General Information
Rizal Socio-Economic Briefer
The Province of Rizal is located directly east of Metro Manila, bounded on the north by Bulacan Province, on the east by the provinces of Laguna and Quezon and on the south by Laguna de Bay. It is accessible from Manila via Ortigas Avenue and from Quezon City via Marcos Highway and Sumulong Highway. It is a part of Region IV-A or the Calabarzon Region.
Land Area *as of December 2013 - 118,265 Has.
Income Class - First
Congressional District - 2 for Province, 2 for Antipolo
Number of LGUs - 1 City, 13 Municipality
Number of Barangay- 189
Protected Areas
Hinulugang Taktak Protected Landscape - Antipolo City - 3.20 Has.
Pamitinan Protected Landscape - Rodriguez (Cave System and Wawa Dam) - 608 Has.
Kaliwa Watershed - 27,608 Has.
Upper Marikina River Basin Protected Landscape - 26,125 Has.
Source: Rizal PDPFP 2014-2020
Demography
Total Population (1 August 2015) - 2,884,227
Male - 1,444,063
Female - 1,440,164
Growth Rate (2010-2015) - 2.88%
Population Density - *2,453 persons/sq. km
Source: PSA, *PPDO
Education
Functional Literacy Rate (2019) - 99.70%
Enrolment 2017
Elementary 450,795
Secondary - 230,519
Number of Elementary Schools (2016-2017)
Public - 257
Private - 624
Number of Highschool(2016-2017)
Public - 112
Private - 115
Source: DepEd-Rizal/Antipolo
Business and Commerce
Total Business Establishment
2015 - 41,345
as of August 8, 2016 - 37,154
Number of Banks
Rural - 46
Universal/Commercial - 153
Savings - 10
Source: C/MBPLOs, C/MPDOs
Road Network
National Roads - 231.251 Kms.
Concrete Pavement - 28.08 Kms.
Asphalt Overlay - 208.171 Kms.
Length of Bridges - 1.517 Kms.
Source: DPWH Rizal Engr. Office Dist. 1 and 2
Resources and Utilities
Powerplants - National Grid Corporation
Power Utility - Meralco
Water Utility - Manila Water, INC. Local Utilities, Cooperatives
Communication Utilities/ Internet Provider - PLDT, Smart, Globe, Sun, Talk and Text and TM
Source: C/MBPLOs
Health and Services 2016
Hospital
Government - 11
Private - 24
Source: PHO
