La Libertad, officially the Municipality of La Libertad ( ceb, Lungsod sa La Libertad;
Subanen: ''Benwa La Libertad'';
Chavacano
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: ''Municipalidad de La Libertad''; tl, Bayan ng La Libertad), is a 5th class
municipality
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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 M ...
,
Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 8,119 people.
Geography
Barangays
La Libertad is politically subdivided into 13
barangay
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s.
* El Paraiso
* La Union
* La Victoria
* Mauswagon
* Mercedes
* New Argao
* New Bataan
* New Carcar
*
Poblacion
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* San Jose
* Santa Catalina
* Santa Cruz
* Singaran
Climate
Demographics
Economy
References
External links
La Libertad Profile at PhilAtlas.com*
Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>
Philippine Census Information
Municipalities of Zamboanga del Norte
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