Delfin Albano, Isabela


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The municipality was formerly known as Magsaysay. It was named after the former congressman, Delfin Albano.

History

In 1957, the barrios of San Antonio, San Juan, Ragan Sur, Ragan Norte, Ragan Almacen, San Jose, San Patricio, Quibal, San Andres, Calinawan Sur, Bayabo, Santor, Santo Rosario, Andarayan, Aneg, San Isidro, Mawi, San Roque, Carmencita, Aga, Villa Pareda, Villaluz, San Pedro, Concepcion, San Macario and San Nicolas and the sitios of Turod, Paco, Calamagui and Kim-malabasa, were separated from the municipality of Tumauini to form the town of Magsaysay.

Geography

Delfin Albano is located at northwest of Ilagan City, the capital city of the province. The town is bounded to the north by Santo Tomas, to the east by the Cagayan River shared with Tumauini, to the west by Quezon and Mallig, and to the south by Quirino, Ilagan City and the Mallig River.

Land Area and land use

The town occupies a total land area of 18,900 hectares, which is further subdivided to twenty nine barangays. The total land area contains varied land use, which were developed in response to population and economic growth of the total land area, to wit: agriculture, built-up areas, forest, open grass lands, and road and water bodies.

Barangays

Delfin Albano is politically subdivided into twenty nine barangays.

Climate

Demographics

In the, the population of Delfin Albano was people, with a density of.