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Number: 36,000

Region: in the north eastern province of Isabela, especially around the towns of Casilag Sur and Cabagan

Physical Features: dark skinned with big build, large rectangular face

Dialect: Ibanag

Religion: Catholic

Integration: The Ibanags have partly absorbed the prevailing culture of the low land people.

Community: The Ibanags are under a similar set up and administration as ordinary Filipinos.

Technological Level: Basically the same as of the mainstream Filipinos.

Education: Most finished primary education. Some 30 % have secondary education. Those who study in college mostly do so in Cagayan instead of Manila.

Employment: Basically, Ibanags are farmers. Ibanag employees, who are not great in number, are mostly in government offices; some of their women are employed overseas as nurses.

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