Concepcion, Misamis Occidental
Concepcion, officially the Municipality of Concepcion (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Concepcion; Tagalog: Bayan ng Concepcion), is a 6th class municipality in the province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 9,324 people, making it the least populated municipality in the province.
It is considered as a suburb to the provincial capital, Oroquieta.
Geography
Barangays
Concepcion is politically subdivided into 18 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
- Bagong Nayon
- Capule
- New Casul
- Guiban
- Laya-an
- Lingatongan
- Maligubaan
- Mantukoy
- Marugang
- Poblacion
- Pogan
- Small Potongan
- Soso-on
- Upper Dapitan
- Upper Dioyo
- Upper Potongan
- Upper Salimpono
- Virayan
Climate
| Climate data for Concepcion, Misamis Occidental | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 23 (73) |
24 (75) |
25 (77) |
27 (81) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
25 (78) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 19 (66) |
19 (66) |
19 (66) |
19 (66) |
20 (68) |
20 (68) |
19 (66) |
19 (66) |
20 (68) |
20 (68) |
19 (66) |
19 (66) |
19 (67) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 69 (2.7) |
44 (1.7) |
37 (1.5) |
29 (1.1) |
87 (3.4) |
137 (5.4) |
131 (5.2) |
141 (5.6) |
143 (5.6) |
134 (5.3) |
68 (2.7) |
53 (2.1) |
1,073 (42.3) |
| Average rainy days | 9.9 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 8.1 | 21.6 | 26.5 | 26.4 | 26.6 | 25.8 | 24.3 | 15.1 | 10.4 | 209.7 |
| Source: Meteoblue (modeled/calculated data, not measured locally) | |||||||||||||
Demographics
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| Source: Philippine Statistics Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the 2020 census, the population of Concepcion, Misamis Occidental, was 9,324 people, with a density of 150 inhabitants per square kilometre or 390 inhabitants per square mile.
Economy
Poverty incidence of Concepcion
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
2006
76.50 2009
62.30 2012
77.98 2015
70.24 2018
49.92 2021
49.86 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority |