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Cadiz has at least 60 school systems catering to the educational needs of the populace. The Philippine Normal University is the leading learning institution in the area, providing tertiary eduacation. Three schools offers vocational and technical courses: the UCSPA Vocational School, North Negros College and the Cedar Institute of Computer Technology. The state-owned Philippine Normal University, also offers engineering courses in tandem with the Technological University of the Philippines (TUP) and computer training program. The city has a Public Library, under the supervision of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Cadiz City, located at Cabahug St., It has a total of 12,568 volumes of different classification of books for scholars, researchers, students, and private individuals. A recently opened E-Library, with 8 Pentium IV computers are available for Free Internet Access Service to all students and Cadizenos.
[geographical & resource endowment]
Cadiz City is located at the northern part of Negros Occidental, 65 kms away from the City of Bacolod,which the provincial capital. It is 4 hours from Dumaguete City, the capital of Oriental Negros and can be reached for more or less 2 hours of navigation from the Island of Bantayan, a burgeoning island part of Cebu. It is located within the geographical coordinates of 10 degrees and 50 min. latitude NE and 123 degrees and 20 min. longitude E. Cadiz has a total land area of 69,000 hectares, 280 hectares of which are urban land area while 68,720 hectares are rural land area. The predominant terrain of the city even those of the upland and coastal barangays, is rollong which is suited for agriculture. The only wide plain area is found within three or five kms from the shoreline. Hereafter, the land gradually rises in a rolling mode. The land surface along theupper reaches of the city is slopes, these areas should be ideally maintained as forest for ecological purposes. The city proper consists of coastal barangays with 0 to 3 percent slope. The soil type is clay to loam and the topogaraphy is generally palin. The river of Tinampa-an runs across the southern part of the city proper. Generally, there are two seasons in the area: wet and dry. The first occurs from January to June while the latter happens from July to December. Cadiz is known for its marine resources. A greater part of the total fish consumption of the province comes from the city. The large volumes of fresh and dried dish are hauled and delivered from the area to other parts of the province and even outside of the region. The forest cover of the city is a widest in the province. It is being protected through the Northern Negros Forest Reserve, or NFR, a government organization created under the auspices of the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office, or PENRO.
Several tourist attractions in the area draw a number of domestic and foreign tourists every year: The white sand Lacawon Island Resort in Barangay Cadiz Viejo, Laura Seafront Resort in Barangay Daga, and the Cornel Swimming Pool in Barangay Cabahug. The city also has 4 major hotels and inns: The Cadiz Hotel, with 15 airconditioned rooms and a tennis court facility. The RL Appartelle, EC Pension Plaza and the Laura Seafront Resort, with sports and swimming pool facilities.
[local financial institutions]
Cadiz City has 6 banking institutions and 5 lending corporations which provide financial capital to businessmen.
Cadiz City has 22 barangays, 16 are classified as rural while 6 are urban. THe city proper itself is bounded to the North by Guimaras Strait, to the South by barangay Tinampa-an, to the West by barangay Daga, to the East by Barangay Banquerohan and to the East-South-East by the Hitalon and Tinampa-an Rivers.
The City has a total number of 3,076 business establishments, 2,517 of which are classified as commercial and 459 as industrial. The principal source of livelihood are agriculture and fishing with employment and business as secondary source of income. Sugarfarming remains as the prime agricultural business. Fish supply is more than what the city needs. Being rich in natural resources and considered as one of the few fishing centers on Negros Occidental, Cadiz, rich in marine resources, is envisioned to be the seafood center of Negros and alternative tourist destination.
[transportation & communication]
There are 5,548 privately owned vehicles in the City. There are several bus companies that operate in Cadiz City plying the route to other parts of the province. One can travel from Cebu to Cadiz via Ceres Liner which passes through Tuburan to Danao, Negros Occidental and vice-versa. Cadiz City is more than an hour from the Domestic Airport in Bacolod City. Also from Cadiz City, one can go direct to Bantayan , Cebu via a two hour ferry boat trip. A Php200 Million Commercial Port Project is being constructed at Barangay Banquerohan, Commercial Port operation is expected to commence by year 2005. The new Cadiz City Commercial Port can accomodate commercial and cargo vessels with upto 20,000 DWT gross weight capacity (for more info on the Cadiz City Commercial Port send email to: cadizport@yahoo.com). Cadiz City has a Bureau of Communication and a Bureau of Post Office. Aside from these, there are five privately owned communication and courier services that help in serving the people of Cadiz City: PT&T, RCPI, LIBCAP, KABAYAN and LBC. One Cable Company, that provides international and local television broadcasts. Cadiz City, also boasts as the host to the only internet service provider outside of Bacolod City. The Cadiz Network Technologies, Inc. (CDZnet) the first and only Internet Service Provider in Cadiz City, makes the city just a click of a computer keyboard away from the world. Several Telecommunications Companies are operating in the area. These includes the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT), SMART Communications, ISLACOM land line and Cellular Telecommunications and GLOBE Telecoms. One AM radio station broadcast from Cadiz City, the DYAG. Cadiz City can also recieve broadcasts from other stations outside of the city. The City Government has its quarterly publication, the Cadiz Bulliten. Provincial and national newspapers are circulated early in the morning everyday.
