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Location : 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 sq. 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;
Website : www.ormindoro.gov.ph
Health Facilities : 19 private hospitals, nine government hospitals, 46 clinics, 18 rural health units, 93 health
barangays stations and two special clinics.
Financial Institutions : Three government banks, 18 commercial banks, 31 rural banks and 34 lending investors. Eight
automated teller machines are found in Calapan City.
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