Country Philippines Founded June 15, 1596 Time zone PST (UTC+8) Local time Tuesday 12:36 PM Neighborhoods Cullit, Babayuan, Tagung | District 1st District Barangays Area 76.5 km² Province Cagayan | |
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Region Cagayan Valley (Region II) Weather 27°C, Wind NE at 16 km/h, 70% Humidity | ||
Camalaniugan cagayan
Camalaniugan is a fourth class municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 24,923 people.
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Map of Camalaniugan, Cagayan, Philippines
Barangays
Camalaniugan is politically subdivided into 28 barangays.
History
The town was named after the "malaniug" trees which grew in abundance during the early years.
Camalaniugan was founded on June 15, 1596, a rather early date because of its proximity to Nueva Segovia (Lallo). San Jacinto de Polonia was selected as their patron saint. The early settlers were the Ybanags and Ilocanos, both peace-loving citizens. They built their houses along the banks of the Cagayan River. They brought with them their knowledge of farming and skills in making weapons. According to the story related by the elders, among these "happy" settlers was Guiab, a famous strongman and leader of Camalaniugan. He did not like the missionaries. Because of this, he was arrested and later hanged from a malaniug tree by order of Juan Pablo Carreon. For years the people suffered injustice.
Between the year 1887-1888, Fray Marcelino Cascos, O.P., built a convent. It was in this convent where Col. Daniel Tirona billeted his men after arresting the missionaries when he occupied the town in 1898.
It is in this town where the oldest Christian bell in the Far East is located. It is also the birthplace of Don Vicente Nepomuceno, author of the history book "Historia Nac Cagayan" which is written in Ybanag.
The town has a church dedicated to San Jacinto or Saint Hyacinth which houses the oldest church bell (Sancta Maria, 1595) in the far east.
Demographics
In the 2015 census, the population of Camalaniugan was 24,923 people, with a density of 330 inhabitants per square kilometre or 850 inhabitants per square mile.