Tuesday, August 12, 2008

BRGY. SAN CRISTOBAL; PHYSICAL AND NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS

Barangay San Cristobal is located in the eastern part of the City of San Pablo. It has a distance of 8.6 kilometers from the City Proper with Christ the King monument at the patio of the Roman Catholic Cathedral as reference point. It is within District VII.

The ground surface of this barangay is 3-8% level to very gently sloping.

According to soil survey analysis, the soil of Barangay San Cristobal falls under “Class B”. This class consists of both soils of the Lipa and Macolod series. They are located at the alluvial terraces along the slopes of the hills and mountain in the northern border. The soils are deep well-drained, has moderate and moderately slow permeability of textual type.

It has a total land area of 2,802.23 hectares covering 13.09% of the total land are of the city.

Areas of about 100 meters on both sides of the national road are classified as residential area. All other existing built-up areas or barangay sites not situated along the road is agricultural. This is based on the existing Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of San Pablo, Ordinance No. 28, Series of 2000.

Barangay San Cristobal is bounded on north by Barangay Sto Niño and Barangay Sta. Elena, on the East by Mt. Banahaw, on the south by Dolores, Quezon, and on the west by Barangay Sta. Cruz (Putol).

Barangay San Cristobal has no definite season. Rainfall is evenly distributed throughout the year. It is relatively dry from November to April and wet during the rest of the year. It has weather favorable to production, not only to traditional food crops like rice and corn, but also to some fruit trees that rarely grow abundantly in other parts of the country like lanzones and rambutan. (source: BARANGAY PROFILE/SPC-CPDO/sandy belarmino)

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