Sanchez Mira
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Sanchez Mira, officially the Municipality of Sanchez Mira (; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.
Key facts
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- 120x80px
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- Sanchez Mira Cagayan.png
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- 100x80px
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- yes
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- Philippines
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- left
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- Location within the
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- Country
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- Philippines
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- Region
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- Province
- Settlement.other_name
- Malolokit
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- Dur-as Sanchez Mira!
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- Sanchez Mira Hymn
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- District
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- Founded
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- 1887
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Philippines
- Official name
- Municipality of Sanchez Mira
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Cagayan
- Population
- 26292
- Area
- 198.80
- Elevation
- 61
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Shares border with
- Aparri
- Official website
- www.sanchezmira-cagayan.gov.ph
- Households
- 6645
- Dialing code
- 78
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- Köppen climate classification
- tropical monsoon climate
- language used
- Tagalog
- postal code
- 3518
- poverty incidence
- 8.13
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 195361038.44
- total assets
- 517855733.80
- total expenditure
- 165903883.25
- total liabilities
- 78390107.25
- electorate
- 17173
- Commons category
- Sanchez Mira
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Third Republic
- Geography
- Barangays
- Climate
- Demographics
- Economy
- Government
- Local government
- Town hall
- Elected officials
- Education
- Primary and elementary schools
- Secondary schools
- References
- External links
Sanchez Mira, officially the Municipality of Sanchez Mira (; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.
==History== Formerly called Malukkit or Naluqui, meaning "a place of conflict/destruction", the name "Sanchez Mira" was given in honor of Manuel Sanchez Mira, a Spanish Brigadier General assigned in the Cagayan Valley who served as the alcalde mayor of Cagayan. It was formally established as a town in 1894, with majority of its first inhabitants being Ilocanos from Paoay, Ilocos Norte. They came from notable families such as the Negre, Mackay, Cacatian, Marzan, and Paclibon.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sanchez Mira” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.