Dinapigue

Dinapigue used to be a barrio of San Mariano, Isabela. On June 21, 1968, Republic Act No. 5776 declared Dinapigue to be a separate municipality.^[1][7]

Dinapigue or sometimes called Dinapigui is the southernmost coastal town of the province of Isabela. It is one of the four remote and isolated coastal towns of Isabela facing the Philippine Sea on the east and separated from the rest of the province by the Sierra Madre Mountains.

It is bounded by the coastal town of Palanan to the north, San Mariano to the northwest, San Guillermo to the west, Echague to the southwest, Dilasag in the province of Aurora to the south and the Philippine Sea to the east.

Dinapique is situated 272.98 kilometres (169.62 mi) from the provincial capital Ilagan, and 408.34 kilometres (253.73 mi) from the country's capital city of Manila.

In the 2024 census, the population of Dinapigue was 6,116 people,^[15] with a density of 11 inhabitants per square kilometre or 28 inhabitants per square mile.

Poverty incidence of Dinapigue

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority^{[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]}

Dinapigue is home to a nickel mine owned by Nickel Asia Corporation.^[24]

The Schools Division of Isabela governs the town's public education system.^[28] The division office is a field office of the DepEd in Cagayan Valley.^[29] The Palanan Schools District Office governs the public and private elementary and public and private high schools throughout the municipality.

Dinapigue is accessible by land but it can also be accessed by air through Dinapigue Airport. Small time bus companies offer daily trips from Santiago City to Dinapigue via Quirino province through the towns of Dinalungan, Casiguran, and Dilasag in the province Aurora.