The Town
The Municipality of Naujan, in the province of Oriental Mindoro, covers a land area of 52,804.15 hectares (the biggest municipality in the province) accounting for 12 % of the province’s total land area.
Naujan is bounded in the north by Calapan City, in the northwest by the municipality of Baco, in the east by part of the Verde Island Passage and Tablas Strait, in the south by the town of Victoria, in the southeast by the town of Pola and in the southwest by the town of Sablayan, province of Occidental Mindoro.
The town of Naujan is a First-Class municipality and partially urban, has a population of roughly more than 90,000 people from 70 barangays according to a recent NCSB report, has all the amenities of a town of its size. It has its own Town Plaza and its own Conference Center.
On January 4, 1905, under Act 1280, Naujan was recognized as a full-pledged municipality while its boundaries were permanently established in 1919.
Check out other information on Naujan:
List of Naujan’s Municipal Leaders
Don’t forget to check out the newly-launched Official Website of the Municipality of Naujan.
