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New Bataan is a first class municipality at the Compostela Valley province of the Philippines, about from Compostela, from the provincial capital Nabunturan, and from Tagum City. The municipality was founded on June 18, 1968, through Republic Act No. 4756. It has a population of 47,470 in the 2010 census.〔 The town's festivals include ''Araw'' Celebration, held every 18 June; Founder's Day, held every 10 August; Sal’lupongan Festival, held every 13 June. Its patron saint is San Antonio de Padua. The municipality was one of the hardest-hit towns of Typhoon Bopha when it hit the town on December 3, 2012.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/318893/typhoon-death-toll-climbs-to-over-200 )〕 ==Geography== New Bataan has a total land area of 〔 and situated north and west of Davao Oriental province; south of Municipality of Compostela and west of Municipality of Maragusan. It is surrounded with mountain ranges, and more than 50% of its territory is forest cover that has been the sources of living for some people living there. The barangays of New Bataan that are mostly covered with forest are Andap, Tandawan, Camanlangan, Manurigao. Manurigao is the most remote among the barangay because of the absence of a better road and transportation. The municipality is also watered by various rivers. One of which is the Mayo River that flows from the mountain of Andap and empties into the Agusan River. The Batoto river is also one of the biggest, it flows from the eastern part of the area. Land classification: *Forest: *Agro-forest: *Agricultural: *Mining: *Residential: *Brush land: *Commercial: *Road: *Institutional: *Special use: *Industrial: *Rivers/canals: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Bataan, Compostela Valley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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