Dingalan

Philippines / Southern Tagalog / Ibona /
 town, municipality, third-level administrative division

Municipality of Dingalan, Province of Aurora
ZIP Code: 3207

Dingalan is a coastal municipality in the province of Aurora in the Philippines. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 23,554 people.

The municipality of Dingalan was constituted in 1962.

Dingalan is situated at the southern tip of the province of Aurora, approximately 183 kilometres northeast of Manila. It is bounded on the north by San Luis (in Aurora province), on the west by Gabaldon and General Tinio (Nueva Ecija) and Doña Remedios Trinidad (Bulacan), on the south by General Nakar (Quezon), and on the east by the Pacific Ocean.

The town has several caves, of which the Lamao Caves are the best known. The rough shoreline and very high waves of Dingalan makes it attractive to surfers.

Dingalan is politically subdivided into 11 barangays:

-Aplaya
-Butas na Bato
-Cabog (Matawe)
-Caragsacan
-Davildavilan
-Dikapanikian
-Ibona
-Paltic
-Poblacion
-Tanawan
-Umiray (Malamig)

Aurora Website: www.aurora.ph/dingalan.html
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Coordinates:   15°14'25"N   121°23'44"E
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