San Mateo

San Mateo (pronounced locally as /sænˈmäCHō/ not /sæn mə-tay-oh/ , Spanish for St. Matthew), officially the Municipality of San Mateo , is a 1st class municipality in the province of Isabela , Philippines . According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 64,505 people. [3] San Mateo is one of the cleanest town in the region. The administrators encourage the people of the municipality to use paper bags instead of plastic bags in line with its claim as an "Agro-Ecological Town". [5] According to the 2016 Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index conducted by the National Competitiveness Council, San Mateo took the 86th spot overall and ranked 99 among the first class and second class municipalities in the Philippines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Mateo,_Isabela