Socio-economic Profile

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

• Name of Municipality : Gigaquit

• Province of : Surigao del Norte

• Region : 13 – Caraga

• Classification : 4th Class

• No. of Barangays : 13

• Total Land Area : 24,147.375 has.

• Major Economic Activity

> Agriculture : 60.00 %

> Fishing : 12.00 %

> Gov’t. Employees : 9.00 %

> Others : 19.00%

II. LAND USE

• Built – up : 123.790 has.

• Agricultural : 11,146.275 has.

• Open Grassland : 374.000 has.

• Forest Land : 11,152.910 has.

• Swamp/Marshland : 1,134.400 has.

• Rivers/Creek : 216.000 has.

III. DEMOGRAPHY

Barangays Population  / Households

A. Urban:

1. Alambique (Poblacion.) 1,591  /  317

2. Ipil (Poblacion) 1,279  /  279

B. Rural:

3. Anibongan 194  /  39

4. Camamonan 1,483  /  267

5. Camboayon 355  /  62

6. Lahi 707  /  127

7. Mahanub 1,778  /  384

8. Poniente 1,588  /  297

9. San Antonio 751  /  131

10. San Isidro 2,925  /  584

11. Sico-sico 811  /  163

12. Villaflor 1,235  /  272

13. Villafranca 1,458  /  275

• Total Population : 16,155

• Ave.Growth Rate of Pop. : 1.145 %

• Total Households : 3,197 HH

• Ave. Population per Households : 5

• Population Density : 0.669 pax/ha.

• Male to Female Ratio : 97 : 100

• Child and Youth Group : 41.30 %

• Productive Population : 54.26 %

• Dependent Population : 45.73 %

• Young Dependency Ratio : 76.11 %

• Old Dependency Ratio : 8.17 %

• Marital Status

> Male : 3.16 %

> Female : 3.38 %

• Labor Force

> Economically Active : 61.00 %

> Employment Rate : 85 %

IV. AGRICULTURE

• Agricultural Areas

> Riceland - Irrigated : 805.000 has.

- Rainfed : 211.430 has

> Cocoland : 9,371.495 has.

> Corn : 202.490 has.

> Others : 555.860 has.

> Total : 11,146.27 has.

• Agricultural Production

> Rice : 6,269.290 MT

> Coco : 18,742.990 MT

> Corn : 121.500 MT

> Others : Unknown

• Road to Agricultural Land Ratio : 0.0048

V. TOURISM/RECREATION

• Do-ot Beach

• Wetland Park

• Cuyapnit Cave

• Cagban Island

• Nagubat Island

• Anibongan Beach

VI. INDUSTRY

• Nipa Rum Making

• Nipa Shingles

• Bamboo Products Production

VII. TRADE/COMMERCE

• Rural Bank : 2

• Pawnshop : 1

• General Merchandising : 2

• Public Market : 2

VIII. EDUCATION

• Elementary Schools : 11

• Secondary School : 2

• Number of Teachers

> Elementary : 97

> Secondary : 35

• Number of Classrooms

> Elementary : 78

> Secondary : 17

• Teacher to Student Ratio

> Elementary : 1 : 25

> Secondary : 1 : 22

• Classroom to Student Ratio

> Elementary : 1 : 46

> Secondary : 1 : 46

• Literacy Rate : 94.39 %

IX. HEALTH

• Crude Birth Rate : 15.70

• Total Fertility Rate : 77.91

• Crude Death Rate : 3.16

• Infant Mortality Rate : none

• Young Child Mortality Rate : none

• Maternal Mortality Rate : none

• Rate of Malnutrition : 15.44 %

• Health Resources, Facilities and Services

> Rural Health Center : 1

> Barangay Health Stations ; 5

> Hospital : 1

> Medical Health Officers

• RHU : 1

• Hospital : 1

> Nurses

• RHU : 1

• Hospital : 4

• DOH Rep. : 1

> Midwives

• RHU : 5

• Hospital : 3

> Sanitary Inspector : 1

> BHWs : 81

X. INFRASTRUCTURE

• National Road

> Concrete : 4.75 km.

> Gravel : 1.75 km. :

> Total : 6.50 km.

• Provincial Road

> Concrete : 3.50 km.

> Gravel : 11.04 km

> Earth : 14.00 km.

> Total : 28.54 km.

• Municipal Road

> Concrete : 6.00 km.

> Gravel : 3.20 km.

> Total : 9.20 km.

• Barangay Road : 54.00 kms.

> Concrete : 2.50 km.

> Gravel : 41.98 km.

> Earth : 9.52 km.

> Total : 54.00 km.

• Bridges

> National : 4

> Provincial : 5

> Municipal : 4

• Irrigation

> CIP : 1 sys.

> SWIP : 3 sys.

• Water System

> Own use faucet, Community water system 259 HH

> Shared faucet, Community water system 654 HH

> Own use, Tube/piped deep well 238 HH

> Shared tube/Piped deep well 539 HH

> Dug well 346 HH

> Spring, Lake, River, Rain, etc 396 HH

XI. COMMUNICATION

• Cellsites

> Globe Communication 1 site

> Smart Communication 1 site

• Telephone

> Philcom 1

> DOTC 1

Prepared by:

RODELIO S. TORREGOSA

MPDC