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| FAST
FACTS AND GENERAL INFORMATION |
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| Location |
Northern edge of Mindanao, PHILIPPINES |
| Capital |
Dipolog City |
| Income
Classification |
2nd Class Province |
| Land
Area |
720,594 HAS (1,830,309 ACRES) |
Land
Use:
1. Production Land
Used
for Rice
Cultivated
Crops
Trees
and Vines
Pasture
Production Forest
Open
Lands
Tourism
Fishponds
2. Protection Land
Old Growth
Forest
Second Growth
Forest
Watershed
Areas
Mangrove
Severely
Eroded Areas
Historical
Land Marks
Civil &
Military Reserved
Mashes/Swamps
3. Built-up Areas |
percent
48,597 90.01
15,567
32,883
171,389
3,020
128,241
295,654
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1,755
percent 58,396 8.10
9,800
27,842
11,583
1,082
7,680
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46
383
percent
13,601 1.89 |
| Number
of Cities |
2 |
| Number
of Municipalities |
25 |
| Population |
770,697 (1995 census) |
| Growth
Rate |
2.51 percent (1990-1995) |
| Population
Density |
115 per sq. km ( 0.47 sq. miles) |
Total
Labor Force
Employed
Unemployed |
254,766
213,580
35,644 |
| Literacy
Rate |
94 percent (1998) |
| Major
Religion |
Catholic |
Dialects
Spoken:
Cebuano
Subanon
Muslim
Other
Dialects |
77.3 percent
15.2 percent
3.4 percent
4.1 percent |
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Bocana
(River entrance) River separate Dipolog and
Dapitan
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