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Land Suitability
Land suitability refers to the classification of
land into categories based on the degree to which the characteristics
of the land can satisfy the environmental requirements of specific
crops without deterioration.
Based on the land suitability criteria, land is
categorized into six (6), namely: Areas for irrigated rice/fishpond,
cultivated annual crops, perennial tree and vine crops, pastures/grasslands,
plantation and production forest. Majority of the land is suitable
for plantation with about 1,619.12 sq. km, followed with the land
suitable for perennial tree and vine crops of 723.71 sq. km. The
land suitable for pastures/grasslands has the lowest rate at 582.78
sq. km only. (Table 2-5)
| Table 2-5 Land Area By Suitability (In
Sq. Km.), By Municipality |
| Municipality |
Category |
| Suitable for Irrigated Rice/
Fishpond |
Suitable for Cultivated Annual
Crops |
Suitable for Perennial Trees
and Vines |
Suitable for Pasture/ Grasslands |
Suitable
for Plantation |
Suitable for Plantation Forest |
| District-I |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1. Aurora |
5.60 |
|
45.88 |
2.98 |
143.88 |
|
| 2. Dumingag |
38.23 |
4.30 |
17.42 |
29.02 |
396.82 |
131.50 |
| 3. Josefina |
|
|
16.59 |
1.71 |
51.57 |
26.11 |
| 4. Labangan |
49.74 |
0.28 |
38.42 |
55.44 |
24.78 |
|
| 5. Mahayag |
93.54 |
2.39 |
27.10 |
11.85 |
81.98 |
|
| 6. Midsalip |
19.26 |
1.53 |
1.44 |
64.60 |
61.15 |
121.34 |
| 7. Molave |
18.99 |
2.96 |
36.84 |
|
43.67 |
9.90 |
| 8. Pagadian City |
35.79 |
46.90 |
64.05 |
86.63 |
41.46 |
12.86 |
| 9. R. Magsaysay |
14.97 |
|
27.32 |
25.44 |
28.37 |
2.51 |
| 10. Sominot |
11.64 |
|
15.16 |
28.37 |
35.77 |
14.55 |
| 11. Tambulig |
109.46 |
|
7.25 |
|
37.98 |
|
| 12. Tukuran |
43.38 |
5.34 |
28.80 |
|
53..39 |
2.45 |
| Sub-total |
440.60 |
63.70 |
326.27 |
306.04 |
1,000.82 |
321.22 |
| District-II |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 1. Bayog |
64.32 |
|
49.85 |
7.18 |
151.56 |
101.82 |
| 2. Dimataling |
19.51 |
42.33 |
10.32 |
28.49 |
14.66 |
|
| 3. Dinas |
43.63 |
67.37 |
2.42 |
15.06 |
40.54 |
|
| 4. Dumalinao |
16.95 |
2.90 |
43.02 |
10.51 |
38.41 |
4.29 |
| 5. Guipos |
18.48 |
|
4.20 |
|
65.96 |
4.54 |
| 6. Kumalarang |
38.41 |
2.65 |
7.51 |
|
123.51 |
1.32 |
| 7. Lakewood |
6.49 |
|
23.84 |
60.36 |
37.90 |
83.03 |
| 8. Lapuyan |
11.15 |
7.22 |
56.19 |
15.60 |
47.72 |
14.67 |
| 9. Margosatubig |
6.82 |
|
6.06 |
37.97 |
30.96 |
|
| 11. Pitogo |
7.41 |
24.72 |
31.36 |
4.71 |
2.79 |
|
| 12. San Miguel |
2.03 |
22.54 |
34.74 |
16.72 |
14.32 |
2.49 |
| 13. San Pablo |
11.69 |
22.87 |
8.04 |
33.52 |
25.27 |
|
| 14. Tabina |
|
4.80 |
65.42 |
|
2.66 |
|
| 15. Tigbao |
9.03 |
3.69 |
43.71 |
19.08 |
18.26 |
33.96 |
| 16. V. Sagun |
23.10 |
|
10.76 |
27.54 |
3.78 |
|
| Sub-total |
279.02 |
201.09 |
397.44 |
276.74 |
618.30 |
246.12 |
| Grand-total |
719.62 |
264.79 |
723.71 |
582.78 |
1.619.12 |
567.34 |
| Source: Provincial Physical Framework
Plan (PPFP) |
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