Canaman
| Municipality of Canaman | |||
| Location of Canaman in the Camarines Sur province | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Region : | Bicol region | ||
| Province : | Camarines Sur | ||
| Barangays : | 24 | ||
| District: | 2. District of Camarines Sur | ||
| PSGC : | 051710000 | ||
| Income class : | 4. Income bracket | ||
| Households : | 5215 May 1, 2000 census
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| Population : | 34.210 August 1, 2015 census
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| Population density : | 790.6 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Area : | 43.27 km² | ||
| Coordinates : | 13 ° 38 ′ N , 123 ° 10 ′ E | ||
| Mayor : | Emmanuel S. Requejo | ||
| Website: | www.canaman.gov.ph | ||
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Canaman is a Philippine municipality in the province of Camarines Sur . It is Bikolano , Filipino / Tagalog and English spoken.
The municipality of Canaman is centrally located in the province of Camarines Sur on the island of Luzon . The borough of Canaman is bordered by Magarao parish to the north , Camaligan and Gainza parishes to the south , Naga City to the east, Libmanan and Pamplona parishes to the west, and the Bicol River to the southwest . Canaman is 6 km wide from north to south, and 14 km long from east to west.
The borough of Canaman is made up of 24 barangays . Nine of them are urban barangays while the remaining fifteen are agricultural barangays. A large part of the population lives from growing rice .
The name Canaman comes from the word Kana , which means " building materials ". It is connected locatively with the suffix -man ; this then creates a word that “indicates a place” in which there are “building materials”.
Barangays
The borough of Canaman is divided into 24 barangays:
| Barangay | Residents | households |
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| Baras | 2,226 | 431 |
| Del Rosario | 3,000 | 585 |
| Dinaga | 1,569 | 298 |
| Fundado | 387 | 69 |
| Haring | 1,983 | 395 |
| Iquin | 752 | 143 |
| Liñaga | 424 | 80 |
| Mangayawan | 1,380 | 260 |
| Palo | 651 | 105 |
| Pangpang | 875 | 177 |
| Poro | 1,339 | 246 |
| San Augustine | 2,095 | 402 |
| San Francisco | 832 | 167 |
| San Jose East | 358 | 66 |
| San Jose West | 380 | 64 |
| San Juan | 241 | 55 |
| San Nicolas | 761 | 129 |
| San Roque | 762 | 135 |
| San Vicente | 2,535 | 476 |
| Sta. Cruz | 1,169 | 234 |
| Sta. Teresita | 1,113 | 191 |
| Sua | 802 | 132 |
| Talidtid | 788 | 139 |
| Tibgao | 1,297 | 236 |
Web links
- Official Homepage of Canaman (English)
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- www.canaman.gov.ph (English)
- www.nscb.gov.ph (English)