Table 1. Number, Floor Area and Value of Building Construction, by Type of Building,
         by Region and Province: First Quarter, 2004

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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                   25,447   3,642,395   24,832,635   17,820   2,261,797   13,440,983    2,633   1,238,617   8,644,922

National Capital Region        3,206   1,013,340    9,209,244    1,792     611,917    5,390,095      305     359,795   2,766,742

Manila, First District           327      54,607      506,577      165      29,878      244,115       53      22,938     196,476
Second District                1,376     364,411    2,389,004      810     193,030    1,131,948       97     152,642     854,656
Third District                   331      46,319      276,705      214      30,956      172,607       32      11,715      59,132
Fourth District                1,172     548,003    6,036,958      603     358,053    3,841,425      123     172,500   1,656,478

Cordillera Administrative
  Region                         341      82,210      522,040      231      41,955      219,994       57      39,385     278,679

Abra                              12       3,458        9,765        6         641        2,002        5       2,817       7,665
Benguet                          309      71,353      429,300      213      39,335      207,075       44      31,148     198,956
Ifugao                             9       1,411        8,792        5         771        4,455        4         640       4,337
Kalinga                           10       5,841       73,465        6       1,061        5,744        4       4,780      67,721
Mountain Province                  1         147          718        1         147          718        -           -           -

Region I - Ilocos              2,168     231,500    1,068,977    1,804     182,525      822,238      165      43,095     180,024

Ilocos Norte                     485      43,448      225,379      361      37,007      173,518       46       3,803      22,246
Ilocos Sur                       422      29,518      139,303      338      26,301      110,224       17       2,458      14,460
La Union                         337      48,190      231,308      291      37,611      187,603       33       9,227      36,041
Pangasinan                       924     110,344      472,987      814      81,606      350,893       69      27,607     107,277

Region II - Cagayan Valley       575      67,000      347,464      493      50,637      235,391       65      15,748     103,816

Batanes                            3         180        1,300        3         180        1,300        -           -           -
Cagayan                          296      30,839      142,207      291      27,635      125,923        5       3,204      16,284
Isabela                          152      21,699      119,329      107      12,346       54,845       36       8,905      60,060
Ilagan                            41       3,217       25,594       22       2,026       13,418       17       1,141      11,022
Nueva Vizcaya                     83      11,065       59,034       70       8,450       39,905        7       2,498      16,450
Quirino

Region III - Central Luzon     2,930     446,123    2,797,740    2,374     256,484    1,189,831      393     181,714   1,505,483

Bataan                           275      46,337      227,138      252      28,153      156,123       11      16,546      64,617
Bulacan                        1,304     106,042      500,256    1,137      67,810      329,685      133      35,847     153,246
Nueva Ecija                      310      37,367      204,533      200      24,201      118,576       55      11,067      56,005
Pampanga                         657     145,005      711,943      485      97,485      383,778      133      46,841     293,130
Tarlac                           236      67,594      211,711      187      23,119      116,467       36      43,732      88,026
Zambales                          96      37,251      903,310       78      12,413       71,894       10      24,457     825,242
Aurora                            52       6,527       38,849       35       3,303       13,308       15       3,224      25,217

Region IVA - Calabarzon        5,045     711,830    5,250,442    3,773     449,120    2,653,541      444     198,324   1,510,261

Batangas                         802     121,276    1,380,514      599      66,529      375,991       84      51,396     394,836
Cavite                         1,560     184,299    1,253,093    1,168     114,155      653,925      116      50,298     471,994
Laguna                         1,284     238,241    1,533,910    1,010     141,344      785,848      149      68,871     503,688
Quezon                           203      21,108      119,460      154      14,757       78,313       17       5,734      32,606
Rizal                          1,196     146,906      963,465      842     112,335      759,464       78      22,025     107,137

Region IVB - Mimaropa            290      38,245      225,892      200      25,184      136,360       70      13,061      87,451

Marinduque                        81       7,812       41,953       67       6,507       27,270        9       1,305      13,050
Occidental Mindoro                12       1,814        6,838        9         945        3,805        3         869       3,033
Oriental Mindoro                  98      17,453       84,855       62      10,170       55,607       33       7,283      29,039
Palawan                           94      10,252       84,455       58       7,215       48,028       24       3,037      36,188
Romblon                            5         914        7,791        4         347        1,650        1         567       6,141

Region V - Bicol                 583      71,780      408,401      372      52,451      250,858       80      17,380     121,002

Albay                             88      20,261       88,018       69      15,729       57,532        9       4,532      20,654
Camarines Norte                   39       4,422       22,226       29       2,582       14,737        6       1,784       6,147
Camarines Sur                    374      37,573      235,876      218      27,620      142,109       50       9,199      77,040
Catanduanes                       29       3,236       22,382       25       3,095       17,206        4         141       5,176
Masbate                           20       2,358       12,209       10       1,139        6,420        7       1,116       5,389
Sorsogon                          33       3,930       27,690       21       2,286       12,854        4         608       6,596

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Table 1.  (continued)

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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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Region VI - Western Visayas    1,153     160,254      987,157      948     121,255      659,040      103      35,563     273,399

Aklan                             78      19,670      113,850       55      12,302       61,678       16       7,168      49,563
Antique                           40       6,880       44,748       30       3,724       22,240        6       1,905      16,964
Capiz                             94      15,567       59,802       70      10,077       37,306       22       5,318      20,676
Iloilo                           302      51,102      282,659      279      49,532      256,395        9       1,281      12,211
Negros Occidental                632      65,952      481,861      507      44,537      277,184       50      19,891     173,985
Guimaras                           7       1,083        4,237        7       1,083        4,237        -           -           -

Region VII - Central Visayas   2,843     315,678    1,749,139    1,919     171,683      707,410      256     140,932     954,270

Bohol                            339      23,372       86,358      297      20,908       74,867        5       2,444      11,033
Cebu                           1,800     249,918    1,496,864    1,145     120,205      543,464      197     127,332     878,161
Negros Oriental                  692      41,605      160,361      474      30,279       87,583       49      10,850      62,408
Siquijor                          12         783        5,556        3         291        1,496        5         306       2,668

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas    648      57,155      309,062      429      44,165      186,008       75      11,144      74,414

Eastern Samar                     61       7,474       43,441       34       4,644       25,872       12       2,702      11,925
Leyte                            270      26,866      164,655      174      22,214       97,228       37       3,184      36,369
Northern Samar                   130       8,019       28,597       87       4,869       11,751        8       3,040      14,342
Samar (Western Samar)             41       3,705       14,607       35       3,479       13,618        4         226         656
Southern Leyte                    88       5,773       34,021       53       4,784       20,261        9         969       5,330
Biliran                           58       5,318       23,741       46       4,175       17,278        5       1,023       5,792

Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula  477      46,312      200,203      242      26,679      111,993       61      18,409      75,957

Zamboanga del Norte              269      13,858       53,209      112      11,768       39,446        3       1,706      10,710
Zamboanga del Sur                200      30,924      141,986      127      14,397       70,918       55      15,687      61,913
Isabela City                       8       1,530        5,008        3         514        1,629        3       1,016       3,334

Region X - Northern Mindanao   1,501     131,829      563,036      841      65,774      242,208      136      63,864     243,581

Bukidnon                         217      54,906      202,010      164      11,636       31,193       45      43,190     169,075
Camiguin                          83       1,721        6,511       28       1,546        4,297        3         175         573
Lanao del Norte                  455      25,268       90,702      199      16,094       57,660       37       8,662      27,426
Misamis Occidental               194      15,685       86,702      170      12,343       42,354        6       2,334      11,641
Misamis Oriental                 552      34,249      177,111      280      24,155      106,704       45       9,503      34,866

Region XI - Davao              2,375     166,505      739,358    1,643     108,130      421,329      195      53,828     291,670

Davao del Norte                  682      31,328      112,673      484      22,759       68,737       54       6,962      32,893
Davao del Sur                  1,288     116,739      565,613      908      73,265      321,071      112      41,377     231,614
Davao Oriental                    57       5,823       29,085       33       2,758        8,750       18       2,950      20,121
Compostela Valley                348      12,615       31,987      218       9,348       22,771       11       2,539       7,042

Region XII - Soccsksargen        551      55,635      252,465      371      26,537      107,838      112      28,146      95,864

South Cotabato                   383      39,466      189,243      258      16,379       68,060       78      22,409      74,385
Sultan Kudarat                    19       2,323        7,581       13       2,057        5,549        4         266       1,331
Saranggani                        27       3,335       11,556       19       1,973        5,623        7       1,362       5,817
Cotabato City                    122      10,511       44,085       81       6,128       28,606       23       4,109      14,331

Region XIII - Caraga             710      45,286      193,486      345      26,274      103,259      108      17,543      77,370

Agusan del Norte                 438      25,569      101,128      248      17,423       70,924       39       7,353      22,472
Agusan del Sur                   136       8,480       31,875       23       2,321       12,178       43       5,981      18,357
Surigao del Norte                103       7,893       34,095       57       5,166       16,170       18       2,271      14,993
Surigao del Sur                   33       3,344       26,388       17       1,364        3,987        8       1,938      21,548

Autonomous Region
  in Muslim Mindanao              51       1,713        8,529       43       1,027        3,590        8         686       4,939

Basilan                            1          65          505        1          65          505        -           -           -
Maguindanao                       44       1,412        5,202       42         962        3,085        2         450       2,117
Sulu                               2         236        1,822        -           -            -        2         236       1,822
Tawi-Tawi                          4           -        1,000        -           -            -        4           -       1,000
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Table 1.  (continued)

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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                    1,163     141,981      894,476     3,831   1,852,254         22   10,203        249     73,466

National Capital Region          239      41,628      375,987       870     676,420          9    6,387         24      6,326

Manila, First District            32       1,791       13,627        77      52,359          5    5,352          7      3,004
Second District                   87      18,739      217,435       382     184,965          -        -          2        363
Third District                    26       3,648       13,784        59      31,182          4    1,035          4        100
Fourth District                   94      17,450      131,141       352     407,914          -        -         11      2,859

Cordillera Administrative
  Region                          10         870        4,815        43      18,552          2       50         33      1,117

Abra                               -           -            -         1          98          -        -          -          -
Benguet                           10         870        4,815        42      18,454          2       50         33      1,117

Region I - Ilocos                 68       5,880       27,866       131      38,849          1       39         71      8,051

Ilocos Norte                      39       2,638       12,764        39      16,851          -        -         55      6,436
Ilocos Sur                        12         759        4,353        55      10,266          1       39          7        690
La Union                           8       1,352        5,717         5       1,947          -        -          9        925
Pangasinan                         9       1,131        5,032        32       9,785          -        -          -          -

Region II - Cagayan Valley         7         615        2,957        10       5,300          1      150          -          -

Isabela                            4         448        1,961         5       2,463          -        -          -          -
Nueva Vizcaya                      1          50          286         1         868          -        -          -          -
Quirino                            2         117          710         4       1,969          1      150          -          -

Region III - Central Luzon        48       7,925       48,631       115      53,795          6      290         13      6,608

Bataan                             6       1,638        4,940         6       1,458          -        -          -          -
Bulacan                           19       2,385       10,922        15       6,403          1      200          3      4,778
Nueva Ecija                        8       2,099       25,554        47       4,398          1       50          8        709
Pampanga                           7         679        2,813        32      32,222          3       25          -          -
Tarlac                             5         743        2,611         8       4,607          1       15          2      1,121
Zambales                           3         381        1,791         5       4,383          -        -          -          -
Aurora                             -           -            -         2         324          -        -          -          -

Region IVA - Calabarzon          453      64,386      319,678       375     766,962          2    3,233         32     22,342

Batangas                          14       3,351       17,635       105     592,052          -        -          1        216
Cavite                           216      19,846      100,364        60      26,810          1    3,203         16      6,577
Laguna                            53      28,026      142,754        72     101,620          -        -          6      7,008
Quezon                             5         617        1,302        27       7,239          1       30          7      8,523
Rizal                            165      12,546       57,623       111      39,241          -        -          2         18

Region IVB - Mimaropa              -           -            -        20       2,081          -        -          1        226

Marinduque                         -           -            -         5       1,633          -        -          -          -
Oriental Mindoro                   -           -            -         3         209          -        -          -          -
Palawan                            -           -            -        12         239          -        -          1        226

Region V - Bicol                  12       1,949        9,981       119      26,560          -        -          1      9,800

Albay                              -           -            -        10       9,832          -        -          -          -
Camarines Norte                    1          56          401         3         941          -        -          -          -
Camarines Sur                      5         754        4,139       101      12,588          -        -          1      9,800
Masbate                            2         103          347         1          53          -        -          -          -
Sorsogon                           4       1,036        5,094         4       3,146          -        -          -          -

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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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Region VI - Western Visayas       17       3,436       17,985        85      36,733          -        -         17      5,315

Aklan                              1         200          843         6       1,766          -        -          -          -
Antique                            2       1,251        5,389         2         155          -        -          -          -
Capiz                              1         172        1,030         1         790          -        -          -          -
Iloilo                             3         289        3,182        11      10,871          -        -          5      1,611
Negros Occidental                 10       1,524        7,541        65      23,151          -        -         12      3,704

Region VII - Central Visayas      41       3,063       24,454       627      63,005          -        -         17      8,463

Bohol                              1          20           21        36         437          -        -          -          -
Cebu                              22       2,381       22,956       436      52,283          -        -         14      7,134
Negros Oriental                   15         476          763       154       9,607          -        -          3      1,329
Siquijor                           3         186          714         1         678          -        -          -          -

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas     21       1,846        6,737       123      41,903          -        -         20      1,271

Eastern Samar                      2         128          332        13       5,312          -        -          -          -
Leyte                              9       1,468        5,779        50      25,279          -        -         14        458
Northern Samar                     7         110          141        28       2,363          -        -          -          -
Samar (Western Samar)              -           -            -         2         333          -        -          -          -
Southern Leyte                     1          20           20        25       8,410          -        -          6        813
Biliran                            2         120          465         5         206          -        -          -          -

Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula   20       1,224        4,279       154       7,974          -        -          3        340

Zamboanga del Norte               12         384          616       142       2,437          -        -          -          -
Zamboanga del Sur                  8         840        3,663        10       5,492          -        -          3        340
Isabela City                       -           -            -         2          45          -        -          -          -

Region X - Northern Mindanao      32       2,191       36,014       492      41,233          1       54          6        497

Bukidnon                           2          80          222         6       1,520          -        -          1         69
Camiguin                           -           -            -        52       1,641          -        -          -          -
Lanao del Norte                   19         512        1,065       200       4,551          1       54          -          -
Misamis Occidental                 4       1,008       27,012        14       5,695          -        -          -          -
Misamis Oriental                   7         591        7,715       220      27,826          -        -          5        428

Region XI - Davao                161       4,547        7,205       376      19,154          -        -          7        970

Davao del Norte                   39       1,607        2,017       105       9,026          -        -          2          7
Davao del Sur                     77       2,097        4,132       191       8,796          -        -          2        501
Davao Oriental                     4         115          190         2          24          -        -          -          -
Compostela Valley                 41         728          866        78       1,308          -        -          3        462

Region XII - Soccsksargen         20         952        2,471        48      46,292          -        -          1         84

South Cotabato                     8         678        1,601        39      45,197          -        -          1         84
Sultan Kudarat                     -           -            -         2         701          -        -          -          -
Saranggani                         -           -            -         1         116          -        -          -          -
Cotabato City                     12         274          870         6         278          -        -          -          -

Region XIII - Caraga              14       1,469        5,416       243       7,441          -        -          3      2,056

Agusan del Norte                   7         793        3,940       144       3,792          -        -          2      1,949
Agusan del Sur                     2         178          218        68       1,122          -        -          -          -
Surigao del Norte                  4         456        1,209        24       1,723          -        -          1        107
Surigao del Sur                    1          42           49         7         804          -        -          -          -

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

Page last updated:  August 13, 2004
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