Alicia, Isabela

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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.[3]
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:[2]

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