Paranas
Sign in to saveAlso known as Wright
Paranas, officially the Municipality of Paranas (; ), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 35,281 people.
Key facts
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ulot River Rapids
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Paranas, Samar.png
- Settlement.flag_size
- 100x80px
- Settlement.image_seal
- File:Official Seal of Paranas.png
- Settlement.seal_size
- 100x80px
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Philippines
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within the
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Philippines
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Province
- Settlement.motto
- Paranas Achieve
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- District
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.parts_type
- Barangays
- Settlement.parts_style
- para
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Philippines
- Official name
- Municipality of Paranas
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Samar
- Population
- 35281
- Area
- 556.12
- Elevation
- 50
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Shares border with
- Can-avid
- Households
- 7324
- Dialing code
- 55
Show 10 more facts
- postal code
- 6716
- Köppen climate classification
- tropical rainforest climate
- language used
- Tagalog
- electorate
- 24414
- poverty incidence
- 26.53
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 299469940.73
- total assets
- 727736670.06
- total expenditure
- 205635312.29
- total liabilities
- 127166467.71
- Commons category
- Paranas
Sources (12)
via Wikidata · CC0
~10 min read
Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Barangays
- Climate
- Bruna Fabrigar
- Demographics
- Economy
- Government
- List of former chief executives
- Culture
- Local beliefs
- Transportation
- Notable personalities
- References
- External links
Paranas, officially the Municipality of Paranas (; ), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 35,281 people.
It was formerly known as Wright named after American Governor-General Luke E. Wright.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paranas” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.