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Cortes | |
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Municipality of Cortes | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 9°43′N 123°53′E / 9.72°N 123.88°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Central Visayas |
Province | Bohol |
District | 1st district |
Barangays | 14 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Lynn Iven P. Lim |
• Vice Mayor | Rodrigo Dennis Butawan Uy |
• Representative | Edgardo M. Chatto |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 11,748 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 27.32 km2 (10.55 sq mi) |
Elevation | 41 m (135 ft) |
Highest elevation | 354 m (1,161 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census)[3] | |
• Total | 18,344 |
• Density | 670/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
• Households | 4,165 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 5th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 14.49 |
• Revenue | ₱ 92.31 million (2020), 40.02 million (2013), 44.23 million (2014), 57.86 million (2015), 6.28 million (2016), 78.24 million (2017), 82.78 million (2018), 80.75 million (2019), 96.62 million (2021), 128.1 million (2022) |
• Assets | ₱ 224.5 million (2020), 38.43 million (2012), 37.59 million (2013), 48.14 million (2014), 59.5 million (2015), 91.1 million (2016), 138.4 million (2017), 175.9 million (2018), 189.6 million (2019), 256.4 million (2021), 324.9 million (2022) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 89.15 million (2020), 37.99 million (2013), 38.28 million (2014), 41.06 million (2015), 42.62 million (2016), 56.04 million (2017), 61.69 million (2018), 57.92 million (2019), 70.51 million (2021), 90.34 million (2022) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 32.09 million (2020), 4.097 million (2013), 9.463 million (2014), 4.53 million (2015), 17 million (2016), 30.13 million (2017), 46.92 million (2018), 35.54 million (2019), 33.35 million (2021), 15.76 million (2022) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Bohol 1 Electric Cooperative (BOHECO 1) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 6341 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)38 |
Native languages | Boholano dialect Cebuano Tagalog |
Cortes, officially the Municipality of Cortes (Cebuano: Munisipalidad sa Cortes; Tagalog: Bayan ng Cortes), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 18,344 people.[3]
The town fiesta is held every 16 January in honor of the holy child Jesus, the Santo Niño.[5]