A.

THE SITE
a) Background
In determining the success of the proposal, another factor is
considered for its prime development, which is the preferred site
for its implementation. The chosen site should accommodate all
the structures within the site, either major or minor or there
amenities and attraction to the proposal. The conducted research
must carefully analyze and examine in selecting the most suitable
location for the proposal, through ocular inspection and data
gathering through different agencies and offices.
Numerous factors are considered in the selecting of the
most suitable site. The proposal has provided five major criteria
which will guide the researcher through the many factors in
selecting the most suitable site, and they are: regional, community,
neighborhood, property, building site. All these criteria are vital in
the implementation of the proposal because they will provide the
standard for the selection of the desired site of the proposed
Rehabilitation center- Zamboanga. There are site/barangays that
are provided which are possible for the implementation, but only
one may be selected for the proposal. The site/barangay will be
introduced almost immediately after specifying of each provide
criteria.
The team explored every possible site/location in
Zamboanga city for the implementation of the proposed
rehabilitation center through various analysis of the locational
and land use zoning strengths of the city, as well as examining the
vacant privately owned and government owned lots, and from
personal interviews and advices of certain professionals. It was an
extensive search for the most suitable locations, and finally came
up with the site/barangay for the proposal.
The four possible or suitable sites for the proposed project
and each are strategically located on the city of zamboanga.
Almost of the chosen site have the same characteristics.

1.) Site A- Barangay Curuan

The site is a mountainous setting and a mixture of forest
setting and far away from the civilization because its one of the
criteria for the proposal it is adjacent to barangay Quiniput. Curuan
is located on the east coast of zamboanga city, about 50 kilometers
from the city proper. It is the second farthest of the four sites it
borders the barngay quiniput to the south and buenavista to the
north. Curuan is the largest barangay in zamboanga city.

It covers to 7,216 hectares or 72.16 square kilometers or 6

kilometers by 12 kilometers in dimension. It is also a school
district seat and it manages over 19 othr barangays. The lot is is
officially owned by the government. Theres business in curuan,
most of the shopping needs of the community are met right in
curuan. Curuan has a textile stores, hardwarestores, department
store, supermarket, open market, copra and seaweed dealerships,
rice mill and corn mills, fish ponds, piggery, poultry, and several
types of small farms.
It is more developed other than the other barngays
surrounding brangay curuan. There are several religions in curuan,
the dominant one is Christianity. The crime rate in barangay
curuan is pretty low and the site is ideal for the proposal project
because it is far away from the public. The site possesses scenic
view of the solo sea and has cool fresh breeze of air.

2.) Site B- barangay bunguiao

The site located in far from city proper and also the same
with the third setting fronting the shoreline but in the setting it is
much closer in the city proper. Bunguiao located some 3.75 kms.
From the national highway at pamingitan on the boundary shared
by barangay sangali and bolong. It is bounded on the north by
barangay dulian-Bunguiao, on the east by barangay bolong, on the
south by barangay sangali and on the west by the DENR protected
area of upper bunguiao. It consist of five zones, which comprises
the baranagay proper and fourteen sitios. Ninety five percent
(95%) of the population is roman catholic and the rest is muslims.
Although religion has never been an issue or source of conflict
among the residents, still religious bigotry and prejudice are
discouraged. The site is also the same with the site A because its
located far away from civilization. Most of residents source water
for household use in shallow wells dug on riverbanks or deep well.
Less than 10% of the households are with electricity, those in far
flung sitios have no electricity.

3.) Site C- Barangay Talisayan sitio San Ramon

The site is the nearest of the four sites and is situated in the
west coast, along the shoreline of the sulu sea. The lot is owned
by the Bureau of corrections. In barangay talisayan 1sitio San
ramon is the location of the Zamboanga city prison and penal
farm. The barangays main livelihood is through agricultures,
horticulture and fishing and small market industry. Christian is the
dominant religion in the area and the crime rate is not quite
alarming in the area.
About 100 meters in front of the main prison gate lies a
beautiful beach. This is not an open beach but with the right
permission the public is gr1anted passage. There is no cover
charge and everyone can enj1oy the beautiful San Ramon beach.
The site is ideal for the proposal but for some legal reasons it will
not pass the total requirements for the criteria for the proposal.

4.) Site D- Barangay Sacol Island

Has 24.9 hectare piece of land surrounded by a body
water. Staggering the islands, it takes 40 minutes speed boat
away from the city. One can set foot on the island and leave only
during high tide, which is between 12 am to 12nn and at night
time. Theres no potable water source in the island. Only deep
wells are used for washing and bathing that the residents still
have to go to mainland to fetch water for drinking and cooking.
It takes about 1hr to 2hrs walking travel from the docking
area to brg. Busay. Zamcelco is present in the barangay but is
scheduled at a limited time 12nn to 12midnight only. The
barangay is relatively hilly and has concrete roads and houses
stood only along the coastline. The residents share the same
culture and most of them are from the same family clan.

b) SITE SELCTION CRITERIA

1. Regional
deals with the efficient placement of landuse activities, infrastructure, and settlement growth across a larger
area of land than an individual city or town. Regional planning is a
sub-field of urban planning as it relates land use practices on a
broader scale. deals with the efficient placement of landuse activities, infrastructure, and settlement growth across a larger
area of land than an individual city or town. Regional planning is a
sub-field of urban planning as it relates land use practices on a
broader scale.

2.) Community
is commonly considered a social unit (a group of three or
more people) who share something in common, such as norms,
values, identity, and often a sense of place that is situated in a
given geographical area. Like the existing hardware stores,
department store, supermarket, open market, copra and seaweed
dealerships, rice mill and corn mills, fish ponds, piggery, poultry,
and several types of small farms.
3.) Neighborhood
gives communities direct power to develop a shared vision
for their neighborhood and shape the development and growth of
their local area. They are able to choose where they want new
homes, shops and offices to be built, have their say on what those
new buildings should look like and what infrastructure should be
provided, and grant planning permission for the new buildings they
want to see go ahead.

4.)

Property

The chosen site have adequate utilities and services

available within its vicinity, such as communication lines, cell
towers, electricity lines, water, and drainage/sewage to provide
assistance on the development of the project and providing comfort
for its users and visitors. The chosen site must be accessible and
within proximity of healthcare and emergency units, such as
health, peace and order, and firefighting to response immediately
to any accidents for calamities. This is to ensure safety throughout
the implementation of the proposal and its permanency.

5.) Building site

Based on the over-all landscape of the chosen site, which

consist of the contour, the shape, the environment, and soil type
and permeability, wherein the chosen site must be capable for the
construction of the proposal. The site should also not be greatly
affected by force majeure, such as earthquake, floods landslides to
ensure safety and the permanence of the proposal within the site.
Selection Criteria
5
4.5
4
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0

set A

Set B

set C

set D

TOTAL RATING
10
9
8
7
condition excellent
6

condition good

moderate constraint

severe limitation2

5
4
3
2
1
0

set - A

set - B

set - C

set - D

C. SITE SELECTION AND JUSTIFICATION

The proposed site is in Brg. Curuan, The site is owned by
the National Government, Bureau of Corrections. The site A (Brg.
Curuan) covered by vegetations and trees. The lot covers 1260
hectares of land, which is sufficient for the proposal. It is 20
kilometers away from the national road and Residential area, So
this site has the most suitable for the proposal, due to its
Mountainous setting, as well as having the lower crime rate and
drugs rate which is advantage for the proposal .
The selection of a site would require a thorough
investigation and carefully study of the area, taking all aspects of
the situation, condition and circumstances of the sites to ensure its
optimum quality and value to the proposed rehabilitation center.
The proposed site is in Brg. Curuan, The site
And among the four sites, site A which is Brg. Curuan prevailed
through the site selection criteria to be the most conductive for the
proposal. A more detailed and justification of the site A is as
follows:

Detailed Justification
Criteria

Regional

Set A- Brg.
Curuan

The type
of soil has sandy
loam and
agricultural soil
type. It is
capable lot for
accommodating
the construction
of the proposed
structures as
well as its
topsoil for
landscape which
is fertilized as
well.
Has a
environmental
condition

Set B- Brg.
Upper
Bungiao

The type
of soil
has a loam soil
type. The top
soil is fertilized
due to the
vegetation of the
area is also ideal
for landscape
development
Constant
water Supply

Set C Brg.
Talisayan
sitio San
Ramon

The type
of
soil is an
agricultural lot
which means
fertilized area,
ideal for
landscapes
development
Constant
water supply

Set D- Sacol
Island

The type
of
soil has a sandy
soil type the
vegetation in the
area is fine but is
not ideal for
landscape.
Constant
water supply
Poor
electrical Services

 Has the
fertile top soil to
the vegetation of
the area.
The site
possesses an
existing
ecosystem.

Constant
electrical
services
Has a
stable
environmental
condition

Has the
highest&
Constant
electrical
services

It has a
good
environmental
condition

Has a
stable
environmental
condition

Constant
water supply
Constant
electrical
services

Has Low
crime rate and
Drug rate is
reported.
Community

Has a
low noise value
due to its far
location.
Far from
the city proper.

Has a
topsoil for
landscape which
is fertilized as
well.
Neighborhoo
d

Has low
crime and Drug
rate is rate
reported
Has a
low noise value
due to its far
location.
Far from
the city proper
not concern at
all.

The area
is also ideal for
landscape
development.

Has low
crime Rate and
drug rate is
reported.
Has a
low noise value
due to its
location.
Not
accessible
through the
private and
public vehicles.

The type
of soil is an
agricultural lot
which means
fertilized area,

It has no
It has one existing structure
ideal for
existing structure within the lot.
landscapes
within the area.
development.

Has a
lowest crime rates
and drug rates.
Has a low
noise value due to
its location.
Far from
the city proper

The area
is fine but is not
ideal for
landscape.

 Has the
Largest area
having 1,260
hectares of land
for development.
It is owned by
government

Constant
drainage or
sewer services.
Has a
complete access
to all
telecommunicati
on services.
Property

The site
has a adequate
access to the
public utilities
and minimal
access to
services and
emergency units
due to its road
network
conditions.
Far from
the nearest
police and the
fire protection
and road
complicates its
immediate
services.

Somewh
ere
near site C is the
existing of
SRPPF.

Constant
drainage or
sewer services.

Has a
poor
telecommunicati
on services.

Far from
the
nearest police
and fire
protection
services.
Has the
second
smallest possible
land area 5
hectares;
however it is
likely the same
characteristics
with the site A.
The site
is also
recommended by
the national
government.

Constant
drainage or
sewer services
and has the
highest or
constant
electrical
services.
Has a
complete
telecommunicati
on services.
Has a
complete access
to police and fire
station due to its
proximity.
It has 9
hectares of land
for the
development and
is owned by the
Bureau of
corrections.

It has a
existing structure
within the area

Constant
drainage or sewer
services.

It has a
poor
telecommunicatio
n services.

Far from
the
nearest police and
fire protection
and road
complicates its
immediate
services.
Has the
smallest possible
area land area,
having 3.8
hectares of land
for development
The island
is a major
consideration.

 features
mountainous
setting with an
irregular shape
lot, but the area
in used for the
development is
already cut and
filled by the
government
Building site

Has a
great scenic
view of the sea
and mountainous
setting.
The site
features a
sloping
relatively plain
contour.

Also an
irregular
shape lot it
features a plain
contour and it is
surrounding the
Bungiao River.

Has a
minor sloping
feature to a
relatively plain
contour; it has a
spring and
creeks at the
lowest point of
the lot which
Possesses serves as its lot
boundary.
a
little scenic view
due to its
Has a
location.
scenic
view of the sea.

It has a
features plain
slope.
It provides
scenic view of the
sea and is the
only site located
in island.

Has great
scenic view of the
sea.

Provides
Cool Mountain
ambiance, due to
the presence of
numerous trees
and vegetables.

D. Site Analysis
1. MACRO SITE ANALYSIS
a.) Physical and Cultural History
Zamboanga is a city in the southern phillipines, at the
southwestern tip of the zamboanga peninsula on the west coast of
Mindanao island. The city occupies the slender coastal strip hacked
by mountain and protected from the elements by the bulk of
basilan island in basilan strait. A seaport city is a trading center and
a shipping point for a region that produces copra, timber, rubber,
pearl, and fish products. The name Zamboanga is derived from the
malay word Jambangan, which means place of flowers- a
reference to the orchids and others, exotic plant life proliferating in
the area.

Zamboanga was founded by the Spanish in 1635 on the site

of an existing Islamic as a military base for campaigns against the
seafaring Islamic tribes collectively known as the Moro. The citys
Spanish heritage can be seen it its many fine example of
architecture, Including Fort Pilar, built in the 17th century to guard
the Christian populace against attacks by the Moros. It was
modernized during the United states administration (1898-1935) of
the Philippines. It was incorporated as as city in 1936 and was
largely reconstructed following its occupation by the Japanese
during the world War II (1939-1945).
Zamboanga is the third oldest city in the Philippines, with a
mayor-council of government. The city received its own
representation for the Philippines congress in 1984. The former
lone congressional district was divided into two separate districts.
The west coast district from the city proper to limpapa and in the
east coast district from tetuan to licomo. The Government is
composed of a mayor, Vice Mayor, Two district representative, and
eight councilors in each districts.
Zamboanga City (Zamboangueo Chavacano: Ciudad de
Zamboanga) is a highly urbanized city located
in Mindanao, Philippines. It has a population of 861,799 people as
of the 2015 census census. Zamboanga City is the 6th most
populous and 3rd largest city by land area in the Philippines. It is
the commercial and industrial center of the Zamboanga
Peninsula Region.Zamboanga City is an independent city,
chartered and Zamboanga became an highly urbanized city on
November 22, 1983, and not part of or was never part in any of the
three provinces in Zamboanga Peninsula.
Zamboanga City used to be known as Jambangan in
the Subanen language and was the center of the Subanen culture
during the pre-Hispanic times. After independence from Spain in
May 1899, Zamboanga became the Republic of
Zamboanga withZamboangueo Chavacano as its official language
and Spanish as its co-official language. After American
intervention, the republic was incorporated into the Philippines and
became the capital of the Moro Province, now Mindanao, from
1903 to 1913. On October 12, 1936, Zamboanga City became a
chartered city under Commonwealth Act No. 39. It was
inaugurated on February 26, 1937, which was declared a local
holiday. Known for Hispanic influences in its culture, it bears the
nickname "Asia's Latin City."

Zamboanga City is the 6th most populous in the Philippines

after Cebu City and the 2nd most populous in Mindanao after
Davao City.The population of Zamboanga City had an increase of
54,670 persons over the five years between the 2010 and 2015
census. The annual population growth rate in this period was
1.26%, down from 2.98% over the previous 10 years (20002010).
Among the 98 barangays in this City of Zamboanga, Talon-Talon
was the most populous with a 4.1 percent share of this citys
population, followed by Mampang (4.0%), Tumaga (3.6%), Tetun
(3.5%), Calarian (3.4%), San Roque and Pasonanca (both with
3.2%).

b.) Geographical condition

zamboanga city is located at the southernmost tip of
zamboanga peninsula. It is approximatel 460 nauticals miles south
of manila, 366 nautical miles northeast of kota kinabalu, Malaysia,
345 nautical miles northeast of Menodo, Indonesia, bounded to the
west by Sulu Sea on the east by the moro Gulf, on the south by the
basilan strait and celebs sea and on the north by the zamboanga
norte and zamboanga sibugay.

Geology

Zamboanga citys west and east coast peninsula is bounded

by the irregular coastline, generally rocky with the occasional
strentches of sandy and gravelly beaches. The coastal profile
usually descends abruptly seaward. Embayment occur in some
places where are rivers, thus filling up areas alluvial materials
producing small tracts of coastal plains and sometimes board
plains.

Hydrology

The surface hydrology and watershed of the city indicates

the seven watershed areas have been identified the seven major
rivers namely: Vitali, Curuan, Bolong, manicahan, Culianan,
Tumaga and ayala. Superimposed over the erosion, however,
reveals that only pasonanca watershed area remains intact, while
the other four, Vitali, Curuan, and manicahan are severly eroded,
likewise, portions of the remaining watershed are also endangered
by erosion unless reforested at the earliest possible time.
c.)

Topography

1. Land Use area and terrain

The city of zamboanga is the third largest city in the
Philippines in terms of land area; Its total land area is 1483,3849
square kilometers (78.10 sq.km. urban area and 1,405,2849 sq.km.
rural areas.) people inhabit approximately 142,089,99 hectares of
zamboanga city. The breakdown of the total land area is 45.9%
agriculture, 32.24% forestland, 9.43% protected area 4.51%
residential, 0.15% commercial, 0.12% industrial and 5.65% others.
This total land area can still be increased by 42,000 hectares more
with limpapa valley areas, subject of legal suit territorial
jurisdiction, should be courts decided in favor of the city against
the province of Zamboanga del Norte.

2. Topography, slope, and elevation

The overall topography of the city could be described as
rolling to every steep. There are some flats lands, mostly narrow
strips along the east coast. The urban center is mostly flat with a
gentle slope to the interior, ranging from 0 to 3%. The highest
registered elevation is 1,200 meters. In terms of slope, a large
portion to zamboanga, about 38,000 hectares, have slopes ranging
from 18-30%. Another 26, hectares have been described as having
slopes of less than 3% while about 37% of the area or a total of
52,000 hectares have slopes ranging from 30% to more than 50%.
The soils of Zamboanga City can be categorized into three
groups: the residual soil embracing the undulating and
mountainous portion; the alluvial soil located in level to nearly
level areas, which are devoted mainly to agricultural crop
cultivation and; the swamps land utilized mainly for fishpond
development. Generally, the lowlands possessed clay type of soil
with the alluvial plains and river terraces having medium to fine
texture soils. The upland areas have soil texture ranging from
medium to coarse with the parent material characterized as
pyroclastic sandstone basalt and andesite.

d.) Demography
1.) Population
The population of zamboanga has registered an increase of
172,613 (an average annual growth area of 3.45 percent) in seven
years, latest data from the national statistics office (NSO) showed.
The data released by the NSO regional office based in this city
showed that from 601,794 in 2000, the population grw to 807,129
as of may 1, 2010.
Among the 98 barangay in this city population, Next to
talon- talon was the most populous with 3.9% share this citys
population. Next to talon-talon were tetuan (3.8%), pasonanca
(3.5%), Calarian and tumaga both with (3.3%) and San jose Gusu
(3.2%)

2.) Language
The official and/or native language of zamboanga city is
Zamboangueno chavacano, a Philippines, fokien (A chinese
dialect) and tausug are also prevalent. Zamboangueo Chavacano,
a Spanish-based creole language, originated in Zamboanga City in
the seventeenth century and is the native language of inhibitants

living around Zamboanga City, Basilan and in the

Filipinodiaspora.
English, Tagalog, Tausug, Cebuano and Hiligaynon
are also spoken, mostly by migrants to the city. Subanon is mainly
spoken by Subanons living in the city.

3.) Economy
In 2015, Zamboanga Peninsula contributed 2.04 to the
countrys Gross Domestic Product. Gross regional Domestic
product expanded by 4.30 percent. Agricultural, Hunting, forestry
and Fishing sector with its 21.69 percent share in the Regional
grew by 0.74 percent.

e.) Climate and temperature

1.) Type
Zamboanga city falls under the third type of climate.
Seasons are not even very pronounced, relatively dry from the
months of October, November and January to April, with minimal
rain in the mounts of may and December and very wet in the
months of june to September. Zamboanga City, Philippines is at
655'N, 1223'E, 6 m (20 ft). Zamboanga City has a tropical wet
and dry/ savanna climate with a pronounced dry season in the lowsun months, no cold season, wet season is in the high-sun months.
2.) Rainfall
Zamboanga, Mindanao draws an average of 1226 mm (48.3
in) of rainfall per year, or 102.2 mm (4 in) per month.
On average there are 110 days per year with more than 0.1 mm
(0.004 in) of rainfall (precipitation) or 9.2 days with a quantity of
rain, sleet, snow etc. per month. The driest weather is
in March when an average of 44 mm (1.7 in) of rainfall
(precipitation) occurs. The wettest weather is in October when an
average of 173 mm (6.8 in) of rainfall (precipitation) occurs.

Precipitation Table
Averag
e
Precipi
tation
mm
(in)

Precipi
tation
Litres/
m
(Gallon
s/ft)
Numbe
r of
Wet
Days
(proba
bility
of rain
on a
day)

Jan

Feb

Ma
r

Ap
r

Ma
y

Ju
n

Ju
l

Au
g

Se
p

Oct

No
v

De
c

Annu
al

51
(2.0
1)

49
(1.9)

44
(1.7)

54
(2.1
)

96
(3.8)

131
(5.2
)

12
0
(4.
7)

138
(5.4
)

139
(5.5)

173
(6.8)

135
(5.3)

96
(3.8)

1226
(48.3)

51
(1.2
5)

49
(1.2)

44
(1.0
8)

54
(1.32)96
(2.3
5)

131
(3.2
1)

12
0
(2.
94
)

138
(3.3
8)

139
(3.4
1)

173
(4.2
4)

135
(3.3
1)

96
(2.3
5)

1226
(30.07)

5
(16
%)

5
(18
%)

5
(16
%)

6
(20
%)

12

12
(3
9
%)

12
(39
%)

11
(37
%)

11
(35
%)

12
(40
%)

9
(29
%)

10
(32
%)

3.)

110
(30%)

Temperature

The average annual temperature is 27.6 degrees Celsius

(81.7 degrees Fahrenheit). See the temperatures page for a monthly
breakdown and the fixed scale graph. Average monthly

temperatures vary by 0.900000000000002 C (1.6F). This

indicates that the continentality type is hyperoceanic, subtype
extremely hyperoceanic.

Daily High and Low Temperature

The daily average low (blue) and high (red) temperature with percentile bands (inner
band from 25th to 75th percentile, outer band from 10th to 90th percentile).
The warm season lasts from March 29 to April 30 with an
average daily high temperature above 33C. The hottest day of the
year is April 12, with an average high of 33C and low of 25C.
The cold season lasts from July 19 to August 7 with an average
daily high temperature below 32C. The coldest day of the year
is January 20, with an average low of 24C and high of 32C.

Fraction of Time Spent in Various Temperature Bands

The average fraction of time spent in various temperature bands: frigid (below -9C),
freezing (-9C to 0C), cold (0C to 10C), cool (10C to 18C), comfortable
(18C to 24C), warm (24C to 29C), hot (29C to 38C) and sweltering
(above 38C).

The length of the day does not vary substantially over the
course of the year, staying within 31 minutes of 12 hours throughout.
The shortest day is December 21 with 11:43 hours of daylight; the
longest day is June 20 with 12:31 hours of daylight.

Daily Hours of Daylight and Twilight

The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black

line), with various degrees of daylight, twilight, and night, indicated by
the color bands. From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray): full
daylight, solar twilight (Sun is visible but less than 6 from the
horizon), civil twilight (Sun is not visible but is less than 6 below the
horizon), nautical twilight (Sun is between 6 and 12 below the
horizon), astronomical twilight (Sun is between 12 and 18 below
the horizon), and full night. The earliest sunrise is at 5:34am on May
20 and the latest sunset is at 6:13pm on July 14. The latest sunrise is
at 6:11am on January 31 and the earliest sunset is
at 5:30pm on November 11.Daylight saving time (DST) is not observed
in 2012.

Daily Sunrise & Sunset with Twilight

The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line), with various degrees of
daylight, twilight, and night, indicated by the color bands. From bottom (most yellow) to top
(most gray): full daylight, solar twilight (Sun is visible but less than 6 from the horizon), civil
twilight (Sun is not visible but is less than 6 below the horizon), nautical twilight (Sun is
between 6 and 12 below the horizon), astronomical twilight (Sun is between 12 and
18 below the horizon), and full night.

The median cloud cover ranges from 68% (partly cloudy)

to 89% (mostly cloudy). The sky is cloudiest on July 17 and
clearest on March 16. The clearer part of the year begins
around October 29. The cloudier part of the year begins
around May 13.

Median Cloud Cover

The median daily cloud cover (black line) with percentile bands (inner band from 40th to
60th percentile, outer band from 25th to 75th percentile).
On March 16, the clearest day of the year, the sky is clear,
mostly clear, or partly cloudy 54% of the time, and overcast or
mostly cloudy 39% of the time. On July 17, the cloudiest day of
the year, the sky is overcast, mostly cloudy, or partly
cloudy 89% of the time, and clear or mostly clear 5% of the time.

Cloud Cover Types

The fraction of time spent in each of the five sky cover categories. From top (most
blue) to bottom (most gray), the categories are clear, mostly clear, partly cloudy, mostly
cloudy, and overcast. Pink indicates missing data. Outside of the United States clear skies
are often reported ambiguously, leading them to be lumped in with the missing data.
Over the course of the year typical wind speeds vary from 0
m/s to 4 m/s (calm to gentle breeze), rarely exceeding 10 m/s (fresh
breeze). The highest average wind speed of 2 m/s (light breeze) occurs
around August 2, at which time the average daily maximum wind

speed is 4 m/s (gentle breeze). The lowest average wind speed of 1

m/s (light air) occurs around December 13, at which time the average
daily maximum wind speed is 3 m/s (light breeze).

Wind Speed

The average daily minimum (red), maximum (green), and average (black) wind speed with
percentile bands (inner band from 25th to 75th percentile, outer band from 10th to 90th percentile).
The wind is most often out of the west (13% of the time). The
wind is least often out of the north west (0% of the time), south east
(2% of the time), north (2% of the time), and east (3% of the time).

Wind Directions Over the Entire Year

The fraction of time spent with the wind blowing from the various directions over
the entire year. Values do not sum to 100% because the wind direction is undefined
when the wind speed is zero.

MAP OF ZAMBOANGA CITY

TOPOGRAPHIC MAP

SOIL TYPE MAP

SLOPE MAP

EROSION MAP

LEGAL STATUS MAP

LANDFORM CLASSIFICATION

MAP

GEOLOGICAL MAP

GROUND WATER AVAILABILITY MAP

WATER SHED MAP

PROTECTED AREAS FOR AGRICULTURAL MAP

MICRO SITE
a.) History/Origins

Located on the east coast of Zamboanga City. The distance

from CITY PROPER is about 50 Kilometers. It borders the
barangay of Quiniput to the south and Buenavista to the north.
Curuan is the largest Barangay in Zamboanga City. It covers over
7,216 hectares or 72.16 square kilometers or 6 kilometers by 12
kilometers in dimension. It is also a school district seat. It manages
over 19 other barangays. The elementary school of Curuan itself
has an enrollment of about 1400 students.
As you drive down the highway and you come to the curuan
border, you will see rice fields on both sides of the highway.
Curuan is a farming community but steadily modernizing
its commercial center.
Curuan has a large fishpond industry. Most of the fishponds are
located by the estuary where most of the mangroves used to be.
Curuan must learn to take care of its mangroves or it will lose a
major part of its natural resources(2005). People continually cut
the mangrove trees to sell them as fence posts. This practice must
stop.The curuan river provides irrigation to hundreds of hectares of
ricefields to both curuan and quiniput areas.
As you drive down the highway and you come to the
curuan border, you will see rice fields on both sides of the
highway. Curuan is a farming community but steadily modernizing
its commercial center. Curuan has a large fishpond industry. Most
of the fishponds are located by the estuary where most of the
mangroves used to be. Curuan must learn to take care of its
mangroves or it will lose a major part of its natural
resources(2005). People continually cut the mangrove trees to sell
them as fence posts. This practice must stop.The curuan
river provides irrigation to hundreds of hectares of ricefields to
both curuan and quiniput areas.
Long before the spaniards came to Zamboanga city, Curuan
was already a well established settlement. The inhabitants were the
samals along the river bank towards the interior, while the Yakan
lived along the coast beside the mouth of Curuan River. Majority
of the early settlers were Mohammedans. It is said that these early
inhabitants were very religious and often pass away their time
reading the Koran.
When the Spaniards arrived at this place was, the man they
saw was reading the koran. When asked what name of the place
was, the man thought that was being asked the name of the book
that was read. Therefore Settlers Mohammedan answered
KORAN. The Spaniards thought this to be the name of the place
and so the lace wa henceforth was name Curuan, coming from
the Muslim Bible Koran.

b.) Health

Curuan has its own public health center. ThE

nursing students from the universities and colleges of
Zamboanga City during their 3rd and 4th year of college with the
supervision of a registered nurse, usually volunteer their time to
the neighboring barangays with their own public health center.
People can have their blood pressure checked, and pregnant
women also get free pre-natal services.

c.) Marketing/Businesses
There are businesses in Curuan. Most of the shopping
needs of the community are met right in Curuan. Except for
specialty items, most of the stuff that you need are all available in
Curuan. Cururan has textile stores, hardware stores, department
stores, supermarket, open market, copra and seaweed dealerships,
rice mills and corn mills, fish ponds, piggery, poultry, and several
types of small farms.
Water Purifying Company: Zambosprings "water purifier"
Corporation It was concieved in 2005 in Stockton,California,USA.
That was the same year when the "Pracletos", the singing Priests of
Zamboanga City was in America on concert tour to raise funds.
Their host in Stockton was from Curuan. During days that the
Priest were not performing, they and their host and some visitors
talk about Zamboanga City from morals to economic conditions
specially about Curuan.
One topic got interesting and it is about, "bottled water"
People prefer to drink purified water than the faucet potable water
even it cost them P50.00 for the 5 gallon container. Businessmen
buy it from the City at P30.00. But if there is a water purifier
company in Curuan to produce the same or even better quality of
purified water and at the same City price, it will save the people of
Curuan P20.00 per 5gal container.The company will provide
additional jobs,tax paying establishment.
After a month of discussing the pros and cons the host and
his sister decided to invest 2 million pesos on this project to be
managed by the Priests. With the honest and simple agreement that
(A) the net profit would be devided into three equal parts. 1.
Maintenance 2.Parish and Curuan Community 3. pay back the
capital. (B) To serve the Curuan community in any manner it can.
With a shake hands and in good faith the Zambosprings
Corporation was built and started the operation November 2006.
Zambosprings "water purifier" Corporation is not all
business venture but more on to serve the community. As it
demonstrated last 2007 when The Curuan Parish Water System

experienced management problem, the Zambosprings Corporation

offered it's assistance in management to keep the water flowing in
Curuan up to this date.

D.) Economic
The economic of Curuan is growing very fast. The copra
dealership business is booming and so is the agar-agar (Seaweeds).
Improvements were made to the local public supermarket. Palay is
still king in Curuan. There is gold and silver in Curuan. People pan
for gold in the hills of Curuan. In Zamboanga City, Curuan is only
a barangay, but if you compare the GDP of Curuan with some of
the municipalities of Sibugay or Zamboanga del Sur, Curuan is
ahead of them by a mile.
The river of Curuan has been dammed at the location called
"Presa". The dam is about 50 feet wide and the river runs over it.
The dam was basically built to divert water for irrigation. Next to
the Dam is a new steel bridge that's about 30 feet wide.The
diverted water from the dam irrigates most of the ricefields in
Curuan and Quiniput. This same river runs through the "poblacion"
of barangay Curuan.
The "poblacion" is like the municipality proper where most
of the Curuan commerce is transacted. This river running through
Curuan-Main is a great resource for tourism in Curuan for the
future. However, lack of planning is devasting this beautiful river.
The buildings and houses near the banks of the Curuan River dump
their garbage and sewer into the river.
There is no law in Curuan against the abuse of this
beautiful natural resource.It will be a sad day in Curuan when the
future generation will see the Curuan river just like the current
Sucabon River in downtown Zamboanga City. The Sucabon River
is the Sewer River of Zamboanga City.

d.) Climate & temperature

This city has a tropical climate. There is significant rainfall
in most months of the year. The short dry season has little effect on
the overall climate. According to Kppen and Geiger, this climate
is classified as Am. The average temperature in Curuan is 27.1 C.
About 1705 mm of precipitation falls annually.

The least amount of rainfall occurs in March. The average in this month is 53 mm. With
an average of 244 mm, the most precipitation falls in October.

The temperatures are highest on average in May, at around 27.7 C. January

has the lowest average temperature of the year. It is 26.5 C.

SITE PICTURES

ZAMBOANGA, CURUAN MAP