LOCALITY: CANDELARIA

OBSERVATION/S IMPLICATION/S INTERVENTION/s

AGRICULTURE
- Agricultural lands were
not used for the
production of coconuts
and other crops in the
locality
- Only few can avail
support facilities in
irrigation systems
- Most agricultural lands
converted into
commercial and
residential areas
- Less freshwaters are
available in the locality
- Construct a center and
laboratories for the
improvement of
agricultural lands in the
locality
-

EDUCATION
- Lack of agricultural
education in schools
- Less government - Construct an agricultural
support school
- - Construct a research
center for the study of
agronomy/agriculture

HEALTH
- People tend to go to - Less medical facilities - Construct additional
cities for checkups, availability facilities for laboratories
dialysis, etc.

CANDELARIA

- Candelaria is a landlocked municipality in the coastal province of Quezon.

- The municipality has a land area of 129.10 square kilometers or 49.85 square miles which
constitutes 1.44% of Quezon's total area.
- Candelaria is also known as the “Desiccated Coconut Capital of the World”. It is the second largest
industrial center of the province, after Lucena City.

• Demographic study
- POPULATION
o 2015- 266,248

DEMOGRAPHICS
 Population by age group
- According to the 2015 Census, the age group with the highest population in Candelaria is 10 to
14, with 12,604 individuals. Conversely, the age group with the lowest population is 75 to 79, with
900 individuals.
ENVIRONMENT SECTOR
 TOPOGRAPHY
ELEVATION
- The elevation of Candelaria ranges from50 to 1850 meters above sea level. Barangays Masalukot
IV and V are located at the highest elevations, ranging from 400 to 1850 meters above sea level.
Some barangays are located in the middle slopes to the foot hills of Mount Banahaw, with
elevations ranging from 50 to 300 meters, while the rest lie on the plain regions.

SLOPE
- Candelaria falls within four slope categories: flat land (0-3%), undulating to rolling land (3-18%),
moderately steep to steeply mountainous (18-50%) and very steep slopes (greater than 50%).

Candelaria’s terrain is generally considered flat. The flat lands cover 8,402 hectares or 53.55% of
the computed total land area of the municipality. The undulating to rolling lands of the
municipality covers 5,517 hectares (35.17%), steeply mountainous slopes cover about 1,469.95
hectares (9.37%) while portions of Barangays Masalukot IV, Masalukot V and Mayabobo have
slopes of 50% and above which covers 299.47 hectares or 1.91% of the computed total area of
the municipality.

GEOLOGY
- Candelaria’s land surface is characterized by different land formations, comprising of mountains,
hills and plains. Mount Mayabobo and Mount Malasiña (Barangay Masin Norte) are actually hills
because their elevations are below 2,000 feet (610 meters).

The mountainous portions of Candelaria are found near and at the peak of Mount Banahaw. These
are included within the protected landscape under Presidential Proclamation No. 411 dated June
25, 2003.