VISION A province with protected and well-managed environment where peace and growth are enjoyed by a healthy culture-sensitive and empowered citizenry sustained by a responsive and participatory governance
EIGHT-POINT PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Agricultural Development
Infrastructure Development
Social Services Delivery (Health, Education and Manpower
Development, Housing and Social Welfare)
North by Verde Island
Passage, East by Maestro del Ocampo Island and Tablas Strait,
South by Semirara Island and in the West by the Province of
Occidental Mindoro
Land Area
:
4,364.72 sq. km.
Capital
:
Calapan City
Congressional Districts
:
Two (2)
Municipalities
:
14
(Baco, San Teodoro, Puerto
Galera, Naujan, Victoria, Socorro, Pola, Pinamalayan, Gloria,
Bansud, Bongabong, Roxas, Mansalay,Bulalacao)
Cities
:
One (1)
Calapan City
Population
:
156.21 person per square kilometer
Population Growth Rate
:
2.46% (1995-2005, NSO)
Dialect/Language
:
Tagalog, Visayan, Ilocano, English
Sources of Livelihood
:
70% of the population is
engaged in agriculture and fishing; the remaining 30% engages in
commercial and other livelihood means
Principal Agricultural Crops
:
Rice, corn, coconut,
vegetables, fruits like calamansi, banana, rambutan, marang or
uloy, lanzones and durian
Power
:
9.5 MW Diesel Power Plant,
25 MW diesel generating sets, 32 MW modular diesel power plant
of NAPOCOR and distributed by Oriental Mindoro Electric
Cooperative, Inc. (ORMECO) and ORMECO’s 1.2 MW at Dulangan
Mini-Hydro Power Plant. Potential energy resources of the
province include coal, wind farm, geothermal and hydropower.
Water
:
15 level III systems from
the water districts of Naujan, Calapan Waterworks Sytem and
Development Corporation (CWSDC), Pinamalayan, Pola and Roxas, 6
municipal waterworks and 5 barangay waterworks
Communication Facilities
:
Telephones
(landline): Calapan Telephone System Inc. (CATSI) – PLDT
DIGITAL Telecommunications, Globe Telecommunication and RMC
Telecommunication Consultants, Inc.; Cellular Phones:
Smart Communication, Inc. and Globe Telecom, DIGITEL (Suncellular);
Television Networks:Tamaraw Vision Network, Inc.
and Calapan Cable TV Network; Internet and Computer
Centers:Dalcan Technologies, Inc. and Globe Telecom,
CATSI Internet and Computer Center; Radio Stations:One AM and eight FM. PGOM;
