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| Subdivision Name: | Philippines | ||
| Subdivision Type1: | Region | ||
| Subdivision Type2: | Province | ||
| Subdivision Type3: | District | ||
| Established Title: | Founded | ||
| Established Date: | April 27, 1554 | ||
| Parts Type: | Barangays | ||
| Parts Style: | para | ||
| P1: | (see Barangays) | ||
| Leader Name: | Emily E. Hao | ||
| Leader Title1: | Vice Mayor | ||
| Leader Name1: | Romeo R. Villanueva | ||
| Leader Name2: | Elisa T. Kho | ||
| Leader Title3: | Municipal Council | ||
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| Demographics2 Title1: | Electricity | ||
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Mandaon, officially the Municipality of Mandaon, is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Masbate, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 44,122 people.
Mandaon is from Masbate City.
Mandaon was originally a barrio of Milagros, established by Barrio Lieutenant Feliciano Aquillo Sr. In 1948, Juan Valencia, a settler from Pampanga, advocated for its elevation into a municipality. On July 18, 1949, President Elpidio Quirino, through Executive Order No. 244, officially recognized Mandaon as an independent municipality, distinct from Milagros.[1]
Mandaon is politically subdivided into 26 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
In the 2020 census, the population of Mandaon, Masbate, was 44,122 people, with a density of NaNPD/km2NaNPD/km2.
The municipality is home to the 3,668-hectare campus of the only state college in the province of Masbate: the Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa Sr. Memorial State College of Agriculture and Technology (DEBESMSCAT), named after the former congressman of the province, Dr. Emilio B. Espinosa, Sr.