SPECIALIZATION 1: URBAN DESIGN 1

ACTIVITY 1
TITLE: TOWN IDENTIFICATION

DATE GIVEN: FEBRUARY 14, 2022

DATE DUE: FEBRUARY 25, 2022

REFERENCES:

Ballesteros, province of Cagayan. PhilAtlas. (n.d.). Retrieved January 19, 2022, from
https://www.philatlas.com/luzon/r02/cagayan/ballesteros.html

http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/ballesteros-on-my-mind. PhilAtlas. (n.d.). Retrieved January

19, 2022, from https://www.philatlas.com/luzon/r02/cagayan/ballesteros.html

Wikimedia Foundation. (2021, July 17). Ballesteros, Cagayan. Wikipedia. Retrieved January 19, 2022,
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballesteros,_Cagayan#Demographics

TEAM 9 AR. MA. ELEANOR LUCERO

BALLESTEROS SPACE DIAGRAM
BALLESTEROS ROTONDA
SITE
BALLESTEROS COMPLEX
Coastal town of Ballesteros in the Province of Cagayan
Introduction

A Town is a residential place that is characterized to be smaller than a city but larger than a
village. The word town was derived and taken from the old English word “Tun”, which means
“enclosure, garden, filed, yard, farm, manor, homestead, dwelling house, or mansion.

A town is a human settlement with a defined boundary, a local Government that is responsible
in governing the whole town, and especially a town must have a name.

Background of the Study

The designer’s chosen town for this project and considered as an example of a town is the
Coastal town of Ballesteros in the Province of Cagayan.

The small town of Ballesteros has that layout in centro (Poblacion) that can easily be
understand. It has a three Schools in the centro (poblacion), Two private high schools were
located on the opposite end of the centro (poblacion), while the public elementary school was
located far north toward the sea. The other structures like marketplace, bandstand, municipal
hall, open-area auditorium, tennis court and Roman Catholic church were within walking
distance of each other.

The town’s main industry is Agriculture, fishing is also a huge source of income since Ballesteros
is on the coast of south China sea. The Sea is also the town’s main attraction where in people
can have picnic along the beach, stroll on the shore or visit to watch sun rise and sun set, or if
you want some fish for free you can just help haul fishermen’s huge nets and after that they will
be rewarding you some fish that they catch.

Ballesteros, Cagayan

The Town of Ballesteros is one of the 28 municipalities in province of Cagayan. It has a land area
of 120.00 square kilometers or 46.33 square mile. This town is smaller by area when compared
to the City of Tuguegarao with an area of 144.80 square kilometer or 55.91 square mile. The
elevation of the town is 5.0 meters (16.4 ft.) and its highest elevation is about 49 meters (161
ft.)

Ballesteros constitutes only 1.28% of Cagayan’s total area. According to 2020 Census the
population of Ballesteros has reached 34,488. These values represent 2.72% total population of
the Cagayan province, or 0.94% of the overall population of Cagayan valley region. In
accordance with these figures, population density is computed to have a 287 inhabitants per
square kilometer or 744 inhabitants per square mile.
The town of Ballesteros has 19 Barangays

1. Ammubuan 10. FugMabuttal East

2. Baran 11. Mabuttal West
3. Cabaritan East 12. Nararagan
4. Cabaritan West 13. Palloc
5. Cabayu 14. Payagan East
6. Cabuluan East 15. Payagan West
7. Cabuluan West 16. San Juan
8. Centro East (Poblacion) 17. Santa Cruz
9. Centro West (Poblacion) 18. Zitanga

Climate data for Ballesteros, Cagayan

Economy:
In this graph of poverty incidence in
Ballesteros, Cagayan it shows that
from year 2000 the poverty rate
went to 41.34 % and reduced after 6
years and then went up again and
went down again in 2015 with only
12.46% below poverty line.

Ballesteros, Cagayan is Considered a 4th class municipality with:

• Poverty incidence 12.46% (2015)

• Revenue ₱132,106,395.74 (2020)
• Assets ₱322,584,788.20 (2020)
• Expenditure ₱111,644,448.65 (2020)
• Liabilities ₱82,489,890.90 (2020)
 Centro east (Población)

The designer chose Centro east (población) as the place to be developed. Although the
marketplace, bandstand, municipal hall, open-area auditorium, tennis court and Roman
Catholic church were in Centro east, and it may seem developed, the designer saw that some of
those structures are under and less developed. The designer also recognized a congested
market and road /road networks near the marketplace and the surrounding environment.

The market in Centro east Ballesteros is not really an actual single structured market when
compared to the market of Tuguegarao City that is huge and organize, what I mean is that in
Don doming public market in Tuguegarao City there are stalls that separates the vendors of wet
and dry goods. In Centro east Ballesteros there are less stalls and more vendors on sidewalks
and some vendors inside main market using “trapal“as their roof to cover them from rain and
heat of the sun.

The Designer also want to develop a fishing port near the market where in fisher men and
vendors can do business together without so much hustle, or maybe people can buy these
products for lower price. The sports complex is also in line for development for we know that
Ilocano’s also love to play sports and organize events like beauty pageants during fiesta, boy
and girl scout events and many more related events that can be done in their sports complex.
One more concern is the vehicle and human Circulation in and outside the market. In addition
to that is the lack of parking area/space on the vicinity. These are the reasons why the designer
chose this part of the town to make it fully developed to give the town people a better and
comfortable town life.

About Centro east (Población)

Centro East, Poblacion, is a barangay in the municipality of Ballesteros, in the province

of Cagayan. Its population as determined by the 2020 Census was 4,174. This represented
12.10% of the total population of Ballesteros.

Combining age groups together, those aged 14 and below, consisting of the young dependent
population which include infants/babies, children, and young adolescents/teenagers, make up
an aggregate of 30.25% (1,198). Those aged 15 up to 64, roughly, the economically active
population and actual or potential members of the work force, constitute a total of 61.62%
(2,440). Finally, old dependent population consisting of the senior citizens, those aged 65 and
over, total 8.13% (322) in all.

The computed Age Dependency Ratios mean that among the population of Centro East, there
are 49 youth dependents to every 100 of the working age population; there are 13 aged/senior
citizens to every 100 of the working population; and overall, there are 62 dependents (young
and old age) to every 100 of the working population.

The median age of 28 indicates that half of the entire population of Centro East are aged less
than 28 and the other half are over the age of 28.

Adjacent Barangays
▪ Centro West (Poblacion), Ballesteros, Cagayan
▪ Santa Cruz, Ballesteros, Cagayan

Town Elevation
Elevation – 5.0 meters (16.4 ft.)
Highest elevation – 49.0 meters ( 161.0 ft.)
Lowest elevation – 0.0 meters ( 0.0 ft.)
▪
Images showing parts of Centro east (Población)

Aerial view of Centro east (underdeveloped sports complex and market)

Right side of Centro east public market

Mid of Centro east public market ( closed road due to vendors overlapping on the road ,maybe
because the stalls were to small)

Scenario in front of the Centro east public market (uncovered canal, congested road due to lack
of parking , undeveloped sidewalk)

Centro east public market ( no Concrete sidewalk , there are sidewalk vendors, there are no
loading and unloading area )
Sidewalk vendors on the left side of the market, because there were no more stalls available.

Underdeveloped gymnasium

Underdeveloped sports complex

Lack of parking and tricycle terminals
id establishment Northing Easting
1 7|11 343116.808 2036066.635
2 Hotel 342824.36 2036192.008
3 Jehova's Church 342825.117 2036284.234
4 Bus Station 342912.144 2036160.544
5 Bakery 342941.238 2036129.562
6 Grocery 342970.584 2036129.321
7 Western Union 342999.929 2036129.081
Agricultural and Poultry
8 Products 342970.332 2036098.579
Agricultural and Poultry 2036129.081
9 Products 342999.929
10 Dry Goods 342999.677 2036098.339
11 Bus Station 342999.425 2036067.597
12 Bakery 342970.332 2036098.579
13 Drugstore 343029.023 2036098.098
14 Police Station 343058.369 2036097.858
15 Drygoods 343028.771 2036067.356
16 Green Mall 343058.117 2036067.116
17 Park and Playground 343087.714 2036097.618
18 Municipal Hall 343146.909 2036158.621
19 Drug Store 343087.211 2036036.134
20 Bank 343146.406 2036097.137
21 Meatshop 343145.902 2036035.653
22 Drugstore 343175.248 2036035.413
23 Eatery 343116.305 2036005.152
24 Lhuillier 343145.651 2036004.911
25 Drugstore 343204.342 2036004.431
26 Grocery 343174.745 2035973.929
27 Drugstore 343174.745 2035973.929
28 Pawnshop 343204.091 2035973.689
29 Eatery 343204.091 2035973.689
30 Eye Clinic 343233.437 2035973.449
31 Bus Station 343291.877 2035942.227
32 Western Union 343292.128 2035972.969
33 Clinic 343409.512 2035972.009
34 Church 343410.014 2036033.493
35 Church 343177.01 2036250.606
36 Sports Complex 343528.652 2036186.243
37 Public Market 343294.643 2036280.388
38 Church 343530.661 2036432.178
39 Church 343237.713 2036496.061
40 Beach 343414.286 2036556.105
41 Beach 343501.065 2036401.676
42 Hotel 343466.948 2035817.82
43 Hotel 343526.393 2035909.567
44 Beach 345605.487 2035339.316
45 Church 345277.96 2034757.828
46 Church 344224.697 2035166.026
47 Church 343408.004 2035787.558
48 Van Terminal 343350.066 2035880.263
49 Van Terminal 343466.696 2035787.079
50 Van Terminal 343496.294 2035817.581
51 Kakanin 343496.043 2035786.839
52 Kakanin 343496.294 2035817.581
53 Gas Station 343437.853 2035848.802
54 Grocery 343408.507 2035849.042
55 Gas Station 343495.289 2035694.613
56 Gas Station 343495.54 2035725.355
57 Gas Station 341357.594 2029163.704
58 Resort 343494.285 2035571.646
59 Resort 344075.711 2034890.543
60 Resort 342683.439 2036900.277
61 Kakanin 341445.663 2029162.977
62 Farm School 341620.536 2029007.816
63 Police Station 341416.56 2029193.961
64 Hotel 343204.845 2036065.915
65 Hotel 345692.784 2035246.382
66 Ship Wreck 346541.129 2034901.393
67 Ship Wreck 341809.707 2037706.823
68 Ship Wreck 340352.282 2038887.208
69 Hospital 341686.996 2037062.209
70 Church 343933.568 2031848.068
71 Church 345329.291 2026548.901
72 Church 346289.339 2025434.457
73 Eatery 343265.8 2036342.111
74 Church 342298.923 2036534.511
75 Eatery 342678.137 2036254.696
76 Clinic 343408.255 7964181.7
ID Tourist Destination Easting Northing
1 Hotel 343496.5 2035848
2 Park and Playground 343087.7 2036098
3 Municipal Hall 343146.9 2036159
4 Sports Complex 343528.7 2036186
5 Hotel 342624 2036809
6 Ship Wreck 346541.1 2034901
7 Ship Wreck 341809.7 2037707
8 Ship Wreck 340352.3 2038887
9 Beach 343414.3 2036556
10 Beach 343501.1 2036402
11 Hotel 343204.8 2036066
12 Hotel 342824.1 2036161
13 Beach 345605.5 2035339
14 Resort 344075.7 2034891
15 Resort 342683.4 2036900
16 Farm School 341620.5 2029008
17 Resort 343494.3 2035572
18 Farm 339735 2024689
Groceries and Drug
19 Stores 343145.7 2036005
20 Farm 343080.1 2031578

TERMINALS

id
Bus
1 Station 342912.1 2036161
Bus
2 Station 342999.4 2036068
Bus
3 Station 343291.9 2035942
Van
4 Terminal 343350.1 2035880
Van
5 Terminal 343466.7 2035787
Van
6 Terminal 343496.3 2035818
Gas
7 Station 343437.9 2035849
Gas
8 Station 343495.3 2035695
Gas
9 Station 343495.5 2035725
Gas
10 Station 341357.6 2029164
GROUP MEMBERS:

BELVIS, RYAN JAY

FERNANDEZ, KELLY BERT

MANDAC, BRIAN KARL

UDANI, RHANIER

BALUTOC, THEA ANGELA

REFERENCES

Ballesteros, province of Cagayan. PhilAtlas. (n.d.). Retrieved January 19, 2022, from
https://www.philatlas.com/luzon/r02/cagayan/ballesteros.html

http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/ballesteros-on-my-mind. PhilAtlas. (n.d.). Retrieved

January 19, 2022, from https://www.philatlas.com/luzon/r02/cagayan/ballesteros.html

Wikimedia Foundation. (2021, July 17). Ballesteros, Cagayan. Wikipedia. Retrieved January 19,
2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballesteros,_Cagayan#Demographics