San Andres, Quezon


San Andres, officially the Municipality of San Andres, is a municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the, it has a population of people.

History

President Carlos P. Garcia issued Executive Order (EO) No. 353 on August 20, 1959, wherein six barrios of San Narciso were organized into the municipal district of San Andres. His successor, Diosdado Macapagal, issued EO No. 357 on October 5, 1965, declaring and considering the said political unit a municipality "beginning July 1, 1963".
In March 1973, San Andres was close to the epicenter of a magnitude 7.4 earthquake. The town suffered unknown fatalities and damage to almost 1,000 homes.

Geography

San Andres is from Lucena and from Manila. Administratively, the town of San Andres is subdivided into seven barangays. Poblacion forms the center, whereas the other six are in the outlying areas which are several kilometres away from the center of the municipality. The municipality also includes the island barangay of Alibijaban in Ragay Gulf.

Barangays

San Andres is politically subdivided into 7 barangays, as indicated below. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

Demographics

A main language spoken in San Andres is Tagalog, which is spoken with a dialect that is spoken in Marinduque and eastern Oriental Mindoro. However, a significant minority spoke Cebuano, spoken in some remote areas of the municipality by ethnic Cebuano-speaking people from Masbate who settled in San Andres several decades ago.

Churches

  • San Andrés Apóstol Parish - Poblacion ''''

Education

The San Andres Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.

Primary and elementary schools

  • Alibahaban Elementary School
  • Banaba Elementary School
  • Camflora Elementary School
  • Camflora Elementary School- Annex
  • Educator's Clinic for Early Learners
  • Inanuran Elementary School
  • Mangero Elementary School
  • Pansoy Elementary School
  • San Andres Central Elementary School
  • Sanctus Andreas Parochial School
  • Segaras Elementary School
  • Tala Elementary School
  • Talisay Elementary School
  • Tamnao Elementary School
  • Yugno Elementary School

Secondary schools