Peñafrancia

Barangay Peñafrancia is one of the 27 Barangay of the City of Naga in Camarines Sur Bicol Region of the Philippines.

Barangay Peñafrancia is an Urban Area. It is bounded in the North by Barangay San Felipe, in the South by Barangay San Francisco, in the West by Barangay Liboton and Barangay Bagumbayan Sur and in the East by Barangay Dayangdang.

The total land area of Barangay Peñafrancia is .3757 square kilometer .48 % as to Naga City total land area. It is 98% plain and 2% sloping.

The type of soil in Barangay Peñafrancia is Pili Clay Loam. The residential area has 0.0559 square kilometer or 14.88%, the institutional area has 0.013 square kilometer or 3.46%, the commercial are has 0.2896 square kilometer or 77.08% and the remaining 0.0172 square kilometer or 4.58% occupies the river.

The only water way in the area is the Naga River.

Barangay Peñafrancia is accessible to all kinds of vehicles. It has a Tricycle and public utility jeepney that passes to Magsaysay and Centro.

NOTE: the figures with * are taken from the National Statistics Office while the rest of the populations are projections base from the given figures from NSO.

The total number of households in 1998 is 2,000 an average of 6 persons per households.

The Community Multi-Sectoral Assembly that was conducted in September 1998 shows that out of the 2,000 total number of households 1,000 or 50% are two storey or multi storey, 300 or 15% are split level and the remaining 700 or 35% are single storey. Moreover, in building resistance 60 or 3% are in High Risk with light materials, 340 or 17% are in Medium Risk with Semi-concrete building with G.I. Roofing, 1,200 or 60% are in Low Risk with Concrete frame with G.I. Roof and Walls and the remaining 400 or 20% are No Risk.

Source: City Health Office 1998 data

1. Expanded Program on Immunization 2. Garantisadong Pambata (MCH) 3. Defaulters (NTP, EPI ) 4. Mobile blood donations

Under the gender Development the number of male is 3,462 and female is 3,369. The number and percentage of female in labor force is 40% or 49.47% and the percentage of female in governance is 2%.

The means of livelihood in this community are the small and large entrepreneur, baker, banker, barbers, dancer, operator of vehicle, distributor/ dealer and merchandiser of goods, cook, general contractor, retailer and wholesaler and lessee and lessor.

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