Balatan, Camarines Sur
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Balatan is a 4th class municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 26,679 people.
Balatan was founded by Don Gregorio Balatan, also its first mayor and founder of the municipality's first school, the Don Gregorio O.Balatan Memorial High School (formerly Balatan Institute). The current and the 6th mayor is Hon.Ernesto A. Bagasbas.
Balatan celebrates a festival, The Pintakasi and Pagkamundag Festival on February 18 and December 1–3 respectively. This town bounded by the municipalities of Bula, Bato,Nabua and a shoreline part of the Ragay Gulf. Trading in this town is comparably good since people from the Burias Island of Masbate
province are most likely trading their products in this small municipality. Blessed with shallow depth shore, beautiful beaches and rich forest
, it is now considered to be the next center of development projects of the provincial and national government. The Animasola Island which according to the Balateño Fisherfolk is very scenic comes sunset is part of this municipality
.
In the year 1951, a member of the Provincial Board of Camarines Sur in the person of Gregorio O. Balatan Sr. proposed a resolution which indicated the division of Nabua into two municipalities: Nabua and Balatan. Balatan then was separated to its mother town and became an independent area on December 3, 1951 under Executive Order
(EO) No. 485 of then President Elpidio Quirino, owing its name to the father of Board member Gregorio Balatan who was Don Rufino Balatan.
Seven years later from its establishment as a town, the Parish of Our Mother of Perpetual Help was installed by Archbishop Pedro P. Santos. Balatan observes the annual fiesta celebration every February 16–18 Pintakasi.
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Language & Dialect
96.67% speak the mother tongue which is Bicol-Iriga (also known as Rinconada).
Religion
Housing
Years 1960–1997 there is an average of 97.60% of total housing units in the municipality which are occupied while only 3.40% are vacant
Health
Education
Protective
– Police headquarters
– Police substation
– Fire station
– Municipal jail
- Coast Guard
Social welfare
– CVRD’S People Organization
– KALIPI (Women) PYM
– Federation of Day Care Workers
- 4P's
- Kalahi-CIDDS
Trade & commerce
Industry
Agriculture sector
Tourism
Transportation facilities
Water supply
– Level III is operated by the Balatan Water District
– Level I water supply system consisting of either shallow wells, deep wells or improved spring provides alternative water supply source
Power & electricity
Communication facilities
– postal services
– telegraph and telegraphic transfer service facilities
– telephone services
Organization
Balatan was founded by Don Gregorio Balatan, also its first mayor and founder of the municipality's first school, the Don Gregorio O.Balatan Memorial High School (formerly Balatan Institute). The current and the 6th mayor is Hon.Ernesto A. Bagasbas.
Balatan celebrates a festival, The Pintakasi and Pagkamundag Festival on February 18 and December 1–3 respectively. This town bounded by the municipalities of Bula, Bato,Nabua and a shoreline part of the Ragay Gulf. Trading in this town is comparably good since people from the Burias Island of Masbate
Masbate
Masbate is an island province of the Philippines located in the Bicol Region. Its capital is Masbate City and consists of three major islands: Masbate, Ticao and Burias.-History:...
province are most likely trading their products in this small municipality. Blessed with shallow depth shore, beautiful beaches and rich forest
Forest
A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities, depending where you are in the world, what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have various classification according to how and what of the forest is composed...
, it is now considered to be the next center of development projects of the provincial and national government. The Animasola Island which according to the Balateño Fisherfolk is very scenic comes sunset is part of this municipality
History
Balatan is not an ancient municipality as compared to other towns in the fourth district. It was just a sitio known as Siramag which belonged to the town of NabuaNabua
Nabua is a suburb of the Fijian capital of Suva. The Queen Elizabeth Barracks, a major military base which saw a mutiny on 2 November 2000, is located there....
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In the year 1951, a member of the Provincial Board of Camarines Sur in the person of Gregorio O. Balatan Sr. proposed a resolution which indicated the division of Nabua into two municipalities: Nabua and Balatan. Balatan then was separated to its mother town and became an independent area on December 3, 1951 under Executive Order
Executive (government)
Executive branch of Government is the part of government that has sole authority and responsibility for the daily administration of the state bureaucracy. The division of power into separate branches of government is central to the idea of the separation of powers.In many countries, the term...
(EO) No. 485 of then President Elpidio Quirino, owing its name to the father of Board member Gregorio Balatan who was Don Rufino Balatan.
Seven years later from its establishment as a town, the Parish of Our Mother of Perpetual Help was installed by Archbishop Pedro P. Santos. Balatan observes the annual fiesta celebration every February 16–18 Pintakasi.
Barangays
Balatan is politically subdivided into 17 barangayBarangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
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Socio-economic profile
Literacy Rate- Urban area literacy rate: 98.29%
- Rural area literacy rate: 97.17%
Language & Dialect
96.67% speak the mother tongue which is Bicol-Iriga (also known as Rinconada).
Religion
- Catholics: 96.50%
- Christians: 1.50%
- Iglesia ni CristoIglesia ni CristoIglesia ni Cristo also known as INC, is the largest entirely indigenous Christian religious organization that originated from the Philippines and the largest independent church in Asia. Due to a number of similarities, some Protestant writers describe the INC's doctrines as restorationist in...
:2.00%
Housing
Years 1960–1997 there is an average of 97.60% of total housing units in the municipality which are occupied while only 3.40% are vacant
Health
- Crude birth rateBirth rateCrude birth rate is the nativity or childbirths per 1,000 people per year . Another word used interchangeably with "birth rate" is "natality". When the crude birth rate is subtracted from the crude death rate, it reveals the rate of natural increase...
: 19.97% - Crude death rate: 2.05%
- Infant mortality rate: 11.49%
- Young child mortality: 1.53%
- Maternal mortality rate: 3.22%
- General medical consultation rate: 358.68%
- Hospitalization rate: 6.57%
- Health service and facilities implemented by the municipal health office through its Rural Health Unit
- Community Hospital (under-construction)
- Existence of four barangay health stations
Education
- 17 public elementaryElementary schoolAn elementary school or primary school is an institution where children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as elementary or primary education. Elementary school is the preferred term in some countries, particularly those in North America, where the terms grade school and grammar...
schools - 1 private elementary school
- 3 public secondary schools
- 1 institution offering vocational/technical education
- 1 Public Tertiary Institution, to be operational by 2012
Protective
- Facilities for protective services include the:
– Police headquarters
– Police substation
– Fire station
Fire station
A fire station is a structure or other area set aside for storage of firefighting apparatus , personal protective equipment, fire hose, fire extinguishers, and other fire extinguishing equipment...
– Municipal jail
Jail
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- Coast Guard
Social welfare
- Existing social welfare organizations or instrumentalities include:
– CVRD’S People Organization
– KALIPI (Women) PYM
– Federation of Day Care Workers
- 4P's
- Kalahi-CIDDS
Trade & commerce
- Minor central business district consists of public market, grocery, sari-sari stores, welding and vulcanizing shop, calling office, fishFishFish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
dealer, bakeryBakeryA bakery is an establishment which produces and sells flour-based food baked in an oven such as bread, cakes, pastries and pies. Some retail bakeries are also cafés, serving coffee and tea to customers who wish to consume the baked goods on the premises.-See also:*Baker*Cake...
, barber shop, beauty parlor, billiard hall, coco lumber dealer, junk shop and cable network - Neighborhood centers consisting of sari-sari stores, bakery, videoke/bar, mini-sound system, repair shops, piggery, cockpit, bakery, furniture shop, fish dealer, repair and welding shops, copra dealer, among others
Industry
- Mini-containerized ice plant which cater to the needs of rich-fishing activities few rice mills
Agriculture sector
- 75.04% of the total municipal land area are devoted to crops such as riceRiceRice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...
, cornMaizeMaize known in many English-speaking countries as corn or mielie/mealie, is a grain domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica in prehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain seeds called kernels. Though technically a grain, maize kernels are used in cooking as a vegetable...
, vegetables, legumes, coffeeCoffeeCoffee is a brewed beverage with a dark,init brooo acidic flavor prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant, colloquially called coffee beans. The beans are found in coffee cherries, which grow on trees cultivated in over 70 countries, primarily in equatorial Latin America, Southeast Asia,...
, high value crops and fruits, sugar cane, coconut, banana, abacaAbacáAbacá, Musa textilis is a species of banana native to the Philippines, grown as a commercial crop in the Philippines, Ecuador, and Costa Rica. The plant is of great economic importance, being harvested for its fibre, once generally called Manila hemp, extracted from the trunk or pseudostem. On...
, root crops and industrial crops - For livestock production: 36 private owners engaged in raising carabaos, cattles, swines or poultry
- For fishery production: 2 commercial, 298 local.
Tourism
- There are six beach resorts catering to domestic tourism
Transportation facilities
- Land transportation refers to the present road circulation system as well as bus, van, and jeepney terminal
- Marine transportation facility operates through the existing Balatan Municipal Port of Ragay Gulf
Water supply
- Water supply distributed under Level III and Level I water systems:
– Level III is operated by the Balatan Water District
– Level I water supply system consisting of either shallow wells, deep wells or improved spring provides alternative water supply source
Power & electricity
- 95% of the total households in the municipality are now served with electricity
- Barangays with electricity are serviced by CASURECO III
Communication facilities
- Communication facilities include the ff:
– postal services
– telegraph and telegraphic transfer service facilities
– telephone services
Organization
- Tau Gamma PhiTau Gamma PhiTau Gamma Phi also known as the Triskelions' Grand Fraternity, is a fraternity established in the Philippines. Its members call themselves Triskelions. Their aim is to see a Fraternity System devoid of violence, and to earnestly propagate their fraternity's principles as their way of life...
- Tau Gamma SigmaTau Gamma SigmaTau Gamma Sigma also known as the Triskelion Grand Sorority, is a sorority founded at the premier state run and owned educational institution in the Philippines, the University of the Philippines on January 17, 1969. An affiliated sorority of the Tau Gamma Phi, also known as the Triskelion Grand...
- Triskelion Grand Fraternity
- Alpha Phi OmegaAlpha Phi OmegaAlpha Phi Omega is the largest collegiate fraternity in the United States, with chapters at over 350 campuses, an active membership of approximately 17,000 students, and over 350,000 alumni members...
- Kabalikat Civicom
- Kiwanis International
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- Catholic Women's LeagueCatholic Women's LeagueThe Catholic Women's League is a Roman Catholic lay organisation aimed at women in England and Wales. Through emigration in the past, the CWL may be found in some Commonwealth countries. It is especially flourishing in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. -References:* Olivier Rota,...
- Couples For ChristCouples for ChristThe Couples for Christ is an international Catholic lay ecclesial movement whose goal is to renew and strengthen Christian family life and values. It is one of 122 International Associations of the Faithful The organization was affiliated with the Vatican recognition from the Pontifical Council...
- Singles For Christ