Barangay San Jose

     General Santos City

Gerose L. Malo, wearing their tribal dress

Houses in San Jose are scattered and made of nipa. These community is compose of only one clan.

Purok 2 Kalubihan in San Jose. A community of ten houses. This part of San Jose doesn't have any source of electricity, they only use batteries as a substitute.

An example of a battery they use to run a radio.

REGION: XII

CREATION: R.A. 1408

DATE: September 17, 1956

NO. OF PUROKS: 22

TOTAL LAND AREA: 6809 km. sq.

TOPOGRAPHY: Hills and Mountains

CLIMATE: Moderate

POPULATION: 7651

            MALE: 4055                53%

            FEMALE: 3596           47%

NO. OF HOUSEHOLD: 1614

MAJOR DIALECTS: B’laan, T’boli, Ilonggo, Cebuano

TRIBAL GROUPS: B’laan, T’boli

NO. OF REGISTERED VOTERS: 3928

NO. OF PRECINTS: 17

2008 IRA: Php 1,877,024.07

INFLUENCIAL CLANS: Salas, Col, Sulanting, Belgica, Dalig, Molatin, Balunto, Lumbos, Basconpte, Saraña.

SOURCE OF LIVELIHOOD: Farming

NO. OF FARMERS: 2056

AVE. ANNUAL INCOME OF FARMERS: Php 70,000

CONCRETE BRIDGE: 33 m

HEALTH: CAUSES OF MORBIDITY-    cough, colds, fever

NO. OF MALNURISHED: 189 BNVL-21

                                            BNL-168

NO. OF HEALTH WORKERS: BHW-7

                                           BNS-1

                                           VOL-7

            SANITARY TOILET: Water and non-water sealed

ROAD CONDITION: Concrete-3.4 km

  Gravel: 10.0 km

                      Earthfull: 10 km

WATER SUPPLY: Level 1, 2, 3

COMMUNICATIONS: cellphones

            BARANGAY HALL-1

            MULTI-PURPOSE-1

            DAYCARE CENTER-2

            PUBLIC CEMETERY-2

            PUBLIC ELEM. SCH.-5

            PUBLIC HIGH SCH.-1