Kalawit, officially the Municipality of Kalawit ( ceb, Lungsod sa Kalawit;
Subanen: ''Benwa Kalawit'';
Chavacano
Chavacano or Chabacano is a group of Spanish-based creole language varieties spoken in the Philippines. The variety spoken in Zamboanga City, located in the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao, has the highest concentration of speaker ...
: ''Municipalidad de Kalawit''; tl, Bayan ng Kalawit), is a 4th class
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
in the
province
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of
Zamboanga del Norte
Zamboanga del Norte ( Cebuano: ''Amihanang Zamboanga''; Subanon: ''Utara Sembwangan''; tl, Hilagang Zamboanga), officially the Province of Zamboanga del Norte, is a province in the Philippines situated within the Zamboanga Peninsula region in ...
,
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 23,812 people.
It was created by virtue of
Republic Act
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Sources of Philippine laws
;Notes
: *Customs may be considered as supplementary source of law, however, customs which are contrary to law, public order or public policy shall not be ...
No. 6851 on February 10, 1990.
Geography
Barangays
Kalawit is politically subdivided into 14
barangay
A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolita ...
s.
* Batayan
* Botong
* Concepcion
* Daniel Maing (''Dominolog'')
* Fatima (''Lacsutan'')
* Gatas
* Kalawit (''
Poblacion
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* Marcelo
* New Calamba
* Palalian
* Paraiso
* Pianon
* San Jose
* Tugop
Climate
Demographics
Economy
References
External links
Kalawit Profile at PhilAtlas.com*
Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>
Philippine Census Information
Municipalities of Zamboanga del Norte
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