Sominot
# Sominot

Sominot, officially the Municipality of Sominot (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Sominot; Subanen: Benwa Sominot; Chavacano: Municipalidad de Sominot; Tagalog: Bayan ng Sominot), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 19,061 people.

The town was formerly known as Don Mariano Marcos, named after President Ferdinand Marcos' father Mariano Marcos, until it was renamed on September 12, 1988.

## Geography

### Barangays

Sominot is politically subdivided into 18 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.

* Bag-ong Baroy
* New Oroquieta
* Barubuhan
* Bulanay
* Datagan
* Eastern Poblacion
* Lantawan
* Libertad
* Lumangoy
* New Carmen
* Picturan
* Poblacion
* Rizal
* San Miguel
* Santo Niño
* Sawa
* Tungawan
* Upper Sicpao

### Climate

Climate data for Sominot, Zamboanga del Sur :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Average high °C (°F) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 27 (81) | 27 (81) | 28 (82) | 27 (81) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 21 (70) | 21 (70) | 21 (70) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 21 (70) | 22 (71) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 48 (1.9) | 44 (1.7) | 56 (2.2) | 56 (2.2) | 112 (4.4) | 135 (5.3) | 124 (4.9) | 124 (4.9) | 115 (4.5) | 134 (5.3) | 90 (3.5) | 56 (2.2) | 1,094 (43) |
| Average rainy days | 13.0 | 11.7 | 15.6 | 18.1 | 25.6 | 25.7 | 25.2 | 24.1 | 23.8 | 26.1 | 22.3 | 16.5 | 247.7 |
| Source: Meteoblue ||||||||||||||
