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Masbate · Component city

City of Masbate

The capital of the island province of Masbate, reached by sea and by air. Cattle country, and host of the Rodeo Masbateño.

Population
104,011

Confirmed

Barangays
30

Confirmed

Land area
Not sourced

Not sourced

PSGC code
Not sourced

Not sourced

Income class
1st class

Single source

District
Not sourced

Not sourced

Why the land area is blank. Not stated in the source we checked. The same source gives 300 square kilometres of municipal waters, which is a different measurement and not a substitute for land area.
Component city. The provincial capital of Masbate.

Population figure is the 2024 census. Badges mean what they say: Confirmed is two independent sources agreeing, Single source is one source not yet checked against a second, Not sourced is a field we will leave empty rather than fill. Our sources.

The official website

What this city publishes

Checked 17 August 2026 as part of our regional transparency audit.

Masbate City official site

Could not audit

https://cityofmasbate.gov.ph/

Returns HTTP 403 to automated requests, so we could not audit its disclosures. On 17 August 2026 we first recorded this city as having no website at all, because searching for one returned nothing official. The site exists; our method was the problem, and the correction is logged on our audit page rather than quietly applied.

Elected officials

Who holds office in Masbate City

Names carry the same badges as the figures above. We publish an unchecked name as unchecked, or not at all. A wrong name against a real office is the fastest way for a site like this to lose its standing.

Mayor
not yet sourced
Not sourced
Vice Mayor
not yet sourced
Not sourced
Sangguniang Panlungsod
councillors not yet listed
Not sourced
Barangay captains
30 barangays, none collected
Not sourced
Have the council list?The Sangguniang Panlungsod of Masbate City is a public body and its membership is a public fact, and we still do not have it. If you can point us at the official list, send it and it goes up with attribution.

Services

Getting something done in Masbate City

Twelve of these are handled by the city hall and four are national services with offices in Bicol. Requirements vary by LGU, which is what the Citizens Charter is for.