Ramos

Ramos is dominantly an Ilocano-speaking town. Majority or 84.78% of the population speaks Ilocano and the rest speaks various dialects from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. Based on the 2000 census conducted by the National Statistics Office, the total population of the town is 16,889 with an annual growth rate of 1.71% between 1995 and 2000 and population density of 6.875 persons per hectare. The projected population for the year 2008 is 18,178 persons.

TRADE AND INVESTMENT

Agriculture is the primary industry in the town. The primary agricultural products are rice, corn, sweet potato, peanut, legumes, fruit and leafy vegetables. Sugarcane and coconut are the industrial crops. Its agricultural production covers an area of about 2,195 hectares of fertile lands.

Livestock, poultry and fish production are other economic activities in the municipality. Ruminant animals like carabao, cattle and goat are raised with agricultural crops. Backyard swine raising are raised through self-finance, with only very few raising commercially. Poultry raising is on organic chicken with only very rare on broiler raisers. Fishery areas are located in low lying areas of the town and are only productive during wet season. There are very few fish producers in the town.

Crochet and knitting industry is also a growing business in the community. One of the objectives of the present administration is to make the whole municipality of Ramos the “CROCHET COUNTRY OF TARLAC”. 

TOURISM SITES AND DESTINATIONS      

• Saint Therese of the Child Jesus
  (The “WEDDING CHURCH” of the Province)
  Location: Poblacion Center, Ramos, Tarlac
• Hacienda Cojuangco (Cojuangco State)
  Location: San Raymundo, Ramos, Tarlac
  Description: The coconut and cashew plantation are the attractions of Hacienda Cojuangco. The place is perfect for group picnics and adventures.

Major Agricultural Crops

Crops	Area Harvested (has.)	Production (M.T.)
Rice (irrigated)	580	4.2
Rice (rainfed)	1,043	4.2
Yellow Corn	198	5.16
Sweet Potato	155	15.70

Livestock and Poultry

	Population
Cattle	1,156
Carabao	658
Swine	1,696
Goat	1,678
Chicken	15,000
Duck	2,282
Dog	2,634
Geese	79

Telecommunication services in the municipality are provided mostly by the private sector.

SYSTEM	PROVIDED BY:
TELEPHONE	Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company
CELLSITES	GLOBE (2), SMART (1), Sun cellular (1)
INTERNET	Private Internet shops

HEALTH FACILITIES

DESCRIPTION	NUMBER
Rural Health Unit	1
Barangay Health Stations	9

SCHOOLS

DESCRIPTION	NUMBER
Elementary	6
Primary	2
Secondary	1

The Municipal government continually pursues improving school facilities to facilitate the increasing number of students every school year.

SPORTS FACILITIES

Sports and recreation in Ramos is typical with other municipalities. Each Barangay has its own basketball courts. There is also a Municipal Covered Court at the town plaza. It is used for inter-barangay basketball competition, for athletic meets, musical and literary contest, rallies, meetings and festivities.

ROADS AND BRIDGES

At present, the road network in the municipality has a total length of about 58.74 kilometers. The breakdown of which is:

DESCRIPTION	TOTAL LENGTH in KMS.
National Roads	9
Provincial Roads	2.2
Municipal Roads	2.00
Barangay Roads	45.54

BRIDGES

Concreted National Bridges                                55.9 linear meters

Concreted Provincial Bridges                              30 linear meters

Concreted Municipal Bridges                              10 linear meters

Concreted Barangay Bridges                              249 linear meters

IRRIGATION

There are five (5) existing deep well pump maintained by National Irrigation Administration (NIA). Bulk of agricultural land is irrigated through privately owned Shallow Tube Wells, Open Surface Pump and Small Farm Reservoirs.

WATER FACILITY

Industrial, commercial and domestic water consumption largely depend on ground water supplied by privately-owned deep well, hand pumps and local water utilities. Ramos Water District serves the Pobalacion area including Toledo, Coral, Pance, Guiteb and San Raymundo.

POWER SUPPLY

All the nine Barangays of the municipality are fully enegized. The distribution system is managed by Tarlac Electric Cooperative Incorporated I (TARELCO I).