PHYSICAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PROVINCE  
 

Table 1.1  Number of Districts, Municipalities and Barangays

     Province of Zamboanga del Norte
Congressional City/Municipality Barangays
   
I 8 208
II 7 196
III 12 286
           
Total 27 690
Source of Data :  PPDO, Dipolog City, 2000
Table 1.2   Political Units, By District, City/Municipality and Barangay
      Province of Zamboanga del Norte
Congressional City/ No. of Land Area % Share to
District Municipality Barangays (has.) Total Land Area
       
I Dapitan City 50 23,521 3.26%
  Rizal 22 7,363 1.02%
    Sibutad 16 6,910 0.96%
    La Libertad 13 5,460 0.76%
    Mutia 16 8,580 1.19%
    Piņan 22 9,058 1.26%
    Polanco 30 24,200 3.36%
    Sergio Osmeņa 39 62,930 8.73%
Sub-Total   208 148,022 20.54%
       
II Dipolog City 21 13,199 1.83%
    Katipunan 30 25,510 3.54%
    Pres. Roxas 31 24,665 3.42%
    Manukan 22 19,017 2.64%
    Jose Dalman 18 20,000 2.78%
    Sindangan 52 31,519 4.37%
    Siayan 22 47,880 6.64%
Sub-Total   196 181,790 25.23%
         
III Leon Postigo 18 24,131 335%
  Salug 22 20,660 2.87%
  Godod 17 21,200 2.94%
  Liloy 37 10,180 1.41%
  Tampilisan 20 11,100 1.54%
  Labason 20 33,150 4.60%
  Kalawit 14 25,000 3.47%
    Gutalac 33 51,540 7.15%
  Baliguian 17 41,660 5.78%
    Siocon 26 51,420 7.14%
    Sirawai 34 21,187 2.94%
    Sibuco 28 79,554 11.04%
Sub-Total     286 390,782 54.23%
       
GRAND TOTAL 690 720,594 100%
             
Source of Data : National Statistics Office (NSO), Dipolog City
                              Land Resources Evaluation Project (LREP)
Table 1.3   Area Distribution of Classified Forest Land,  By City/Municipality 
                   Province of Zamboanga del Norte
City/Municipality Production Protected Forests (In Has.)
Forest  (In Has.) NIPAS Areas Non-NIPAS Areas
         
1. Dapitan City   25 760 n.d.
2. Rizal   80 *666 n.d.
3. Sibutad   n.d. n.d. 50
4. Piņan   200 n.d. n.d.
5. Polanco   263 n.d. 2,089.20
6. Sergio Osmeņa 75 *1,790 n.d.
7. Dipolog City   n.d. n.d. 344
8. Pres. Roxas   n.d. *4,000 n.d.
9. Sindangan   196 *8,553.18 n.d.
10. Siayan   2,792 n.d. n.d.
11. Godod   196 n.d. n.d.
12. Tampilisan   555 n.d. 110
13. Labason   n.d. *217 78
14. Gutalac   196 n.d. n.d.
15. Baliguian   6,687 *187.7 n.d.
16. Siocon   5,301 *5,275.93 n.d.
17. Sirawai   1,418 *1,048.22 n.d.
18. Sibuco   5,890 *2,151.5 n.d.
             
TOTAL 23,873.50 24,649.53 2,671.20
Source of Data : DENR-PENRO, ZN, 1997
Note:  *   -  For watershed development NIPAS-National Integrated Protected Area System
   nd  - No data available (Kalawit, Liloy, Salug, Leon Postigo, Katipunan, Jose Dalman,
Manukan, La Libertad, Mutia