Alcantara, Cebu

Alcantara
Municipality

Map of Cebu with Alcantara highlighted
Alcantara Location in the Philippines
Coordinates: 9°59′N 123°24′E / 9.98°N 123.4°E / 9.98; 123.4Coordinates: 9°59′N 123°24′E / 9.98°N 123.4°E / 9.98; 123.4
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Visayas (Region VII)
Province	Cebu
District	7th District of Cebu
Founded	1912
Barangay	9 (see § Barangays)
Government ^[1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Beatriz Caburnay (LP)
• Vice mayor	Fritz Lastimoso
• Town Council	Members Benjamin Lobitaña Feliciano Ferraren Larry Llenos Andres Timtim Margarito Basilico Richard Puldo Serwin Marcellana Pedpab Tapales 2016 unofficial result
• Representative	Peter John Calderon
Area^[2]
• Total	35.2 km² (13.6 sq mi)
Population (2015 census)^[3]
• Total	15,160
• Density	430/km² (1,100/sq mi)
• Voter (2016)^[4]	10,102
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	6033
IDD : area code	+63 (0)32
Income class	5th class
PSGC	072201000

Alcantara is a 5th municipal income class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines.^[2] According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 15,160.^[3] In the 2016 election, it had 10,102 registered voters.^[4]

Barangays

Alcantara comprises 9 barangays:^[2]

PSGC	Barangay	Population			±% p.a.
		2015^[3]		2010^[5]
072201001	Cabadiangan	6.4%	968	913	+1.12%
072201002	Cabil‑isan	5.6%	854	708	+3.63%
072201003	Candabong	16.0%	2,421	2,142	+2.36%
072201004	Lawaan	11.3%	1,706	1,438	+3.31%
072201005	Manga	13.2%	1,995	1,693	+3.17%
072201006	Palanas	17.5%	2,651	2,314	+2.62%
072201007	Poblacion	16.1%	2,440	2,438	+0.02%
072201008	Polo	9.9%	1,508	1,337	+2.32%
072201009	Salagmaya	4.1%	617	573	+1.42%
	Total		15,160	13,556	+2.15%

Population census of Alcantara

Source: Philippine Statistics Office^[3]^[5]^[6]

In the 2016 election, it had 10,102 registered voters, meaning that 67% of the population are aged 18 and over.^[4]

Alcantara public market

↑ "Municipality". Quezon City, Philippines: Department of the Interior and Local Government. Retrieved 31 May 2013.
1 2 3 "Municipal: Alcantara, Cebu". PSA. Philippines: National Statistical Coordination Board. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
1 2 3 4 "Region VII (CENTRAL VISAYAS)". Census of Population (2015): Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay (Report). PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
1 2 3 "2016 National and Local Elections Statistics". Commission on Elections. 2016.
1 2 "Region VII (CENTRAL VISAYAS)". Census of Population and Housing (2010): Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay (Report). NSO. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
↑ "Region VII (CENTRAL VISAYAS)". Census of Population (1995, 2000 and 2007): Total Population by Province, City and Municipality (Report). NSO. Archived from the original on 24 June 2011.

Tañon Strait

Alcantara

Moalboal

Province of Cebu

Cebu City (capital)

Municipalities	Alcantara Alcoy Alegria Aloguinsan Argao Asturias Badian Balamban Bantayan Barili Boljoon Borbon Carmen Catmon Compostela Consolacion Cordova Daanbantayan Dalaguete Dumanjug Ginatilan Liloan Madridejos Malabuyoc Medellin Minglanilla Moalboal Oslob Pilar Pinamungajan Poro Ronda Samboan San Fernando San Francisco San Remigio Santa Fe Santander Sibonga Sogod Tabogon Tabuelan Tuburan Tudela

Component cities	Bogo Carcar Danao Naga Talisay Toledo

Highly urbanized cities	Cebu City Lapu-Lapu Mandaue (Administratively independent from the province but grouped under Cebu by the Philippine Statistics Authority. Mandaue is grouped under the 6th legislative district of Cebu but still independent from the province.)

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