Palanan, Isabela
Palanan (Filipino: Bayan ng Palanan ) is a Philippine municipality in the province of Isabela, Administrative Region II, Cagayan Valley. It has 16,094 inhabitants ( census May 1, 2010 ) living in 17 barangays. It is classified as a church of the first income class in the Philippines and as a partially urbanized.
Palanan is located in the east of the province, on the coast of the Philippine Sea. The municipality is located in the massif of the Sierra Madre. It is located 454 km north of Manila and is accessible via the Marhalika Highway, via Ilagan, accessible. Your neighboring municipalities are Ilagan City in the north, San Mariano in the west and the south.
In Palanan, the last chapter of the Philippine- American War took place, when General Emilio Aguinaldo on March 23, 1901 resulted in the U.S. invading forces. In addition, Palanan is located in the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park, this is since 2006 on the suggestion list for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The endemic frog species Platymantis taylori was discovered in the municipality.
Barangays
- Alomanay
- Bisag
- Culasi
- Dialaoyao
- Dicabisagan East
- Dicabisagan West
- Dicadyuan
- Diddadungan
- Didiyan
- Dimalicu - LiCu
- Dimasari
- Dimatican
- Maligaya
- Marikit
- San Isidro
- Santa Jacinta
- Villa Robles
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Independent province -level cities Santiago City
Cities: Cauayan City | Ilagan City
Communities: Alicia | Angadanan | Aurora | Benito Soliven | Burgos | Cabagan | Cabatuan | Cordon | Delfin Albano | Dinapigue | Divilacan | Echague | Gamu | Jones | Luna | Maconacon | Mallig | Naguilian | Palanan | Quezon | Quirino | Ramon | Reina Mercedes | Roxas | San Agustin | San Guillermo | San Isidro | San Manuel | San Mariano | San Mateo | San Pablo | Santa Maria | Santo Tomas | Tumauini
- Location in the Philippines
- Isabela ( province )