Background
Water Bodies:
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Lake: 142 hec
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Major Rivers: Biswangan River
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Creeks: Bantal, Sitaral, Mamaloy and Belongis
Topography:
Generally upland with rolling terrain and limited alluvial plains. Steep slopes comprise 61% of the landmass.
Slope:
Flat lands (below 18% slope) – 282.25 hec
Rolling (18%-50%) – 250.8 hec
Steep lands (above 50%) – 836.55 hec
Average rainfall: > 2500 mm/year
Run-off: 848 mm
Agro-climate zone:
Wet (slightly dry season with moisture deficit of 270-230 days growing period; occurs in hilly/mountains to highland areas).
Soil loss estimates: 8.10 tons/ha/year (PADAP)
Total land area: 1,369.6 hectares
Total lake area: 142.008 hectares
Total area: 1,511.608 hectares
Location:
Latitude – 7 51’09” N
Longitude – 123 11’27” E
Built up areas:
Purok 1A (Sitaral)
Purok 1B (Belongis)
Purok 2 (Bantal)
Purok 3 (Dapan)
Purok 4 (Duminata)
Road network:
Secondary national highway: 100% km (concrete)
Barangay roads: 1,403 km
Distance from the Poblacion: 6.7km
Distance from National highway: 8.9 km
(from Tubod junction)
Transportation:
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Motorbike ("Habal Habal")
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Van
Minerals:
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Quartz
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Gold
Land use:
Forested area (secondary) 17 hec in
Purok 1 and 57 hec in Purok 4
Agricultural (crop) lands:
Lowland (rice lands): 45 hec
Upland: 80 hec
Tree-plantation: 112 hec
Agricultural lands:
Tenurial instruments of agricultural land:
A&D: 593.66 hec
ISF: 384.15 hec
Certified ancestral domain: 741.6507 hec (overlapping with some ISF)
Average area of landholding: 0.5-1 hec per household.
Ave. area of effective cultivation: 0.25-0.5 hec per household.
Agricultural production:
Main agricultural crops: rice, corn
and root crops.
LIVESTOCK: cattle, goats, pigs, chickens,
and ducks raised by a limited
number of households.
FISHING: limited subsistence fishing in lake.
Water system: Infrastructures: Churches:
Source is from four springs 1 Public Market All the World Outreach Church
with limited distribution. 1 Solar Dryer Church of the Body of Christ
1 Barangay Hall Roman Catholic Church
Electricity: and Freedom Hall Church of Christ
Supplied by ZAMSURECO 2 Alliance Church
to almost 100% of thehouseholds.