Dipaculao, officially the Municipality of Dipaculao ( tl, Bayan ng Dipaculao; ilo, Ili ti Dipaculao), is a 3rd class

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in the

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of Aurora,

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 33,131 people. The municipality is home to the Dinadiawan River Protected Landscape.

History

In the early part of 1921, immigrants from

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arrived at present-day municipality, which was then a large strip of virgin lands along the Pacific Coast in what was then part of the province of Nueva Vizcaya. Dipaculao was accidentally created while the Ilongots, the first inhabitants, were having thanksgiving festivities to commemorate the abundance of hunting and harvesting. Dipac, the Ilongot chieftain, was drunk with '' basi'' and '' tuba''. The

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who were present saw him fell and shouted: "Dipac naulaw" (Dipac got dizzy), hence born the name Dipaculao. On November 27, 1950, Dipaculao was converted from a barrio of Baler into an independent municipality of

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thru Executive Order No. 375. The late Anacleto Mijares was the first Municipal Mayor administered the transition of the municipality. On June 21, 1957, the ''

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s'' of Dimabono, Laboy, Dinadiawan and Puangi were converted into ''barrio''s. Several more sitios were converted into barrios on June 18, 1966.

Geography

According to the

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, the municipality has a land area of constituting of the total area of Aurora. Dipaculao is from Baler and from

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Barangays

Dipaculao is politically subdivided into 25

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Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, Dipaculao had a population of 33,131. The population density was .

Economy

Gallery

File:Dipaculaojf.JPG, South Poblacion File:Din1574jf.JPG, Dinadiawan white beach (a long stretch of clean, fine, golden white sand coastline) File:Dinadiawan456jf.JPG, Rock formations along the shoreline (north of Baler along the Dicadi highway) File:Ampere Beach, Dipaculao, Aurora.jpg, Ampere Beach and Ampere Rock in Dipaculao

References

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