Balabac
| Municipality of Balabac | |||
| Location of Balabac in the province of Palawan | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Region : | Western Visayas | ||
| Province : | Palawan | ||
| Barangays : | 20th | ||
| District: | 2. District of Palawan | ||
| PSGC : | 175304000 | ||
| Income class : | unknown (1-6) | ||
| Households : | 4723 May 1, 2000 census
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| Population : | 40,142 August 1, 2015 census
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| Coordinates : | 7 ° 59 ′ N , 117 ° 4 ′ E | ||
| Postal code : | 5307 | ||
| Geographical location in the Philippines | |||
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Balabac is a Philippine island and municipality in the province of Palawan . It has 40,142 inhabitants (August 1, 2015 census). There is a Palawan State University campus in the community . The Pandanan shipwreck was discovered near the island of the same name in 1993 .
The island measures approximately 30 km from north to south and 12 km from east to west.
In addition to the main island, the municipality also includes other islands in the northeast: Bancalan, Bugsuk, Pandanan and Mantangule, and in the north, only separated by a narrow inlet, Ramos, a circular island almost 6 km in diameter.
10 km to the east is the small island of Lumbucan, which is triangular in shape with the longest side less than 2 km long. The Lumbucan Canal extends alongside Lumbucan.
Malaysia begins in the south, across the Balabac Strait .
The rare Palawan bearded pig lives on Balabac. Likewise the Balabac-Kantschil .
Administrative division
In 1957 Balabac was raised from a parish district to a parish .
The community is divided into 20 barangays .
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Note: Población (Spanish for population) refers to several barangays in the center of a municipality in the Philippines.
Individual evidence
- ↑ RA No. 2022, An Act Converting the Municipal District of Balabac, Province of Palawan, into a Regular Municipality . LawPH.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 12, 2011.
