Plaridel, officially the Municipality of Plaridel ( tgl, Bayan ng Plaridel), is a 5th class

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in the

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 10,129 people. The municipality was created in 1962 by virtue of Republic Act No. 3493 where its territories carved out from

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. Plaridel is from Lucena and from

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Geography

The smallest municipality in the province of Quezon, Plaridel has an area of 33 square kilometers comprising nine barangays - four of which are poblaciones - and its population is around 11,000. It lies between the towns of Atimonan and Gumaca, hugging the coastline of the Province alongside Maharlika Highway. Its inhabitants are occupied primarily with fishing. Those engaged in Agriculture plant mostly coconut and rice. A visitor this town must taste and savor its local version of Suman.

Barangays

Plaridel is politically subdivided into 9

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s. * Concepcion * Duhat * Ilaya * Ilosong * Tanauan * Central (

Poblacion ''Poblacion'' (literally "town" or "settlement" in Spanish language in the Philippines, Spanish; ) is the common term used for the administrative center, central, downtown, old town or central business district area of a Philippines, Philippi ...

) * Paang Bundok (

) * Paaralan or Pampaaralan (

) * M. L. Tumagay (

) Barangays Duhat, Ilaya, and Ilosong are south of the

, and are accessed by a paved road which connects with the National Maharlika Highway at Barangay Pampaaralan (also called Paaralan). This road is also the main access to Barangay Kulawit, part of the Municipality of Atimonan to the west.

Climate

Demographics

Religion

*Roman Catholic *Iglesia Ni Cristo *Seventh Day Adventist *Bible Baptist

Economy

Government

Elected officials

Municipal council (2022-2025): *Mayor: Jose D. Saavedra *Vice Mayor: Bernardo V. Tumagay *Councilors: ** Sixto Alva ** Rommel Caparros ** Victor Tumagay ** Atorni Dee Magbuhos ** Don-Don Anda ** Omack Camba ** Estelita Javier ** Darwin Alvarez

References

External links

Plaridel Profile at PhilAtlas.com
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