FAST FACTS

FAST FACTS

Geographical Location  

Mid-eastern coast of Luzon
Region 4

   
Boundaries  

North
Northwest
West
Southwest
South
East

 

Isabela & Quirino Province
Nueva Vizcaya Province
Nueve Ecija Province
Bulacan Province
Quezon Province
Pacific Ocean

 

 

 

Legal Basis of Creation 

Batas Pambansa Blg. 7
August 13, 1979

 

 

 

Number of Municipalities 

8 (Baler as capital)
August 13, 1979

   
Number of Barangays 

152

   
Dominant Population 

Tagalog and Ilocano

   
Population 

159,621
(NSO, Sept. 1, 1995)

   
Population Growth Rate
 

2.6%

   
Total No. of Households 

31,340

   
Ave. Household Size 

5.1

   
Population Density 

51.5 persons per sq. km

   
Topography 

Generally mountainous with
30% coastal flatlands

   
Forest Cover 

70%

   
Total Land Area 

323,954 hectares

   
Forest Land 

230,000 hectares

   
Virgin dipterocarp rainforest 

39,000 hectares

   
Climate 

Type IV under corona's classification

   
Average Rainfall 

273.9 mm. (monthly ave.)

   
Road Network 

1.507,682 kms. (1993)
  a) 1,468,061 km - gravel
  b) 7,736 km - asphalt
  c) 31,885 km - concrete

   
Literacy Rate 

86% (DECS, 1995)

   
Schools (DECS, 1999)  

Elementary

 

125

Secondary

 

31

Tertiary

 

2

   
Employment
(NSO, Sept. 1, 1995)
  

Agriculture/Fishing Forestry
Services
Trade
Manufacturing
Construction
Oil

 

53.5%
21.8%
11.5%
8.8%
3.8%
0%

   
Major Crops Produced  


Coconut
Rice
Banana

 

Area

Production

21, 618 ha

42,000 T/year

8,945 ha

24,000 T/year

1,443

3,900 T/year

   
Length of Shoreline 

328 kilometers

   
Total Area for Agricultural Expansion 

58,692 has. (19.59 %)

   
Present Land Use  
Build Up  

Residential
Institutional
Commercial
Recreational
Industrial
Roads

 

2,388 ha
272 ha
64 ha
24 ha
14 ha
103 ha (Poblacion only)

   
Agricultural Land  

Riceland
Cocoland
Other Crops
Fishpond
Diversified Crops

 

14,084.82 ha
17,817.39 ha
1,493.60 ha
77.65 ha
128.50 ha

   
Forestland  

Watershed Forest Reservation
Timberland w/o legal Proclamation
CB-FM Agreement
Cert. Of Ancestral Domain Certificate
Integrated Social Forestry
Lowland Forest
Beach Forests
Mangrove Forests
Social Industrial Forest Mgt.
Agreement
National Park
IFMA

 

43,324.642 ha
150,879.86 ha

8,091.51 ha

22,559.0 ha
2,757.0 ha
1,112.04 ha
405.07 ha
537.83 ha
3,157.20 ha

1,745.59 ha
6,760.86 ha

   
Riverwash 

2,709.8 ha

Wetland 

679.47 ha

Grassland 

10,995.93 ha

Reforestation 

306.62 ha

Shrubland 

6,968 ha

TLA 

7,107.65 ha

Military Reservation 

3,904.37 ha

Non-Christian Reservation 

62.69 ha

Kaingin 

1,408 ha

Water Reservoir 

28 ha

   
Miscellaneous  

Land Use Swamp
Beach Sand

 

45.10 ha
852.41 ha