# San Luis, Agusan del Sur

San Luis, officially the Municipality of San Luis (Cebuano: Lungsod sa San Luis; Tagalog: Bayan ng San Luis), is a municipality in the province of Agusan del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 35,196 people.
San Luis was created into a municipality on June 15, 1968, when the barrios of San Luis, Santa Inez, Nuevo Trabajo, Cualision and Baylo were separated from the municipality of Esperanza and constituted into the new town, through Republic Act 5262. Since the 1970s, the town's economy has been largely based on logging industries.

## Geography

San Luis is located at 8°30′N 125°44′E﻿ / ﻿8.5°N 125.74°E﻿ / 8.5; 125.74.
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 950.5 square kilometres (367.0 sq mi)  constituting 9.51% of the 9,989.52-square-kilometre- (3,856.98 sq mi) total area of Agusan del Sur.

### Climate

Climate data for San Luis, Agusan del Sur :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 27 (81) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 24 (74) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 105 (4.1) | 72 (2.8) | 55 (2.2) | 40 (1.6) | 69 (2.7) | 94 (3.7) | 100 (3.9) | 103 (4.1) | 99 (3.9) | 106 (4.2) | 85 (3.3) | 63 (2.5) | 991 (39) |
| Average rainy days | 17.6 | 16.0 | 14.9 | 14.0 | 20.9 | 24.3 | 25.3 | 25.5 | 24.5 | 24.7 | 19.7 | 16.7 | 244.1 |
| Source: Meteoblue ||||||||||||||

### Barangays

San Luis is politically subdivided into 25 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
| PSGC | Barangay | Population | Population | Population | ±% p.a. | ±% p.a. |
| | | 2020 | 2020 | 2010 | | |
| 160309001 | Anislagan | 5.7% | 1,998 | 1,947 | ▴ | 0.26% |
| 160309008 | Balit | 2.5% | 868 | 1,139 | ▾ | −2.68% |
| 160309002 | Baylo | 4.4% | 1,555 | 1,328 | ▴ | 1.59% |
| 160309009 | Binicalan | 9.5% | 3,353 | 3,103 | ▴ | 0.78% |
| 160309010 | Cecilia | 3.2% | 1,135 | 1,136 | ▾ | −0.01% |
| 160309003 | Coalicion | 4.0% | 1,398 | 1,643 | ▾ | −1.60% |
| 160309004 | Culi | 2.9% | 1,008 | 1,035 | ▾ | −0.26% |
| 160309011 | Dimasalang | 3.9% | 1,387 | 1,360 | ▴ | 0.20% |
| 160309012 | Don Alejandro | 7.4% | 2,600 | 2,648 | ▾ | −0.18% |
| 160309013 | Don Pedro | 0.7% | 241 | 294 | ▾ | −1.97% |
| 160309014 | Doña Flavia | 7.4% | 2,614 | 2,529 | ▴ | 0.33% |
| 160309025 | Doña Maxima | 4.2% | 1,467 | 1,522 | ▾ | −0.37% |
| 160309015 | Mahagsay | 2.9% | 1,009 | 1,242 | ▾ | −2.06% |
| 160309016 | Mahapag | 2.1% | 730 | 695 | ▴ | 0.49% |
| 160309017 | Mahayahay | 2.3% | 795 | 1,135 | ▾ | −3.50% |
| 160309018 | Muritula | 2.1% | 743 | 769 | ▾ | −0.34% |
| 160309005 | Nuevo Trabajo | 5.3% | 1,876 | 1,725 | ▴ | 0.84% |
| 160309006 | Poblacion | 5.2% | 1,815 | 1,653 | ▴ | 0.94% |
| 160309019 | Policarpo | 1.4% | 486 | 533 | ▾ | −0.92% |
| 160309020 | San Isidro | 2.3% | 807 | 955 | ▾ | −1.67% |
| 160309021 | San Pedro | 3.5% | 1,219 | 1,567 | ▾ | −2.48% |
| 160309007 | Santa Ines | 5.0% | 1,748 | 1,453 | ▴ | 1.87% |
| 160309022 | Santa Rita | 0.9% | 301 | 456 | ▾ | −4.07% |
| 160309023 | Santiago | 1.4% | 499 | 465 | ▴ | 0.71% |
| 160309024 | Wegguam | 1.3% | 457 | 401 | ▴ | 1.32% |
| | Total | Total | 35,196 | 32,733 | ▴ | 0.73% |

## Demographics

In the 2020 census, San Luis had a population of 35,196. The population density was 37 inhabitants per square kilometre (96/sq mi).

## Economy

Poverty incidence of San Luis
* 10
* 20
* 30
* 40
* 50
* 60
* 70
* 2006 69.70
* 2009 61.99
* 2012 55.67
* 2015 49.55
* 2018 47.33
* 2021 47.97
* Source: Philippine Statistics Authority