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FAST FACTS ABOUT BOHOL
General Information
Homepage/ Website www.bohol.gov.ph
www.ppdo.bohol.gov.ph
Time Zone Standard Time; differs from Greenwich time by an even number of hours
Land Area 4,117.26 sq. kilometers
Currency Philippine Peso (Pph)
Political Administrative Divisions 47 municipalities and one city grouped into 3 congresssional districts
Provincial Capital Tagbilaran City
Barangays/Villages 1,109
Location Central Philippines
Distance from Manila 556.16 nautical miles
Language Almost all Boholanos can speak and write the English language.
Topography Varies from level to steeply sloping, with land elevation ranging from 0 to nearly 900 meters above sea level.
Climate Generally fair
Average Temperature January: 22.9-25.9°Celsius/73-78°Fahrenheit
July: 23.9-26.79°Celsius/75-80°Fahrenheit
Population (2000 Census) 1,136,268 (Province)
77,700 (City)
Average Annual
Population Growth Rate 2.92% (Census 1995-2000)
Rate of Natural Increase 21.54 per 1,000 population
Number of Households 209,588 (Census 2000)
Business/Industry Establishments Small 6,574
(NSO, 2000) Medium 319
Large 12
Leading Non-Traditional Exports Prawns, baskets, woven raffia
Leading Domestic Items Traded GI sheets, limestone, handicraft, marine products, rice, banana, cattle, hog, mangoes, fish, copra, semi-dried seaweeds
Tourist Arrivals (2005) 187,991 of which 7% foreign (per DOT records) 393,949 (per Bohol Tourism Office)
Total Overseas Workers 17,337 of which 55% male (NSO, 2000)
Inflation Rate 11.1% ((Apr06) 8.8% (12/05); 4.4% (5/04); 3.7 (2003)
Purchasing Power of Peso Php 0.60 (Apr06) Php0.71(Dec05)
Development Indicators
Economic Development
Agriculture & Fisheries:
Major Agri/Aqua Products Rice, corn, coconut, root crops, vegetables, fruits, poultry, fish, prawns, crabs, seaweeds
Production of Major Crops (2002, in Metric Tons):
Rice, Irrigated 66.398/0.7% of nat'l prodn/ 51% of Region 7
Rice, Rainfed 78.383 /2.4% of nat'l prodn/89% of Region 7
Corn (White & Yellow) 15.548/0.4% of nat'l prodn/ 9% of Region 7
Agricultural Area (2002, in Hectares):
Rice, Irrigated (Ave. Area Harvested) 5,255 / 0.8% - Phil./ 49.8% - R7
Rice, Rainfed (Ave. Area Harvested) 12,349/ 3.7% - Phil./ 91% - R7
Corn 4,886/ 0.8 - Phil./ 8% -R7
Mango 1,548
Coconut 34,463.4 (CY 1998)
Major Livestock & Poultry 2002 2001 2000
Hog 268,422 252,980 122,594
Carabao 57,306 60,268 48,363
Cattle 65,791 64,780 49,662
Chicken 2,642,375 2,064,416 547,453
Fishery,Inland (2002),
Municipal 32/24% of nat'l prodn/29% of R7
Marine Municipal 14.103/2% of nat'l prodn/27% of R7
Aquaculture 83.968/ 7% of nat'l prodn/ 92% of R7
Commercial Fishing 9.801/ 1% of nat'l prodn/ 16% of R7
Top Aqua Species 2002 2001 2000
Tiger Prawns (Nat'l Rank: No. 5) 1,157 1,093 1,611
Seaweeds (Nat'l Rank: No. 4) 79,961 74,753 43,134
Investments:
Business Name Registration
Number 655 753 594
Initial Capital (in Million Pesos) 147.386 353.769 106.056
Money & Banking 2003 2002 2001 2000
Banks, Total Number 52 49
Private Commercial banks 14 11
Government banks 3 3
Thrift Banks 26 26
Rural banks 9 9
Total Bank Deposits (in million pesos) 7,574.4 7,043 5,797 5,749
Private Commercial Bank Deposits 4,386.1 3,590 3,375 2,857
Government Bank Deposits 1,566.2 1,462 1,104 1,204
Thrift Bank Deposits 1,301.8 1,746 1,158 1,558
Rural Bank Deposits 320.0 245 160 130
Lending firms 65
Pawnshops 100 92 90 84
BIR Revenue Collections (in (Million Pesos) - 347.640 343.897 308.144
Visitor Traffic:
Incoming Passengers - 2002 2001 2000
by Boat (in Millions) 2.176 2.035 1.850
by Airplane 15,800 19,881 13,980
Infrastructure Development
Communications 2003 2001
Telephone lines Installed (Source: NTC) 54,048 51,204
Radio stations (AM, FM) 5
Cable stations 5
Power/Energy
Installed Capacity (July 2006) 108.2 MW
Diesel Plant 22 MW
Hydro-electric Power (Loboc~1.2 MW/Janopol-5 MW) 6.2 MW
Leyte-Bohol Geothermal 80 MW~100 MW
Peak Demand 48-50 MW
Other Utilities 2002 2001 2000
Water (in Million cu.m.)
Generation 5.586 5.184 4.084
Consumption 3.943 3.912 3.010
Construction, Activities
Residential 540 616 705
Institutional 15 48 11
Infra/Industrial 86 49 108
Commercial 71 64 90
Cement Consumption (million 40-kgm bag) 1.49 1.93 1.69
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