Infanta (Quezon)
Municipality of Infanta | ||
Location of Infanta in the Quezon province | ||
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Region : | CALABARZON | |
Province : | Quezon | |
Barangays : | 36 | |
District: | 1. District of Quezon | |
PSGC : | 045620000 | |
Income class : | 1st income bracket | |
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May 1, 2000 census
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Population : | 69,079 August 1, 2015 census
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Population density : | 201.5 inhabitants per km² | |
Area : | 342.76 km² | |
Coordinates : | 14 ° 45 ′ N , 121 ° 39 ′ E | |
Postal code : | 4336 | |
Website: | Official Infanta website | |
Geographical location in the Philippines | ||
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Infanta is a Philippine municipality in the province of Quezon , in the Administrative Region IV, Calabarzon. It has 69,079 inhabitants (August 1, 2015 census) who lived in 36 barangays . It is classified as the first income class community in the Philippines.
Infanta is on the Strait of Polillo, at the entrance to Lamon Bay , facing the Polillo Archipelago . Small mangrove forests lie on the coast . Their neighboring parishes are Real in the southwest and General Nakar in the northwest. The topography of the municipality is characterized by gently rolling and mountainous landscapes of the foothills of the Sierra Madre . The city was founded in 1696 by Don Diego Mangilaya and is the seat of a territorial prelature of the Roman Catholic Church .
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