Tarragona, Davao Oriental
Tarragona, officially the Municipality of Tarragona (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Tarragona; Tagalog: Bayan ng Tarragona), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Davao Oriental, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,996 people.
Geography
Barangays
Tarragona is politically subdivided into 10 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
- Cabagayan
- Central (Poblacion)
- Dadong
- Jovellar
- Limot
- Lucatan
- Maganda
- Ompao
- Tomoaong
- Tubaon
Climate
Tarragona has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy rainfall year-round.
| Climate data for Tarragona | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30.4 (86.7) |
30.6 (87.1) |
31.5 (88.7) |
32.2 (90.0) |
32.0 (89.6) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.2 (88.2) |
31.4 (88.5) |
31.7 (89.1) |
31.8 (89.2) |
31.6 (88.9) |
30.9 (87.6) |
31.4 (88.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 26.0 (78.8) |
26.2 (79.2) |
26.7 (80.1) |
27.4 (81.3) |
27.5 (81.5) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.8 (80.2) |
26.9 (80.4) |
27.0 (80.6) |
27.2 (81.0) |
27.0 (80.6) |
26.5 (79.7) |
26.9 (80.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21.7 (71.1) |
21.8 (71.2) |
22.0 (71.6) |
22.6 (72.7) |
23.0 (73.4) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.4 (72.3) |
22.2 (72.0) |
22.3 (72.2) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 321 (12.6) |
254 (10.0) |
184 (7.2) |
142 (5.6) |
132 (5.2) |
148 (5.8) |
129 (5.1) |
115 (4.5) |
106 (4.2) |
146 (5.7) |
151 (5.9) |
234 (9.2) |
2,062 (81) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org | |||||||||||||
Demographics
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 9,468 | — |
| 1975 | 11,149 | +3.33% |
| 1980 | 14,122 | +4.84% |
| 1990 | 18,495 | +2.73% |
| 1995 | 19,779 | +1.27% |
| 2000 | 22,846 | +3.14% |
| 2007 | 24,363 | +0.89% |
| 2010 | 25,671 | +1.92% |
| 2015 | 26,225 | +0.41% |
| 2020 | 26,996 | +0.57% |
| Source: Philippine Statistics Authority | ||
Economy
Poverty incidence of Tarragona
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
2006
39.00 2009
62.31 2012
56.86 2015
34.92 2018
38.21 2021
34.47 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority |