PROFILE OF IRIGA CITY
Iriga City is located about 400 kilometres (250 mi) south-east of Manila, and about 33 kilometres
(21 mi) south of Naga, Camarines Sur. Iriga is bounded by the town of Buhi in the east, by the
municipalities of Baao, Nabua and Bato in the west, by the province of Albay in the south, and by
the municipalities of Ocampo and Sangay in the north.
Comprising of 36 barangays, it has a total land area of 17, 400 hectares or 174 sq. kilometers
classified into the following land uses: 78.31% agricultural, 14.96% residential, .065%
commercial, .05% industrial, .27% institutional, and .033% parks & open spaces and 6.32%
timber/forest land.
Iriga is politically subdivided into thirty-six (36) barangays. In the 2015 census, the population of
Iriga was 111,757 people, with a density of 810 inhabitants per square kilometre or 2,100
inhabitants per square mile. It has a total of 21,717 households.
Sex distribution data, per 2010 National Statistics Office (NSO) Survey, shows that out of the
105,919 population, 53,224 or 50.25% are males while 52,695 or 49.75% are females. As to age
distribution, 51,244 or 48.38% account for the 19 years old and below, while 54,675 or 51.62%
comprises the 20 years old and above.
As a 4th class component city in the province of Camarines Sur, Iriga City has a poverty incidence
of 28.42% (2015)