Boston, Davao Oriental
Boston ([ˈboston]), officially the Municipality of Boston, is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Davao Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 14,618 people.
It is the northernmost and least populated municipality of Davao Oriental.
Boston is named after Boston, Massachusetts
Geography
Climate
Boston has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round and with extremely heavy rainfall in January.
| Climate data for Boston | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.7 (85.5) |
29.7 (85.5) |
30.7 (87.3) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.6 (88.9) |
31.5 (88.7) |
31.8 (89.2) |
32.0 (89.6) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.2 (88.2) |
30.3 (86.5) |
31.1 (88.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.7 (78.3) |
25.7 (78.3) |
26.4 (79.5) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.9 (80.4) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.3 (81.1) |
27.1 (80.8) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.7 (80.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.8 (71.2) |
21.8 (71.2) |
22.1 (71.8) |
22.6 (72.7) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.7 (72.9) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.4 (72.3) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 756 (29.8) |
550 (21.7) |
499 (19.6) |
337 (13.3) |
241 (9.5) |
130 (5.1) |
123 (4.8) |
107 (4.2) |
111 (4.4) |
191 (7.5) |
296 (11.7) |
639 (25.2) |
3,980 (156.8) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org | |||||||||||||
Barangays
Boston is politically subdivided into 8 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
- Cabasagan
- Caatihan
- Cawayanan
- Poblacion
- San Jose
- Sibajay
- Carmen
- Simulao
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5,321 | — |
| 1975 | 6,111 | +2.82% |
| 1980 | 9,660 | +9.59% |
| 1990 | 9,917 | +0.26% |
| 1995 | 10,424 | +0.94% |
| 2000 | 10,266 | −0.33% |
| 2007 | 11,176 | +1.18% |
| 2010 | 12,670 | +4.67% |
| 2015 | 13,535 | +1.27% |
| 2020 | 14,618 | +1.53% |
| Source: Philippine Statistics Authority | ||
Economy
Poverty incidence of Boston
10
20
30
40
2006
22.90 2009
36.56 2012
27.59 2015
29.31 2018
29.48 2021
23.12 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority |