tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47216161247147501222024-03-19T05:35:15.493-07:00Misamis OccidentalVenjiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794358397781394319noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4721616124714750122.post-52422684229343833162011-02-16T23:02:00.000-08:002011-02-16T23:19:00.115-08:00The Municipality of Don Victoriano Chiongbian<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin: auto 0in; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_abPkV7d_rTozyAkemXwXQOJO_jL6liurrgxNERcspMC8DU5bykw_D5I5zHbwWD_zm3JC5UZVoQ6MkhGqbmIHtoGTrGKT2K2GbLx5k2y_HPPxYOEWAmphrweE6yAnPYGF-Ufvr53GHg0/s1600/Don+Victoriano.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><img border="0" height="171" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_abPkV7d_rTozyAkemXwXQOJO_jL6liurrgxNERcspMC8DU5bykw_D5I5zHbwWD_zm3JC5UZVoQ6MkhGqbmIHtoGTrGKT2K2GbLx5k2y_HPPxYOEWAmphrweE6yAnPYGF-Ufvr53GHg0/s200/Don+Victoriano.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></div><div class="p32" style="margin: auto 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Don Victoriano Chiongbian</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Formerly Don Mariano, May 21,1982</i></b> ) </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span lang="EN">is a 4th class municipality in the province of Misamis Occidental, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 9,319 people in 1,815 households.It’s located in the </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">southwestern part of Misamis Occidental with approximately 53,000 land hectares. </span></span></div><div class="p32" style="margin: auto 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p32" style="margin: auto 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><strong>Climate</strong></span></div><div class="p32" style="margin: auto 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></div><div class="p32" style="margin: auto 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Distinct dry season from the month of February to April and wet throughout the remaining months. The rainfall pattern is slightly bimodal with the months of August and September somewhat dryer while the months of June to July and October to November exhibit relatively high rainfall, peaking in the later period and declining significantly in December. Average temperatures ranges from 22-25 degrees Celsius, and average relative humidity are 82 degrees Celsius. </span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: 44.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><strong>Income and Products</strong></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: 44.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: 44.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The major agricultural activity of the <place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on">province</placetype> of <placename w:st="on">Misamis Occidental</placename></place> is the coconut industry- based as the majority of its land use is reserved for coconut production. Most Commercial activities are centered on a spring of municipal towns located around the coastal fringes, where business establishments are concentrated. </span></div><div class="p39" style="margin: auto 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: 44.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Most of the inhabitants of Don Victoriano earn their livelihood from crop production, though a major undeclared source of livelihood is small-scale illegal logging. The main crops planted by the farmers are corn (100%), rice (55%) and coconut (27%). The total area annually planted to crops includes 1.0 hectare of corn, 0.5 hectares of coconut, and other include coffee. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: 38.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Most farmers claim about one hectare is also planted with fruit trees though this usually refers to old established kaingin, Although crops yield are generally low 50-90 and of harvest are sold. Most farmers also raised livestock including carabaos, swine, goats and a dozen chickens. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: 38.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br />
</span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></div><div class="p44" style="margin: auto 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: 38.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></div><div class="p44" style="margin: auto 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: 38.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><strong>Early Settlers</strong></span></div><div class="p44" style="margin: auto 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: 38.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Most families are Subanon while migrants are mostly of Boholano Origin and have resided in the area since. </span></div><div class="p44" style="margin: auto 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: 38.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p52" style="margin: auto 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: 38.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><strong>Socio-Economic Conditions </strong></span></div><div class="p52" style="margin: auto 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: 38.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The average farmer is about 40 years old and most own their dwellings. About 45% are owner cultivators, 28% are claimants, 18% are share tenants and 9% are pseudo tenants. Sixty-four percent (64%) of the settlers are full-time farmers while 18% work part time on their farms. About 20% of wives work part time or assist their husbands on the farm. </span></div><div class="p52" style="margin: auto 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: 38.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="p52" style="margin: auto 0in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: 38.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Most children also help in the farm work. The municipality has the second highest rate of severely underweight pre-school children in Misamis Occidental. <place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on">Municipality</placetype> of <placename w:st="on">Concepcion</placename></place> ranks first throughout the province. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: 38.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Due to distance, poor roads and the rugged terrain not normally being passable by vehicular transport to the nearest school, very few children have the chance to finish high school, aggravating high incidence of poverty. Majority of the Subanens (55%) are illiterates. Two thirds (64%) of the settlers have had the opportunity for schooling only to elementary grade. About 10% are high school graduates and a few have earned college degrees. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: 38.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: 38.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: 40.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Six elementary schools, aside from schools, support the educational needs of the <place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on">municipality</placetype> of <placename w:st="on">Don Victoriano</placename></place> but three of this lie outside the municipality in the adjoining provinces. There are only (3) three schools in Don Victoriano municipality at Barangays Lalud, Napangan and Nueva Vista. All are elementary only.<span style="layout-grid-mode: line;"> </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: 40.0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: 40.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="layout-grid-mode: line;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: 40.0pt; text-align: justify;"><h2 style="margin: auto 0in;"><span class="mw-headline"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small; font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><strong>Barangays </strong></span></span></h2><h2 style="margin: auto 0in;"><span class="mw-headline"><span lang="EN" style="font-weight: normal; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN" style="color: black; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Don Victoriano Chiongbian is politically subdivided into 11 barangays</span></span></span></h2><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Bagong Clarin</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Gandawan</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Lake</span></placetype><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> <placename w:st="on">Duminagat</placename></span></place><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Lalud</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Lampasan</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Liboron</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Maramara</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Napangan</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Nueva Vista (Masawan)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Petianan</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Tuno</span></li>
</ul></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: 50.0pt 202.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">These former barangays were extracted horn their mother municipality listed hereunder and enumerated as follows, to wit: </span><br />
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I. <place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on">Municipality</placetype> of <placename w:st="on">Tudela</placename></place> <br />
<span style="layout-grid-mode: line;">a. Barangay Lampasan </span> </span><br />
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> b. Barangay Lalud <br />
c. Tuno <br />
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II. <place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on">Municipality</placetype> of <placename w:st="on">Jimenez</placename></place> <br />
a. Barangay Liboron <br />
b. <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Barangay</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Lake</placetype></place> Duminagat <br />
c. Barangay Gandawan <br />
d. Barangay Mansawan (Nueva Vista) </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> III. <place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on">Municipality</placetype> of <placename w:st="on">Sinacaban</placename></place> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> a. Barangay Napangan</span></div><div class="p17" style="margin: auto 0in; tab-stops: -1.75in 1.0in 94.0pt 110.0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> IV. <place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on">Municipality</placetype> of <placename w:st="on">Clarin</placename></place> <br />
a. Barangay Bag-ong Clarin </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> V.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on">Municipality</placetype> of <placename w:st="on">Bonifacio</placename></place><br />
a.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Barangay Petianan<br />
b.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Barangay Maramara </span></span><br />
<div class="p16" style="margin: auto 0in; tab-stops: -135.0pt -1.25in 0in;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> VI. <place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on">Municipality</placetype> of <placename w:st="on">Panaon</placename></place> (Portion)<br />
a. Sitio Sinampongan<br />
b.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Sitio <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">San Juan</city></place> </span></span></div></div></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: 38.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Bounded on the North by the <placetype w:st="on">Municipality</placetype> of <placename w:st="on">Concepcion</placename> and the City of <city w:st="on">Oroquieta</city>; on the South by the <placetype w:st="on">Municipality</placetype> of <placename w:st="on">Bonifacio</placename>; on the East by the Municipalities of Sinacaban, Clarin, Tudela and Jimenez; on the We& by the <place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on">Province</placetype> of <placename w:st="on">Zamboanga del Sur</placename></place> (Municipality 6f Josefina). </span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: 40.0pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The province has a total land area of one thousand nine hundred thirty-nine hundred thirty-nine and three tenths (1,939.3) square kilometers representing 0.63 percent of the total land area of the <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Philippines</place></country-region>. The municipality of Don Victoriano has the biggest land area equivalent to 16.22 percent of the total of the province while the municipality of Panaon share the smallest area of only 40.28 square kilometers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The province is a vast tract of agricultural land with a rugged interior whose terrain rises gently towards the hilly and rolling lands westward of <placetype w:st="on">Mount</placetype> <placename w:st="on">Malindang</placename> and <place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on">Mount</placetype> <placename w:st="on">Ampiro</placename></place>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The province is composed of fourteen (14) municipalities and three (3) cities with four hundred ninety (490) barangays. The three cities are Ozamiz, Tangub and Oroquieta. The latter is the provincial capital.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><u>Resources</u></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Wood is the major forest product. Predominant species are the lauan group, apitong, tanguige yakal, and Philippine Mahogany. There is also an abundant supply of bamboo, rattan and various vines.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><place w:st="on">Forest</place> land in the province has an area of 66,002.46 hectares; 53,262 hectares of which are considered a national park (which has legal implications).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The province has a considerable deposit of clay especially in the municipalities of Lopez-Jaena and <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Concepcion</place></city>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">There is also an abundant source of sand and gravel.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The province is traditionally a net exporter of various commodities. Historical data from the Ozamiz Port District of the Bureau of Customs show that outgoing commodities, which is mainly of coconut products, far outweigh incoming cargoes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the records of the city/municipal treasurer's office in Misamis Occidental, there were about four thousand nine hundred fifty-three (4,953) registered business establishments operating in the province as of March 1989, not counting 3 Municipalities (Baliangao, Concepcion, Don Victoriano) where such data cannot be obtained (from 1989 Survey on Business Establishments).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The most number of registered firms (1,561 or 32% of the total) are located in <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Ozamiz</placename> <placetype w:st="on">City</placetype></place>, the hub of commercial activities in the province. Oroquieta City, the capital of the province, follows close behind, accounting for twenty-two percent (22%) of the total. On the other hand, the least number of registered firm are in Tudela (70) and Panaon (83).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Eighty one (81%) of these registered firms are on the trading business, 10% in the servicing while the manufacturing sector constitute only about 7% of the total. There are only 14 agri-business firms registered. Double sectoral classification accounts for the remaining balance of the total. (from: 1989 Survey on Business Establishments).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Being a coco-based province, major manufacturing firms in Misamis Occidental are engaged in the production of crude coconut oil, cooking oil, lard, margarine, laundry soap and desiccated coconut. Other products are furniture, ceramics gifts toys and housewares, processed food like banana chips and marine products.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Locally fabricated agri-industrial machines and equipments are also available in the province.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><u>The People</u></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">According to the National Statistics Office, the <place w:st="on"><placetype w:st="on">province</placetype> of <placename w:st="on">Misamis Occidental</placename></place> has four hundred twenty four thousand three hundred sixty-five (424,365) inhabitants as of May 1, 1990. Population density is two hundred nineteen (219) persons per square kilometer and total number of households is eighty thousand one hundred eighty-six (80,186).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Preliminary results of the October 1991 survey show that Misamis Occidental has an estimated household population of 297,000 persons whose ages ranged from 15 years old and above. Sixty two (62) percent of 183,000 persons are in the labor force with males outnumbering females by 52 percent. The provincial labor force is dominated by those employed in the agricultural sector with 104,000 persons, majority of whom are agricultural workers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><strong>Social Amenities </strong></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Division of Misamis Occidental of the Department of Education, Culture & Sports has 4 pre-schools, 316 public elementary schools, 4 private elementary schools, 19 public secondary schools including the 12 barangay high schools, 21 private secondary schools, 4 public post-secondary schools, 1 private vocational school and 7 private tertiary schools.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Division of <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Ozamiz</placename> <placetype w:st="on">City</placetype></place> has also the following schools: 6 pre-schools, 43 public elementary schools, 5 private elementary schools, 5 public post-secondary schools, 2 private vocational schools and 5 private tertiary schools.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">These tertiary schools offer courses in graduate studies, law, education, engineering, agriculture, nursing, business administration and other degree courses.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">There are at present the following hospitals serving the whole province. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><u><em><strong>Government hospitals:</strong></em></u></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tertiary hospitals with 100 bed capacity:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- <placename w:st="on">Mayor</placename> <placename w:st="on">Hilarion</placename> <placename w:st="on">Ramiro</placename> <placename w:st="on">Sr.</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Hospital</placetype>, <膔Ţ><placename w:st="on">Ozamiz</placename> <placetype w:st="on">City</placetype></膔ţ></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Misamis Occidental Prov'l Hospital, <膔Ţ><placename w:st="on">Oroquieta</placename> <placetype w:st="on">City</placetype></膔ţ></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Secondary hospitals with 50 bed capacity:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Calamba</placename> <placetype w:st="on">District</placetype> <placetype w:st="on">Hospital</placetype></place>, Calamba, Mis. Occ.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- <placename w:st="on">Doña</placename> <placename w:st="on">Maria</placename> <placename w:st="on">Tan</placename> <placename w:st="on">Memorial</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Hospital</placetype>, <膔Ţ><placename w:st="on">Tangub</placename> <placetype w:st="on">City</placetype></膔ţ></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><:膔Ţ><placetype w:st="on"></placetype></:膔ţ> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Primary hospitals with 10-15 bed capacity:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- <膔Ţ><placename w:st="on">Tudela</placename> <placename w:st="on">Municipal</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Hospital</placetype></膔ţ></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- <膔Ţ><placename w:st="on">Jimenez</placename> <placename w:st="on">Community</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Hospital</placetype></膔ţ></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><u><em>Private hospitals:</em></u></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Ozamiz</placename> <placetype w:st="on">City</placetype></place>:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Faith</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Hospital</placetype></place> (secondary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Family</placename> <placename w:st="on">General</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Hospital</placetype></place> & Maternity (secondary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Medina</placename> <placename w:st="on">General</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Hospital</placetype></place> (tertiary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Misamis Community Hospital Inc. (primary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- St. Mary General Hospital (primary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- <city w:st="on"><place w:st="on">St. Paul</place></city> Medical Clinic (primary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Ozamiz Doctors' Hospital (secondary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Tangub</placename> <placetype w:st="on">City</placetype></place>:</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;">- <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Aruelo</placename> <placename w:st="on">General</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Hospital</placetype></place> (primary) </div><div style="text-align: justify;">- <place w:st="on">Saint Vincent</place> Clinic (primary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Villamor Clinic (primary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Oroquieta</placename> <placetype w:st="on">City</placetype></place>:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Dignum Foundation Hospital Inc. (secondary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Guirnela Clinic (primary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- <place w:st="on"><sn w:st="on">St.</sn> <middlename w:st="on">Therese</middlename> <sn w:st="on">Hospital</sn></place> (secondary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Oroquieta</placename> <placename w:st="on">Community</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Hospital</placetype></place> (primary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Holy Family Clinic (primary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Aloran:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- R & L Medical Clinic and Pharmacy (primary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Claire Medical Clinic (primary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Bonifacio:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Bonifacio Medical Clinic (primary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Clinica Ozarraga (primary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Clarin:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Revelo Medical Clinic (primary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sinacaban:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Drazen Medical Clinic (primary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Plaridel:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Immaculate <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Concepcion</placename> <placename w:st="on">Hospital</placename></place> (primary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- TanHo Memorial Clinic (primary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Lumasag Medical Clinic (primary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Panganiban Clinic (primary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Calamba:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Dr. B.D. Yap Clinic (primary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- St. Martin de Porres <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">General</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Hospital</placetype></place> (primary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lopez-Jaena:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Lopez-Jaena</placename> <placename w:st="on">Community</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Hospital</placetype></place> (primary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Jimenez:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Uy Medical Clinic (primary)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">There are also 22 health centers composing the rural health units and 86 barangay health stations through out the province.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">A secondary airport is at Labo, <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Ozamiz</placename> <placetype w:st="on">City</placetype></place>. It is no longerl used commercially being too small for the modern planes.<br />
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There are six modest seaports in the province. These are in the cities of Oroquieta, Ozamiz and Tangub and in the municipalities of Jimenez and Plaridel.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Ozamiz seaport has been serving cargo and passenger vessels plying the following routes: Ozamiz-Cebu, Iligan-Ozamiz-Cebu, Ozamiz-Kolambogan, Ozamiz-Tubod, Ozamiz-Manila and Cagayan-Ozamiz. It also accommodates ocean going vessels carrying the province's exports like cassava chips. Two barge companies operate at the seaport to transport land vehicles from Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte to <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Ozamiz</placename> <placetype w:st="on">City</placetype></place> and vice versa.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tangub port is mainly servicing ferry between the city and Tubod, Lanao del Norte by barge.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Jimenez has two ports, one is privately owned by the Jimenez Oil Mill Inc. which serves both foreign vessels getting its products and inter-island vessels delivering copra, its main raw materials. The other port is government owned and presently serving inter-island vessels both delivering copra in JOMI and petroleum products for the two depots, Filipinas Sheel and Caltex <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Philippines</place></country-region>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><placename w:st="on">Plaridel</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Port</placetype> is serving vessel to and from Siquijor and Bohol while <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Oroquieta</placename> <placetype w:st="on">City</placetype></place> port is non-functional.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Fishing vessels are also accomodated in fishport located in almost all coastal municipalities.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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