Corcuera, Romblon

Map of Romblon showing the location of Corcuera

Corcuera is a 5th class municipality in the province of Romblon, Philippines, located in the Simara Island. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 10,972 people in 2,270 households. It was named after the Spanish governor-general Sebastian Hurtado de Corcuera who ruled from 1635 to 1644.

Barangays

Corcuera is politically subdivided into 15 barangays.

• Alegria
• Ambulong
• Colongcolong
• Gobon
• Guintiguiban
• Ilijan
• Labnig
• Mabini
• Mahaba
• Mangansag
• Poblacion
• San Agustin
• San Roque
• San Vicente
• Tacasan

Population of Corcuera at various times

Barrio/Barangay Name	Land Area (Hectares)	1894	1896 /c	1903 /h	1918 /a	1939	1948	1960	1970	1975	1980	1990	1995	2000	2007 /j
San Jose (Poblacion)			118
San Isidro (Poblacion)			130
San Miguel (Poblacion)			117
San Pedro (Poblacion)			135
San Roque (Poblacion)			133
Poblacion (U)	13.72			1,892		510	564	597	735	545	512	572	562	610	626
Alegria	251.59				219	464	574	913	1,098	1,216	1,459	1,436	1,366	1,595	1,677
Ambulong	136.72					312	235	256	452	429	476	382	427	447	455
Bagadolong /f			117
Colongcolong	125.36		128		133	249	385	219	468	479	621	581	655	722	763
Corcuera					514
Fonda /d (Ponda / Yonda)			150
Gobon	107.20				387	594	805	872	677	752	740	823	792	895	810
Guintiguiban	113.26		152		137	181	282	240	297	301	339	290	294	352	320
Ilijan	156.90		134		287	441	591	669	755	777	864	872	848	971	866
Labnig	170.26		120		105			316	519	656	638	641	715	705	604
Mabini	149.91					366	487	700	764	296	358	276	280	328	319
Mahaba	147.06		128		238	346	540	450	576	616	647	750	698	851	884
Mainit /g			129
Mangansag	208.35		140		259	292	413	536	683	669	727	813	981	1,115	1,132
San Agustin	50.05									413	481	463	451	524	581
San Roque	109.73									566	671	626	682	861	856
San Vicente /i	241.40							424	333	521	438	382	438	570	494
Suba /e			136
Tacasan	90.30					249	282	318	448	503	508	531	469	486	496
Total	2,071.81	/b	1,987	1,892	2,176	4,004	5,158	6,510	7,805	8,739	9,479	9,438	9,658	10,972	10,883

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code

Coordinates: 12°47′N 122°03′E / 12.783°N 122.05°E / 12.783; 122.05