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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