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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