Flag Size: | 120x80px |
Seal Size: | 100x80px |
Pushpin Map: | Philippines |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
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Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Philippines |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | June 21, 1969 |
Parts Type: | Barangays |
Parts Style: | para |
P1: | (see Barangays) |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Gerandy B. Danao |
Leader Title1: | Vice Mayor |
Leader Name1: | Marcelino 'Jun' Calso, Jr. |
Leader Name2: | Jose Ch. Alvarez |
Leader Title3: | Municipal Council |
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Elevation Max M: | 368 |
Elevation Min M: | 0 |
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Demographics1 Title5: | Assets |
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Demographics1 Title8: | IRA rank |
Demographics1 Title9: | Expenditure |
Demographics1 Title10: | Liabilities |
Demographics Type2: | Service provider |
Demographics2 Title1: | Electricity |
Demographics2 Title2: | Water |
Demographics2 Title3: | Telecommunications |
Demographics2 Title4: | Cable TV |
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Narra, officially the Municipality of Narra (Tagalog: Bayan ng Narra), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 77,948 people.
Besides spelling out the local name for the Pterocarpus indicus—the Philippines' national tree—it is an acronym for National Resettlement Rehabilitation Administration. This program, established on June 18, 1954, resettled landless people from Luzon to Palawan. On June 21, 1969, the Municipality of Narra was created by virtue of Republic Act No. 5642 signed by President Ferdinand Marcos.[1]
Having a title as "The Rice Granary of Palawan" Municipality of Narra is the main rice producer of the Province of Palawan. The municipality also held "Palay Festival" (Formerly called as "Anihan(Reaping) Festival") held every middle or end week of the October. Narra is from Puerto Princesa.
Narra also includes Rasa Island, home of the endangered endemic cockatoo species called "Katala or Abukay or Kalangay (depends on local dialect)" or Philippine red-vented cockatoo (cacatua haematuropygia) and other rare animal species.
Narra is politically subdivided into 23 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
In the 2020 census, the population of Narra, Palawan, was 77,948 people, with a density of NaNPD/km2NaNPD/km2.