FAST FACTS
| Geographical Location | Mid-eastern coast of Luzon | |
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North | Isabela & Quirino Province | |
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| Legal Basis of Creation | Batas Pambansa Blg. 7 | |
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| Number of Municipalities | 8 (Baler as capital) | |
| Number of Barangays | 152 | |
| Dominant Population | Tagalog and Ilocano | |
| Population | 159,621 | |
| 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 | |
| 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) | |||||||||
| Literacy Rate | 86% (DECS, 1995) | |||||||||
| Schools (DECS, 1999) | ||||||||||
Elementary | 125 | |||||||||
Secondary | 31 | |||||||||
Tertiary | 2 | |||||||||
| Employment (NSO, Sept. 1, 1995) | ||||||||||
Agriculture/Fishing Forestry | 53.5% | |||||||||
| Major Crops Produced | ||||||||||
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| Length of Shoreline | 328 kilometers | |||||||||
| Total Area for Agricultural Expansion | 58,692 has. (19.59 %) | |||||||||
| Present Land Use | ||||||||||
| Build Up | ||||||||||
Residential | 2,388 ha | |||||||||
| Agricultural Land | ||||||||||
Riceland | 14,084.82 ha | |||||||||
| Forestland | ||||||||||
Watershed Forest Reservation | 43,324.642 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 | 45.10 ha | |||||||||