San Isidro, Davao Oriental
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San Isidro
Municipality
Seal
Map of Davao Oriental with San Isidro highlighted
San Isidro
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates:
0650N 12605ECoordinates:
0650N 12605E
Country
Philippines
Region
Davao (Region XI)
Province
Davao Oriental
District
2nd district of Davao Oriental
Established
June 18, 1966
Barangays
16
Government[1]
Mayor
Justina Buenviaje Yu
Area[2]
Total
220.44 km2 (85.11 sq mi)
Population (2010)[3]
Total
32,424
Density
150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone
PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code
8209
Dialing code
87
Income class
4th
San Isidro is a fourth class municipality in the province of Davao Oriental, Philippines. It has a land
area of 220 km. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 32,424 people. [3]
San Isidro is one the "gulf towns" of Davao Oriental whose shorelines stretch along Davao Gulf.
Other gulf towns are Banaybanay, Lupon and Governor Generoso.
Contents
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1Barangays
2History
3Demographics
4Economy
5Tourism
6References
7External links
Barangays[edit]
San Isidro is politically subdivided into 16 barangays.[2] Seven barangays are along the coastlines
while the other nine are in the interior areas.
Baon
Bitaogan
Cambaleon
Dugmanon
Iba
La Union
Lapu-lapu
Maag
Manikling
Maputi
Batobato (Pob.)
San Miguel
San Roque
Santo Rosario
Sudlon
Talisay
History[edit]
The town of San Isidro was created by virtue of Republic Act No. 4744 enacted by the Philippine
Congress on June 18, 1966. It started operating as a local government unit on January 1968. Its
founder and the first mayor was Vicente Yu, Sr.
Demographics[edit]
Population census of San Isidro
Source: National Statistics Office[3]
Around 30% of the population belong to the indigenous Mandaya and Kalagan communities.
Economy[edit]
San Isidro is largely planted with coconut, with much of its agricultural industry focuses on the
production of copra. There are currently efforts to further diversify the output of the municipality's
coconut-based industry from copra to other value-added coconut products such as coco-oil (which
can be used as a fuel additive) and coco-coir. In 1992, a Crop Diversification Program of the local
government unit (LGU) was implemented with mango as "export winner". In 1998, the town
commenced its first Mango Festival as an indicator of the prominence of this high yielding fruit.
Farmers are also engaged in growing the popular banana(cardava). Despite this, farmers still
experience difficulties in increasing their income due to lack of agricultural technology specially those
farming in the upland areas.
The aggressive anti-illegal fishing efforts of the LGU decreased dynamite fishing and able to
establish fish sanctuaries in San Isidro waters. Most of the fishermen in this town used paddle-boat
than motorized boat in fishing.
Tourism[edit]
The municipality's seascape offers potential marine-based recreational industries on the as yet
virtually undisturbed Tinaytay and Burias reefs a few kilometers offshore. In addition, its scenic
nature spots include beaches untouched by urban development; the cascading Cawa-cawa Stepped
Falls, and the 12 km Pygmy or Bonsai forests in the thickly forested highlands of the municipality.
