Marihatag
# Marihatag

Marihatag, officially the Municipality of Marihatag (Surigaonon: Lungsod nan Marihatag; Tagalog: Bayan ng Marihatag); (Indonesian: Kotamadya Marihatag) , is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 19,441 people.

It was known as Oteiza until 1955.

The municipality hosts the "Balik-Marihatag" Festival which literally means going back home to Marihatag.

## Etymology

Its name is a concatenation of Maria Ihatag.

## Geography

### Barangays

Marihatag is politically subdivided into 12 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.

* Alegria
* Amontay
* Antipolo
* Arorogan
* Bayan (formerly Hinogbakan)
* Mahaba
* Mararag
* Poblacion
* San Antonio
* San Isidro
* San Pedro
* Sta Cruz

### Climate

Climate data for Marihatag :

| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Average high °C (°F) | 29.0 (84.2) | 29.1 (84.4) | 30.0 (86.0) | 30.9 (87.6) | 31.7 (89.1) | 31.7 (89.1) | 31.7 (89.1) | 32.0 (89.6) | 32.0 (89.6) | 31.5 (88.7) | 30.6 (87.1) | 29.7 (85.5) | 30.8 (87.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 25.5 (77.9) | 25.6 (78.1) | 26.2 (79.2) | 26.8 (80.2) | 27.5 (81.5) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.4 (81.3) | 27.6 (81.7) | 27.5 (81.5) | 27.2 (81.0) | 26.6 (79.9) | 26.1 (79.0) | 26.8 (80.2) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 22.1 (71.8) | 22.1 (71.8) | 22.4 (72.3) | 22.8 (73.0) | 23.4 (74.1) | 23.2 (73.8) | 23.1 (73.6) | 23.2 (73.8) | 23.0 (73.4) | 23.0 (73.4) | 22.7 (72.9) | 22.5 (72.5) | 22.8 (73.0) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 700 (27.6) | 579 (22.8) | 435 (17.1) | 316 (12.4) | 267 (10.5) | 193 (7.6) | 198 (7.8) | 165 (6.5) | 180 (7.1) | 208 (8.2) | 424 (16.7) | 604 (23.8) | 4,269 (168.1) |
| Source: Climate-Data.org ||||||||||||||

Marihatag has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) with heavy to very heavy rainfall year-round and with extremely heavy rainfall in January.

