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Location and Political Subdivision The Municipality of Vinzons lies along the Pacific Ocean at the eastern portion of Camarines Norte, one of the six (6) provinces of the Bicol Region. It is approximately nine kilometers away from the capital town of Daet, 200 kilometers away from the regional center, Legaspi City, and approximately 355 kilometers south of Manila. It is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south to southwest by Talisay, on the north to northwest by Paracale, on the north to northeast by the Pacific Ocean and on the west by the Municipality of Labo. Its mainland is located between geographical coordinates 122.930 latitude and 14.1760 longitude while the Calaguas Island is located between geographical coordinates 122.930 latitude and 14.450 longitude. A third class municipality, Vinzons is composed of nineteen barangays, sixteen of which are in the mainland while three barangays form part of the Calaguas Islands, namely Banocboc, Pinagtigasan and Mangcawayan Islands.
Vinzons has a total land area of 9060 hectares or a total of 90.60 square kilometers, 4.12 percent of the total land area of Camarines Norte.
Metallic and Nonmetallic Mineral Resources Unlike other areas in the province with an abundance of mineral resources, Vinzons is endowed only with magnetite sand and silicon sand.
Like all regions facing the Pacific Ocean, Vinzons is not sheltered from the northeast monsoon, trade winds and cyclonic storms from the oceanic effect. Rainfall is evenly distributed throughout the year with maximum occurrence in the months of November and December. Maximum rainfall is recorded at 20 inches. April and May are the only months with the least rainfall averaging 6 to 7 inches. In 1997, the average annual rainfall was recorded at 157.98 millimeters with the highest occurrence in July at 329.5 millimeters while the lowest was in April with 46.0 millimeters.
Population Size and Growth Trends From 22,804 persons in 1970, the municipal population rose up to 33,182 persons in 1995, approximately 7.56 percent of the province’s total population, 0.77 percent of Bicol Region’s population and 0.05 percent of the national population. Within the municipality, population is unevenly distributed among the nineteen barangays. The Poblacion including Calangcawan Sur, Calangcawan Norte and Sto. Domingo registered the highest population from 1975 to 1998. Among the nineteen barangays of Vinzons, Banocboc registered the highest growth rate from 1980 to 1990 at 5.11 percent. This is due to the booming seaweeds farming in the area. Notably, the coastal barangays of Aguit-it, Sula, and Mangcawayan Island ranked 2nd, 3rd and 4th in terms of population growth. The Poblacion barangays ranked 15th, 17th and 19th with Barangay I Poblacion registering a decrease in population during the census periods 1980 to 1990.
Fertility, Mortality and Morbidity Crude birth rate is the ration between number of live births and number of individuals in a specified population and period of time often expressed as number of live births per one thousand of the population in a given year. In 1999, there was an estimated 726 live births. Mortality for the same year was accounted to 179, ten of which are infants and six were classified from 1 to 4 years old. Leading causes of the mortality was attributed to pneumonia, cardio-vascular diseases, PTB and accidents. Infant and child mortality on the other hand was attributed to bronchial asthma, malnutrition and pneumonia.
Calaguas Island Town Kiosk
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Location &Political Subdivision Population Size and Growth Trends
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Wenceslao Q. Vinzons Sr. Historical Shrine – shelters the personal memorabilia of the late Governor Wenceslao Q. Vinzons, a journalist and guerilla leader during the Japanese regime.
St. Peter Parish Church |
