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9 unusual facts about Isabela


Gil Montilla

Prior to his political career, he was president of the Isabela Sugar Company.

Isabela's 4th legislative district special election, 2003

According to unofficial counts, the towns of Echague, Cordon and Ramon all went to Aggabao, while Santiago went for Abaya, with Aggabao possessing a large overall margin.

Other disturbances included the confrontation of Cordon Mayor Amado Vallejo, Jr. of two lawyers of the Abaya campaign who allegedly harassed poll watchers.

Abaya won at Santiago by around 5,000 votes and at Dinapigue by 62 votes.

Philippine crocodile

Crocodylus mindorensis was considered locally extinct in part of its former range in Northern Luzon until a live specimen was caught in San Mariano, Isabela in 1999.

There are still surviving population in the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park within the Luzon rainforest, San Mariano, Isabela, Dalupiri island in the Babuyan Islands, and Abra (province) in Luzon and Ligawasan Marsh in Mindanao.

Robinsons Place Santiago

Robinsons Place Santiago is expected to serve at least 1 million residents which covers towns in the province of Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya and Southern Isabela.

Ruthlane Uy Asmundson

The Uy family was responsible for building and furnishing a community library in Barangay Mabini Gamu, Isabela in 1998.

Temporary capital

The First Philippine Republic government under Emilio Aguinaldo has had four different temporary capitals throughout the Philippine Revolution against Spanish colonization and subsequent American occupation: Malolos, Bacolor, Cabanatuan, and Palanan.


Amanda Díaz

Díaz represented Isabela at the Miss World Puerto Rico 2009 pageant where she placed as one of the five finalists in which she then obtained the position of 3rd runner-up.

Díaz represented Isabela at the Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2008 pageant where she placed as one of the five finalists.

Cities of the Philippines

However, by opting to remain within Region IX, Isabela City's residents are not eligible to elect and be elected to regional offices of the expanded Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) which now includes the rest of Basilan.

Cordon, Isabela

Toyota Isabela, the first branch of Japan-based car company in the province, has opened an outlet in Cordon.

Effects of the 2009 Pacific typhoon season in the Philippines

(Cagayan and Isabela are not specified but are also flooded which can mean it may have experienced more than 50 mm of rain. Moreover, Cagayan River flooded).

Guane

The Filipinos worked the huge tobacco plantations much as they did in their home country, in the present provinces of Ilocos Sur, Tarlac, Ilocos Norte, Cagayan and Isabela.

Isabela Oriole

The Isabela Oriole is most closely related to the White-lored Oriole, Oriolus albiloris.

La Salette of Roxas

In 2007, the Statue of Our Lady of La Salette from France was placed in La Salette of Roxas and in other La Salette Schools in Isabela.

Miss World Puerto Rico 2009

Amanda Díaz Torres (Isabela) previously placed 4th Runner-up at the Miss Puerto Rico Universe 2008 pageant and 3rd Runner-up at Miss World Puerto Rico 2004.

Philippine House of Representatives elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, 2010

The voters in Isabela vote their representative as part of Basilan's legislative district.

Note that Isabela, Basilan, despite being a part of the province of Basilan, is not a part of the ARMM.

Philippine House of Representatives elections in the Zamboanga Peninsula, 2010

Note that in Isabela, Basilan, although a part of this region, the voters elect their representative via Basilan's legislative district.


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