Towns of Or. Mindoro
1st District:
Calapan City
Seat of Provincial Governmnet
Center of Commerce and Industry
Center of transport/Communication
45 min. from Batangas Int'l Port
Land Area: 250.06 sk. kms.
Political Subdivisions: 62 Barangays
Population: 105910
Naujan
34 kms. away from Calapan City
Land area: 52804.15 hectares
The largest freshwater lake in the province
Inland fishing spans more than 350 has.
Political Subdivisions: 70 barangays
Population: 83,478
Puerto Galera
"Tourist Haven by the Sea"
"One of the Most Beautiful Bays in the world"
Land Area: 25,478.23 hectras
Political Subdivisions: 13 barangays
Population: 21925
Biggest white marble deposit
Victoria
"Fruit Basket of Oriental Mindoro"
34 kms. away from Calapan City
Land Area: 29185 hectares
Political Subdivisions: 32 barangays
Population: 48496
Home to an agricultral college (MINAS)
Pola
Land area: 14,184.64 hectares
70 kms. from Calapan City
10,000 hectares planted to coconuts
Abundance in raw materials from industry
Political Subdivisions: 23 barangays
Population: 29,156
Socorro
"Inland Paradise of Oriental Mindoro"
Central highland traversed through the
Strong Nautical Highway
Land area: 19,273 hectares
60 kilometers away from Calapan City
Political Subdivisions: 26 barangays
Population: 31,176
San Teodoro
An agri-Tourism destination
Home to 13 natural waterfalls
Land Area: 36910 hectares
Political Subdivisions: 8 barangays
Population: 14,844
19 kms from Puerto Galera
32 kms from Calapan City
Baco
Home of "Annual Banana Festival"
Major crops: rice, banana, coconuts,
vegetables and black pepper
Land area: 24,175 hectares
Political Subdivisions: 27 barangays
Populations: 30,167
Producer of quality abaca
2nd District
PInamalayan
"Paradise at Rainbow's End
Land area: 27,800 hectares
69 kms. away from Calapan City
NOted for processed fruits like fruit preserves,
banana chips, sweet tamarind, pastilles,
and buco pie.
Political Subdivisions: 37 barangays
Gloria
"Bamboo capital" of the province
76 kms. away from Calapan City
Accessed thruogh the Strong Republic
Nautical Highway
Land area: 28029 hectares
Political Subdivisions: 27 barangays
Population: 50,513
Bansud
An emerging agro-industrial center
Banana plantation 5,000 hectares
Land area: 36,910 hectares
Political Subdivisions: 13 baramgays
Population: 34,860
85.1 kms. away from Calapan City
Ginger Plantation at Goldenhills
Bongabong
"The prime agri-industrial town"
Accessible through Strong Republic
Nautical Highway
Land Area: 49,820 hectares
2nd province-wide in coconut production
Political Subdivisions: 36 barangays
Population: 59,477
Major coco-based products:
copra and crude coconut oil
Roxas
"Center of trade and Commerce in the South"
Land area: 8,526 hectares
148 kms. away from Calapan City
Abundant agro-forest wastes
Population: 44,824
Main Industry-Agriculture
Political Subdivisions: 20 barangays
Major Port to Caticlan
Mansalay
"Best harbor area of the South"
151 kms away from Calapan City
Land area: 49,827 hectares
Political Subdivisions: 17 barangays
Population: 50,513
Home to about 12,000 Mangyans
Original Mangyan handcraft skills
Bulalacao
"Emerging as a tourism town"
Land area: 24,175 hectares
Political Subdivisions: 27 barangays
Population: 30,167
Producer of quality abaca
Major crops: rice, banana, coconuts,
vegetables, and black pepper
Fruit plantation about 6,000 hectares
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