Palanan

Philippines / Cagayan Valley / Dicabisagan /
 town, municipality, third-level administrative division
Municipality of Palanan, Province of Isabela
Land Area: 880.24 km²
ZIP Code: 3334

Palanan is a coastal municipality in the province of Isabela in the Philippines. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 16,094 people.

It was in Palanan that one of the final chapters of the Philippine-American War was written in March 23, 1901, when Emilio Aguinaldo was captured by American forces led by Gen. Frederick Funston, who had gained access to Aguinaldo's camp by pretending to surrender to the Filipinos.

Palanan is politically subdivided into 17 barangays:

-Alomanay
-Bisag
-Centro East (Poblacion)
-Centro West (Poblacion)
-Culasi
-Dialaoyao
-Dibewan
-Dicotkotan
-Dicadyuan
-Diddadungan
-Didyan
-Dimalicu-licu
-Dimasari
-Dimatican
-Ditambali
-Maligaya
-Marikit
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palanan,_Isabela
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   17°1'3"N   122°20'18"E

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