• Poblacion Area (10 barangays) - Agos, San Miguel, Niño Jeus, Masoli, Santiago, San Rafael, Divina Pastora, Tres  Reyes, Sta. Cruz and San Vicnete

• Lakeside Barangays (10) - Bacolod, Tagpolo, Neighborhood, San Roque, Cawacagan, San Juan, Goyudan, Salvacion, Buluang and Sagrada.

• Mountain Barangays (9) - Cristo Rey, Caricot, Sooc, Del Rosario, Lubigan, Mainit, Manga, Lobong and Cotmon.

• Coastal Barangays (4) - Palo, Payak, Pagatpatan and San Isidro.

• irrigated rice land - 800
• non-irrigated rice land - 2,689
• upland rice - 874
• corn - 370
• coconut - 2,747.07
• fruit trees - 53.6
• root crops and vegetables -  274.3

   Pasture/grass land - 662.6
   Forest Land = 753
   Swamp/Mangrove - 122.8
   Lake, river & other inland water - 2,407.01
   Built-Up Areas - 380.01
   Road/ROWs - 109.06

Its terrain is longly flat with slight slope towards the lake. On the way of the lake extending unitl the coast of Burais Pass, the terrain is highly and rugged with slope.

It has a tropical climate with relatively high humidity and constant temperature throughout the year. The municipality belong to Type II, weather conditions from July to December is considered rainy months.

During the months June and September southeast monsoons prevails while northeast monsoon prevails during the month of October to March.

The low lying area is alluvial on its western mountainous region which is connected to the Ragay hill chain and faulted sedimentary formation of limestone, sillstone, sandstone, conglominate and shale are found their deposit near Balata.

• Fishing
• Farming
• Merchant/Vendors
• Retailers
• Manufacturing
• Professionals

CROPS

COMMODITY

	Area in Hectares	Average Production Per Hectares/Year (in Metric Tons)	Volume (in Metric Tons)
Rice
Irrigated	800	9.0	7,200
Lowland	1,217	6.8	8,276
Upland	305	1.9	580
Corn	929	5.2	4,432
Rootcrops	80.75	10	808
Vegetables	366	15	5,490
Banana	1,160.75	34	39,466
Other (Legumes)	10	1	10

PRODUCTION FACILITIES

	Number
NIA - Buhi-Lalo Irrigation System	3
Communal Irrigation	5
Shallow Tube Well	81
Small Farm Reservoir	8
Small Water Impounding Project	1

AGRICULTURAL FACILITIES

	Number
Rice Mill/Corn Mill	20
Warehouse	11
Solar Dryer	30
Hand Tractor	36
Rice Thresher	9
Mechanical Dryer	1

CROPS

The municipality has been known for its famous Lake Bato, a shallow source shaped natural lake with drainage area of 874 square kilometers. Water surface fluctuations the wet and dry season.

There are 16 species caught in the lake which are utilized as major food of source of income of the local inhabitants.

Fresh Water

Species Caught

1. Tilapia	9. Therapon
2. Common Carp	10. Eel
3.  Mudfish	11. Climbing Perch (Atas)
4. Gobby (Biya)	12. Plasided
5. Big Head Carp	13. Terpon (Estra)
6. Hito	14.  Fresh Water Shell (Bibe)
7. Indian Rohu (Indian Carp)	15.  Giant Fresh Shell
8 .Fresh Water Shrimp (Boyod)	16. Mullet (Balanak)

Kind of Fishing Gear Used:

• Gill Net
• Multiple Hook Line
• Fish Coral
• Drag Net
•  Cast Net
• Scoop Net
• Fish Pot
• Sapyao
• Fish Trap
• Fish Shelter

Number of Fishermen:

	Number
Full Time	1,297
Part Time	611

Number of fishing Boat - 777
 Motorized                   - 205
 Non-Motorized           - 572

Estimated Production - 1,640 Metric Ton/Year
Number of fishing Barangay - 20

Marine Fisheries

Area of Marine Water - 8,1365 sq. km.

Number of Fishermen:
 Full Time -  297
 Part Time - 109

Number of Fishing Boat - 97
 Motorized - 33
 Non-Motorized - 64

Estimated Production - 38,148 Metric Ton/Year

Major crops produced are as follows: Rice, corn, coconut, root crops, vegetables, and fruit-bearing trees.

• White Clay

Presently there are about 143 commercial establishments located within the municipality. These includes sari-sari stores, agricultural supply, appliance service centers, auto repair shops, cable network, funeral parlor, gasoline station, bakery, drug store, vulcanizing shop, gravel and sand, snack house and catering services, videoke bars, jewelry and repair shops, meat stands, vegetables stands, fruit stands, kiskisan, pub house, coco lumber dealer, boutique, nipa dealer, cockpit arena, refrigeration and air condition service, lending investment service, memorial park, construction business/materials and supply, and printing press. By type of commercial establishment, there are 96 commercial establishments engaged in retail trade, 46 commercial establishments engaged in services, only one commercial establishment engaged in real estate and only 1 in banking and finance.

Trade activities of the Poblacion and rural barangays are mostly external brought about by isolation of some of those barangays. Thus, the adjacent municipality off Nabua, Iriga City, as well as Polangui and Libon serves as influence area for trade and commerce between the Poblacion and adjacent cluster barangays and isolated cluster of rural barangays.

College -         1
High School -  6
Elementary - 23

Elementary School Enrollment

Number of Elementary Schools and Teachers

• 1 private school, HTC, at Barangay Santiago which offers tertiary education.
  
  The lone private tertiary school HTC offering tertiary education have facilities of laboratory, library, administrative office, comfort rooms and playground.

Category Type

• Municipal Road - 7.254 km.
• Barangay Road - 81.50 km.

Telephone lines is extended thru Iriga Telephone Company (IRIGATEL). The municipality has one telegraph office owned by the Bureau of Telecommunication.

1 Cable Television

Potable water is suppled by the Bato Water District covering the Poblacion barangays, other source of potable water are deep wells, shallow wells and spring.