OVERVIEW

    Location:                                        

Income Classification:                               2nd class

Land Area:                                                   45,100 has
Land Use:
      Agriculture                                              40,718.00 has
      Grassland                                                 1,150.00 has
      Wetland                                                    1,188.00 has
      Woodland                                                 1,794.00 has
      Miscellaneous                                          2.50 has

No. of Barangays:                                         52

Population:                                                    72,098 (1995)
                                                           76,553 (1998 projected)

Population Density:                                     1.7 person/ha.

Major Religion:
      Roman Catholic                                       50.00%
      Protestant                                                 10.00%
      Islam                                                            3.00%
      Iglesia Ni Cristo                                         6.00%
      PIC                                                            10.00%
      CAMACOP                                                 6.00%
      Evangelical Churches                              15.00%

Indigenous People/Tribal Community:            Subanen

Dialects Spoken:
       Cebuano                                                    45.00%
       Subanen                                                    30.00%
       Ilonggo                                                       15.00%
       Muslim                                                       10.00% 

Topography

Land forms                                                         Plain, slightly rolling,                                                                   Hilly to mountainous

Climate                                                              Type IV

Mean Temperature                                           21 degrees C

Distance to Dipolog City:                                86 kms.

ECONOMY

     Major Products:                         Coconut, Rice, Corn, Fish

     Major Source of Livelihood            Farming, Fishing, Buy and Sell

SOCIAL AND HEALTH FACILITIES

     Hospital:                                                             3

       Barangay Health Centers:                             14

      Educational Institutions:                                  89
                      National High Schools    
                          Elementary Schools      
                          Private Pre-Schools     
                          Day Care Centers    

     Social and Health Indicators:
            Literacy rate      
            Mortality rate                                                  3%      
            Morbidity rate                                                20%
            Birth rate                                                          1.03%
          Crude birth rate                                             29.2%

     No. and percentage of malnourished children:
            Low                                                          5,597 - 39.00%
            Moderate                                                 2,170 - 14.00%
            Severe                                                        309 - 2.00%