Quirino | |
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Municipality of Quirino | |
![]() Map of Isabela with Quirino highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 17°08′08″N 121°44′06″E / 17.1356°N 121.735°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Cagayan Valley |
Province | Isabela |
District | 5th district |
Founded | June 17, 1967[1] |
Named for | Elpidio Quirino |
Barangays | 21 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Edward D. Juan |
• Vice Mayor | Victor Emmanuel G. Callangan |
• Representative | Faustino Michael Carlos T. Dy III |
• Electorate | 16,615 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 126.20 km2 (48.73 sq mi) |
Elevation | 50 m (160 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 12 m (39 ft) |
Population (2020 census)[4] | |
• Total | 25,023 |
• Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) |
• Households | 6,632 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 4th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 12.97 |
• Revenue | ₱ 114.9 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 874.8 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 103.2 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 391.4 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Isabela 2 Electric Cooperative (ISELCO 2) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 3321 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)78 |
Native languages | Ibanag Ilocano Tagalog |
Website | www |
Quirino, officially the Municipality of Quirino (Ilocano: Ili ti Quirino; Tagalog: Bayan ng Quirino), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 25,023 people.[4]
Quirino is a primarily agricultural town situated in the Mallig Plains region. The town is known for its sprawling flat lands used for growing crops such as palay or rice, peanut, corn, tobacco and vegetables.[6]
It is bounded to the north by Delfin Albano, Mallig to the northwest, Roxas to the southwest, Burgos and Gamu to the south and Ilagan City to the east.
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