Table 1.  Number, Floor Area and Value of Building Construction, by Type of Building, by Region and Province: Philippines, Third Quarter 2007

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                                                     TOTAL             |             RESIDENTIAL          |        NONRESIDENTIAL
       Province,                             | Floor Area |     Value  |        | Floor Area |      Value |        | Floor Area |     Value
City, and Municipality                Number |    (sq.m.) |    (1,000) | Number |    (sq.m.) |    (1,000) | Number |    (sq.m.) |    (1,000)
                                         (1) |        (2) |        (3) |    (4) |        (5) |        (6) |    (7) |        (8) |        (9)
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Philippines                           21,513    3,160,101   24,892,432   15,145    1,800,791   13,131,986   2, 539    1,194,438   9,734,995

National Capital Region                3,340      906,880    9,443,743    1,804      430,266    4,362,921      537      381,739   3,822,234

Ist District                             248       41,450      437,309      106       21,231      187,903       34       15,613     133,923
2nd District                             629      158,934    1,140,378      312       85,296      543,278      118       56,408     412,647
3rd District                             605      115,725    1,038,294      306       46,974      498,604      122       50,587     379,974
4th District                             513       82,051      608,659      330       27,849      165,746       67       46,521     354,619
5th District                             611      331,704    4,346,159      242      162,796    2,209,352       66      135,748   1,621,005
6th District                             734      177,016    1,872,942      508       86,120      758,035      130       76,862     920,063

Cordillera Administrative Region         175       54,800      512,583      134       22,186      183,538       22       29,532     312,474

Abra                                       4          505        5,320        1          116          525        2          389       1,995
Benguet                                  159       52,994      500,994      122       20,799      176,902       19       29,113     310,321
Kalinga                                    3          500        2,307        3          500        2,307       -            -           -
Apayao                                     9          801        3,961        8          771        3,803        1           30         157

Region I - Ilocos Region               1,384      142,367      894,778    1,106      109,788      660,011      137       29,149     176,959

Ilocos Norte                             332       34,201      231,167      269       27,974      183,403       23        4,314      29,352
Ilocos Sur                               303       17,159       99,981      255       15,982       88,247       11        1,127       7,111
La Union                                 199       31,234      206,756      154       18,246      127,609       32       12,223      71,214
Pangasinan                               550       59,773      356,873      428       47,586      260,751       71       11,485      69,280

Region II - Cagayan Valley               372       44,421      277,877      243       28,589      160,608       63       15,714     114,302

Batanes                                    7          630        3,791        5          428        2,562        2          202       1,229
Cagayan                                  212       19,099      113,760      128       13,190       73,379       22        5,791      38,684
Isabela                                   96       14,637       79,151       69        9,760       48,970       23        4,877      28,912
Nueva Vizcaya                             46        8,257       71,730       33        4,249       32,174       13        4,008      39,556
Quirino                                   11        1,798        9,442        8          962        3,522        3          836       5,920

Region III - Central Luzon             2,734      359,851    2,419,132    2,063      207,840    1,350,090      360      139,776     975,707

Bataan                                   114       18,064      113,470       87       11,847       70,067       19        5,982      39,116
Bulacan                                1,353      101,527      541,930    1,102       68,628      389,318       76       26,652     114,447
Nueva Ecija                              269       30,442      244,875      158       16,790      126,373       64       12,509     105,826
Pampanga                                 708      160,558    1,209,822      517       83,706      583,971      146       73,267     593,555
Tarlac                                   159       30,837      200,000      117       15,487      103,323       33       14,413      91,088
Zambales                                  58       15,499       96,450       43        8,991       67,472       14        6,508      28,958
Aurora                                    73        2,924       12,583       39        2,391        9,562        8          445       2,713

Region IVA - CALABARZON                3,391      419,378    3,712,267    2,726      306,354    2,457,773      326      102,522   1,109,076

Batangas                                 319       71,072      717,835      219       49,237      400,159       31       19,746     301,189
Cavite                                 1,481      153,449    1,479,020    1,202      112,042    1,007,342      172       38,327     440,783
Laguna                                   396       52,170      507,628      323       31,837      242,917       39       18,413     238,884
Quezon                                   471       43,910      259,348      383       28,218      179,994       45       14,688      65,831
Rizal                                    724       98,777      748,434      599       85,020      627,360       39       11,348      62,387

Region IVB - MIMAROPA                    174       28,123      205,924      110       14,150       89,579       55       12,871     111,303

Marinduque                                 6          627        4,684        3          420        2,415        2          207       1,735
Occidental Mindoro                        31        4,257       29,243       18        2,601       13,542       10        1,456      12,717
Oriental Mindoro                          49        7,136       49,057       30        3,746       23,899       19        3,390      25,157
Palawan                                   23        7,078       67,384       13        1,831       13,100        8        5,032      53,673
Romblon                                   65        9,025       55,554       46        5,552       36,621       16        2,786      18,019

Region V - Bicol                         537       74,139      417,294      386       46,785      233,754       63       27,154     146,487

Albay                                    124       38,003      159,306       80       22,892       80,831       28       15,111      67,312
Camarines Norte                           44        2,390       18,455       40        2,340       16,441        1           50         150
Camarines Sur                            336       28,789      205,208      242       17,752      107,233       26       11,018      74,503
Catanduanes                                7        1,113        6,364        6          932        5,809       -            -           -
Masbate                                   13        1,600       13,079        9        1,158       10,874        4          442       2,204
Sorsogon                                  13        2,244       14,880        9        1,711       12,563        4          533       2,317

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Table 1. (continued)

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                                                     TOTAL             |             RESIDENTIAL          |        NONRESIDENTIAL
       Province,                             | Floor Area |     Value  |        | Floor Area |      Value |        | Floor Area |     Value
City, and Municipality                Number |    (sq.m.) |    (1,000) | Number |    (sq.m.) |    (1,000) | Number |    (sq.m.) |    (1,000)
                                         (1) |        (2) |        (3) |    (4) |        (5) |        (6) |    (7) |        (8) |        (9)
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Region VI - Western Visayas              870      151,729    1,150,933      616       86,672      601,650      145       62,860     490,764

Aklan                                     73       34,164      314,758       44        9,915       72,412       27       24,249     235,125
Antique                                   23        2,715       18,046       19        2,117       12,765        2          484       4,623
Capiz                                     63       10,191       60,983       42        6,750       41,667       14        3,441      15,984
Iloilo                                   276       47,973      306,515      208       31,257      212,743       42       15,832      81,562
Negros Occidental                        432       55,814      442,846      303       36,633      262,061       58       17,982     145,754
Guimaras                                   3          872        7,783       -            -            -         2          872       7,714

Region VII - Central Visayas           3,389      436,590    2,620,022    2,690      258,108    1,460,046      287      168,039   1,074,658

Bohol                                    643       59,786      351,890      530       48,100      284,219       56       11,656      66,338
Cebu                                   2,257      335,082    2,018,546    1,784      181,166    1,014,426      189      143,889     924,857
Negros Oriental                          474       38,861      229,659      361       25,981      141,475       42       12,494      83,463
Siquijor                                  15        2,861       19,925       15        2,861       19,925       -            -           -

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas            492       55,954      289,224      354       36,549      187,063       82       18,417      90,814

Eastern Samar                             47        6,431       37,667       38        5,969       34,523        4          447       1,958
Leyte                                    310       34,741      187,901      216       20,434      109,625       50       13,422      68,808
Northern Samar                            15          967        4,273       13          852        3,224        2          115       1,049
Samar (Western Samar)                     33        4,023       18,039       15        1,750       10,318       18        2,273       7,720
Southern Leyte                            50        5,422       31,371       39        3,386       20,540        6        1,970      10,206
Biliran                                   37        4,370        9,972       33        4,158        8,831        2          190       1,070

Region IX - Western Mindanao             148       24,325      127,954       77        8,696       53,374       21       15,408      71,871

Zamboanga del Norte                       85        5,371       31,136       43        5,268       30,371       -            -           -
Zamboanga del Sur                         61       18,885       96,505       33        3,392       22,752       20       15,375      71,808
Isabela City                               2           69          313        1           36          250        1           33          63

Region X - Northern Mindanao           1,452      168,164      907,311      874      100,547      530,347       71       59,157     347,348

Bukidnon                                  72       21,617       76,414       56       17,839       59,434       11        3,459      13,499
Camiguin                                 118        3,451       19,621       32        2,163       10,822       10        1,240       7,091
Lanao del Norte                          378       15,752       76,031      128       15,726       73,273        1           26          93
Misamis Occidental                       293       33,217      247,603      203       22,905       99,523        8       10,274     143,459
Misamis Oriental                         591       94,127      487,640      455       41,914      287,293       41       44,158     183,203

Region XI - Davao Region               2,091      171,070    1,122,630    1,434       93,639      526,699      192       71,910     504,648

Davao del Norte                          681       35,235      168,465      451       20,790       71,509       54       12,779      80,060
Davao del Sur                            841      109,569      858,593      592       52,889      388,814      106       53,775     398,348
Davao Oriental                            57        5,220       27,982       48        4,549       22,942        5          592       4,729
Compostela Valley                        512       21,046       67,588      343       15,411       43,433       27        4,764      21,509

Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN                444       82,568      573,191      282       23,280      132,473      115       48,484     326,153

North Cotabato                            52        7,447       52,133       26        2,442       13,686       21        4,487      35,286
South Cotabato                           236       56,931      413,870      151       12,108       77,535       68       34,823     231,603
Sultan Kudarat                            55        8,413       58,018       40        3,280       20,818       13        5,001      36,933
Sarangani                                 19        4,837       20,788       10        2,224        3,872        7        2,613      16,572
Cotabato City                             82        4,940       28,380       55        3,226       16,560        6        1,560       5,756

Region XIII - Caraga                     516       39,212      215,859      242       26,812      140,352       63       11,706      60,190

Agusan del Norte                         335       26,531      123,778      176       19,033       96,722       30        7,257      24,667
Agusan del Sur                            58        3,397       23,683       18        1,724       10,319       11        1,538      12,601
Surigao del Norte                        108        7,342       55,134       41        5,098       28,213       14        1,926      14,755
Surigao del Sur                           15        1,942       13,263        7          957        5,097        8          985       8,166

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao       4          530        1,700        4          530        1,700       -            -           -

Basilan (excluding Isabela City)           4          530        1,700        4          530        1,700       -            -           -

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Table 1. (continued)

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                                                  ADDITIONS            | ALTERATIONS/REPAIRS |   DEMOLITIONS    | STREET FURNITURE
       Province,                             | Floor Area |      Value |        |     Value  |        |   Value |        |
City, and Municipality                Number |    (sq.m.) |    (1,000) | Number |    (1,000) | Number | (1,000) | Number |   Value
                                        (10) |       (11) |       (12) |   (13) |       (14) |   (15) |    (16) |   (17) |    (18)
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Philippines                              982     164,872      933,262     2,847   1,092,187        66     7,084      196    58,159

National Capital Region                  349      94,875      606,281       650     652,306        53     2,637       49     8,215

Ist District                              19       4,606       24,067        89      91,414        -         -         9       709
2nd District                              58      17,230       98,415       141      86,036        -         -        -         -
3rd District                              71      18,164      102,403       106      57,312         3        60        8     3,830
4th District                              54       7,681       32,090        62      56,201         1       380       14     2,106
5th District                              83      33,160      247,136       220     268,665        49     2,197       11       747
6th District                              64      14,034      102,168        32      92,675        -         -         7       822

Cordillera Administrative Region          11       3,082       12,037         8       4,533        -         -        -         -

Abra                                      -           -            -          1       2,799        -         -        -         -
Benguet                                   11       3,082       12,037         7       1,733        -         -        -         -
Kalinga                                   -           -            -         -           -         -         -        -         -
Apayao                                    -           -            -         -           -         -         -        -         -

Region I - Ilocos Region                  20       3,430       21,370       121      36,436         2     3,450       39     8,246

Ilocos Norte                              13       1,913        8,803        27       9,606        -         -        28     5,643
Ilocos Sur                                 1          50          581        36       4,041         1       450        1        16
La Union                                   4         765        1,515         9       6,417         1     3,000        8     1,224
Pangasinan                                 2         702       10,470        49      16,370        -         -         2     1,361

Region II - Cagayan Valley                 3         118          498        63       2,466         1        20       -         -

Batanes                                   -           -            -         -           -         -         -        -         -
Cagayan                                    3         118          498        59       1,198         1        20       -         -
Isabela                                   -           -            -          4       1,268        -         -        -         -
Nueva Vizcaya                             -           -            -         -           -         -         -        -         -
Quirino                                   -           -            -         -           -         -         -        -         -

Region III - Central Luzon               208      12,235       58,805       103      34,530         2       385       19     3,917

Bataan                                     5         235        1,511         3       2,774        -         -         1       119
Bulacan                                  155       6,247       17,457        20      20,705         1       135        1        53
Nueva Ecija                               17       1,143        3,743        30       8,931        -         -        10       532
Pampanga                                  23       3,585       30,753        22       1,542         1       250        6     1,777
Tarlac                                     4         937        5,238         5         348        -         -         1     1,434
Zambales                                  -           -            -          1          19        -         -        -         -
Aurora                                     4          88          100        22         208        -         -        -         -

Region IVA - CALABARZON                  127      10,502       60,582       212      84,835         1        25       23     9,707

Batangas                                   8       2,089        5,395        61      11,091        -         -        -         -
Cavite                                    61       3,080       20,600        46      10,294        -         -         2       148
Laguna                                    19       1,920       11,784        15      14,042        -         -         2        55
Quezon                                    12       1,004        6,277        31       7,243         1        25       16     8,703
Rizal                                     27       2,409       16,523        59      42,162        -         -         3       799

Region IVB - MIMAROPA                      3       1,102        2,144         6       2,897        -         -         5       289

Marinduque                                -           -            -          1         533        -         -        -         -
Occidental Mindoro                         1         200        1,044         2       1,939        -         -        -         -
Oriental Mindoro                          -           -            -         -           -         -         -        -         -
Palawan                                    1         215          400         1         210        -         -         5       289
Romblon                                    1         687          700         2         213        -         -        -         -

Region V - Bicol                           2         200          580        86      36,472        -         -         1     1,091

Albay                                     -           -            -         16      11,162        -         -        -         -
Camarines Norte                           -           -            -          3       1,863        -         -        -         -
Camarines Sur                              1          19           25        67      23,446        -         -         1     1,091
Catanduanes                                1         181          555        -           -         -         -        -         -
Masbate                                   -           -            -         -           -         -         -        -         -
Sorsogon                                  -           -            -         -           -         -         -        -         -

Region VI - Western Visayas               19       2,197       13,930        90      44,588         3        -        28     9,629

Aklan                                     -           -            -          2       7,221        -         -        -         -
Antique                                    1         114          401         1         256        -         -        -         -
Capiz                                     -           -            -          7       3,330        -         -        -         -
Iloilo                                     6         884        4,958        20       7,251        -         -        13     7,189
Negros Occidental                         12       1,199        8,571        59      26,459         3        -        15     2,439
Guimaras                                  -           -            -          1          69        -         -        -         -

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Table 1. (concluded)

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                                                  ADDITIONS            | ALTERATIONS/REPAIRS |   DEMOLITIONS    | STREET FURNITURE
       Province,                             | Floor Area |      Value |        |     Value  |        |   Value |        |
City, and Municipality                Number |    (sq.m.) |    (1,000) | Number |    (1,000) | Number | (1,000) | Number |   Value
                                        (10) |       (11) |       (12) |   (13) |       (14) |   (15) |    (16) |   (17) |    (18)
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Region VII - Central Visayas              50      10,443        52,893      362      32,422         -         -       10    11,979

Bohol                                      1          30            50       56       1,282         -         -        5       358
Cebu                                      44      10,027        51,036      240      28,225         -         -        5    11,620
Negros Oriental                            5         386         1,807       66       2,914         -         -       -         -
Siquijor                                  -           -             -        -           -          -         -       -         -

Region VIII - Eastern Visayas             22         988         6,863       34       4,482         -         -        1        36

Eastern Samar                              1          15            50        4       1,135         -         -       -         -
Leyte                                     18         885         6,433       26       3,033         -         -       -         -
Northern Samar                            -           -             -        -           -          -         -       -         -
Samar (Western Samar)                     -           -             -        -           -          -         -       -         -
Southern Leyte                             2          66           324        3         299         -         -        1        36
Biliran                                    1          22            55        1          15         -         -       -         -

Region IX - Western Mindanao               6         221         1,073       44       1,636         -         -       -         -

Zamboanga del Norte                        4         103           155       38         609         -         -       -         -
Zamboanga del Sur                          2         118           918        6       1,027         -         -       -         -
Isabela City                              -           -             -        -           -          -         -       -         -

Region X - Northern Mindanao              11       8,460         6,369      496      23,245         -         -        2     2,142

Bukidnon                                   3         319         1,063        2       2,417         -         -        2     2,142
Camiguin                                   1          48            23       75       1,683         -         -       -         -
Lanao del Norte                           -           -             -       249       2,664         -         -       -         -
Misamis Occidental                         1          38           300       81       4,320         -         -       -         -
Misamis Oriental                           6       8,055         4,982       89      12,160         -         -       -         -

Region XI - Davao Region                 126       5,521        30,708      339      60,574          1        20       9       150

Davao del Norte                           60       1,666         4,839      116      12,056         -         -        4        63
Davao del Sur                             24       2,905        24,686      119      46,744          1        20       4        70
Davao Oriental                             2          79            80        2         230         -         -       -         -
Compostela Valley                         40         871         1,102      102       1,543         -         -        1        17

Region XII - SOCCSKSARGEN                 14      10,804        57,239       33      57,324          3       547      10     2,753

North Cotabato                             4         518         3,025        1         135          1       500       -         -
South Cotabato                             1      10,000        53,574       16      51,156          2        47       5     1,428
Sultan Kudarat                             2         132           266       -           -          -         -        -         -
Sarangani                                 -           -             -         2         343         -         -        -         -
Cotabato City                              7         154           373       14       5,689         -         -        5     1,324

Region XIII - Caraga                      11         694         1,883      200      13,433         -         -        -         -

Agusan del Norte                           8         241           367      121       2,021         -         -        -         -
Agusan del Sur                             1         135           175       28         586         -         -        -         -
Surigao del Norte                          2         318         1,340       51      10,824         -         -        -         -
Surigao del Sur                            -           -             -        -           -         -         -        -         -

Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao       -           -             -        -           -         -         -        -         -

Basilan (excluding Isabela City)           -           -             -        -           -         -         -        -         -

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

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