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Barangay Profile: Barangay Ettub-Ettub, Sumisip, Basilan

  
 

 

Physical Characteristics 

Barangay Ettub- Ettub is under the municipality of Sumisip, approximately 8 km from the municipal town and about 8 miles from Isabela, the provincial town of Basilan.

It has a total land area of 403 hectares. 2 hectares are residential and the rest are cultivated into agricultural land. 

Socio- Demographic Data 

Ettub- Ettub has a total number of 1, 759 populations, and it is composed of 5 sitios:

Ettub- ettub proper with 288 population, sitio Datang 379, sitio Look 132, sitio lower Look (coastal area) 575, sitio Manikaan (coastal area) 385.

The total IDP household families by purok: Ettub- Ettub proper has 18 families and sitio Datang has 24 IDP families. 

Yakan is the majority tribe which has 75 % of the total population while the Sama Bangingi has 25 %. 

Human Development Sector 

Classification of Skilled Community members

Tailor---                       15

Mat weaving--              10

Carpentry --                 25

Weaving-                     10 

Access to Information

 There is no signal in the barangay. The Barangay Captain has no radio. 

Sanitary Facilities and Ownership 

There is only one house that has a toilet. When nature calls they just sit down along the seashore. 

Access to Water Supply 

Villagers fetch water from the river about three thousand meters away from the barangay. They have spring water for drinking. 

Common occurring Illnesses 

Measles, Cough, fever, and skin deceases are the most common deceases in the barangay.

Health Facilities & Health Workers 

There is no health center in the barangay. Municipal midwifes, pay visit the barangay once for every month. 

Economic Development Sector 

The livelihood of residents and IDP families is farming. They plant Corn, Peanut, Cassava, and other backyard vegetables.

Houses are mostly made up of Nipa and Bamboo. 

Infrastructure Facilities 

There is an elementary school, which have six class rooms, located at the barangay proper. 

There is no regular transportation to the barangay. It took three hours or travel from Isabela, the provincial town. Motorcycle is the only transportation from Camp Tumahubong to the Barangay, fare rate of Php. 80.00.

Organizational Development Sector

No existing organization.

  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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