The municipality of Nabua is one (1) in land mass containing a total land area of 9,623 hectares. This total land area distributed among the 42 barangays, nine (9) of which are considered as urban barangays namely, San Antonio (Poblacion), San Esteban, San Francisco, San juan, San Luis, San Isidro, San Miguel, San Nicolas, San Roque (Poblacion) and 33 are considered as rural barangays. Among the urban barangays, San Antonio (Poblacion) has the biggest land area of 234.1798 hectares while San Isidro has the least land area of 2.1746 hectares. In the rural barangays, Duran has the largest land area as well as in the entire municipality of 428.1501 hectares while San Roque Madawon has the smallest land area of 76.3228 hectares.

The municipality of Nabua given its land mass is entirely classified as alienable and disposable lands. Previous land classification has its slight share of forestlands but was absorbed by the adjacent municipality of Balatan which requires political solution.

The municipality of Nabua has about 8,803.0600 hectares or 99.42% very low elevation or less than 100 meters elevation and remaining 51.3593 hectares or 0.58% of low elevation or between 100-300 meters elevation. Its slope covers about 7,927.3616 hectares or 89.53% which are level to nearly level (0-3%) while the remaining 927.0577 hectares or 10.47% are rolling to moderately steep (18-30%)

The municipality of Nabua possesses a climate belonging to the 4th type wherein rainfalls are more or less evenly distributed throughout the years. Its rainfall is classified as TYPE B or HUMID characterized by rains well or evenly distributed throughout the year with at most three (3) dry months. General wind direction prevailing the municipality is from northeast to southwest at an average velocity of eight (8) knots.

As the dominantly alluvial plain, the municipality of Nabua has the prevalent soil types classified as either Clay Loam or Sandy Loam having silty texture. These soil type have high use for agriculture usage.

The geological characteristics for the municipality of Nabua consists of: Upper Pleistocene (Sandstone and shale), Pliocene Pleistocene (Volcanoclast alluvial fans), and Recent (Alluvium or rice terraces).

The municipality of Nabua has a total population of 70,909 persons

Population density  7.37 persons per hectare

Agriculture contributes a major roleto the economy of the municipality of Nabua given its vast alluvial plains. Its agricultural contribution consists of crop production , livestock and fishery. Crop production is more intense rather than livestock and fishery

Rice production, both irrigated and non-irrigated occupies about 87.26% of the total agricultural land devoted to crop production while corn and other types of crops occupies merely 7.96% and 4.78% respectively. However, crop production in the entire municipality represents only about 36.94% of the total municipal land area. Livestock production can be described as one merely that of backyard raising style despite the presence of at least two (2) farms located at Inapatan with aggregate of only 1.00 hectare and only 22,000 animal heads. Likewise, inland fishing can hardly produce much-needed agricultural revenues both for the inland fishermen as well as for the benefit of the local government.

The Poblacion of the municipality of Nabua is strategic area for commercial development. Presently, its commercial area can be classified as minor central business district which is reflective of being a tertiary urban growth corridor along the Legazpi-Iriga-Naga-Daet growth corridor. It services the commercial needs of the neeighboringg municipalities of Bato and Balatan secondary only to Iriga City. Among the commercial establishments to be found within the Poblacion are wholesale trade, general merchandise, auto and motor supplies, school supplies, funeral parlor, groceries, insurance companies, banks, lending investors, pawnshops, drugstores, restaurant and sari-sari stores.

Several barangays outside of the Poblacion functions as neighborhood centers. Those rural barangays include Sto. Domingo, Malawag, La Purisima, La Opinion, Dolorosa and San Jose. Most common in about 30 rural barangays are the mushrooming of Sari-Sari stores, which are the symbols of Filipino convenient stores

The municipality of Nabua remains predominantly agriculturally-related in terms of industrial activities at present. The existing industrial establishment within Nabua consists mainly of rice mills with total industrial of about 3,000 square meters. Cottage industries generating household employment and incoe proliferate in rural barangays. Nabua has a potential for agro-industrial development. This is manifested by its: (1) proximity to both Balatan Port and Pantao Port (2) Inherent vast agricultural lands (3) As an urban growth center and, (4) suitable agro-industrial site.

Nabua boast of a high literacy rate as far as education is concerned. There are about 96.54% literate persons within the municipality. The people of Nabua put a premium on their education as their key to social and economic development. The present level off educational services within the municipality covers number of teachers and classrooms viz-a-viz current and projected enrollments.

For elementary level, there are a total of 33 elementary schools divided into East and West Districts with a total current enrollment of 11,947 pupils. Secondary level of education are currently provided the following schools namely: La Purisima Nationalized High School, Malawag Nationalized High School, Sto. Domingo Institute, and Saint Jude Agro-Industrial College.

The Camarines Sur Polytechnic Colleges, a public school located at San Miguel offers tertiary, post-graduate, as well as short–term courses, technical or vocational in nature.

Local knowledge shows that there are about 1,000 households municipal-wide who are considered as priority housing beneficiaries. Some of them are living as squatters along the national diversion road, affected by government infrastructure project or living in danger areas. Their resettlements both at present and proposed are within the Barangays of Durran, Angustia, Inapatan, San Vicente, Gorong-gorong and San Roque Sagumay. Include also in the estimates for residential areas for the next population households

For the municipality of Nabua, transportation is very much important because of (1) its strategic location and membership in the Legazpi-Iriga-Naga-Daet growth corridor; and (2) preferred development strategy of agro-industrial commerce and tourism. Thus, enhancement of the municipal transport system would play crucial role in the attainment of the desired development.

Land transportation available are the various road systems and the Philippine National Railways (PNR) track facilities traversing the municipalities. Generally, the municipality has adequate road lengths based on the standards of 1.5 km. per 100 hectares of arable land.

Existing communication services and facilities includes cable television, telephone services, telegraph services and telegraphic transfer, cell phones, as well as postal services.

The strategic location of Nabua along the Luzon grid makes it an ample recipient of power supply from NAPOCOR. Within the municipality itself, the Camarines Sur Electric Cooperative (CASURECO) as the exclusive provider retails supply of electricity. All barangays within the municipality are already energized both in urban and rural barangays.

There are three (3) existing level III water supply system that provides potable water, namely: Nabua Water District, Duran Water System, and Sagumay Water System.