13 34’00.23 North latitude and 123 08’36.940 East longitude
Population
31,103
Population Growth Rate
2.54%
Land Area
8,670.1804 hectares
Climate
Tropical
Geography
Generally flat to gently rolling and hilly terrain with an elevation ranging from 0.5 meter on the lower portion to 20 meters above the mean sea level at the southern and western portions of the municipality
Forest area: 1,451.50 hectares
Literacy Rate
91.90%
Languages Spoken
English, Filipino, Bicol (local dialect)
Economy
Mainly agricultural
Products: palay, corn, coconut, vegetables, root crops and marine resources from Ragay Gulf.
Total annual palay production: 21,948.67 metric tons (ave.)
Total annual coconut production: 6,438.96 metric tons
Annual fish production: 250,290.72 tons (e.g. tuna, anchovies, “galunggong” “kanasi” and tingarog)
Handicrafts: baskets, samil mats, wallets frames. hats, handy winnower,furnitures.”tilub” and others (raw materials used: are nito,lamon,bamboo,caragomoy,buri and rattan)
Presence of small scale business and industrial establishments
Investment Opportunities
Investment Priority Projects
Promotion of agri-based industries (handicraft, food processing and canning);
Development of tourism industry
Cotmo White Beach and Cave
Boyoan Cave
Malangog Cave
Tacnam Cave
San Joaquin Cave
Electronics and auto body building and repair;
Furniture making;
Warehousing/storage;
Crop diversification and intercropping in coconut and other upland areas;
Reforestation projects to cover the denuded portions of the municipal forest;
Agro-forestation to cover agricultural lands with slopes of 18-30%;
Marginal Land Agro-Cash Cropping Productivity Intensification and Agro-Forestry projects in identified marginally productive agriculture lands;
Integrated Livestock Production project
Hog Breeding and Fattening
Cattle Dispersal and Breeding
Duck Hatchery
Duck egg Production and Processing
Agro-Aqua Forestry Development Projects
Artificial Coral Reef Installation
Fish Culture (Mudfish and Tilapia)
Nipa and Bamboo propagation along the banks of rivers and creeks
