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San Isidro is a fourth class municipality in the province of Northern Samar, Philippines. It is Northern Samar's border town with the province of Samar to the south. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 24,952.〔 The town borders with Victoria to the north. == Geography == San Isidro is a coastal a town in the southwestern part of the Province of Northern Samar facing the Samar Sea. It is about from the capital town of Catarman and approximately northwest of Calbayog City. Its boundaries are defined by the Municipality of Victoria in the north and northeast, by the City of Calbayog in the south and southeast, the Municipality of Bobon in the east, and by Dalupiri Pass and Samar Sea in the west. San Isidro has a total land area of ,〔 of which 9088 is commercial forest, 418 is non-commercial forest, 10754 is logged cover area and rest are classified into reproduction brush land, cogon open land, mosey forest, cultivation, plantation and marsh swamp land. The topography of the land is characterized from plains to rolling hills and steep mountain ranges. The lowlands are along the coast but in a few sections of this area, the mountains rise from 30 meters to 61 meters high above sea level. The highest elevation is Mount Soomong, which is 522 meters above sea level. The hinterlands are criss-crossed by logging roads and most of the plateaus are already developed agricultural lands. Its rivers and creeks intersperse throughout the length and breadth of the municipality. It has ten (10) small unnavigable rivers. Majestic Mawo River traverses the eastern portion of the hinterlands finding its way at the town of Victoria before discharging into the Samar Sea. Among River has its outlet at Barangay Seven Hills, Caaguit-itan River at Barangays Alegria and Balite, San Juan River at Barangay San Juan, Palanit and Maludbalud Rivers at Barangay Palanit, Veriato River at Barangay Veriato and Caglanipao River at Barangay Caglanipao. The Municipality does not lie along any known fault zones/lines. As to its bedrock foundations, old sediments and pyroclastics which are more stable than poorly consolidated sediments (e.g. limestone, shale or alluvial deposits) in terms of compressive strength/load bearing capacity comprise roughly 67.50% of the total municipal land area. The remaining 32.50% is composed of metamorphosed rocks, volcanic and highly crystallized rocks which are situated in areas of highest relief. Mineral production consists mainly of non-metallic such as sand, gravel, earth and rocks. Enormous quantities of these materials were used for the construction of the Philippine-Japan Friendship Highway (Daang Maharlika). Approximately 10.35% of the total municipal land area is within the 0.15% slope limits. The remaining 89.65% belong to 15% and over. The low level ground classified as “A” comprised a meager 3.06% of the total land area and is located at the eastern and western sections of the municipality. Classes “B”, “C”, and “D” comprised 1.63%, 3.74% and 1.92%, respectively. The bulk of the land comprising 27.67% ranges from steeply undulating and rolling lands sloping in many directions and 61.98% classified as very steeply sloping lands. Approximately, its land uses were distributed as follows: # Residential Areas - 1,214,903.00 square meters # Religious Areas - 17,143.00 square meters # Educational Areas - 365,672.37 square meters # Government Lot - 13,537.97 square meters # Commercial Lot - 682,209.66 square meters # Industrial Lot - 5,610.00 square meters # Agricultural Lands - 131,870,225.60 square meters # Roads - 16,845.00 meters # Timberlands/Open Spaces - 21,042.00 km2. 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「San Isidro, Northern Samar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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