Saturday, April 15, 2006

Municipality of Santa Barbara Profile

Statistics and Information about Santa Barbara, Iloilo

[Location and Accessibility] Santa Barbara in Focus
  • Janiuay is located 15.7 km north of Iloilo City, accessible by any land transportation with the presence of a national highway, provincial, municipal and barangay road networks cutting and criss-crossing its environs.
[Geography and Political Subdivision]
Santa Barbara in Focus
  • Santa Barbara is politically subdivided into 60 barangays
  • Land Area - 7,750 hectares or 77.5 sq. km.
  • Topography - varies from slightly rolling hills to an almost flat or gradually inclined plains, sliced by Tigum River at its centermost, which flows from northwest to the southeast and the Aganan River in the southern section.
[People]
Santa Barbara in Focus
  • Population Projection - 48,928 (2006)
  • Population - 46,076 (2000 Census)
  • Households - 8,821 (2000 Census)
  • Population growth rate - 1.01%
  • Density - 598 people / sq. km
  • Dominant Religion - Roman Catholic
  • Dialect - Hiligaynon
[Education] Santa Barbara in Focus
  • Secondary - 5
  • Primary - 29
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