Narra, officially the Municipality of Narra ( tgl, Bayan ng Narra), is a 1st class

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in the

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Palawan Palawan (), officially the Province of Palawan ( cyo, Probinsya i'ang Palawan; tl, Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 77,948 people. Besides spelling out the local name for the ''

Pterocarpus indicus ''Pterocarpus indicus'' (commonly known as Amboyna wood, Malay padauk, Papua New Guinea rosewood, Philippine mahogany, Andaman redwood, Burmese rosewood, narra and asana in the Philippines, angsana, or Pashu padauk) is a species of ''Pterocarpus ...

''—the Philippines'

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—it is an acronym for National Resettlement Rehabilitation Administration. This program, established on June 18, 1954, resettled landless people from

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to Palawan. On June 21, 1969, the Municipality of Narra was created by virtue of Republic Act No. 5642 signed by

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. 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 also includes

Rasa Island Rasa Island is a flat coral island in the Sulu Sea just off the coast of the municipality of Narra in Palawan, Philippines. It is a shallow island surrounded by mangroves and tidal flats containing one of the country's last remaining coastal fo ...

, home of the endangered endemic cockatoo species called "Katala or Abukay or Kalangay (depends on local dialect)" or Philippine

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(cacatua haematuropygia) and other rare animal species.

Geography

Barangays

Narra is politically subdivided into 23

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Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, the population of Narra, Palawan, was 77,948 people, with a density of .

Economy

Gallery

Image:Estrella Falls.JPG, Estrella Falls Image:Malatgao Beach.JPG, Malatgao Beach Image:Malatgao Fish Pond.JPG, Fish Pond in Malatgao Image:Narra Municipal Hall.JPG, Narra Municipal Hall

References

External links

Narra Profile at PhilAtlas.com
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