Brooke's Point
Municipality of Brooke's Point | ||
Location of Brooke's Point in Palawan Province | ||
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Basic data | ||
Region : | Western Visayas | |
Province : | Palawan | |
Barangays : | 18th | |
District: | 2. District of Palawan | |
PSGC : | 175306000 | |
Income class : | 1st income bracket | |
Households : | 9634 May 1, 2000 census
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Population : | 66,374 August 1, 2015 census
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Coordinates : | 8 ° 46 ′ N , 117 ° 50 ′ E | |
Postal code : | 5305 | |
Geographical location in the Philippines | ||
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Brooke's Point is a Filipino municipality in the province of Palawan . The township was founded on June 28, 1949 from the Brooke's Point parish. Brooke's Point was named after its founder James Brooke . Twenty kilometers from the community, in the southwest, is the Ursula Island Game Refuge and Bird Sanctuary in the Sulu Sea, well-known among birders .
There is a campus of Western Philippines University and Palawan State University in the community .
Barangays
Brooke's Point is politically divided into 18 barangays .
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