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Country
  
Philippines

Barangays
  
11 (see Barangays)

ZIP code
  
2810

Local time
  
Monday 2:05 AM

District
  
Lone District of Abra

Time zone
  
PST (UTC+8)

Area
  
111 km²

Province
  
Abra

Manabo, Abra

Region
  
Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)

Weather
  
23°C, Wind SE at 5 km/h, 74% Humidity

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Manabo, officially the Municipality of Manabo (Ilocano: Ili ti Manabo, Filipino: Bayan ng Manabo), is a municipality in the province of Abra in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) of the Philippines. The population was 10,761 at the 2015 census. In the 2016 electoral roll, it had 7,154 registered voters.

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Map of Manabo, Abra, Philippines

Etymology

Upon hearing that a gobernadorcillo (the Spanish-era equivalent of a governor) was coming through the river from Cervantes, the natives in present-day Manabo welcomed him with a landing pad made of bamboo and a feast of meat, fruit and wine. On his departure later, the natives were so enthusiastic in seeing him off that they overloaded the bamboo landing pad and collapsed, in which everyone shouted, "Manabo! Manabo!" The Spanish gobernadorcillo, amused with the event, named the place "Manabo".

Geography

Manabo is located at 17°26′N 120°42′E.

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 110.95 square kilometres (42.84 sq mi) constituting 7000266000000000000♠2.66% of the 4,165.25-square-kilometre- (1,608.21 sq mi) total area of Abra.

Barangays

Manabo is politically subdivided into 11 barangays.

Demographics

In the 2015 census, Manabo had a population of 10,761. The population density was 97 inhabitants per square kilometre (250/sq mi).

In the 2016 electoral roll, it had 7,154 registered voters.

References

Manabo, Abra Wikipedia