Table 1. Number, Floor Area and Value of Building Constructions, by Type of Building by Region and Province:
         Second Quarter, 2003
        (Floor Area in Square Meters, Value in Thousand Pesos)

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                                           TOTAL            |           RESIDENTIAL         |       NONRESIDENTIAL
Region and Province                  |    Floor |           |        |    Floor |           |        |    Floor |
                              Number |     Area |     Value | Number |     Area |     Value | Number |     Area |    Value
                                 (1) |      (2) |       (3) |    (4) |      (5) |       (6) |    (7) |      (8) |      (9)
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Philippines                   23,557  3,694,834  22,858,530   16,956  2,130,013  10,550,673    2,577  1,432,283  9,838,431

National Capital Region        3,280  1,222,148  10,038,187    1,738    636,002   3,733,770      445    538,392  4,798,714

Manila, First District           341     61,481     710,396      152     28,002     199,616       48     31,360    307,226
Second District                1,343    662,992   3,861,408      716    397,587   1,905,653      171    247,338  1,709,441
Third District                   327     71,565     401,893      202     40,406     192,521       46     28,091    123,429
Fourth District                1,269    426,110   5,064,490      668    170,007   1,435,980      180    231,603  2,658,618

Cordillera Administrative
  Region                         268     74,478     853,132      164     27,001     160,791       52     44,544    666,287

Abra                              15      3,352      12,089        8      1,092       3,371        7      2,260      8,718
Benguet                          238     68,419     828,436      146     24,668     151,372       41     40,818    652,410
Ifugao                             3        232       1,168        3        232       1,168        -          -          -
Kalinga Apayao                    10      2,200      10,536        6        820       4,170        3      1,380      4,966
Mountain Province                  2        275         903        1        189         710        1         86        193

Region I - Ilocos              1,589    185,925     952,102    1,324    135,004     646,521      140     47,427    252,000

Ilocos Norte                     353     32,899     162,077      263     24,639     113,801       20      6,031     23,200
Ilocos Sur                       276     28,296     161,483      233     17,520      69,973       14     10,514     76,122
La Union                         269     30,296     173,838      229     24,861     127,056       33      4,937     44,349
Pangasinan                       691     94,434     454,704      599     67,984     335,691       73     25,945    108,329

Region II - Cagayan Valley       481     58,317     242,202      422     48,180     193,706       35      7,329     36,828

Batanes                            2        338       2,228        2        338       2,228        -          -          -
Cagayan                          236     31,025     119,544      226     27,076     101,764       10      3,949     17,780
Isabela                          166     19,094      86,367      130     14,137      63,866       18      2,720     14,386
Nueva Vizcaya                     24      1,115       5,514       21      1,075       4,871        2         40        200
Quirino                           53      6,745      28,549       43      5,554      20,977        5        620      4,462

Region III - Central Luzon     2,137    303,392   1,557,548    1,545    169,758     862,900      351    123,875    542,604

Bataan                           220     23,996     216,319      174     17,507      86,632       27      6,230     70,521
Bulacan                          755    104,842     460,306      623     52,893     267,176       92     46,784    168,739
Nueva Ecija                      293     30,966     177,459      173     21,667     104,880       30      8,576     56,022
Pampanga                         557    102,419     479,006      382     52,994     279,025      127     47,615    172,562
Tarlac                           215     27,443     128,761      139     15,265      70,979       63     11,706     52,563
Zambales                          97     13,726      95,697       54      9,432      54,208       12      2,964     22,197

Region IV  - Southern Tagalog  5,991   750,975    4,044,790    4,763    489,642   2,357,919      495    219,554  1,247,673

Batangas                         652    88,246      453,903      473     55,269     292,200       81     27,404    128,428
Cavite                         1,382   204,209    1,276,786      986    120,526     709,297      147     64,948    401,933
Laguna                         2,648   277,590    1,255,134    2,351    204,881     782,304      120     61,076    306,284
Marinduque                        83     8,046       35,323       69      6,518      26,560        7      1,498      8,346
Occidental Mindoro                14     2,737       16,553        6        562       2,263        8      2,175     14,290
Oriental Mindoro                  92    18,262       75,047       72      9,329      44,051       17      8,933     30,702
Palawan                          170    27,218      200,855      104     11,134      51,858       37     16,084    148,537
Quezon                           226    27,262      150,057      188     15,784      79,255       20     10,893     62,546
Rizal                            680    91,400      548,443      490     63,152     359,362       41     23,025    124,731
Romblon                           14     1,427        9,508        7        676       5,122        5        751      4,356
Aurora                            30     4,578       23,181       17      1,811       5,647       12      2,767     17,520

Region V - Bicol                 970    91,025      449,760      749     71,459     292,296       89     18,108    110,900

Albay                            170    29,800      126,046      136     25,170      90,849       16      4,630     20,393
Camarines Norte                   40     4,839       26,382       37      3,084      13,798        3      1,755     12,584
Camarines Sur                    594    41,198      212,074      441     31,506     134,080       53      8,780     55,708
Catanduanes                       90     6,496       38,276       72      5,428      22,960        6        672      6,412
Masbate                           26     2,917       15,132       23      2,271      10,521        2        588      4,300
Sorsogon                          50     5,775       31,850       40      4,000      20,088        9      1,683     11,503

Region VI - Western Visayas    1,106   155,762      858,843      870    123,281     646,440      144     31,182    172,727

Aklan                            102    15,735       97,006       35      6,968      38,214       62      8,381     55,567
Antique                           35     6,704       36,476       27      3,974      22,587        7      2,730     13,797
Capiz                            108    14,728       71,555       79      9,847      36,192       19      4,814     28,149
Iloilo                           399    60,821      319,261      386     59,030     304,190        2      1,791     13,015
Negros Occidental                433    54,534      315,887      317     40,222     228,444       54     13,466     62,199
Guimaras                          29     3,240       18,658       26      3,240      16,813        -          -          -

Region VII - Central Visayas   2,832   270,978    1,164,121    2,117    172,347     672,902      234     95,534    437,783

Bohol                            775    42,754      170,064      643     38,004     129,802       39      4,572     34,115
Cebu                           1,471   184,690      845,327    1,101    106,691     456,974      123     75,566    354,643
Negros Oriental                  545    40,078      126,758      348     25,312      74,189       60     14,399     39,737
Siquijor                          41     3,456       21,972       25      2,340      11,937       12        997      9,288

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas    525    73,532      502,509      399     40,370     167,230       62     31,175    310,419

Eastern Samar                     56     5,981       31,657       38      4,748      21,146        6      1,004      6,169
Leyte                            291    50,896      403,439      226     24,258     102,739       38     25,958    290,719
Northern Samar                    17       925        4,029       13        801       2,964        3        124        993
Samar                             34     5,149       19,650       24      3,735      13,501        6      1,363      5,228
Southern Leyte                   104     8,620       35,133       79      5,157      19,881        6      2,436      6,271
Biliran                           23     1,961        8,601       19      1,671       6,999        3        290      1,039

Region IX - Western Mindanao     406    84,166      358,320      240     28,040     142,556       95     50,606    191,247

Basilan                            8     1,257        6,466        2        326         787        6        931      5,679
Zamboanga del Norte               82     5,121       22,896       46      5,025      22,249        -          -          -
Zamboanga del Sur                316    77,788      328,958      192     22,689     119,520       89     49,675    185,568

Region X - Northern Mindanao     538    50,768      201,639      359     34,996     116,559       42     15,381     73,607

Bukidnon                         195    23,552       87,014      127     15,502      43,702       23      8,050     41,244
Camiguin                          89     3,944       25,115       32      3,110      16,626        2        777      5,648
Misamis Occidental               202    17,041       70,741      161     13,771      46,637       14      2,986     18,620
Misamis Oriental                  52     6,231       18,769       39      2,613       9,594        3      3,568      8,095

Region XI - Southern Mindanao  2,200   245,156    1,033,924    1,506     93,618     342,422      233    145,364    636,374

Davao del Norte                  926    40,370      126,802      607     28,408      75,144       62      9,182     38,106
Davao del Sur                    753    79,031      358,270      546     43,596     199,924       73     33,657    137,467
Davao Oriental                    58     3,874       11,212       47      3,346      10,171        6        473        929
South Cotabato                   432   115,877      487,343      287     16,225      48,177       82     98,115    419,342
Sarangani                         31     6,004       50,297       19      2,043       9,006       10      3,937     40,530

Region XII - Central Mindanao    520    63,511      313,437      303     23,696      86,868       61     39,087    214,866

Lanao del Norte                  407    38,274      212,155      227     17,204      57,886       28     20,487    144,299
North Cotabato                    84    21,260       83,729       57      4,742      21,311       24     16,518     61,240
Sultan Kudarat                    29     3,977       17,553       19      1,750       7,671        9      2,082      9,327

Region XIII - Caraga             575    56,263      252,000      354     31,207     110,891       79     21,886    130,589

Agusan del Norte                 230    25,561       96,604      125     13,339      44,500       29     11,447     49,031
Agusan del Sur                    33     6,352       54,587        7        488       1,507        9      5,790     52,821
Surigao del Norte                265    20,840       85,446      191     14,695      56,341       33      3,824     23,866
Surigao del Sur                   47     3,510       15,363       31      2,685       8,543        8        825      4,871

Autonomous Region in Muslim
  Mindanao                       139     8,438       36,016      103      5,412      16,902       20      2,839     15,813

Maguindanao                      139     8,438       36,016      103      5,412      16,902       20      2,839     15,813

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Table 1.  (concluded)

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                                         ADDITIONS          |ALTERATIONS/REPAIRS|    DEMOLITIONS    |  STREET FURNITURE
Region and Province                  |    Floor |           |        |          |          |        |          |
                              Number |     Area |     Value | Number |    Value |   Number |  Value |   Number |    Value
                                (10) |     (11) |      (12) |   (13) |     (14) |     (15) |   (16) |     (17) |     (18)
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Philippines                    1,115    132,538     701,124    2,909  1,768,302         33   11,225        269    125,755

National Capital Region          302     47,754     334,223      795  1,171,480         26    7,558         32     10,098

Manila, First District            34      2,119      60,255      107    143,299          3    2,045          9        702
Second District                  112     18,067      96,064      344    150,250          3    1,273          3        868
Third District                    21      3,068      15,612       58     70,331          1    1,698          4      1,453
Fourth District                  135     24,500     162,292      286    807,600         19    2,542         16      7,075

Cordillera Administrative
  Region                           9      2,933       7,933       43     18,121          -        -          9        502

Benguet                            9      2,933       7,933       42     16,721          -        -          9        502
Kalinga Apayao                     -          -           -        1      1,400          -        -          -          -

Region I - Ilocos                 45      3,494      20,610       80     32,971          3      915         77     13,189

Ilocos Norte                      30      2,229      14,532       40     10,544          1      375         58     11,279
Ilocos Sur                         4        262       1,700       25     13,688          2      540          8        392
La Union                           5        498       2,295        2        138          -        -         11      1,518
Pangasinan                         6        505       2,083       13      8,601          -        -          -          -

Region II - Cagayan Valley        13      2,808       8,932       11      2,736          -        -          -          -

Isabela                           10      2,237       6,503        8      1,612          -        -          -          -
Nueva Vizcaya                      -          -           -        1        443          -        -          -          -
Quirino                            3        571       2,429        2        681          -        -          -          -

Region III - Central Luzon        57      9,759      31,698      184    120,346          2       70         15     53,548

Bataan                             2        259       1,557       17     57,609          -        -          2      2,005
Bulacan                           19      5,165      10,155       21     14,236          -        -          1        770
Nueva Ecija                       10        723       3,387       80     13,170          1       60          3        800
Pampanga                          11      1,810       7,951       37     19,468          -        -          5     49,270
Tarlac                             3        472       1,562       10      3,657          1       10          3        695
Zambales                          12      1,330       7,086       19     12,206          -        -          1          8

Region IV - Southern Tagalog     398     41,779     210,903      335    228,295          1      200         33      6,380

Batangas                          34      5,573      23,472       64      9,803          -        -          1        350
Cavite                           197     18,735      98,532       52     67,024          -        -         16      2,028
Laguna                            85     11,633      60,174       92    106,372          1      200          7      1,312
Marinduque                         1         30          82        6        335          -        -          -          -
Occidental Mindoro                 -          -           -        -          -          -        -          1        350
Oriental Mindoro                   -          -           -        3        294          -        -          -          -
Palawan                            -          -           -       29        460          -        -          4        632
Quezon                             2        585       3,839       16      4,417          -        -          2      1,408
Rizal                             79      5,223      24,804       70     39,546          -        -          2        300
Romblon                            -          -           -        2         30          -        -          -          -
Aurora                             -          -           -        1         14          -        -          -          -

Region V - Bicol                  15      1,458        6,124     117     40,440          -        -          2        637

Albay                              -          -            -      18     14,804          -        -          -          -
Camarines Sur                      9        912        3,082      91     19,204          -        -          -          -
Catanduanes                        4        396        2,472       8      6,432          -        -          -          -
Masbate                            1         58          311       -          -          -        -          -          -
Sorsogon                           1         92          259       -          -          -        -          2        637

Region VI - Western Visayas       11      1,299       7,167       81     32,509          -        -          5      2,208

Aklan                              3        386       2,832        2        393          -        -          2      1,906
Antique                            -          -           -        1         92          -        -          -          -
Capiz                              1         67         128        9      7,086          -        -          -          -
Iloilo                             -          -           -       11      2,056          -        -          -          -
Negros Occidental                  7        846       4,207       55     21,037          -        -          3        302
Guimaras                           -          -           -        3      1,845          -        -          -          -

Region VII - Central Visayas      36      3,097      13,315      445     40,121          1    2,482         40     15,734

Bohol                              7        178         392       86      5,755          -        -          6        647
Cebu                              18      2,433      11,322      229     22,388          1    2,482         28      5,606
Negros Oriental                   10        367         886      127     11,946          -        -          6      9,481
Siquijor                           1        119         715        3         32          -        -          -          -

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas     15      1,987       8,887       49     15,973          -        -          8        365

Eastern Samar                      4        229       2,086        8      2,256          -        -          -          -
Leyte                              5        680       1,467       22      8,514          -        -          4        116
Northern Samar                     -          -           -        1         72          -        -          -          -
Samar                              1         51         186        3        735          -        -          -          -
Southern Leyte                     5      1,027       5,148       14      3,833          -        -          4        249
Biliran                            -          -           -        1        563          -        -          -          -

Region IX - Western Mindanao       23     5,520      20,997       48      3,520          -        -         17      3,194

Zamboanga del Norte                 3        96         171       33        476          -        -          -          -
Zamboanga del Sur                  20     5,424      20,826       15      3,044          -        -         17      3,194

Region X - Northern Mindanao        5       391       1,173      132     10,300          -        -          -          -

Bukidnon                            -         -           -       45      2,068          -        -          -          -
Camiguin                            1        57         256       54      2,585          -        -          -          -
Misamis Occidental                  3       284         866       24      4,618          -        -          -          -
Misamis Oriental                    1        50          51        9      1,029          -        -          -          -

Region XI - Southern Mindanao     134     6,174      20,428      327     34,700          -        -         20     19,119

Davao del Norte                    86     2,780      10,110      171      3,442          -        -         14         63
Davao del Sur                      30     1,778       5,243      104     15,636          -        -          3         73
Davao Oriental                      3        55          79        2         33          -        -         -           -
South Cotabato                     14     1,537       4,847       49     14,977          -        -          3     18,983
Sarangani                           1        24         149        1        612          -        -         -           -

Region XII - Central Mindanao      15       728       1,804      141      9,899          -        -          4        255

Lanao del Norte                    14       583       1,249      138      8,721          -        -          1          5
North Cotabato                      -         -           -        3      1,178          -        -          3        250
Sultan Kudarat                      1       145         555        -          -          -        -          -           -

Region XIII - Caraga               32     3,170       6,131      110      4,389          -        -          7        526

Agusan del Norte                    7       775       1,530       69      1,543          -        -          2        255
Agusan del Sur                      1        74          79       16        180          -        -          -          -
Surigao del Norte                  24     2,321       4,522       17        717          -        -          5        271
Surigao del Sur                     -         -           -        8      1,949          -        -          -          -

Autonomous Region in Muslim
  Mindanao                          5       187         799       11      2,502          -        -          -          -

Maguindanao                         5       187         799       11      2,502          -        -          -          -

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Source:  Industry Statistics Division
         Industry and Trade Statistics Department
         National Statistics Office
         Republic of the Philippines

Page last updated:   November 13, 2003
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