Commission on Population     
 Regional Population Office No. 10

       J.V. Seriņa St., Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City

"Tatlumpu't limang taong paglilingkod tungo sa matatag na Pilipinong pamilya"
 
   

Province of LANAO DEL NORTE
   
 

 


 

 

The province is bounded on the north by Iligan Bay and the Province of Misamis Oriental; the Province of Lanao del Sur and BukLanao del Norte is situated in Northern Mindanao along the northwest and southwest coast of the island it lies.  idnon and Zamboanga del Sur on the west.  On the southwest, Lanao del Norte faces Illana Bay and the Celebes Sea.

The province is administratively under Region 10.

The province links Western Mindanao to Eastern and Central Mindanao.  It is the land bridge of the Zamboanga Peninsula to the rest of Mindanao.  It also serves as the gateway to the cities of Pagadian, Tangub, Oroquieta and Ozamis and to Lanao del Sur via the Tukuran-Malabang and Tubod-Ganassi national highways.  It is accessible by land, water and air transportation.  

The province is comprised of 22 municipalities, namely: Bacolod, Balo-i, Baroy, Kapatagan, Kauswagan, Lala, Linamon, Magsaysay, Maigo, Matungao, Munai, Nunungan, Pantao Ragat, Pantar, Poona Piagapo, Salvador, Sapad, Sultan Naga Dimaporo (Karomatan), Tagoloan, Tangkal, and Tubod. It has 462 barangays. The municipality of Tubod is the capital town of the province. It has 2 Districts, (1st) Iligan City to the Municipality of Baroy and (2nd ) from Municipality of Balo-I to Sapad.

 

Physical Characteristics

Topography

  • About 58% of area are with slopes greater than 18%

  • About 22% (66,450.8 hectares) have high slopes (>50%)

  • 41,347.93 hectares (13.62%) are plain (0-3%) largely found in Kapatagan Valley and potential for food production

  • 14,427.85 hectares (4.63) are above 1,000m  above sea level, found in the municipalities of Nunungan, Tangkal and Munai and are delineated as protection zone

  • Aggregated of elevations 100-300, 300-500 and 500-1,000m above sea level constitute 78%

Climate

  • Temperature ranges from 24ēC to 32.21ēC and an average of 27.44ēC

  • Heavy rainfall with an annual value of 146.29 mm and an average monthly rainfall of 146.29 cm during the last 10 years

  • Heavy rains occur in June to December with the highest in July with 214.95 mm

  • Falls within the less frequent typhoon paths with zero chances of typhoon occurrences for the rest of the year

  • Agro-climate is favorable to growing crops throughout the year

Soil Characteristics

  • Largely fine loamy and fine loamy to clay

  • Slightly acidic, acidic areas found in Lala, Nunungan and Poona Piagapo

  • Generally well drained, with a few areas poorly drained

Physical Resources

  • Within 87 watersheds, 11 are major ones (>10,000 hectares): Maranding, Liangan, Agus, Mandulog, Lipatan, Iligan River, Lianan, Iponan, Cagayan and Titunod Rivers

  • bounded by three bays: Iligan, Panguil and Illana with a total coastline of 126.147 km.

  • Has rich inland water bodies: 7 waterfalls, 6 springs, 4 lakes

 

 

Demographic Profile

Population and Size Distribution

Lanao del Norte is a small growing province in terms of its population.  In the CY 2000 census, the province registered a total of 473,062.  It increased by 32.279 persons over the 1995 figure representing an annual growth rate of 2.01.  

Lala is the most populated municipality accounting for 11.93% of the total population of the province.  Tubod, the provincial capital, ranked next to Lala with a population of 43,067 accounting for 9.10% of local provincial population.  In 2000, the number of households increased to 90.092 households with a total household population of 472,646.


Population Enumerated in Various Censuses  


Year


Population


Increase


Annual Geometric Growth Rate

1903 March 2

5,400

-

-

1918 December 31

15,850

10,450

7.04

1939 January 1

71,154

55,304

7.80

1948 October1

105,881

34,727

4.16

1960 February 15

212,170

106,289

6.30

1970 May 6

245,449

33,279

1.43

1975 May 1

262,456

17,007

1.35

1980 May 1

293,691

31,235

2.27

1990 May 1

387,524

93,833

2.81

1995 September 1

440,783

53,259

2.40

2000 May 1

473,062

32,279

2.01

Source: NSO 10


Provincial Population, 2000


Municipality


Total Population


% Share to Total


Household Population


Number of Households

Lanao del Norte

473,062

100

472,646

90,092

Bacolod

17,020

3.60

16,970

3,515

Baloi

38,534

8.15

38,472

6,804

Baroy

20,392

4.31

20,376

4,094

Kapatagan

42,783

9.04

42,783

8,343

Kauswagan

15,364

3.25

15,364

3,095

Kolambugan

24,180

5.11

24,180

4,823

Lala

56,447

11.93

56,434

10,872

Linamon

14,959

3.16

14,948

2,873

Magsaysay

11,218

2.37

11,218

2,170

Maigo

17,826

3.77

17,825

3,472

Matungao

9,266

1.96

9,266

1,656

Munai

15,972

3.38

15,972

3,033

Nunungan

12,205

2.58

12,205

2,470

Pantao Ragat

16,474

3.48

16,474

2,627

Pantar

12,826

2.71

11,704

2,025

Poona Piagapo

16,092

3.40

16,092

2,715

Salvador

17,055

3.61

16,951

3,403

Sapad

15,167

3.21

15,167

3,013

Sultan Naga Dimaporo

41,865

8.85

41,830

7,811

Tagoloan

8,233

1.74

8,211

1,482

Tangkal

6,117

1.29

6,117

896

Tubod

43,067

9.10

42,993

8,776

Source: NSO

 


Urban-Rural Population

Of the total 2000 population of the province, 20.21% are in urban areas.  In terms of number, the municipality of Lala has the biggest urban population, while five (5) municipalities have zero urban population.  These are the municipalities of Nunungan, Pantar, Poona-Piagapo, Tagoloan and Tangkal.  Percentage wise, Linamon has the biggest portion of urban households within the municipality.  


Urban-Rural Population Distribution, 2000 


Municipality

Total Population

Number

Percent Distribution
Rural
Urban
Rural
Urban

Bacolod

17,020

4,837

12,183

28.40

71.58

Baloi

38,534

7,035

31,499

18.26

81.74

Baroy

20,392

2,919

17,473

14.31

85.69

Kapatagan

42,783

8,829

33,954

20.64

79.36

Kauswagan

15,364

3,874

11,490

25.21

74.79

Kolambugan

24,180

6,665

17,515

27.56

72.44

Lala

56,447

16,665

39,782

29.52

70.48

Linamon

14,959

6,257

8,702

41.83

58.17

Magsaysay

11,218

1,095

10,123

9.76

90.24

Maigo

17,826

2,803

15,023

15.72

84.28

Matungao

9,266

1,496

7,770

16.15