• Physical Characteristics
• Population and Size Distribution
• Urban-Rural Popualation
• Household Population Characteristics

• Literacy
• Family Income and Expenditure
• Labor Force and Employment
• Poverty Threshold and Incidence

• Social Development
• Education
• Health, Nutrition and Sanitation
• Protective Services

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 24єC to 32.21єC and an average of 27.44єC

• 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