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Nazareno Dam<br />
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A century-old dam, it is an irrigation canal that is<br />
considered one of the best in the Philippines without<br />
the aid of any sophisticated machinery. The settlers of<br />
Plaridel were able to<br />
A century-old dam,<br />
it is an irrigation<br />
canal that is<br />
considered one<br />
of the best in the<br />
Philippines...<br />
build this canal from the<br />
Larangan River along a<br />
hill of solid rock.<br />
The Nazareno-Gamutan<br />
system is a communal<br />
irrigation system that<br />
appropriates water<br />
for rice cultivation in<br />
Misamis Occidental Province, Philippines. It is composed<br />
of canals that deliver water from the Langaran River and<br />
the Dokaling Creek to roughly 1200 hectares of nearby<br />
farmlands within the municipality of Plaridel. There are<br />
an estimated 2500 rice farmers who appropriate water<br />
from the system. Now with 140 years in operation,<br />
this Century-Old Nazareno Dam of NGADIA (Nazareno<br />
Gamutan Agricultural Irrigations Association) established<br />
in 1876 was declared the first-ever Cooperative and is one<br />
of the best irrigations systems in the entire Philippines.
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