Catarman
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Key facts
- Country
- Philippines
- Region
- Eastern Visayas
- Province
- Northern Samar
- District
- 1st district
- Barangays
- 55 (see Barangays )
- Type
- Sangguniang Bayan
- Mayor
- Dianne E. Rosales
- Vice mayor
- Francisco C. Rosales Jr.
- Representative
- Niko Raul S. Daza
- Councilors
- List • Nerissa O. Daclag • Sandy C. Balite • Fernando G. Carpio • Maricor G. Mendador • Jennifer D. Salutan • Julian G. Custorio • Ernesto S. Patilan Jr. • Ramon C. Tiberio DILG Masterlist of Officials
- Electorate
- 63,766 voters ( 2025 )
- Total
- 464.43 km (179.32 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 15 m (49 ft)
- Highest elevation
- 142 m (466 ft)
- Lowest elevation
- −1 m (−3.3 ft)
- Density
- 210.45/km (545.06/sq mi)
- Households
- 20,836
- Demonym
- Catarmananon
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Philippines
- Official name
- Municipality of Catarman
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Northern Samar
- Population
- 97738
- Area
- 464.43
- Elevation
- 15
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Capital of
- Northern Samar
- Shares border with
- Mondragon
- Official website
- www.catarman-nsamar.gov.ph
- Image
- Catarman Aerial-cr.jpg
- Households
- 20836
- Dialing code
- 55
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- Commons category
- Catarman, Northern Samar
- Köppen climate classification
- tropical rainforest climate
- language used
- Tagalog
- postal code
- 5400
- poverty incidence
- 20.64
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 539797227.65
- total assets
- 1327187093.35
- total expenditure
- 457510225.75
- total liabilities
- 334259775.36
- electorate
- 63766
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Encyclopedic overview
Catarman, officially the Municipality of Catarman (Waray [Ninorte Samarnon]: Bungto san Catarman; Tagalog: Bayan ng Catarman), is a municipality and capital of the province of Northern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 97,738 people. It is the commercial, educational, financial, and political center of the province. It is the most populous municipality in Eastern Visayas.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Catarman” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.