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Alicia
Municipality
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Map of Isabela showing the location of Alicia
Alicia
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 1647N 12142ECoordinates:
1647N 12142E
Country Philippines
Region Cagayan Valley (Region II)
Province Isabela
District 3rd District of Isabela
Barangays 34
Government[1]
Mayor Ian Paul L. Dy
Area[2]
Total 154.10 km2 (59.50 sq mi)
Population (2010)[3]
Total 64,687
Density 420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code 3306
Dialing code 78
Income class 1st class; partially urban
Alicia (formerly known as Angadanan Viejo) is a first class municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 64,687 people.
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The town is located in an area of predominantly flat and fertile land in the Cagayan Valley that surrounded by the Caraballo Mountains to the south, the Great Sierra Madre to the east and the Cordillera Mountain Range to the west. It is the largest rice producer in the entire Cagayan Valley and has the largest irrigated rice field in the whole Region II of the Philippines.
Alicia, the old town of Angadanan, is known for the Pagay Festival and its famous historical landmark, the Our Lady of AtochaChurch completed and inaugurated in 1849 which was officially declared by the Philippine Department of Tourism as a national religious tourist destination in the Philippines.
Contents
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1 Barangays
2 History
3 Demographics
o 3.1 Language
4 Economy
5 Attractions
o 5.1 Our Lady of Atocha Church
6 List of mayors
7 Educational institutions
o 7.1 College and University
o 7.2 High Schools
o 7.3 Elementary Schools
8 External links
9 References
Barangays[edit]
Alicia has a total land area of 15, 410 hectares and 64, 339 total population as of 2009. 71% of the total land area is anagricultural land which makes Alicia primarily an agricultural municipality best suited for the intensive production of rice and corn. Farming is its major livelihood and rice its major product and resource. Alicia is politically subdivided into 34 barangays:
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Amistad
Antonino (Pob.)
Apanay
Aurora
Bagnos
Bagong Sikat
Bantug-Petines
Bonifacio
Burgos
Calaocan (Pob.)
Callao
Dagupan
Inanama
Linglingay
M.H. del Pilar
Mabini
Magsaysay (Pob.)
Mataas na Kahoy
Paddad
Rizal
Rizaluna
Salvacion
San Antonio (Pob.)
San Fernando
San Francisco
San Juan
San Pablo
San Pedro
Santa Cruz
Santa Maria
Santo Domingo
Santo Tomas
Victoria
Zamora