San Luis | |
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Municipality | |
![]() Location within Agusan del Sur province |
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Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 8°30′N 125°44′E / 8.5°N 125.74°ECoordinates: 8°30′N 125°44′E / 8.5°N 125.74°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Caraga (Region XIII) |
Province | Agusan del Sur |
District | 1st district of Agusan del Sur |
Barangays | 25 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Ronaldo Y. Corvera |
Area | |
• Total | 950.5 km2 (367.0 sq mi) |
Population (2015 census) | |
• Total | 32,109 |
• Density | 34/km2 (87/sq mi) |
• Voter (2016) | 16,701 |
Time zone | PST (UTC+8) |
ZIP code | 8511 |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)85 |
Income class | 1st municipal income class |
160309000 | |
Electorate | 16,701 voters as of 2016 |
San Luis, officially the Municipality of San Luis (Cebuano: Lungsod sa San Luis; Filipino: Bayan ng San Luis), is a municipality in the province of Agusan del Sur in the Caraga (Region XIII) of the Philippines. The population was 32,109 at the 2015 census. In the 2016 electoral roll, it had 16,701 registered voters.
San Luis was created into a municipality on June 15, 1968, when the barrios of San Luis, Santa Inez, Nuevo Trabajo, Cualision and Baylo were separated from the municipality of Esperanza and constituted into the new town, through Republic Act 5262. Since the 1970s, the town's economy has been largely based on logging industries.
San Luis is located at 8°30′N 125°44′E / 8.5°N 125.74°E.
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 950.5 square kilometres (367.0 sq mi) constituting 9.51% of the 9,989.52-square-kilometre- (3,856.98 sq mi) total area of Agusan del Sur.
San Luis is politically subdivided into 25 barangays.
In the 2015 census, San Luis had a population of 32,109. The population density was 34 inhabitants per square kilometre (88/sq mi).