Maayong Hapon mga Kasimanwa ko! Balik Tanaw po tayo sa Banwa naton... BRIEF PROFILE: Named as the rice bin of South Cotabato, Sto. Niño is a part of the vast expanse of the fertile plains of Allah Valley which stretches from the boundaries of Norala and Bagumbyan to Surallah. It focuses on construction of rural infrastructure and development of administration funded from both the local governments and foreign assistance. Among them is construction and rehabilitation of Farm to Market Roads, drainage and construction of bridges all meant to improve the rice harvest of the town. Sto. Niño’s land area is best suited for intensive agriculture. This comprises 94.95% of the total land area and is categorized as “good land”. Its slope ranges from 0 to 2 degrees or level/nearly level to gently sloping with slight soil limitations such as soil acidity and soil alkalinity. By soil type, it is classified as the sandy base type. On the whole, the land requires simple conservation management practices. The physical development of the municipality is paired with economic development with emphasis on agriculture. With the vision of uplifting economic society, livelihood projects were initiated through series of education, training, and seminars on modern farming techniques. There are numerous rivers the traverse the municipality which also serves as the sources of water for the irrigation of different barangays. Sto. Niño plays a major role in the province’s socio-economic endeavors. GENERAL INFORMATION: The name of the municipality was derived from its patron saint “Sto. Niño”, means the Holy Child. It was formerly Barrio 13 of Norala Settlement District of the defunct National Land Settlement Administration (NLSA), which was founded in 1947. In 1980, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of South Cotabato passed a resolution requesting Assemblyman Jose T. Sison to sponsor a bill creating Sto. Niño into a municipality. This resolution merited action and Parliamentary Bill No. 1220 was passed and approved last December 18, 1980, signing it into law as Batas Pambansa Bilang 90. The people in a plebiscite held last April 7, 1981, overwhelmingly ratified the law. The town territory is a detachment of barangays from the mother municipality, Norala and from the Municipality of Banga, South Cotabato and Bagumbayan, Sultan Kudarat. It has a total land area of 10,973 hectares comprising of 10 barangays. GEOGRAPHY: The Municipality of Sto. Niño is located in the South-West part of Province of South Cotabato. It is landlocked bounded on the North by its mother Municipality of Norala, on the North-East by the Municipality of Banga, South-West by the Municipality Surallah and in the North-West and South-Western portion by the Municipality of Bagumbayan and Isulan, province of Sultan Kudarat. It is approximately situated 32 kilometers from the City of Koronadal, the capital Province of South Cotabato, 92 kilometers from the port of General Santos City and 242 kilometers from Davao City, the regional growth center of Region XI.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 05:27:28 +0000
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