Zambales Site Analysis PDF
Zambales Site Analysis PDF
Zambales Site Analysis PDF
The province of Zambales was formally organized in 1572 after the exploration by Don
Juan de Salcedo. From 1972 to 1903, a period of 331 years the northern portion of Zambales
included the towns of Alaminos, Bolinao, San Isidro, Infanta, Anda, Ban, Agoo, all of which now
belong to Pangasinan. Among the earliest municipalities were Masinloc organized – 1607 and
was first provincial capitol, Iba the present capitol was organized in 1611, and Sta. Cruz, the
northernmost municipality was formed a year later.
The name of the province was derived from the Malay word “Samba” meaning to
worship on the inhabitants were found by the Spaniards to be worshipping spirits called “anitos”.
The inhabitants were then referred to as “Sambali” or the spanized term “Zambale” hence the
term Zambales.
Boundaries/ Location
Zambales is located at the Western Coast of the Central Region. It show common
boundaries with Pangasinan on the North, Tarlac & Pangasinan on the East, Bataan on the South
and the China Sea in the West.
1. Congressional District
2. Congressional District II
• City (0)
• Municipalities (10): Botolan, Cabangan, Candelaria,Iba, Masinloc, Palauig, San Antonio,
San Felipe, San Marcelino and Sta. Cruz
The province is the second largest in Region III, covering a total area of 371,440 hectares
including Olongapo City classified as follows:
Total 371,440
Soil Type
The soil of the province is classified into three (3) distinct groups. These are the soil of
swamps and marshes, soil of the coastal plain and the soil of the mountain. Zambales soil type is
as follows:
Mountain Soil
The average pH value of the surface soil of Zambales range from 5.8 to 6.9 as far as soil
reaction & organic mater contents of the soil is concern, rice & other similar acid tolerant plants
can expect to grow normally or fairly well without lowering the pH of the soil. The province
soils contain organic mater with an average range of 1.5 to 2.5 % which is below normal level of
3.15% needed for high agricultural production.
Climate
Zambales belongs to the first type in accordance with the classification based on
rainfall. The principal climate characteristics of the first type are:
1. There is distinct wet and dry season: dry from November to April and wet during the rest
of the year.
2. The percentage of rainfall during the months from June to October is at least 89% of the
total precipitation of the year, while the rainfall from November to February does not
covered 125 of the total.
3. The amount of land coincides with average precipitation the clearest month are from
January to April (The cloudiest is from July to September).
Topography
The topography is gradually irregular with the coastal plains and valleys stretching from
Lingayen Gulf down south towards Subic Bay along the Western Coast and northern towards
177 Km South of Masinloc.
Hydrology
There are 34 rivers with numerous numbers of creeks following from the mountain
ranges in Zambales draining outward along plains and valleys toward the China Sea. The most
table with significant part to the socio-economic and political life of the people in Sto. Tomas
River in San Marcelino, Bucao River in Botolan, Tanguay River in Cabangan, Nayom and Bayto
Rivers in Sta, Cruz, Panglit River in Paluig, Bancal River in Botolan and Naculcol River in San
Marcelino and San Felipe Area.
0 – 3% - Good crop land, gently sloping that can be cultivated safely using ordinary good
farming practices suited for subdivision/settlement.
3 – 8% - Land can be cultivated safely, moderately sloping, severely wooded land that can be
cultivated safely carefully planted, conservation practices is applied. Suited for
subdivision/settlement if erosion control manner be applied.
8 – 15% - Steeply slopping, good manage for planted and forestry
15 – 30 % - Very steep land wooded, rough with shallow soil that can be used for grazing or for
forestry is handed with care.
30% and over – Suited average for wildlife and recreation.
Source of Data: Bureau of Soils (1980)
Ethnic Groups
The ethnic groups are Zambal, Ilocanos and tagalong. Zambal is classified into three as
follows: Sambali Bolinao, Sambali Botolan and Sambali Tina.
Mother tongue
Population
As of year 2000. Population is at 627,802 with Olongapo City as the highly populated
area followed by the towns of Subic and Sta. Cruz. It has a population density of 169 per sq. km.
and estimated to grow by 1.61% annually.
Labor Force/Employment
Natural Resources
The province is endowed with a number of resources from mineral deposits, crops and
other agricultural and marine products. The City, however, have a limited agricultural area of 44
hectares which is basically subsistence in nature.
Marine Products.
The sea abounds with a number of fish species which include frigate tuna, yellow fin and
squid. Likewise, there are a number of fishponds especially in the towns of San Felipe and
Cabangan where milkfish, tilapia and prawn are raised, the latter being exported to Taiwan and
Japan. Deep sea fishes or aquarium fishes are also available in Masinloc and Subic.
Mineral Resources
Copper, chromite, gabbro, and talc are among the top minerals of the province. There are
______ small mining companies operating in the Northern Zambales.
Agricultural Products
Rice, mango and banana are among the prime products of Zambales. Other products
being produced on cluster basis are spring onions in San Narciso, Sweet Potatoes in Cabangan
and Castillejos and Cashew in Candelaria.
Utilities:
Power. All the municipalities are fully energized with 245 barangays out of the 247
barangays lighted. Remained unlighted are the islands of Barangay San Salvador in
Masinloc and Barangay Magalawa in Palauig. Power supply is generated and supplied by
the TRANSCO and serviced by Zambales Electric Company (ZAMECO) I and II
covering the municipalities of Sta. Cruz to Botolan, and Cabangan to Subic, respectively.
Olongapo City is serviced by the Public Utility Department under the city government.
Water. All the municipalities in the province have their water system, 10 of which are
serviced by the Local Water Districts. On the other hand, the City of Olongapo is
supplied by Subic Water, Inc. with an average daily of production of 60,000 cu.m.
In radio broadcasting, there are 5 companies that operate in the City and province
while all television networks can be availed using the CATV or the DREAM satellite to
view local and international shows.
Transportation. The province is accessible by land, water and air transport. There are
two bus companies operating in the province; one is cooperative with a pool of bus liner
operators while the other is cooperative of jeepney operators with transport franchise
from Olongapo City to as far as San Felipe and vice versa. In the Northern part of the
province, a number of jeepney associations also operate from San Felipe to Sta. Cruz
with differing routes within the area.
In Olongapo City, there are four bus companies operating with routes going to Manila,
Baguio, Bataan, Nueva Ecija and Pangasinan.
Car rentals and taxi are available in Olongapo City while van-for-rent are available in all
towns of the province.
With Zambales’ proximity to the Subic International Airport and Subic Seaport, flights
and portcalls are available at the zone.
• Naulo Point
• Iba Airport
Location : Sto. Rosario, Iba, Zambales
Runway : 1,000 meters
• Subic Seaport
• Baloganon Pier Head, Masinloc, Zambales
• Oyon Bay, Masinloc, Zambales
• Masinloc, Zambales
• Port Dizon, Matain, Subic, Zambales
• Subic Shipyard, Cawag, Subic, Zambales
• Subic Fish Port, Wawandue, Subic, Zambales
Support Amenities
Recreational Facilities
Movie Houses 1
Beach/Cottage Resorts 115
There is one special economic zone and one Freeport Zone in the province host to more than
600 locators in the manufacturing, trading, and service sectors. Within the Freeport zone are two
industrial parks managed by private corporations.
Three more potential sites in Sta. Cruz, Candelaria and Masinloc are declared for economic
zone development. Recently, the provincial government is looking at the development of another
economic zone in Cawag, Subic with an area of 600 hectares.
The area and production of corn in the province is very much deficient. Both
white corn and yellow corn failed to satisfy the local requirement and the livestock feed
requirements of the province. Only 877.2 and 3045.4 metric tons of white and yellow
corn were produced respectively in 2007. Based on our production, the province has a
total deficit of about 10,674.8 MT.
Root crops such as cassava, ube, sweet potato and gabi were planted to 2000.69
hectares which registered the highest production of 20,826.7 metric tons since 2004.Last
year data indicated that province incurred a big supply for the province which is about
16,586 MT .The surplus needs to bring outside the province to avoid product
deterioration.
The present mango production situation of the province indicates that there is an
excess production of 6904.1 MT (CY 2006). Total production is recorded at 13,654.36 MT.
The total requirement of the province is only 49% of the total production. The excess
production is transported to Manila and other regions. Manila absorbs most of our
mango and others are exported to other country.
(MT) (MT)
Botolan 53,759 1118.91 537.59 581.32
On the other hand, vegetables including legumes were planted in 1583.6 hectares
generally raised after the first cropping season. The total produced of the province was
registered at 10,688.53 MT (2007). The 2007 data showed that the province has no enough
supply of veggies to satisfy the local demand. To meet the demand of Zambaleños, some
traders hauled/delivered vegetables from other province and regions like in Bulacan,
Pangasinan and Baguio.
Local production of chicken meat and eggs were very low, out of 2735.6 MT demand for
chicken meat only 664.6 MT were supplied by the combined production of broiler and native
chicken. The same is true with the egg production. Supply was only 1.6 MT against the
requirements of 1,791.82 MT. This situation is clearly manifested by continuous delivery of
broiler meat and eggs from other provinces in order to meet the province’s demand.
In the same manner, beef production has a deficit of 71%.Production reached only to
625.76 MT from a total requirement of 2,188.48 MT. The pork supply of the province is 1,492
MT or only 29 % of the total demand of the province.
The province total fish production (2007) is 20,501 metric tons. The municipal fish
production is 9014.6 metric tons or 43% of the total production, 7604.82 metric tons or 37% for
inland and aquaculture and 3881.29 or 18% for commercial fishing vessels from the ports of
Subic, Masinloc and Sta. Cruz.
The province has a 6,822,940 kilos surplus of fish production or 149 sufficiencies. From
the total production of 20,501 MT less the province’s consumption of 13,678 MT including
Olongapo City. This shows that the province consumed 66% of the total production and the
remaining production was exported to nearby provinces and as far as Metro Manila.
However, based on the data gathered from the Municipal Agriculture Office, the
province incurred insufficiency in some agricultural commodities like rice, corn, vegetables,
other fruits, poultry and livestock but incurred surplus in root crops, mango and fish.
This indicates that low production in some agricultural commodities is due to focus on
the production of rice due to the call of the national government on rice sufficiency program.
Rice is one of the important commodities of the nation thus a support from the government is
more than that from other banner programs. Irrigation machineries like the STW and other farm
implements are also made available as well as the restoration and rehabilitation of irrigation
facilities Quality seeds are being subsidized including free distribution of location specific
interventions to enhance rice farmers productivity.
This also shows that production of other agricultural commodities is mainly incidental or
an alternate after rice which means that priority crop for the farmers is rice. Data also shows
that areas for other commodities are very minimal as to compare to areas devoted to rice
production.
B. AFFORDABILITY:
Price of agricultural inputs has been the usual problem of farmers. For example,
in one cropping season, farm-input requirement for one hectare is eleven thousand five
hundred ninety six pesos and fifty five pesos (11,596.55) including labor (Source: GAP 12
Steps in Rice Production). For an ordinary farmer who has no other source of income,
this amount will be a big problem.
1. Transport:
Except for some motorized boats and bancas used as inter-island travel to and
from poblacion, the province is accessible by land transportation. Due to good road
condition, there are two (2) land transportation companies plying Zambales, namely:
the Victory Liner Inc. and the ZAMODCA.
The Province including Olongapo City has constructed and maintained its road
network. It has 236.84 km of existing national roads, 242.39 km. of existing
provincial roads 156.19 km. of municipal roads and 579.65 km. of Barangay, 27.84
km. of upland access road and 1376.67 L.M. of provincial bridges. Farm-to-market
roads amount to 309.389 km.
There are Four (4) public airports situated at Castillejos, Iba, Sta. Cruz and Subic.
Private airports are located at Benguet Consolidated Mines in Coto, Masinloc, the
Acoje Mines and the Island of Hermana Mayor which is both located in Sta. Cruz. The
province has top grade international sea port and airport facilities in Subic, which
can accommodate both cargo and people moving to and from number of
international destinations. Seaports of Zambales includes Masinloc BCL Port
(Petron), Masinloc ESSO Port Matalviz, Masinloc Oyom Bay Pier, Subic BCI/Dizon
Port, and the Subic Fishermen’s Port.
All Municipalities by their electric power from the Zambales Electric Cooperative
(ZAMECO). ZAMECO I supplies power to 339.433 households while ZAMECO II
supplies 41,485 households. Zambales is now fully energized and with the
completion of the Masinloc Coal Power Plant, Electric supply with in the province is
more than sufficient.
On the other hand, most of the households have potable water supplied by Subic
Water. Other sources come from rivers, springs, deep wells and the Subic Bay
Freeport Surface Water Division Dam.
3. Telecommunication Facilities
4. Educational Facilities
The rise of literacy rate of Zambales may be attributed to the increase in school
population, the success of the adult education program and innovative instructural
methodologies. There are 15 public high schools and 23 private schools. Likewise,
the three (3) existing vocational school, namely: the Western Luzon Agricultural
College in San Marcelino and Botolan, the Ramon Magsaysay Memorial School of
Arts and Trades at Iba and the Candelaria School of Fisheries at Candelaria were
integrated into one (1) university now named the Ramon Magsaysay Technological
University (RMTU) with campuses at San Marcelino, Botolan, Iba, Sta. Cruz and
Candelaria with extension campuses at Subic, Castillejos and Masinloc. It offers
vocational, agri-related courses, law, engineering courses. The province has three
colleges namely, Magsaysay College at San Narciso and Columban College at Sta.
Cruz and Olongapo and Virgin Delos Remedios College at Masinloc. The province also
opens the campus of the premier merchant marine school of the country, the PMMA
complex at San Narciso, Zambales. Two computer colleges can also be found at Iba.
These are: the AMA Computer Learning and Micro-Asia College of Science and
Technology.
5. Media Infrastructure
COMMODITY: RICE
STRENGTHS
WEAKNESSES
OPPORTUNITIES THREATS
COMMODITY: CORN
STRENGTHS
WEAKNESSES
• Low yield
• Unavailability of yellow corn seeds supplier or dealer
• Unorganized farmers/producers
• Lack of STW
• Problem soils
OPPORTUNITIES THREATS
STRENGTHS
WEAKNESSES
• Opportunity Land
• Quality Planting Materials (Sweet Elena)
• Technical Expertise
• Export Potentials
Stakeholders
• Processor
• Trading Center
• Service Center
• Unstable Price
• Seasonality
• Lack of Capital
• Marketing System
THREATS
• Dollar Export/Earner
• Calamity
• Misused of Pesticide
COMMODITY: VEGETABLE
STRENGTHS
WEAKNESSES
• Lack of STW
STRENGTHS
WEAKNESSES
• Technical Expertise
• Lack of personnel/No Technical personnel in the municipality
• Lack of fingerlings
• No government support
OPPURTUNITIES
THREATS
• Demand (Locally/foreign)
• Expansion
• Government
• Industrialization
• Natural Calamity
• Pollution
• Occurrence of fish disease/fish kill due to White Spot Syndrome virus (WSSV)
• Poaching
COMMODITY: LIVESTOCK
STRENGTHS
WEAKNESSES
• Government Support]
• Available Technology
• Lack of capital
OPPURTUNITIES
THREATS
• Expansion
• Urbanization
• Peace in Order
General Objective:
1. To attain food sufficiency in the province of Zambales specifically rice within a five year
period from 2009 to 2013.
Specific Objectives:
4. Uplift the living condition of every farmer or farm family through increased productivity
and income.
B. IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES:
8. Put up additional infrastructures, farm equipments such as shallow tube wells, farm to
market roads and post harvest facilities etc.
11. Provide credit assistance for agricultural development and livelihood projects.
12. Provision of effective and efficient extension services such as trainings for Agricultural
Extension Workers, farmers, fisher folks, rural youth and rural women.
13. Networking with other government agencies and NGOs involved in food production.