Isabel, Leyte
Isabel is a 1st class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 38,486 people in 8,303 households.
Isabel is the most industrialized town in Eastern Visayas, being the site of Leyte Industrial Development Estate (LIDE). Some of the companies located here are the Philippine Phosphate (PHILPHOS) Fertilizer Corp., Philippine Associated Smelting and Refining (PASAR) Corp., and Lepanto Mining Corp. It has earned its moniker as "Saudisabel" because of the high availability of jobs. Isabelanons enjoy a relatively high standard of living. It is also the home of LIDE Learning Center (LLCI), a prestigious institution, which gained its popularity to its neighbors like Ormoc, Palompon, Baybay and also in Cebu. Isabel has one higher institution of learning which is the Visayas State University - College of Industrial Technology, Isabel campus. It offers undergraduate degrees in education, industrial engineering, business and information technology and various two-year technological courses that caters the need of the local and national industry.
The town was created from the barrios of Quiot, Sta. Cruz, Libertad, Matlang, Tolingon, Bantigue, Apale and Jonan from the town of Mérida by virtue of Republic Act No. 191.
[edit] Barangays
Isabel is politically subdivided into 24 barangays.
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[edit] External links
- Philippine Standard Geographic Code
- 2000 Philippine Census Information
- Local Governance Performance Management System
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