Talusan
# Talusan

Talusan, officially the Municipality of Talusan (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Talusan; Chavacano: Municipalidad de Talusan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Talusan), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 27,873 people.

It is the second least populous municipality in the province and the smallest in area.

The municipality is located in the central part of Olutanga Island.

## Geography

### Barangays

Talusan is politically subdivided into 14 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.

* Aurora
* Baganipay
* Bolingan
* Bualan
* Cawilan
* Florida
* Kasigpitan
* Laparay
* Mahayahay
* Moalboal
* Poblacion (Talusan)
* Sagay
* Samonte
* Tuburan

### Climate

Climate data for Talusan, Zamboanga Sibugay :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Average high °C (°F) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 61 (2.4) | 55 (2.2) | 75 (3.0) | 81 (3.2) | 145 (5.7) | 189 (7.4) | 189 (7.4) | 197 (7.8) | 162 (6.4) | 181 (7.1) | 115 (4.5) | 70 (2.8) | 1,520 (59.9) |
| Average rainy days | 16.4 | 15.7 | 19.1 | 21.5 | 26.9 | 27.1 | 26.4 | 25.0 | 24.2 | 26.8 | 23.5 | 18.7 | 271.3 |
| Source: Meteoblue ||||||||||||||

## Economy

The Municipality of Talusan will be the pilot area of the country and Southeast Asia’s first hydrogen power plant to power the off-grid areas of Olutanga group of islands.

The power plant will be developed by the French-company Hydrogen de France (HDF) Energy and will be fully-operational by 2027.

