992
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
• Households	3,661
Demonym	Santanian
Economy
• Income class	4th municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	10.40% (2021)
• Revenue	₱ 145.9 million (2020)
• Assets	₱ 437.3 million (2020)
• Expenditure	₱ 101.9 million (2020)
• Liabilities	₱ 26.04 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Ilocos Sur Electric Cooperative (ISECO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	2703
PSGC	012922000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)77
Native languages	Ilocano; Tagalog
Website	www.lgusanta.org

Santa, officially the Municipality of Santa (Ilocano: Ili ti Santa; Filipino: Bayan ng Santa), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 14,992 people.^[3]

Due to Santa's natural setting (the ridge of Mount Tetas de Santa in the east;^[5] the winding Abra River and delta in the north and NW of Santa; and the South China Sea to the west), then Governor-General of the Philippines Theodore Roosevelt Jr. on his visit in 1925 exclaimed: “The mountain in the east, the winding roping river in the north, and the immense sea in the west make Santa a poetic town.”^[6]

^ Municipality of Santa | (DILG)
^ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Census of Population (2020). "Region I (Ilocos Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
^ "Mount Tetas de Santa". Google Maps. Retrieved on 2012-03-26.
^ Cite error: The named reference Profile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] Municipality of Santa | (DILG)

[popcen2015_r3-2] "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.

[PSA20–01-3] Census of Population (2020). "Region I (Ilocos Region)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[4] "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.

[map-5] "Mount Tetas de Santa". Google Maps. Retrieved on 2012-03-26.

[Profile-6] Cite error: The named reference Profile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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