Iba, Zambales
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Iba is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Zambales, Philippines
. It is the capital municipality of Zambales. According to the latest census, it has a population of 44,344 people in 7,260 households.
This municipality is also the seat of the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Iba. The main campus of the Ramon Magsaysay Technological University, a government funded educational institution, is located in the center of the town.
Iba is the birthplace of former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay
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Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. It is the capital municipality of Zambales. According to the latest census, it has a population of 44,344 people in 7,260 households.
This municipality is also the seat of the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Iba. The main campus of the Ramon Magsaysay Technological University, a government funded educational institution, is located in the center of the town.
Iba is the birthplace of former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay
Ramon Magsaysay
Ramón del Fierro Magsaysay was the third President of the Republic of the Philippines from December 30, 1953 until his death in a plane crash in 1957. He was elected President under the banner of the Nacionalista Party.-Early life:Ramon F...
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Barangays
Iba is politically subdivided into 14 barangayBarangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
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- Amungan
- Bangantalinga/Sta Rita
- Dirita-Baloguen
- Lipay-Dingin-Panibuatan (LDP)
- Palanginan (Palanginan-Balili-Tambac)
- San Agustin
- Santa Barbara
- Santo Rosario
- Zone 1 Pob. (Libaba)
- Zone 2 Pob. (Aypa)
- Zone 3 Pob. (Botlay)
- Zone 4 Pob. (Sagapan)
- Zone 5 Pob. (Bano)
- Zone 6 Pob. (Baytan)
Film shot in Iba
- * 1976-1977 : Apocalypse NowApocalypse NowApocalypse Now is a 1979 American war film set during the Vietnam War, produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The central character is US Army special operations officer Captain Benjamin L. Willard , of MACV-SOG, an assassin sent to kill the renegade and presumed insane Special Forces...
(Apocalypse Now) directed by Francis Ford CoppolaFrancis Ford CoppolaFrancis Ford Coppola is an American film director, producer and screenwriter. He is widely acclaimed as one of Hollywood's most innovative and influential film directors...