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FAST FACTS
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Name of the
Municipality |
Santiago |
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Basis of Existence |
Maura Law |
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Year Founded |
1803 |
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Years of Existence |
199 |
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Land Area |
74.5 sq. km. |
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Population (As of
2000 NSO Census) |
15, 876 |
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No. of Households |
2,960 |
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Income Class (As of
2002) |
4th class |
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Total Income
(2002)[General Fund] |
P 19,787,958.46 |
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Total Expenditures
2002 |
P 18,099,360.84 |
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Actual IRA – 2002 |
P 18,545,100 |
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Number of Barangays |
24 |
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Total Registered
Voters |
8,561 |
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Number of Precincts
(as of 2001 election) |
42 |
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Percentage of
Voters’ Turn-out (2001 election) |
87.64% |
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Number of Clinics |
3 |
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Number of Schools |
15 |
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Distance to Vigan
City/Manila |
49 km / 358 km |
SOCIAL
The municipality of
Santiago has 16 institutions, namely eight (8)
elementary schools, three (3) primary schools, (4)
secondary schools, two (2) of which are private and
the other public and the Ilocos Sur Polytechnic
College, College of Engineering and Technology,
Santiago, Ilocos Sur Campus. All the three (3)
secondary schools are located in the poblacion area,
while the eleven (11) elementary schools are found
both in the barangays and poblacion areas.
COMMERCE
The main office of the
Ilocos Sur Electric Cooperative Inc. (ISECO) is
located within the municipality, particularly in
Barangay Bigbiga, the northernmost barangay. The
electric cooperative is at present serving the entire
province.
Santiago has a public
market and 188 commercial establishments from which
163 are engaged in sari-sari stores. Two (2) are
connected in farm and feeds supplies. There are three
(3) eateries, four (4) bakeries, six (6) welding
shops, two (2) construction firms. Three (3) video
studios, four (4) rice mills and one PLDT toll
station.
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