[3] Cataingan is 76 kilometres (47 mi) southeast of Masbate City.

[5] Three years later, in 1951, the barrios of Limbuhan, Guindawahan, Palho, Casabangan, Salvacion, Alegria, Tanke, Bundukan, Bugtong, and Cabangrayan were separated from Cataingan and created into the town of Limbuhan.

In the 2020 census, the population of Cataingan was 50,623 people,[3] with a density of 260 inhabitants per square kilometre or 670 inhabitants per square mile.

Cataingan is one of the municipalities and cities of Masbate where Masbateño is the indigenous language.

Poverty incidence of Cataingan Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]