The town is known for its sprawling flat lands used for growing crops such as palay or rice, peanut, corn, tobacco and vegetables.

[7] It is bounded to the north by Delfin Albano, Mallig to the northwest, Roxas to the southwest, Burgos and Gamu to the south and Ilagan City to the east.

On June 10, 2024, Marcos Jr. launched in Cabaruan, Quirino the Philippines' largest Solar-powered Pump Irrigation Project (SPIP).

[14] The PHP 65.77 million National Irrigation Administration's solar will water for free 350 hectares paddy fields of around 237 farmers, since Isabela is dubbed as the "Rice Granary of the North".

Under the Magat River Integrated Irrigation System (NIA MARIIS, Ramon, Isabela), 1,056 solar panels fuel its 2 submersible pumps with output discharge capacity of 12,800 gallons per minute.

[15] Poverty incidence of Quirino Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] As a municipality in the Province of Isabela, government officials in the provincial level are voted by the electorates of the town.