New Bataan, Compostela Valley
Encyclopedia
New Bataan is a first class municipality at the Compostela Valley
province of the Philippines
. The municipality was founded on June 18, 1968 through Republic Act No. 4756. It has a total land area of 688.6 km2 (55,315 has.) and situated north and west of Davao Oriental
province; south of Municipality of Compostela
and west of Municipality of Maragusan.
New Bataan is surrounded with mountain ranges that keeps the place away from coming typhoons. The municipality is composed of more than 50% of forest that has been the sources of living for some people live in there. The barangays of New Bataan that most likely covered with forest are Andap, Tandawan, Camanlangan, Manurigao etc. Manurigao is the most remote among the barangay because of the absence of a better road and transportation.
The municipality is also watered by various rivers. One of its is the Mayo river
that flows from the mountain of Andap that goes and combines with the Agusan River
. The Batoto river is also one of the biggest, it flows from the eastern part of the area.
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Compostela Valley
Compostela Valley is a province of the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. The province, called Comval for short, used to be part of Davao del Norte until it was made independent in 1998. It is the third newest province of the Philippines, behind Dinagat Islands and Zamboanga...
province of the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. The municipality was founded on June 18, 1968 through Republic Act No. 4756. It has a total land area of 688.6 km2 (55,315 has.) and situated north and west of Davao Oriental
Davao Oriental
Davao Oriental is a province of the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. Its capital is Mati and borders Compostela Valley to the west, and Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Sur to the north. Davao Oriental is the easternmost province of the country with Pusan Point as the easternmost...
province; south of Municipality of Compostela
Compostela
Compostela may refer to:*Azua de Compostela, Azua, Dominican Republic*Compostela de Indias, Nayarit, Mexico*Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain**Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela*Compostela, Valle de Compostela, Philippines...
and west of Municipality of Maragusan.
New Bataan is surrounded with mountain ranges that keeps the place away from coming typhoons. The municipality is composed of more than 50% of forest that has been the sources of living for some people live in there. The barangays of New Bataan that most likely covered with forest are Andap, Tandawan, Camanlangan, Manurigao etc. Manurigao is the most remote among the barangay because of the absence of a better road and transportation.
The municipality is also watered by various rivers. One of its is the Mayo river
Mayo River
Mayo River may be:*Mayo River , in North Carolina and Virginia, United States*Mayo River *Mayo River...
that flows from the mountain of Andap that goes and combines with the Agusan River
Agusan River
Agusan River is a river located in the eastern part of Mindanao island in the Philippines, draining majority of the Caraga Region and some parts of Compostela Valley province. It is the third largest river basin of the Philippines with a total drainage area of 10,921 km² and an estimated...
. The Batoto river is also one of the biggest, it flows from the eastern part of the area.
Brief Profile
- OFFICIAL NAME : Municipality of New Bataan
- DATE CREATED : June 18, 1968
- ENABLING LAW : Republic Act 4756
- INCOME CLASS : 1st Class Municipality (as of 2005)
- ANNUAL LOCAL INCOME : P5,761,257.97(2005)
- INTERNAL REVENUE ALLOTMENT: P52,636,316(2005)
- DIS. FROM THE MUN. OF COMPOSTELA: 16 km.
- DIS. FROM CAPITAL TOWN (NABUNTURAN): 40 km.
- DIS. FROM TAGUM CITY: 75 km.
- TOTAL LAND AREA : 55,315 has.
- TOTAL NO. OF BARANGAYS : 16
- TOTAL NO. OF PUROKS : 204
- TOTAL NO. OF HOUSEHOLD : 9,050
- TOTAL NO. OF POPULATION : 43,940
- TOTAL NO. OF MALE POPULATION: 22,579
- TOTAL NO. OF FEMALE POPULATION: 21,361
- ARAW CELEBRATION: Every 18 June
- FOUNDER’S DAY/FESTIVAL: Every 10 August
- FESTIVAL NAME : Sal’lupongan
- TOWN FIESTA CELEBRATION: Every 13 June
- PATRON SAINT : San Antonio de Padua
- OFFICIAL PARISH NAME : San Antonio de Padua Parish
LAND CLASSIFICATION
- FOREST : 33,727.7261 has.
- AGRO-FOREST : 2,158.6502 has.
- AGRICULTURAL : 692.7559 has.
- MINING : 6,210.401 has.
- RESIDENTIAL : 11.843 has.
- BRUSH LAND AREA : 2,158.6502 has.
- COMMERCIAL : 11.5962 has.
- ROAD : 62.06395 has.
- INSTITUTIONAL : 18.91645 has.
- SPECIAL USE : 3.1605 has.
- INDUSTRIAL : 0.3828 has.
- RIVER BED/CHANNEL : 38.3858 has.
ROAD NETWORK (within the LGU territory)
- NATIONAL ROAD : 35.75 km.
- PROVINCIAL ROAD : 40.45 km.
- MUNICIPAL ROAD : 102.50 km.
Barangays
New Bataan is politically subdivided into 16 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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- Bantacan
- Batinao
- Camanlangan
- Cogonon
- Fatima
- Katipunan
- Magsaysay
- Magangit
- Pagsabangan
- Panag
- Cabinuangan (Pob.)
- San Roque
- Andap
- Kahayag
- Manurigao
- Tandawan