Table 1. Number, Floor Area and Value of Building Construction, by Type of Building,
         by Region, Province, and Municipality: Fourth Quarter, 2003

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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                   27,314   3,272,106   20,059,274   18,757   1,986,153   10,619,929    2,770   1,140,277   7,039,299

National Capital Region        3,066     739,372    6,448,905    1,652     401,154    2,850,731      383     302,120   2,356,986

Manila, First District           337      57,176      577,000      167      33,497      281,574       50      21,677     187,185
Second District                1,344     313,288    2,393,068      763     165,778      996,147      174     132,278     963,872
Third District                   267      50,754      283,549      164      28,804      140,338       46      18,935      94,170
Fourth District                1,118     318,154    3,195,288      558     173,075    1,432,672      113     129,230   1,111,759

Cordillera Administrative
  Region                         424      73,321      480,617      250      42,800      242,235       58      28,339     181,038
     
Abra                               8         776        5,048        5         519        2,644        2          82         240
Benguet                          391      69,091      459,665      229      40,545      232,227       51      27,317     175,491
Ifugao                             3         425        1,930        3         425        1,930        -           -           -
Kalinga                           12       2,207       10,953        7         929        3,743        3         612       4,364
Mountain Province                  1         272          711        -           -            -        1         272         711
Apayao                             9         550        2,310        6         382        1,691        1          56         232

Region I - Ilocos              1,639     192,510    1,006,265    1,351     146,045      650,910      125      37,086     231,984
                         
Ilocos Norte                     397      41,886      219,066      308      34,194      164,438       36       5,263      24,440
Ilocos Sur                       261      26,848      130,017      227      22,334       97,339       13       2,188      10,346
La Union                         202      28,778      149,764      175      22,418      109,286       23       6,360      38,215
Pangasinan                       779      94,998      507,418      641      67,099      279,847       53      23,275     158,983

Region II - Cagayan Valley       536      61,499      327,604      472      42,738      208,954       50      18,065     113,402

Cagayan                          293      26,032      133,171      284      19,577       87,374        9       6,455      45,797
Isabela                          151      25,020      135,846      116      14,455       72,902       30      10,453      61,319
Ilagan                            13       1,852       11,799        8         982        5,046        4         870       6,447
Nueva Vizcaya                     30       3,920       24,212       20       3,083       18,430       10         837       5,782
Quirino                           62       6,527       34,375       52       5,623       30,248        1         320         504

Region III - Central Luzon     2,535     334,023    1,799,463    1,819     181,293      967,656      554     135,279     696,452

Bataan                           181      30,920      232,950      153      19,847       95,238       18       9,541     116,533
Bulacan                          797      91,990      462,060      606      54,080      281,010      133      36,225     152,269
Nueva Ecija                      190      25,250      132,216      132      14,577       74,330       38      10,522      55,119
Pampanga                       1,056     135,818      712,679      697      59,944      342,347      308      63,181     300,030
Tarlac                           168      26,239      130,515      125      15,950       83,612       30       9,447      41,709
Zambales                         112      18,558      109,218       86      14,495       81,360       16       3,515      20,726
Aurora                            31       5,248       19,825       20       2,400        9,759       11       2,848      10,066

Region IVA - Calabarzon        8,437     738,988    4,543,244    5,782     506,723    2,801,211      625     191,204   1,249,564

Batangas                         778     138,344      910,050      479      60,418      340,695      219      73,988     504,413
Cavite                         1,816     189,421    1,260,987    1,406     133,502      874,881      154      41,743     282,433
Laguna                         4,762     298,482    1,647,406    3,051     222,597    1,036,030      171      58,841     354,176
Quezon                           293      25,880      149,321      247      22,328      111,252       17       1,796      15,396
Rizal                            788      86,861      575,480      599      67,878      438,353       64      14,836      93,146

Region IVB - Mimaropa            631      65,628      302,886      484      47,916      197,149       87      15,482      93,702

Marinduque                        91       6,780       37,018       70       5,683       22,367       15         890      13,224
Occidental Mindoro                19       2,714       15,132       11       1,341        5,046        5         288       6,294
Oriental Mindoro                  81       9,932       56,623       54       6,217       32,557       26       3,684      23,989
Palawan                          154      19,282       93,725       91       9,841       51,220       32       9,245      41,275
Romblon                          286      26,920      100,388      258      24,834       85,959        9       1,375       8,920

Region V - Bicol                 479      68,480      357,787      334      47,725      212,312       66      18,415     115,452

Albay                            117      31,221      123,130       97      23,034       82,990       16       8,187      36,946
Camarines Norte                   44       4,453       22,629       39       4,051       18,687        3         402       2,367
Camarines Sur                    180      14,272      100,691       96      10,430       53,379       22       3,300      31,022
Catanduanes                       28       4,403       19,830       19       1,595        8,100        4       1,181       6,960
Masbate                           39       4,822       28,952       33       3,824       19,521        5         857       8,578
Sorsogon                          71       9,309       62,555       50       4,791       29,635       16       4,488      29,579

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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    1,320     166,850      895,962    1,047     121,989      597,354      138      35,825     206,037

Aklan                             80      19,294      119,689       46       8,332       44,391       26       6,166      39,367
Antique                           22       3,078       20,591       17       2,780       18,234        4         298       2,271
Capiz                             84      11,752       51,002       63       7,872       30,064       14       3,802      14,714
Iloilo                           655      84,317      413,984      593      70,340      333,573       45      13,532      73,021
Negros Occidental                441      45,394      273,580      292      29,736      156,542       47      11,941      74,098
Guimaras                          38       3,015       17,116       36       2,929       14,550        2          86       2,566

Region VII - Central Visayas   2,460     336,294    1,884,145    1,810     176,652      866,518      156     155,415     968,893

Bohol                            595      56,526      327,812      514      53,371      304,366        3       2,895      21,945
Cebu                           1,257     245,592    1,423,500      924      97,248      473,489      103     145,807     916,201
Negros Oriental                  566      26,689       87,825      350      22,039       61,776       39       3,770      14,966
Siquijor                          42       7,487       45,008       22       3,994       26,887       11       2,943      15,781

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas    554      71,945      364,744      353      38,404      157,575      100      32,433     158,117

Eastern Samar                     66       7,670       50,729       46       4,454       20,723        8       2,895      27,388
Leyte                            313      45,539      237,610      183      21,204       87,971       62      23,699     107,131
Northern Samar                    28       2,392       10,449       17       1,297        6,165        6       1,039       3,968
Samar (Western Samar)             43       5,644       19,928       31       4,246       13,018        9       1,398       6,868
Southern Leyte                    68       6,478       25,575       45       3,614       15,810       12       2,769       6,597
Biliran                           36       4,222       20,453       31       3,589       13,888        3         633       6,165
                            
Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula  330      23,740       92,731      175      18,321       70,071       21       4,106      15,438

Zamboanga del Norte              211       9,623       28,253       93       8,934       25,181        3         301         821
Zamboanga del Sur                115      13,903       63,044       79       9,173       43,784       18       3,805      14,617
Isabela City                       4         214        1,434        3         214        1,106        -           -           -

Region X - Northern Mindanao   1,616     101,594      480,148    1,029      64,893      246,031      116      33,657     196,390

Bukidnon                         166      18,067       67,147      113       8,188       23,515       26       9,773      42,662
Camiguin                         108       2,533       11,002       38       2,497        8,204        1          36         482
Lanao del Norte                  386      21,178      103,752      185      14,074       47,678       25       6,881      52,414
Misamis Occidental               153      12,723       54,588      120       8,853       32,270       16       3,746      14,576
Misamis Oriental                 803      47,093      243,659      573      31,281      134,364       48      13,221      86,256

Region XI - Davao              1,963     168,496      598,354    1,411      97,227      358,364      133      67,587     207,325

Davao del Norte                  480      50,307      128,765      320      14,390       40,477       49      34,608      80,876
Davao del Sur                  1,233     107,105      433,727      922      74,236      290,700       72      31,445     119,429
Davao Oriental                    72       4,643       21,549       60       3,396       14,856        7       1,075       6,353
Compostela Valley                178       6,441       14,313      109       5,205       12,331        5         459         667

Region XII - Soccsksargen        487      65,817      213,044      364      22,859       84,266       78      42,089     117,513

North Cotabato                    43       3,350       15,387       32       2,102       10,060        8       1,229       4,754
South Cotabato                   274      50,273      144,785      205      13,450       47,631       44      36,712      91,309
Sultan Kudarat                    37       3,719       15,086       24       1,902        7,168       11       1,676       6,345
Saranggani                        15       1,198        9,642        9         582        2,142        6         616       7,500
Cotabato City                    118       7,277       28,144       94       4,823       17,265        9       1,856       7,605

Region XIII - Caraga             797      62,204      259,954      384      28,069      105,171       80      23,175     131,006

Agusan del Norte                 248      15,184       66,858      120       9,039       35,307       22       5,907      29,026
Agusan del Sur                   131       3,987       19,926       25       2,784       11,928        9       1,102       4,738
Surigao del Norte                393      39,616      156,095      224      14,778       48,980       40      14,235      89,153
Surigao del Sur                   25       3,417       17,075       15       1,468        8,956        9       1,931       8,089

Autonomous Region 
  in Muslim Mindanao              40       1,345        3,421       40       1,345        3,421        -           -           -

Basilan                            2         155          448        2         155          448        -           -           -
Maguindanao                       38       1,190        2,973       38       1,190        2,973        -           -           -

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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                    1,020     145,676      814,546    4,767    1,585,500         13   10,507        232     65,689

National Capital Region          203      36,098      246,737      828      994,451          4    1,346         38      6,243

Manila, First District            20       2,002       13,873      100       94,368          -        -         10        721
Second District                   81      15,232       81,365      326      351,684          1      172          6      1,231
Third District                    21       3,015       21,240       36       27,801          2      194          7        312
Fourth District                   81      15,849      130,259      366      520,598          1      980         15      3,979

Cordillera Administrative
  Region                          14       2,182       12,677      102       44,667          4      443         19      1,579

Abra                               1         175        2,164        -            -          -        -          -          -
Benguet                            9       1,229        7,280      102       44,667          4      443         19      1,579
Kalinga                            2         666        2,846        -            -          -        -          -          -
Apayao                             2         112          387        -            -          -        -          -          -

Region I - Ilocos                 43       9,379       63,114      120       60,257          1       34         70     11,376

Ilocos Norte                      24       2,429        9,637       29       20,551          1       34         54      7,258
Ilocos Sur                         5       2,326       15,428       16        6,904          -        -          8      1,397
La Union                           1           -          743        3        1,520          -        -          7        476
Pangasinan                        13       4,624       37,306       72       31,282          -        -          1      2,245

Region II - Cagayan                9         696        3,317        5        1,931          -        -          -          -

Isabela                            2         112          404        3        1,221          -        -          -          -
Quirino                            7         584        2,913        2          710          -        -          -          -

Region III - Central Luzon        53      17,451       74,765      109       60,590          1       55         19      5,543

Bataan                             4       1,532       17,986        6        3,193          -        -          -          -
Bulacan                           20       1,685        6,076       38       22,705          -        -          3      1,649
Nueva Ecija                        2         151          372       18        2,395          1       55          8      1,285
Pampanga                          17      12,693       44,454       34       25,848          -        -          5      1,941
Tarlac                             6         842        2,788        7        2,406          -        -          1        300
Zambales                           4         548        3,089        6        4,043          -        -          2        368

Region IVA - Calabarzon          369      41,061      283,948    1,661      208,521          -        -         38     28,699

Batangas                          17       3,938       47,056       63       17,886          -        -          -          -
Cavite                           190      14,176       82,861       66       20,812          -        -         15      6,449
Laguna                            85      17,044      125,681    1,455      131,519          -        -          8      4,313
Quezon                             5       1,756        8,132       24       14,541          -        -         13     17,822
Rizal                             72       4,147       20,218       53       23,763          -        -          2        115

Region IVB - Mimaropa             18       2,230        6,586       42        5,449          -        -          1        238

Marinduque                         2         207          449        4          978          -        -          -          -
Occidental Mindoro                 2       1,085        3,441        1          351          -        -          -          -
Oriental Mindoro                   1          31           77        -            -          -        -          -          -
Palawan                            4         196          612       27          618          -        -          1        238
Romblon                            9         711        2,007       10        3,502          -        -          -          -

Region V - Bicol                   9       2,340        5,439       70       24,584          -        -          1         82

Albay                              -           -            -        4        3,194          -        -          -          -
Camarines Norte                    -           -            -        2        1,575          -        -          -          -
Camarines Sur                      4         542        1,230       58       15,060          -        -          -          -
Catanduanes                        3       1,627        3,200        2        1,570          -        -          -          -
Masbate                            1         141          853        -            -          -        -          -          -
Sorsogon                           1          30          156        4        3,185          -        -          1         82

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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       26       9,036       55,433      109       37,138          1    8,559          6        861

Aklan                              5       4,796       35,585        3          346          -        -          1        108
Antique                            -           -            -        1           86          1    8,559          -          -
Capiz                              1          78          193        6        6,031          -        -          -          -
Iloilo                             3         445        1,404       14        5,986          -        -          3        315
Negros Occidental                 17       3,717       18,251       85       24,689          -        -          2        438

Region VII - Central Visayas      50       4,227       16,072      444       32,662          -        -         15      8,317

Bohol                             13         260          260       65        1,241          -        -          -          -
Cebu                              10       2,537       12,869      220       20,941          -        -         12      1,285
Negros Oriental                   21         880        2,073      156        9,010          -        -          3      7,032
Siquijor                           6         550          870        3        1,470          -        -          -          -

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas     10       1,108        3,596       91       45,456          1       30         14        740

Eastern Samar                      3         321        1,840        9          778          -        -          -          -
Leyte                              4         636        1,481       64       41,027          -        -         10        530
Northern Samar                     1          56           84        4          232          -        -          -          -
Samar (Western Samar)              -           -            -        3           42          -        -          -          -
Southern Leyte                     2          95          191        9        2,977          1       30          4        210
Biliran                            -           -            -        2          400          -        -          -          -

Region IX - Zamboanga Peninsula   20       1,313        4,075      114        3,147          -        -          1         90
   							
Zamboanga del Norte                9         388          690      106        1,561          -        -          -          -
Zamboanga del Sur                 10         925        3,057        8        1,586          -        -          1         90
Isabela City                       1           -          328        -            -          -        -          -          -
							
Region X - Northern Mindanao      17       3,044       10,309      454       27,418          1       40          5        641
						
Bukidnon                           2         106          276       25          694          -        -          1        188
Camiguin                           -           -            -       69        2,316          -        -          -          
Lanao del Norte                    8         223          928      168        2,732          -        -          1        197
Misamis Occidental                 2         124          318       15        7,424          -        -          -          
Misamis Oriental                   5       2,591        8,787      177       14,252          1       40          3        256
						
Region XI - Davao                134       3,682        8,877      285       23,788          -        -          3         24
					
Davao del Norte                   43       1,309        4,462       68        2,950          -        -          2          4
Davao del Sur                     54       1,424        3,149      185       20,449          -        -          1         20
Davao Oriental                     5         172          340        -            -          -        -          -          -
Compostela Valley                 32         777          926       32          389          -        -          -          -

Region XII - Soccsksargen         11         869        2,814       34        8,451          -        -          2      1,256

North Cotabato                     1          19           19        2          554          -        -          -          -
South Cotabato                     2         111          234       23        5,611          -        -          1         74
Sultan Kudarat                     1         141          728        1          845          -        -          1      1,182
Cotabato City                      7         598        1,833        8        1,441          -        -          -          -

Region XIII - Caraga              34      10,960       16,787      299        6,990          -        -          -          -

Agusan del Norte                   3         238          670      103        1,855          -        -          -          -
Agusan del Sur                     2         101          260       95        3,000          -        -          -          -
Surigao del Norte                 28      10,603       15,827      101        2,135          -        -          -          -
Surigao del Sur                    1          18           30        -            -          -        -          -          -

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

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