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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

The place, which later became the city of Tacurong was once a barangay of

the municipality of Buluan of the then empire province of Cotabato. The place was

originally called “Pamasang”, after a creek that flows from south to north of the area.

In the 1940s, the place became the way station of the 19-C Survey Team due to is

strategic location and suitability for the purposes of the survey team. During those

years, the place also became a stopover point for travelers and the Oblate

missionaries on their way to the different points of Cotabato Province.

The name “Pamasang” was changed to “Talakudong”, the maguindanao term

for head covering which was worn by most of the early settlers and people in the

area. How the place came to be associated with head covering cannot be

ascertained. Eventually, the name was later shortened / changed to Tacurong. It

can only be deduced that the present name Tacurong must have originated from the

word “Talakudong”.

Tacurong was separated from its mother town of Buluan and was created a

municipality by Executive Order Number 462 signed by the late President Elpidio

Quirino on August 3, 1951. The city is composed of mostly Ilonggo settlers from the

province of Iloilo.

Tacurong then had an estimated area of 40,000 hectares comprising 14

barangays. When Tantangan, a barangay of Tacurong was created into a

municipality in 1961, the southern portions of Tacurong were separated. The area

was further reduced when Pres. Quirino was created into a municipality on Nov. 22,

1973 taking with it some of the eastern portions. Tacurong now has a total land area

of 15,340 hectares, the smallest in land area among the 12 municipalities that

compose the new province of Sultan Kudarat, created on Nov. 22, 1973 by

Presidential Decree No. 341. Although Isulan became the provincial capital,

Tacurong remained as the premier town.

After 49 years of existence as a municipality, Tacurong became the first

component city of the Province of Sultan Kudarat through the effort, of Hon. Angelo

O. Montilla, the Congressman of the Lone District of Sultan Kudarat by virtue of

House Bill No. 6497 duly approved and signed by His Excellency President Joseph

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E. Estrada through Republic Act 8805 “An Act Converting the Municipality of

Tacurong into a Component City of the Province of Sultan Kudarat to be known as

the “City of Tacurong” on August 16, 2000 and duly confirmed by the

“Tacurongnons” on a plebiscite held on September 18, 2000.

Tacurong is located at the center of Central Mindanao. It is 92 kms. from

Gen. Santos City, 96 kms. from Cotabato City and 178 kms. from Davao City. It is

situated at the crossroads of the Davao-Gen. Santos-Cotabato highways, and is the

population, financial, commercial, education, and rest and recreation center of the

area. It services the needs of 15 neighboring municipalities. People from these

areas go to Tacurong to sell their products, purchase their needs, pursue education,

avail of medical and health services, and seek recreation. As an important hub of

the Mindanao transport grid, Tacurong is visited by numerous passengers and

transients on their way to the cities of Davao, Cotabato, Gen. Santos and even

Cagayan De Oro.

Politically, Tacurong has been served by eleven elected and appointed

mayors from its creation in 1951 to the present who represented various sectors.

Ricardo Soriano and Serafin Limbungan were farmers; Quirino Mercado, a lawyer;

Jose Escribano, a military man; Jose P. Barroquillo, a medical practitioner;

Benjamin Eliseo, a contractor and a businessman; Fernando O. Bayquin, a

government employee (DILG); Teodoro Subido, a dental practitioner; Angelo O.

Montilla, a farm manager; Geronimo P. Arzagon, an educator; and the present

mayor, Lino O. Montilla, an electrical engineer.

GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISION

The city of Tacurong is located at the geographical coordinates 6 degrees 41

minutes and 42.583 seconds latitude, 124 degrees, 40 minutes and 29.818 seconds

longitude. It is bounded by the municipalities of Lambayong, to the north; Isulan

to the west; Pres. Quirino to the east; and by Tantangan of South Cotabato

Province to the south.

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The city of Tacurong is presently composed of 20 barangays most of which

are agricultural-based, namely:

1. Baras - 756 Has.

2. Buenaflor - 520 Has.

3. Calean - 483 Has.

4. Demetrio Ledesma - 347 Has.

5. E. J. C. Montilla - 2,220 Has.

6. Griño - 640 Has.

7. Kalandagan - 2,553 Has.

8. Lancheta - 511 Has.

9. New Carmen - 289 Has.

10. New Isabela - 295 Has.

11. New Lagao - 941 Has

12. New Passi - 1,560 Has.

13. Poblacion - 257 Has.

14. Rajah Muda - 1,310 Has.

15. San Antonio - 300 Has.

16. San Emmanuel - 734 Has.

17. San Pablo - 339 Has.

18. San Rafael - 194 Has.

19. Tina - 514 Has.

20. Upper Katungal - 577 Has.

Barangay Poblacion is the seat of the city government and center of most

of the economic, cultural and political activities of the city. Although most of the

barangays are agricultural-based, some barangays those that are adjacent to

Barangay Poblacion are already becoming commercial, residential and industrial

centers.

DEMOGRAPHY:

POPULATION, SIZE, GROWTH and TREND

As of 2006 Socio Economic Profile Survey on population, the city of Tacurong

has a total population of 82,465, This indicates an addition of 6,140 persons to the

household population enumerated by the census in 2000 which was 76,325. This

puts the geometric growth rate of the population between 2000 and at 1.39 percent

annually. Barangay Poblacion, being the urban center is the most populated area

with 15,409 residents followed by Barangay New Isabela with 10, 182 residents

while Barangay San Rafael represents the least populated area with 912 persons or

1.05 percent of the total population.

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Of the eleven municipalities and a city in the province of Sultan Kudarat, the

city of Tacurong is the largest in terms of population size comprising 13.4 percent of

the total population of the province while comprising only 2.65% of the total land

area of the province. Several factors contributed to the large population of the city of

Tacurong. First, its being the center of finance, trade and commerce, and rest and

recreation in the Central Mindanao area, the city play host to the large number of

people who come to do their business and presents livelihood opportunities for the

jobless. Second, the presence of basic services and facilities attracts the people

from other municipalities to reside in the city; and third, the stability of peace and

order situation of the city.

URBAN- RURAL DISTRIBUTION

The urban dwellers from Poblacion 18.89 percent or 15,409 residents of the

total population while the rural population is placed at 81.11 percent or 67,056

residents.

POPULATION DENSITY

The city of Tacurong has a population density of 537.58 persons per square

kilometer.

AGE – SEX DISTRIBUTION

Based on Socio Economic Profile Survey, male population comprised 50.37

percent of the total population or 41,551 residents while female population

comprised 49.63 percent or 40,914 of the total population.

Basing on the age structure, the city’s population is predominantly young. The

41,093 or 49.83 percent belongs to 0-24 age level which has the largest share;

28,352 or 34.38 percent represents 25-49 bracket; and 50 years and above age

bracket which has the lowest share of 15.79 percent or 13,020 of the total

population.

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Table 1

Population and Household by Barangay as June 2006

Barangay Household Population Number of Household

Male Female Both Sex

Baras 1610 1456 3066 637

Buenaflor 2216 2297 4513 1013

Calean 893 850 1743 386

D'Ledesma 747 705 1452 307

E.J.C. Montilla 2138 2069 4207 1038

Griño 2770 2528 5298 1106

Kalandagan 1012 973 1985 400

Lancheta 553 508 1061 212

New Carmen 1544 1404 2948 660

New Isabela 4933 5249 10182 2081

New Lagao 1095 1081 2176 456

New Passi 1297 1183 2480 489

Poblacion 7516 7893 15409 3470

Rajah Muda 1720 1568 3288 685

San Antonio 669 638 1307 292

San Emmanuel 2041 1979 4020 877

San Pablo 5046 4958 10004 2055

San Rafael 485 427 912 208

Tina 1680 1700 3380 479

Upper Katungal 1586 1448 3034 649

Tacurong City 41551 40914 82465 17,500

Source: SEP as June 2006

Table 2

HISTORICAL GROWTH OF POPULATION 1960 – 1990, 1995 – 2000-20067

Year Actual

Population Increase/Decrease

Average Growth Rate

1960 15,051

1970 29,796 14,745 7.06%

1975 37,255 7,459 4.56%

1980 45,908 8,853 4.26%

1990 58,785 12,877 2.50%

1995 69,822 11,037 3.28%

2000 76,424 6,602 1.93%

2007 82,546 6,122 1.08%

Source: National Statistics Office

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841 876

3165 2839

4383 4148

4149 4242

4465 4375

3826 3784

3583 3374

3236 3066

2890 2929

2444 2438

2223 2169

1758 1803

1483 1472

1069 1114

782 906

608 658

386 447

260 274

-5000 -4000 -3000 -2000 -1000 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000

Under 1

1 to 4

5 to 9

10 to 14

15 to 19

20 to 24

25 to 29

30 to 34

35 to 39

40 to 44

45 to 49

50 to 54

55 to 59

60 to 64

65 to 69

70 to 74

75 to 79

80&above

Population by Age & Sex

Male

Female

MOTHER TONGUE/ETHNICITY

Ilonggo is the mother tongue of 12,524 households or 71.57 percent of the

total population. About 2,820 households or 16.11 percent are Ilocanos while the

remaining 12.32 percent of the population are distributed to as follows: Cebuano

(4.31%), Maguindanao (6.46%) and others (1.55%).

Table 3

Dialect Spoken

Dialect Spoken Number of households Percentage

Ilonggo 12,524 71.57%

Ilocano 2,820 16.11%

Cebuano 754 4.31%

Maguindanao 1131 6.46%

Others 271 1.55% Source: SEP as June 2006

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Dialect Spoken

Maguindanao,

1,131

Cebuano, 754

Ilocano, 2,820

Others , 271

Ilonggo, 12,524

RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION

The recent survey conducted in the city shows that Tacurong is predominantly

Catholic with 78.43 percent or 13,728 of the total household. About 7.30 percent or

1279 household are Islam believers, 7.10 percent or 1243 household are Protestant,

3.47 percent or 607 household are Iglisia Ni Kristo, 2.22 percent or 388 household

are Seventh Day Adventist, while 1.45 percent belong to other religious

denominations. There are fourteen (14) main churches of various denominations

found in the Poblacion. There are likewise small churches or houses of worships

spread all over the Barangays of the City.

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Table 4

Religious Affiliations

Religion Number of Household Percentage

Roman Catholic 13,728 78.43%

Iglisia Ni kristo 607 3.47

Protestant 1243 7.10%

Seventh Day Adventist 388 2.22%

Islam 1279 7.30%

Others 255 1.45%

Source: SEP June 2006

Religious Affiliation

Iglisia Ni Cristo, 607

Protestant:, 1243

Seventh Day Adv,

388 Islam, 1279

Others, 255

Catholic, 13728

LITERACY AND HIGHEST EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

According to the Socio Economic Profile Survey as June 2006, of the total

population 10 years old and over, around 65,334 or 98.67 were reported literate

while 879 or 1.33% were illiterate.

In terms of highest educational attainment, approximately 34,407 persons or

51.77% of the population 10 years old and over were reported to have graduated

from elementary or have had attended some graduates or have had some

secondary education. Those who obtained post secondary education numbered

11,154 or 16.85%. College undergraduates were recorded to reach 9,569 or 14.45%

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while academic degree holders summed up to 10,204 or 15.41%. Of the literate,

50.05% are male while the other 49.95% are female.

Table 5

Highest Educational Attainment (10 years above)

Male Female Total Percentage

None 460 419 879 1.33%

Pre-Schooler 183 211 394 0.60%

Elem-Level: 6109 5638 11747 17.74%

Elem. Graduate: 4646 4508 9154 13.83%

H.S. Level 6775 6337 13112 19.80%

HS Graduate 5408 5746 11154 16.85%

College Level 4738 4831 9569 14.45%

College Graduate 4289 4770 9059 13.68%

Post Graduate: 554 591 1145 1.73% Source: SEP as June 2006

460 419

183 211

-6109 5638

4646 4508

6775 6337

5408 5746

4738 4831

42894770

554 591

-8000 -6000 -4000 -2000 0 2000 4000 6000 8000

None

Pre-Schooler

Elem-Level:

Elem. Graduate:

H.S. Level

HS Graduate

College Level

College Graduate

Post Graduate:

Highest Educational Attainment (10 years above)

Male

Famale

PHYSICAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES:

TOPOGRAPHY

The terrain of the city is mostly plain, about 84% and the slope ranges from 0-

8%. The sloping areas are located at the southeastern portion of the city. The

plain areas are drained by a number of streams and creeks running south to north.

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There are two soil types in the city, the banga sandy loam type and the

timaga clay loam type. Fifteen of the barangays have the banga sandy loam type

which is suited for corn and other crops. Five barangays have the timaga loam type,

which is generally suited for rice production.

CLIMATE

Tacurong falls under the fourth type of climate characterized by an even

distribution of rainfall. The average annual rainfall is 127.64 milimeter. The average

temperature ranges from 27.36 to 27.56 degrees Celcius. Relative humidity

averages 80 degrees.

NATURAL RESOURCES

Except for its fertile land and a number of streams and creeks, Tacurong has

few natural resources since it is an inland town with almost plain terrain. There are

no forest areas except a 298-hectare reforestation site in Barangay New Passi.

There are also some areas which could be developed into fishponds. Barangay

Kalandagan, which is hilly, is a good prospect for cattle breeding and cattle rising. It

is also a good source of clay for making pots and of quarry materials.

LAND USE

The land area of the city is devoted to the following uses: residential,

agricultural, commercial, industrial and open spaces. A vast expanse of 13,723.14

hectares or 89.46% is devoted to agriculture. Residential area accounts for the

3.71% of the total land area. Approximately, 36.8416 hectares and 86.0462 hectares

of the land are classified as commercial and industrial areas respectively. About

13.39% of the total land area is classified as open space which are intended for

recreational facilities, water, and areas utilized for transport facilities.

ECONOMY

Commerce and Industry

Years ago, the city depended for its source of Livelihood from agricultural and

only part of the town income from Commercial establishments. However, the influx

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of migrant part of the archipelago and evacuees from the neighboring place due to

Sporadic disturbance caused by lawless elements, changed the course of the city in

its struggle for economic development from agriculture to commerce and Trade.

Presently; Tacurong has Twelve (12) banking institutions serving the

financial/monetary needs of the residents of the locality and neighboring areas.

These banks are 1. ALLIED BANK, 2. Development Bank of the Pilippines, 3.LAND

BANK, 4.METROBANK, 5.PCI-Equitable Bank, 6.Rural Bank of Tacurong,

7.PENBANK 8.Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC), 9.Rural Bank of

Pres. Quirino, 10. NETWORK, 11.Rural Bank of Libak, 12. Partner Rural Bank

(Cotabato) Inc.

There are at present 1,153 registered business establishments in the

community. Among these is the big shopping center the Tacurong Fit Mart Kimsan

Plaza Corporation and NOVO. There are also a number of large to medium scale

hardware/convenience stores, specialty/novelty shops, restaurants/refreshments,

parlors, fast food and other types of business establishments. These establishments

cater to the needs of both the residents of the locality and the neighboring areas.

There are also Fifteen (15) appliance centers including the branches of some big-

name ones such as EMCOR Appliance, Imperial Appliance Plaza, Ruby Appliances,

Guillamacs Appliances and Better Homes Appliances Corporation.

The city has also (6) six gasoline stations to cater to the needs of the

motorists and the riding public.

There is also the complete and operational Integrated Public Terminal which

sits on a 2.5- hectare lot in Barangay New Isabela and also on going construction of

a modern and integrated slaughter house at Barangay Kalandagan and auction

market at Barangay San Pablo.

The public market, which was completed last December 5, 1996, replaced the

old public market, which was razed by fire last December 1989 resulting to the

destruction of 75% of the market. The construction was made possible through a P

29 Million Loan from the World Bank through the Program for Essential Municipal

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Infrastructure Utilities, Maintenance and Engineering Development (PREMIUMED)

and a grant of P 14 Million from the National Government. The new 10-Million Peso

wet market (agora type) which was completed earlier was financed by the local

government with assistance from the national government. In year 2004 the roof of

the Public market is rehabilitated.

The main industry found in the city is rice and corn milling and trading. There

are seventeen (17) mediums to large-scale rice mills operating. Thirty rice mills and

two corn mills operating in the locality including the giant National Food Authority-

Southern Philippines Grains Complex (NFA-SPGC) silo (Mechanical Drier) and rice

mill, the second largest in Asia.

The NFA-SPGC includes a number of large warehouses and has a milling

capacity of twenty tons per hour. It also has a daily palay dispersal volume of 52,345

or 50-kg bags per day.

The city has an agricultural crop production of 47,237.97 metric tons for all

crops with 6,167.25 hectares planted. The annual rice production is 21,240 metric

tons on 3,728 hectares planted, some 48% of which are irrigated. The annual corn

production is 3,556.7 metric tons on 855.75 hectares planted.

The city also produces African palm oil, which is shipped to Manila to be used

in the plastics and soap making industry and other chemical industries. The annual

yield is 22,980 metric tons on 1,034 hectares planted.

There are also various small-scale industries like metal craft, food processing,

furniture, ceramics, handicrafts, garments, pottery, vinegar making and balut

making.

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SOCIAL SERVICES EDUCATION

As the center of learning in the area, the Department of Education (Dep-Ed)

Division Office is located in Tacurong and now the City of Tacurong has also City

Division. A total of 102 learning institutions from exist all over the city, 47 of which

are Day care Centers, 31 Elementary schools, 13 high schools, and 11 tertiary

schools.

Of the 31 elementary schools, 24 are public and 7 are private. The secondary

schools are composed of 5 public, 1 national and 7 privately owned. The tertiary

level includes the Sultan Kudarat Polytechnic State College (SKPSC), Sultan

Kudarat Educational Institution (SKEI), a nursing and midwifery school; four colleges

offering various courses; and four vocational and computer schools.

HEALTH AND NUTRITION

There are Ten (11) hospitals and Twelve (12) medical clinics of various

specialties presently located in the locality including 28 private medical practitioners,

60 nurses, and 80 midwives, which complement the local health unit and barangay

health centers. There are also 7 dental clinics and 3 optical clinics.

There are nine (9) pharmacies currently in operation in the city including the

branches of Mercury Drugstore and Rose Pharmacy.

The local health unit of the local government unit of Tacurong located at

Barangay Poblacion offers free services to the public particularly the needy ones. It

has an ambulance for emergency use; it also has numerous volunteer rural health

workers who offer free services to the different barangays.

The health center provides only basic health services as to preventive and

promotive aspects and referrals services and some extended services such as

community health services on immunization, maternal and child care, family

planning, dental health services and other medical counseling. Similarly, they are

bale to undertake community outreach programs like campaigns for the conducting

seminars on the promotion of breastfeeding, nutrition education, personal hygiene

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and sanitation, construction of sanitary toilets, inspecting and disinfecting rural water

supply and the proper handling of food preparation especially for food operators.

These extension services though were limited in scope, considering the limited

number of medical health personnel serving the 20 barangays of Tacurong City, 2

City Health Officer, 2 Public Health Nurse, 12 Rural Health Midwives, 1 Midwife, 2

Dentists, 2 Med-Tech, 2 Sanitary Inspector and 1 Job Order.

Housing

The 2006 Socio Economic Profile Survey of Population and Housing

registered 17,500 households out of the 82,465 population of the city. Of the total

number of households 29.90 percent is found in the poblacion while the remaining

70.10 percent is distributed among the 19 barangays with San Pablo having the

most number of households, followed by New Isabela comprising 16.86% of the total

urban household. Thirty-four and eighteen percent of the household is composed of

1 to 4 members; 35.69 percent of the household is composed of 5 to 7 members;

18.57 percent has 8 to 9 members and 11.56 percent is made up of 10 and more

members.

There are presently three private housing projects which cater the needs of

the community, namely the Yellow Village in barangay New Isabela, Montiville

Homes and JM Homes both located in barangay EJC Montilla, there is also the

TAMEA (Tacurong Municipal Employees Association) Village which was financed by

the local government unit to be used by its employees.

The City Government of Tacurong acquired a five-hectares site in Barangay

San Pablo of which is programmed to be used as a low cost housing project. There

are seventy-five houses built, on which forty five of this is already awarded to the

qualified beneficiaries and the remaining thirty units are ready to be awarded . On

the same site, the Habitat for Humanity also funded the building of almost two

hundred houses and all of this are already awarded to the beneficiaries.

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With an ardent desire of the City Government to continue the program, the

City acquired an Eight point Nine (8.9) hectares site in Barangay Calean for the

Resettlement Project Phase II.

INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES

LAND TRANSPORTATION

There is a total of 247.50 kilometers of national, provincial, city and barangay

roads in the locality. Of this kilometerage of roads, 21.612 are national, 43.845 are

provincial, 17.45 are city roads, and 164.60 are barangay roads. The national

highways of Tacurong are the Dulawan - Koronadal Road and the Kidapawan –

Allah Junction road, both of which total to 17.05 kilometers. The Dulawan –

Koronadal Road has a length of 11.95 kms., a standard width of 60 meters and a

0%-1% gradient at km. 235+069+244+000-247+385. This road connects Tacurong

City to South Cotabato Province to the south and the Municipality of Lambayong to

the north. The National Highway is a well-paved system stretching from Cotabato

City to Makilala in Cotabato Province. The portion of the National Highway fronting

the commercial district is a four-lane concrete road with a total length of 1 km. and is

undergoing expansion. Alunan Highway is also concrete from the boundary with

Lambayong to Gen. Santos City. The streets surrounding the newly constructed

public market also have four lanes. A number of streets in the poblacion are already

concrete and many more are in the pipeline for concreting. The construction of the

drainage system especially in the poblacion is also on going.

The provincial roads have a total of 43.845 kilometers in length with each road

having a standard width of 30 meters and a road-of-way of 15 meters. All roads have

earth surfacing except the highway junction – Rajah Muda road that is graveled. The

roads around the poblacion has a total of 17.45 kilometers in length with each road

having a standard width of 20 meters. The barangay roads have a total length of

164.60 kilometers and 13.105 km. have been concreted. Mostly the condition of the

barangay roads is poor and it needs improvement of surfacing materials. These

roads inter-connects the different barangays of the city.

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DRAINAGE AND SEWERAGE SYSTEM

Tacurong is predominantly flat at the urban area/built-up area including

also some parts of the agricultural areas. During heavy rainfall or rainy season

some parts of Tacurong is flooded, these are long portion of national Highway going

to South Cotabato & National Highway going to Davao, Caños Subd., Apilado Subd.

And some parts of barangay New Isabela and Calean, due to clogging and

unficnished construction of drainage/sewerage system. Most of the canals/drainage

are open and was not fully maintained and developed which causes erosion of

surface.

BRIDGES

There are six (6) bridges along the National Highways of Tacurong City.

These are the Calean Bridge, Kalandagan Bridge I & II, Gansing Bridge, Upper

katungal Bridge and EJC Montilla Bridge . All are of the RCDG Type with width

varying to 12.00-36.00 meters and with length varying from 7.00 to 14.60 meters.

And with load capacity of 20 metric tons.

Table 6

Bridges Type of Administration-2004

Type of

Administration Number Length

Percent to

Total

National

Provincial

City

Barangay

6

4

None

None

128.90

51.00

-

-

71.65 %

28.35%

Total 10 179.90 100%

Source: DPWH/PEO/City Engineering/PPDO/PEO

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INVENTORY OF TRANSPORT VEHICLE

Due to its strategic location, there are present five (5) big bus companies

serving the riding public, there are also a large number of other transport systems

present including the air-conditioned vans and jeepneys which ply the routes to and

from the city. The main transport system inside the locality is the pedicab (tricycle)

which now numbers about 3,594 units. Some of the tricycles are privately owned

which are converted to public utility vehicles. It also shows that government owned

most of the motorcycles, utility vehicles and heavy equipments which are being used

for implementation, inspection, monitoring and evaluation of programs/projects of

the city.

Table 7 Inventory of Land Transportation Vehicles- 2004

Type of

Vehicle Private

Public

Utility Government Total

Motorcycle 6,023 - 239 6,262

Utility vehicle 1,947 826 221 2,994

Truck (heavy) 438 127 86 651

Truck

(Medium)

354 59 10 423

Truck (Light) 287 5 1 293

Trailer (Heavy) 119 71 25 215

Trailer

(Medium)

16 24 - 40

Trailer (Light) 3 7 1 11

Tricycle - 3,594 - 3,594

Total 9,187 4,713 583 14,483

Source: LTO

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OTHER TRANSPORT FACILITIES

The people of the city also own a large number of private vehicles of all sizes

and makes. The local government open the Integrated Public Terminal later this

year, the first of its kind to put up in Central Mindanao. It can accommodate 128

vehicles and can operationalized 66 routes per day located at barangay New

Isabela. Out of these. There are still existing public utility vehicle facilities/terminals

that are being used by almost tricycles, multi-cabs and jeepneys. These are located

along the perimeter of Tacurong Public Market, City Plaza, commercial

establishments such as in Tacurong Fitmart and Kimsan Plaza, which only shows

that public terminal were not still fully operationalized due to some political

interventions within the locality.

COMMUNICATIONS

There are four telephones systems providing local and long-distance/direct

dialing services. These are PLDT, Sultan Kudarat Telephone System Inc. (SKTSI),

PT&T, and Bureau of Telecommunications (Telecom). There are also a cell-phone

service of Smart and Globe. There are three Internet service providers. There are

also two radio bases in the city, REACT and RECON.

UTILITIES

The electric power in the city is distributed by the Sultan Kudarat Electric

Cooperative (SUKELCO) which is based in Tacurong, the city is now 89%

energized, and expansion is still on going.

Electric power is supplied by the National Power Corporation (NPC)

which is relatively cheaper since most of the energy generated is from NPC’s Maria

Cristina Fall Hydroelectric Power Plant. An NPC substation is also located in the

municipality; this substation is currently supplying the electric power needs of the

Central Mindanao area including Cotabato City and General Santos City.

Potable water supply is being distributed to the poblacion and its

adjacent barangays by the Sultan Kudarat Water District (SKWD), a subsidiary of

the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA).

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PROTECTIVE AND FIRE SERVICES

Tacurong is peaceful community with little crime incidents. There are 59

personnel at the Tacurong PNP station who are tasked in the maintenance of peace,

order and security. There were 136 reported crime occurrences in 2005, most of

which are lightly/petty offenses. There are also 700 members of the Civilian

Volunteers Organization (CVO’s), 400 members of Barangay Tanod and 20

members of Traffic Enforcer. Fire Protection is taken care of by 20 members of the

Bureau of Fire Protection. There are presently two fire trucks in the city.

The Regional Trial Court, Branch 20 is located in the city together with the

City Circuit Trial Court; there is also an Office of the Public Attorney.

A total of 839 cases committed against persons from 2000 to 2005 reported

560 index crimes and 360 non-index crime

Crime solution efficiency for the following years was noted: 2000 - 82.85% 2001 - 85.71% 2002 - 83.46% 2003 - 79.41% 2004 - 81.03% 2005 - 77%

Table 8

Crime Incidence City of Tacurong2005

Type of Crimes Frequency of Occurrence

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Index Crimes

Non-Index

Crimes

Solved Cases

Unsolved Cases

98

42

116

24

75

51

108

18

75

52

106

21

72

64

108

30

117

57

141

33

123

40

131

32

Crime Volume 140 126 127 136 174 136

Source: PNP

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Table 9 Fire Incidence

City of Tacurong 2004

Type According to Origin/Cause

Frequency of Occurrence

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Electrical 3 6 1 11 3

Comb Heat - 2 2 1 5

Cooking 1 1 1 2 1

Spark 1 0 2 1 2

Flammable Liquids

1 0 - - -

Lpg 0 0 - 1 2

Unknown 3 0 - 2 0

Total 9 9 6 18 13

Source: BFP

Table 10 Location, Area, Size of Force, Force-Population Ratio

Facilities and equipment City of Tacurong 2004

Protective Services

Location Area

(sq.m.)

Existing Size of Force

Force Pop’n Ratio

Facilities Equipment

Police Fire

Fighting Vehicle

Prisoner Van/Rescue

Truck

Others (Specify)

Police Force

Sub-station/ Station/

Outpost/s Traffic outpost

Poblacion Poblacion

700

sq. m. 25 sq.

m.

59 3

1:1000

-

1

2

Fire

Protection

Headquarters Sub-station/ station

1

421sq. m.

20

1:3000

2

-

-

Civilian Volunteers

700

Tanod 400

21

Traffic 20

Auxiliary

Disaster 2

Military Camps

1202(SK) CDC Palar 201st

14 PAB Tugis

Bo. 2 San

Emmanuel Kalandagan Kalandagan Poblacion

600

sq. m. 5,000 sq. m. 15,000 sq. m. 5,000 sq. m. 800

sq. m.

1 Team

1 Company Brigade

1 Company

1 Company

- - - - -

- - - - -

- - - - -

- - - - -

Outpost in the City & Immediate Vicinity

Source: PNP/ CPDO

Table 11 Future Police Force Requirement

City of Tacurong

Year Projected Populations Police Force

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

85,634

87,286

88,971

90,688

92,438

112

115

119

122

126

Table 12 Future Firemen Force Requirement

City of Tacurong Year Projected Populations Police Force

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

85,634

87,286

88,971

90,688

92,438

151

154

157

161

165

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AGRICULTURE

CROP PRODUCTION

Tacurong stands among other municipalities of Sultan Kudarat as an

agriculture area. Out of its total area, 12,841.33 hectares are devoted for agricultural

crops. Major crop produced in the city is rice, which covers about 6,061.5 hectares.

Total irrigated land area planted to rice is 4,717. The rest are rainfed with 1,344.5

hectares. Corn is the second staple crop to rice. It occupies an area of 531 hectares.

Another viable crop in the field of Agriculture is the African Palm oil tree. It is

produce locally over 2,478 hectares of land found in Barangays Katungal,

Kalandagan and EJC Montilla.

Coconut occupies 99 Hectares of land, but is not developed as compares to

rice and corn, root crops, vegetable and other crops are among the tangible proofs

of the people’s support to the program on green revolution. Aside from the

Agricultural crops already maintained, citrus, mango, cacao and soybeans are also

planted in the city to help boost agricultural production.

There are also two communal irrigation systems in the city. They service

4,717hectares of land.

There are 4,504 major and minor occupation groups in the locally. Of the

total 24 or .5% is from urban area while 4,504 or 99.5% is from the rural area. Crop

farmers have the highest number of 4,354 while aqua-farm cultivator is the lowest

number of 6.

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Table 13 Area Devoted to Agricultural Crop Production

City of Tacurong 2004

Crops Area (Hectares)

% to Total Agricultural Land Devoted to Crop

Production

% To Total of City’s Land Area

1. Rice a. Irrigated b. Non-

Irrigated

2. Corn 3. Vegetable

4. Coconut

5. Fruit –trees

6. Banana

7. African Oil Palm

8. Sugar Cane

9. Other (G’melina, mahonggani & other tree)

10. Shrub lands/ Open grassland

11. Commercial (livestock/Pastureland)

4,717

1,344.5

531.5

251.25

99

560.25

38

2,478

120

464

768.58

1,469.25

36.73 10.47

4.14

1.96

0.77

4.36

0.30

19.30

0.93

3.61

5.99

11.44

30.75 8.76

3.46

1.64

0.65

3.65

0.25

16.15

0.78

3.02

5.01

9.58

Total 12,841.33 100 83.71

Source: DA

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Table 14 Area, Production and Value of Production

By Major Crops City of Tacurong, 2004

Major Crops Area

(Has.)

% to Total Agri. Land Devoted to

Crop Production

Estimated Yield (MT./1 has)

Total

Production (MT)

Value of Production

(P)

1. Rice Irrigated Non-irrigated

2. Corn 3. Vegetables 4. Coconut 5. Fruit Trees 6. Banana 7. Palm oil 8. Sugar Cane

4,717

1,344.5

531.5

251.25

99

560.25

38

2,478

120

36.32 10.35

4.09

1.93

0.76

4.31

0.29

19.08

0.92

4.7 4.0

3.8

2.6

2.0

4.0

12.00

17.5

3.4

44,339.80 5,378.00

2,019.70

653.25

198.00

2,241.00

456.00

43,365.00

408.00

443,398,000.

00 53,780,000.0

0

12,118,200.00 9,798,750.00 3,564,000.00 44,820,000.00 6,840,000.00 130,095,000.00 6,120,000.00

Total 10,139.5 78.05 54.00 99,058.75

Source: DA

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Table 15

Major and Minor Occupation Groups Urban and rural

City of Tacurong, 2004

Major and Minor Occupation Groups Location Total Urban Rural

FARMERS FARMWORKERS FISHERMEN

Crop Farmers Orchard Farmers Ornamental and Other Livestock and Dairy Farmers Aqua-Farm Cultivators

Citywide Citywide Citywide Citywide Citywide

4,354 110 60 8 6

__ __ 24

___ __

4,354 100 36 8 6

Total 4,538 24 4,504

Source: DA

Table 16 Present and Projected Agricultural Production*

(In metric Tons/Annum) City of Tacurong, 2004-2008

Agricultural Production 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Rice 33,100 33,431 33,766 34,103 34,444 34,788

Corn 3,687 3,724 3,761 3,799 3,837 3,875

Vegetables 263 266 269 272 275 277

Sugarcane 400 404 408 412 416 420.28

Fruits 800.00 920 1058 1216.7 1,339 1,609

Coconut 152 154 156 158 160 161

Source: DA