Bagabag, officially the Municipality of Bagabag (; ; ), is a

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in the

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Nueva Vizcaya Nueva Vizcaya, officially the Province of Nueva Vizcaya (; ; Pangasinan: ''Luyag/Probinsia na Nueva Vizcaya''; ), is a landlocked province in the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon. Its capital and largest town is Bayo ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 37,985 people. The main crops produced are

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, and

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. Bagabag is famous for its

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(coconut pie) in the

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region and it is the gateway to the world-famous

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. It is considered the main pineapple producer of Nueva Vizcaya. Bagabag has the largest

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farming in the region. Main resources include agriculture, livestock, and fruit-bearing trees plantation. Main industries include furniture, hollow block factory, tilapia farming, buko pie, pineapple vinegar, and meat processing.

History

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The natives of Bagabag are the Gaddangs whose ancestors originally came from

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and Isabela provinces. At the coming of the Spaniards, the natives were mostly settled along the

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where they had small farms of vegetables and root crops as well as rice fields. Most of them, however, depended on fishing and hunting for their livelihood. The Spaniards found the

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s along the Lanog and Lamut Rivers and in the hills, east of the Magat River, they found the

Bugkalot The Bugkalot (also Ilongot or Ibilao) are an indigenous peoples inhabiting the southern Sierra Madre and Caraballo Mountains, on the east side of Luzon in the Philippines, primarily in the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Nueva Ecija and along t ...

s. The town was formed on October 7, 1741 by a Dominican

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, Antonio del Campo, at

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"Nagcumventuan" a place now located between Pogonsino, Bagabag, and Bangar, Solano. The present name of the sitio bears proof to the fact that the Spanish priest constructed a church in the original town site. Frs. Luis Sierra and Alejandro Vidal were among the first priests to settle in 1743. They organized the town in 1754. Due to the continuous erosion and flood from the

and its increasing population, Fr. Vidal later transferred the town site to "Nassa" which is located between Barangays Lantap and Santa Lucia. The "Nassa" location was open and muddy throughout the year. Thus for the third time, Fr. Vidal transferred the town site to its present site where numerous buri palms were then growing. It was from this buri

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plant the name of Bagabag originated, the same being called by the natives as " bagbag". In 1753, the Spanish established a fortress at Bagabag to serve as a base of operations for conquering the Ifugaos and to defend the mountain pass leading to Isabela. In 1945, the combined United States and the Philippine Commonwealth troops together with guerrillas attacked the Japanese Imperial forces in the Battle of Bagabag during

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Geography

The Municipality of Bagabag is located in the northeastern part of Nueva Vizcaya with a total land area of . The

, which runs parallel to the

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(AH 26), is situated in the eastern part of the town proper. Located in the northern part of the town is Bagabag Airport, the only airport of Nueva Vizcaya, which serves the province and its surrounding area. Bagabag is situated from the provincial capital

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, and from the country's capital city of

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Barangays

Bagabag is politically subdivided into 17

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s. Each barangay consists of

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s and some have

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. * Bakir * Baretbet * Careb * Lantap * Murong * Nangalisan * Paniki (Paniqui) * Pogonsino * San Geronimo (Poblacion) * San Pedro (Poblacion) * Sta. Cruz * Sta. Lucia * Tuao North * Tuao South * Villa Coloma (Poblacion) * Villa Quirino (Poblacion) * Villaros

Bordering Areas

* Lamut, Ifugao (north) *

Diadi Diadi, officially the Municipality of Diadi (; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 19,236 people. History Diadi was formerly a barangay of Bagabag named Picat ...

(east) * Villaverde (west) *

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(south) * Solano (southwest)

Climate

Demographics

The natives of Bagabag are the Ga'dangs or Gaddangs whose ancestors originally came from the

and Isabela regions. The Gaddangs predominantly live in the town proper and they speak the

Gaddang language The Gaddang language (also Cagayan) is and Austronesian language spoken by up to 30,000 of the Gaddang people in the Philippines, particularly along the Magat and upper Cagayan rivers in the Region II provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Isabela a ...

. Many

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and

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have migrated and live in Bagabag.

Economy

Tilapia Industry

On January 11, 2008, the Cagayan Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) stated that

fish production grew and

is now the Philippines' tilapia capital. Production supply grew 37.25% since 2003, with 14,000 metric tons (MT) in 2007. The recent aquaculture congress found that the growth of tilapia production was due to government interventions: provision of fast-growing species, accreditation of private hatcheries to ensure supply of quality fingerlings, establishment of demonstration farms, providing free fingerlings to newly constructed fishponds, and the dissemination of tilapia to Nueva Vizcaya (in Diadi town). Former cycling champion Lupo Alava is a multi-awarded tilapia raiser in Bagabag. Chairman Thompson Lantion of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board, a retired two-star police general, has

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in La Torre,

. Also, Nueva Vizcaya Governor Luisa Lloren Cuaresma also entered into similar aquaculture endeavors in addition to tilapia production.

Government

Local government

Bagabag is part of the lone congressional district of the province of

. It is governed by a mayor, designated as its local chief executive, and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the municipal councilors are elected directly by the people in polls held every three years.

Elected officials

Education

The Schools Division of Nueva Vizcaya governs the town's public education system. The division office is a field office of the DepEd in

region. There are two schools district offices which govern all the public and private elementary and high schools throughout the municipality.

Primary and elementary schools

* Amballo North Elementary School * Amballo Resettlement Elementary School * B. A. Bugayong Elementary School * Bagabag Central School * Bagabag Child Development Center * Bagabag South Elementary School * Baretbet Elementary School * Careb Elementary School * JP Castillo Elementary School * Lantap Elementary School * Lantap Kiddie Learning Center * M. V. Duque Elementary School * Murong Elementary School * Murong UMC Learning Center * Nangalisan Elementary School * Palayan Elementary School * Paniki Elementary School * Pogonsino Annex Elementary School * Pogonsino Elementary School * Singian Elementary School * Sta. Cruz Elementary School * Sta. Lucia Elementary School * Tabban Elementary School * Tuao North Elementary School * Tuao South Elementary School * V. Coloma Memorial Elementary School * Villaros Elementary School

Secondary schools

* Bagabag National High School * Murong National High School * Paniki High School * St. Jerome's Academy of Bagabag * Tuao High School

Notable personalities

* Stacey Sevilleja - Member of the

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group Bini

References

External links

Local Government Unit of Bagabag
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