Location
Mobo is one of the twenty one municipalities that comprise the Province of Masbate. It is located at the North Eastern portion of Masbate bounded on the north by Masbate City; on the east by the Masbate Pass, on the West by the Municipality of Milagros; and on the south by the Municipality of Uson. It lies on the coordinates of 12® 33’ 44” to 12® 33’ 00” latitude to 123® 36’ 00” to 123® 33’ 00”longitude with two (4) barangays classified as Urban and twenty seven (25) as Rural barangays.
It is 6.5 kms. away from Masbate City the capital town of Masbate province.
PHYSICAL FEATURES
Land Classification
The Municipality of Mobo has a total land area of 15,904.4151 hectares (Based on PENRO Land Classification records and Cadastral 531-D survey), which constitutes 3.83% of the total land area of the province. It is generally classified into two: 1) alienable and disposable land is 10,701.55 hectares or 67% of the municipal area, and 2)timber land of forestland is 4,792.57 hectares or 30% of the total land area of Mobo.
Total Land Area
Boundaries
Class
Distance (Kms)
Number of Barangays
Seasons
Average Annual Rainfall
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Average Monthly
Temperature (Celsius)
LAND USES
Total Land Area
Agricultural
Forest
Residential
Commercial
Industrial
Institutional
15,904.4151 hectares
North: Masbate City
South: Municipality of Uson
East: Masbate Pass
West: Municipality of Milagros
4TH Class Municipality
Mobo – 6.5 Kms. from Masbate City
29 Barangays
Dry – December to April
Wet – May to November
1247.21 mm
125.00mm
27.00 ®C -33.00® C
15,904.4151
10,610.00
4,792.57
70.809
10.550
10.202
410.280