title: Marihatag
text: # 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.
  
  