General Info

Demography

1.2.1 Population Size, Growth and Trend

In 1980, Maragusan’s population was placed at 20,220. It increased to 40,892 in 2007 with an average annual growth rate of 7.3 percent. The census in 1995, however, showed a negative average annual growth rate of 0.1 percent as a result of out-migration due to a peace and order problem in Barangay Mabugnao. Moreover, a number of people moved to neighboring provinces after selling their lands to Stanfilco to be converted to banana plantations.

Table 1.2.1 Historical Growth and Trend

Municipality of Maragusan, 1980-2007

Year	Population	Increase or Decrease	Average Annual Growth Rate
1980	20,220	-	-
1990	40,982	20,762	7.3
1995	40,834	-148	-0.1
2000	45,937	5,103	2.4
2007	51,547	5,610	1.7
Source: National Statistics Office XI

In the 2007 census, the population was placed at 51,547 representing 8.1 percent of the total population of Compostela Valley province and showed a population’s average growth rate of 1.67 percent from 2000 to year 2007 (Table 1.2.1).

1.2.2 Urban/Rural Distribution of Population

Based on the 2007 census, Poblacion Maragusan is the most populated barangay with 13,551, while Mabugnao is the least populated with 250 people (Table 1.2.2).

The municipality’s urbanization has been slow, as the population and economic activities remained predominantly rural. Urbanization level was computed at 26.3 percent compared to 23.6 percent in 2000 with Poblacion, Maragusan as the only barangay classified as urban by the National Statistics Office (NSO). The remaining 73.7 percent are considered rural for 23 barangays.

Table 1.2.2 Population, Household Population and Number of Household by Barangay

Municipality of Maragusan, 2007

Barangay	Population	Household Population	Number of Households
Urban	13,551	12,140	2,837
Poblacion (Maragusan)	13,551		2,873
Rural	37,996	37,996	7,720
Bagong Silang	3,189	3,189	673
Mapawa	4,588	4,588	921
New Albay	3,363	3,363	701
Bahi	1,206	1,206	256
Cambagang	1,444	1,444	288
Coronobe	1,905	1,905	386
Katipunan	1,403	1,403	260
Lahi	1,079	1,079	204
Langgawisan	1,952	1,952	362
Mabugnao	250	250	54
Magcagong	1,934	1,934	383
Mahayahay	645	645	135
Mauswagon	2,178	2,178	474
New Katipunan	1,478	1,478	280
New Manay	661	661	136
New Panay	1,263	1,263	246
Paloc	1,901	1,901	369
Pamintaran	1,257	1,257	262
Parasanon	811	811	173
Talian	1,565	1,565	328
Tandik	488	488	107
Tigbao	1,312	1,312	285
Tupas	2,124	2,124	437
Total	51,547	51,547	10,557
Sources of Basic Data: 2007 Census of Population, National Statistics Office XI

1.2.3 Gross Density

In 2007, population density was estimated at 131 persons per square kilometer (Table 1.2.3). Urban density was computed at 253 persons per square kilometer while rural density was 114 persons per square kilometer. Poblacion Maragusan had the highest computed density at 705 persons per square kilometer compared to year 2000 at 226 persons per square kilometer.

Table 1.2.3 Population Density by Barangay

Municipality of Maragusan, 2007

Barangay	Population	Area (Sq. Km.)	Density (Person/Sq. Km.)
Urban	13,551
Poblacion (Maragusan	13,551	17.23	705
Rural	37,996	377.03	104
Bagong Silang	3,189	11.80	253
Mapawa	4,558	28.69	159
New Albay	3,363	23.65	155
Bahi	1,206	30.22	32
Cambagang	1,444	8.22	194
Coronobe	1,905	14.69	123
Katipunan	1,403	8.49	183
Lahi	1,079	6.15	180
Langgawisan	1,952	121.42	16
Mabugnao	250	4.69	132
Magcagong	1,934	9.23	224
Mahayahay	645	5.92	104
Mauswagon	2,178	4.86	354
New Katipunan	1,478	9.08	156
New Manay	661	5.68	176
New Panay	1,263	6.20	233
Paloc	1,901	6.84	353
Pamintaran	1,257	7.78	168
Parasanon	811	7.17	114
Talian	1,565	8.63	176
Tandik	488	9.15	71
Tigbao	1,312	6.32	230
Tupaz	2,124	32.17	69
Total	51,547	394.26	131
Sources of Basic Data: BDP/National Statistics Office * excluding area under disputes

1.2.5 Religious Affiliation

The people of the municipality embrace various religions. As of year 2007, the dominant religion was Roman Catholicism with 35,290 or 68.5 percent followed by 6,247 members of the Evangelicals (12 percent) and 1,295 followers of Other Protestants (2.5 percent) (Table 1.2.5).

Table 1.2.5 Population by Religious Affiliation

Municipality of Maragusan, 2007

Religion	Number	% To Total
Roman Catholic	35,290	68.46
Evangelicals	6,247	12.12
Other Protestants	1,295	2.51
Iglesia ni Kristo	1,134	2.20
Aglipayan	1,019	1.98
Seventh Day Adventist	960	1.86
Southern Baptist	863	1.67
UCCP	394	0.76
Jehovah’s Witness	367	0.71
Phil. Benevolent Missionaries Association	300	0.58
Missionary Baptist Churches of the Phils.	263	0.51
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints	201	0.39
Islam	193	0.37
International Baptist Missionary Fellowship	117	0.23
Assn. Of Fundamental Baptist church in the Phils.	81	0.16
Bible Baptist	62	0.12
Tribal Religions	37	0.07
Other Methodist	29	0.06
Convention of Philippine Baptist Church	16	0.03
Iglesia Evangelista Metodista en Las Filipinas	9	0.02
United Methodist Church	7	0.01
Lutheran Church of the Phils.	6	0.01
Buddhist	4	0.01
Salvation Army, Philippines	1	-
Others	2,437	4.73
None	63	0.12
Unknown	156	0.30
TOTAL	51,547	100.00
Source: National Statistics Office % Distribution was extrapolated from 2000 Census

1.2.6 Population by Ethnicity

The people of Maragusan are a mixture of the country’s different tribes who bring with them their own culture and speak their own dialect. Cebuano is the dominant inhabitant of Maragusan with 36,888 residents or 52.7 percent. Boholanos ranked second with 18.1 percent. Mansakas and Mandayas, who belong to one of the cultural minority groups, comprise a total of 17.2 %. The least among the identified ethnic groups is Waray with only 3.5 percent (Table 1.2.6).

Table 1.2.6 Total Population by Ethnicity

Municipality of Maragusan, 2007

Tribe	Total Population	% To Total
Cebuano	27,178	52.7
Mansaka/ Mandaya	5,893	11.4
Mandaya	3,013	5.8
Boholano	9,343	18.1
Ilonggo/ Hiligaynon	2,190	4.2
Waray	1,836	3.5
Others	2,094	4.0
Total	51,547	100
Sources of Basic Data: 2000 & 2007 Census of Population % Distribution was extrapolated from 2000 Census

Table 1.3.2 Land Area by Barangay

Municipality of Maragusan, 2007

Barangay	Land Area (In has.)	Percent Distribution	Date Created
Bagong Silang	1,180.00	2.2	January 5, 1972
Bahi	3,022.46	5.5	August 23,1989
Cambagang	820.17	1.5	August 23,1989
Coronobe	1,468.53	2.7	August 23,1989
Katipunan	848.54	1.6	August 23,1989
Lahi	614.64	1.1	August 23,1989
Langgawisan	12,142.33	22.2	August 23,1989
Mabugnao	468.94	0.9	August 23,1989
Magcagong	923.44	1.7	August 23,1989
Mahayahay	592.41	1.1	August 23,1989
Mapawa	2,869.64	5.2	January 5, 1972
Maragusan (Pob)	1,763.53	3.2
Mauswagon	485.67	0.9	August 23,1989
New Albay	2,364.68	4.3	January 5, 1972
New Katipunan	907.62	1.7	August 23,1989
New Manay	567.84	1.0	August 23,1989
New Panay	620.28	1.1	August 23,1989
Paloc	684.42	1.3	August 23,1989
Pamintaran	778.45	1.4	August 23,1989
Parasanon	716.64	1.3	August 23,1989
Talian	862.60	1.6	August 23,1989
Tandik	874.92	1.6	August 23,1989
Tigbao	631.89	1.2	August 23,1989
Tupas	3,217.36	5.88	January 5, 1972
Contested Area	15,318.00	27.98
Total	54,745.00	100.00
Source: MPDO-GIS

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