Aroroy
Municipality of Aroroy | ||
Location of Aroroy in the Masbate Province | ||
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Basic data | ||
Region : | Bicol region | |
Province : | Masbate | |
Barangays : | 41 | |
District: | 2. District of Masbate | |
PSGC : | 054101000 | |
Income class : | 1st income bracket | |
Households : | 10,736 May 1, 2000 census
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Population : | 86,168 August 1, 2015 census
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Coordinates : | 12 ° 31 ' N , 123 ° 24' E | |
Postal code : | 5414 | |
Mayor : | Enrico Zaragoza Capinig | |
Geographical location in the Philippines | ||
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Aroroy is a Philippine municipality in the province of Masbate . It has 86,168 inhabitants (August 1, 2015 census).
Barangays
Aroroy is politically divided into 41 barangays .
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economy
The country's largest gold mine is currently located about four kilometers southwest of Aroroy and belonged to the Philippine company Atlas between 1980 and 1994 . Since 2007, the Australian CGA Mining indirectly holds the majority in the gold mine. In 2012, CGA Mining was taken over by the Australian company B2Gold . 157,591 ounces of gold were mined again in 2016 and the 2017 production is only slightly lower.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Masbate Gold Project on cgamining.com ( Memento from March 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.b2gold.com/projects/producing/masbate/