Paluan

Also known as Municipality of Paluan, Paluan, Occidental Mindoro

Paluan, officially the Municipality of Paluan (), is a municipality in the province of Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.

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Settlement.established_date: January 5, 1901
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Instance of: municipality of the Philippines
Official name: Municipality of Paluan
Country: Philippines
Located in: Occidental Mindoro
Population: 19461
Area: 564.50
Elevation: 58
Shares border with: Mamburao
Households: 4241
Dialing code: 43

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electorate: 14904
inception: 1901-01-05
postal code: 5107
Köppen climate classification: tropical climate
language used: Tagalog
poverty incidence: 20.93
fiscal/tax revenue: 267648893.00
total assets: 624808225.00
total expenditure: 147074482.00
total liabilities: 45591688.00
Commons category: Paluan

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Paluan, officially the Municipality of Paluan (), is a municipality in the province of Occidental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.

==Geography== The town is located at the north-western tip of Mindoro Island. It lies along the north-east shore of Paluan Bay, approximately 7 miles southeast of Cape Calavite, a major sea-lane for inter-island and ocean-going vessels. The town is surrounded by rolling and steep mountain ranges, of which Mount Calavite with an altitude of is the highest peak. At Mount Calavite point, the best panoramic view of Occidental Mindoro and nearby islands could be seen.

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