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STATUS

    First Class, Component City

LOCATION

    The City of San Carlos is located at the Northeast part of Negros Island, 123°23'65" longitude and 10°25'15" latitude, bounded on the North by the Municipality of Calatrava, on the West by the Municipality of Don Salvador Benedicto and the City of Bago, on the South by Municipality of Vallehermoso (Negros Oriental) and the City of Canla-on, and the East by Tañon Strait.

LAND

    Land Area                                                       

        45,150.0000

    Land Use Classification   

LAND USE TYPE AREA IN HECTARES PERCENTAGE
I. NON AGRICULTURAL AREA
      4,995.4954
11.06
       Residential
    570.0000  
 
       Commercial
    410.0000  
 
       Industrial
    850.0000  
 
       Institutional
    120.0000  
 
       Road Network
    350.0000  
 
       Recreational
    15.0000  
 
       Tourism
    373.0000  
 
       Built-up
    2,307.4954  
 
II. AGRICULTURAL AREA
      31,184.5046
69.07
       Crop Lands
    25,684.5046  
 
          Rice
  6,076.5200    
 
            Paddy Irrigated Rice   
5,127.0000      
 
            Paddy Not-Irrigated Rice
712.1400      
 
            Upland Rice
237.3800      
 
          Corn
  1,993.0600    
 
          Legumes
  572.0000    
 
          Vegetables
  429.0000    
 
          Cash Crops
  16,613.9246    
 
             Sugarcane 
6,346.0400      
 
             Coffee
429.0000      
 
             Ipil-ipil
572.0000      
 
             Root Crops
572.0000      
 
             Fruit Trees
500.0000      
 
             Coconut
2,838.5500      
 
             Others
5,356.3346      
 
       Production Forest
    5,500.0000  
 
          Residual Dipterocrops
  1,500.0000    
 
          Range-land
  500.0000    
 
          Industrial Tree Plantation
  1,500.0000    
 
          Regular Reforestation
  2,000.0000    
 
III. PROTECTED LAND AREA
      8,970.0000

19.87

 National Park
    3,504.0000  
 
 Northern Negros Forest Reserve
    5,466.0000  
 

TOTAL LAND AREA

    45,150.0000  

100.00

TOPOGRAPHY

    The city has a total land area of 45,150.0000 hectares or 451.50 square kilometers. It consists of sloping to rolling lands raging from 0-18 percent comprising about 18.77 percent of the total land area or 8,473.9300 hectares of land. The northern part of the City is dominantly moderate to rolling slopes raging from 18-30 percent and comprising about 27.85 percent or 12,575.0000 hectares of land. There are also sleep areas with slope distribution from 30-50 percent, which constitutes 20.82 percent or 9,400.0000 hectares. The remaining 32.56 percent are slopes with distribution of 50 percent. 

DISTANCE FROM MAJOR CITIES

MAJOR CITY

ROUTE

DISTANCE

TRAVEL TIME

    Bacolod City
 Coastal Route (by bus)
 Mountain Route (by bus)
     144.5 kilometers
       86.0 kilometers

 3 hours

         2 hours
    Dumaguete City
 Coastal Route (by bus)
     167.0 kilometers
       3.5 hours
    Cebu City
 San Carlos - Toledo (by boat)
 Toledo - Cebu (by bus)
       15.0 nautial miles
       45.0 kilometers
           1 hour
        1.5 hours

GROSS INCOME

  • Gross Income
  • Tax Revenue (IRA Share)
  • Operating & Miscellaneous Revenue
  • Grant & Aide
  • Extraordinary Receipts
  • Inter-Special Fund Transfer
  • Borrowings

GROSS EXPENDITURE

  • Gross Expenditure
  • Personal Services
  • Maintenance & Other Operating Expenses
  • Capital Outlays
  • Non-Office Expenditures
  • Inter-Special Account Transfer

PRODUCTS

    Major Products

  • Sugar (Raw & Refined)
  • Molasses
  • Rice
  • Corn
  • Marine Products (Cultured & Non-Cultured)
  • Vegetables
  • Livestock
  • Coconut                      

    Exported Products from San Carlos City to other places within the Philippines

  • Sugar (Raw & Refined)
  • Molasses
  • Black Pepper
  • Cabbage
  • Beans
  • Rice
  • Corn
  • Livestock
  • Mango
  • Bananas
  • Nuts
  • Aquaculture Products

    Exported Products to Foreign Countries

  • Sugar (Raw & Refined)
  • Molasses
  • Cross-Stitch

PEOPLE

    Dialect Spoken

  •  Cebuano
  •  Ilonggo
  •  English
  •  Filipino
  •  Chinese     

    Population

        Total Population

         Sex Breakdown

        Age Breakdown

        Number of Households

        Average Household Income

        Settlement Breakdown

        Employment Rate

        Literacy Rate

        Population Density

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

TYPE OF SCHOOL

PUBLIC

PRIVATE

   Nursery/Kinder

5

4

   Elementary

58

3

   High School

5

4

   College

0

3

   Vocational/Technical

0

2

   Non-Formal

1

0

MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS

    Hospitals

    Clinics

    Health Centers

    Mobile Clinic

ESTABLISHMENTS

    Banks

    Credit Corporations

    Conference Centers/Function Rooms

    Manufacturing & Businesses

    Pawnshops

    Bakeries

    Restaurants & Snack Bars

    Retail Establishments

        Malls

        Mini Marts

        Department Stores

        Drug Stores

        Lumber/Hardware Stores

    Gasoline Stations

CHURCHES

  • Roman Catholic
  • United Church of Christ in the Philippines
  • Iglesia ni Cristo
  • Bible Baptist
  • Jehovah's Witness
  • Seventh Day Adventist
  • Baptist Conference of the Philippines
  • Ladder of Praise
  • Church of Christ of the Latter Day Saints
  • Baptist Fellowship

RENT OF COMMERCIAL SPACES

    Average Rent of Commercial Space

PUBLIC UTILITIES

    Water System

  • San Carlos City Waterworks Department operated by the City Government

    Power

  • VMC Rural Electric Service Coop., Inc. (VRESCO)

    Public Transportation

        Major thoroughfares connecting the city to other places

ROADS

ROUTES

   114.5 km. San Carlos - Bacolod

San Carlos - Sagay - Cadiz - Silay - Bacolod

    86.0 km. San Carlos - Bacolod

 San Carlos - S. Benedicto - Murcia - Bacolod

    105.0 km. San Carlos - Bacolod

San Carlos - Canla-on - La Castellana - Bacolod

    167.0 km. San Carlos - Dumaguete

San Carlos - Bais - Dumaguete

WAY

ROUTES

    San Carlos - Cebu

San Carlos - Toledo - Naga - Cebu

        Vehicle plying San Carlos to other places and vice versa

ROUTES

COMPANY

   San Carlos - Bacolod

Ceres Liner

   San Carlos - Dumaguete

Ceres Liner

   San Carlos - Cebu

Aznar Fastcraft/ Danilo Lines, Inc.

    Communication Facilities

        Telephone/Cell Phone Companies           

NAME OF COMPANY

DESCRIPTION

    SACATEL

Land lines

    Globelines

Land lines

    Smart

Cell Phones

    Globe Telecom

Cell Phones

        Telephone Density

  •  26 lines per 100 people           

        Telecommunication, Fax and Internet Services

    Cable TV Broadcasting

  • Countrywide Telecommunication, Inc.
  • PARASAT Cable TV, Inc.

    Express Mail Services

NAME OF COMPANY

SERVICES

   LBC

Express Mail

   JRS Express

Express Mail

   Aboitiz Express

Express Mail

   Allied Air Freight

Express Mail

   San Carlos City Post Office

Speed Mail

PORTS(SEA & AIR)

NAME OF PORT

MANAGE BY

   San Carlos City Port                   Philippine Ports Authority
   San Carlos Milling Co. Inc. Port

Private

   Buluangan Fish Port                          Local Government
   San Carlos City Community Airport                          Local Government

INDUSTRIAL ZONES

NAME OF INDUSTRIAL ZONE

AREA

   San Carlos Eco-Zone                            211.20 hectares
   Industrial Village                            427.40 hectares

TOURISM/RECREATIONAL FACILITIES/SERVICES

    Hotels

    Pension/Lodging Houses

    Tourist Spots

    Recreational Establishments

  

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