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12-691: The municipality is home to the Dinadiawan River Protected Landscape . The word Dipaculao was created while the Ilongots, the first inhabitants, were having thanksgiving festivities to commemorate the abundance of hunting and harvesting. Dipac [ˈdiːpak] , the Ilongot chieftain, was drunk with basi and tuba . The Ilocanos who were present saw him fell and shouted: "Dipac naulaw" or "Naulaw ni Dipac" (Dipac got dizzy, idiomatically "Dipac is/got drunk"), hence born

24-817: A length of 890–1,200 mm (35–47 in). Its tail has an average length of 440 to 600 mm (17 to 24 in). Males weigh 4–8 kg (8.8–17.6 lb), but females only attain 3–4 kg (6.6–8.8 lb). Like most primates , the Philippine long tailed macaque is omnivorous . The Philippine long-tailed macaque is found on the Philippine islands of Balabac , Basilan , Biliran , Bohol , Busuanga , Camiguin , Catanduanes , Culion , Leyte , Luzon , northeastern Mindanao , Mindoro , Negros , Panay , Palawan , Samar , and Sibuyan . It has been found at elevations up to 1,800 metres (5,900 ft). Fossils excavated in Palawan were identified as being of

36-697: Is a protected area covering the stretch of the Dinadiawan River from its headwaters in the Sierra Madre mountain range to its mouth on the Philippine Sea coast of the village of Dinadiawan in Aurora province, Philippines . The park covers an area of 3,371.332 hectares (8,330.74 acres) and includes its surrounding forested mountains, waterfalls and springs in Dipaculao municipality. It

48-430: Is composed of 2,645 hectares (6,540 acres) of forested area, 323 hectares (800 acres) of grassland, 151 hectares (370 acres) of forested shrubland, 144 hectares (360 acres) of cultivated area, and 108 hectares (270 acres) of the Dinadiawan River. Its forest cover consists primarily of dipterocarp trees like tanguile , mayapis , white lauan , red lauan and bagtikan . It serves as a habitat of wild fauna such as

60-690: The Cordilleras arrived and settled the town, and lived along with Ilocanos and Ilongots . Other ethnic groups who came and stayed in Dipaculao include Christianized Gaddang and Isinai settlers who settled the surrounding lowlands of Baler Bay, Gaddang arrived from Nueva Vizcaya and Mountain Province and Isinai came from Nueva Vizcaya. On November 27, 1950, Dipaculao was converted from a barrio of Baler into an independent municipality of Quezon thru Executive Order No. 375. The late Anacleto Mijares

72-573: The Philippine deer , Philippine long-tailed macaque , Philippine warty pig , spotted wood kingfisher and pygmy swiftlet . First established as a watershed forest reserve with an area of 3,387 hectares (8,370 acres) through Proclamation No. 918 issued by President Corazón Aquino in 1992, the protected area is now a declared Protected Landscape under the National Integrated Protected Areas System with

84-621: The 3,147.32-square-kilometer (1,215.19 sq mi) total area of Aurora. Dipaculao is 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) from Baler and 242 kilometers (150 mi) from Manila . Dipaculao is politically subdivided into 25 barangays . Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios . In the 2020 census, Dipaculao had a population of 33,131. The population density was 92 inhabitants per square kilometer (240/sq mi). Poverty incidence of Dipaculao Source: Philippine Statistics Authority Dinadiawan River Protected Landscape The Dinadiawan River Protected Landscape

96-520: The Philippine long-tailed macaque, deer , Palawan bearded pig , Bornean tiger , small mammals, lizards, snakes and turtles. From the stone tools, besides the evidence for cuts on the bones, and the use of fire, it would appear that early humans had accumulated the bones. In prehistoric times, the Greater Sunda Islands of Borneo might have been connected to Palawan during the penultimate and previous glacial periods , judging from

108-473: The issuance of Proclamation No. 278 in 2000 by President Joseph Estrada . The park is one of five protected areas in the province of Aurora. This Philippines -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Philippine long-tailed macaque The Philippine long-tailed macaque ( Macaca fascicularis philippensis ) is a subspecies of the crab-eating macaque , known in various Philippine languages as matching / matsing or

120-487: The more general term unggoy ("monkey"). It is endemic to the Philippine forests and woodlands, but especially in the mangrove forests of western central Philippines — particularly in Palawan , the Visayas , and Mindanao . The names M. f. philippinensis and M. f. philippinenesis have also been used, but arise from orthographical error. The Philippine long-tailed macaque has a reddish-brown coat. It can reach

132-542: The name Dipaculao. In the early part of 1921, immigrants from Central Luzon , including Ilocanos , mostly from neighboring Nueva Ecija , arrived at present-day municipality, which was then a large strip of virgin lands along the Pacific Coast in what was then part of the province of Nueva Vizcaya ; others arrived from the present size of Nueva Vizcaya. Another group of Ilocano settlers arrived from Ilocos Region , including La Union and Pangasinan . Igorots from

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144-511: Was the first Municipal Mayor administered the transition of the municipality. On June 21, 1957, the sitios of Dimabuno, Laboy, Dinadiawan and Puangi were converted into barrio s. Several more sitios were converted into barrios on June 18, 1966. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority , the municipality has a land area of 361.64 square kilometers (139.63 sq mi)   constituting 11.49% of

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