The Municipality of Polanco is located 8 kms. from Dipolog City. It is bounded in the northwest by the city of Dipolog, in the northeast by the city of Dapitan, in the south by the municipality of Sergio Osmeña, in the east by the municipality of Piñan and in the southwest by the municipality of Katipunan. Polanco is accessible by land from all the major cities of Zamboanga Peninsula. The municipality is a 3^rd class town with agriculture as its economic base. The municipality has a total land area of 22,532.9104 hectares divided into 30 barangays. The population of Polanco in 2007 was 36,376 distributed into 7,404 households for an average household size of 4.9 persons.