San Jose Tarlac Philippines

San Jose Tarlac

San Jose Tarlac is bounded on the northwest by the municipalities of Mayantoc, on the northeast by thee municipality of Sta. Ignacia, eastward by the city of Tarlac, southward by the municipality of Capas and on westward by the Province of Zambales. It has a distance of 79 kilometers from San Fernando, Pampanga, the Regional Capital of Region III, and 20 kilometers away from the City of Tarlac and Provincial Capitol. The municipality covers a land area of 574.81 square kilometers of which a large portion is used for agricultural activities.

The total land area of San Jose is a combination of hilly, mountainous and rolling terrain. The rolling terrain is made up on an open grassland and bush land. Agricultural land is covered with green leaves and growing crops. Also noted, an estimated vast area of mountainous along westward and southern part of them municipality.

San Jose like other town of the province of Tarlac is classified as an agricultural municipality. Large portion of the area is allocated for agricultural purposes. The cultivated farmlands are mostly engaged in rice productions and some kinds of vegetables and forest bearing trees.