Danglas is a 5th class municipality in the province of Abra, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 4,144 people in 749 households. A municipality (bayan in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... Abra is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Barangays
Danglas is politically subdivided into 7 barangays. A barangay is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is very similar to a village. ...
Residents of the Philippine village of Danglas, Abra, have composed an "anti-malaria jingle" as part of a campaign to eradicate the mosquito-borne disease in the region.
Danglas was chosen by the University of the Philippines' College of Public Health two years ago as a pilot site for the project, since the village has a high incidence of malaria among its 65 households.
The density of mosquito larvae in streams dropped 45% from April 1998 to April 1999.
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