Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:  –  ·  ·  · scholar · JSTOR (December 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

Bagabag
Municipality
Municipality of Bagabag
Downtown area
Flag Seal
Nickname(s):  Buko Pie Center of the North
Map of Nueva Vizcaya with Bagabag highlighted
show OpenStreetMap Wikimedia | © OpenStreetMap
Bagabag Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 16°36′16″N 121°15′08″E / 16.604431°N 121.252094°E / 16.604431; 121.252094Coordinates: 16°36′16″N 121°15′08″E / 16.604431°N 121.252094°E / 16.604431; 121.252094
Country	Philippines
Region	Cagayan Valley
Province	Nueva Vizcaya
District	Lone district
Founded	1741
Barangays	17 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Johnny M. Sevillena
• Vice Mayor	Benigno B. Calauad
• Representative	Luisa L. Cuaresma
• Electorate	20,473 voters (2019)
Area [2]
• Total	183.90 km2 (71.00 sq mi)
Elevation	269 m (883 ft)
Highest elevation	599 m (1,965 ft)
Lowest elevation	206 m (676 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [3]
• Total	37,985
• Density	210/km2 (530/sq mi)
• Households	8,771
Economy
• Income class	2nd municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	8.71% (2015)[4]
• Revenue	₱117,941,125.65 (2016)
Service provider
• Electricity	Nueva Vizcaya Electric Cooperative (NUVELCO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	3711
PSGC	025003000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)78
Climate type	tropical rainforest climate
Native languages	Gaddang Ilocano Tagalog
Website	www.lgu-bagabag.gov.ph

Bagabag, officially the Municipality of Bagabag (Gaddang: Ili na Bagabag; Ilocano: Ili ti Bagabag; Tagalog: Bayan ng Bagabag), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 37,985 people. ^[3]

Bagabag is famous for its buko pie (coconut pie) in the Cagayan Valley region and it is the gateway to the world-famous Banaue Rice Terraces. It is considered the pineapple region of Nueva Vizcaya.^[5] The main crops produced are rice, corn, coconut, mango, and pineapple. Bagabag has the largest tilapia farming in the region.^[6] 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. 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.

Geography[]

Bagabag is 19 kilometres (12 mi) north of its provincial capital, Bayombong, and 291 kilometres (181 mi) north of Manila. It is located in the northeastern part of Nueva Vizcaya with a total land area of 260 square kilometers or 26,000 hectares. The Magat River, which runs parallel to the Pan-Philippine Highway (AH 26), is situated in the eastern part of the town proper.

Bordering Areas[]

• Lamut, Ifugao (north)
• Diadi (east)
• Villaverde (west)
• Quezon (south)
• Solano (southwest)

Barangays[]

Bagabag is politically subdivided into 17 barangays.^[7]

Climate[]

History[]

The natives of Bagabag are the Gaddangs whose ancestors originally came from Cagayan and Isabela provinces. At the coming of the Spaniards, the natives were mostly settled along the Magat River where they had small farms of vegetables and rootcrops. They had also ricefields. Most of them, however, depended on fishing and hunting for their livelihood. The Spaniards found the Igorots along the Lanog and Lamut Rivers and in the hills, east of the Magat River, they found the Bugkalots.

The town was formed on October 7, 1741, during the Spanish regime by a Dominican friar, Padre (Pe.) Antonio del Campo, at sitio "Nagcumventuan" a place now located between Pogonsino, Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya and Bangar, Solano, Nueva Vizcaya. The present name of the sitio bears proof to the fact that the Spanish priest constructed a church in the original town site.

Pe. Luis Sierra and Pe. Alejandro were among the first priests to settle in 1743. They organized the town in 1754. Due to the continuous erosion and flood from the Magat River and its increasing population, Pe. 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, Pe. Vidal transferred the town site to its present site where numerous buri palms were then growing. It was from this buri palm plant the name of Bagabag originated, the same being called by the natives as "bagbag". No account could be given on the exact date of the year the present town of Bagabag was founded as the records were destroyed during World War II.

In 1945, the combined United States and the Philippine Commonwealth troops together with the town's guerrillas attacked the Japanese Imperial forces in the Battle of Bagabag during World War II.

Demographics[]

The natives of Bagabag are the Ga'dangs or Gaddangs whose ancestors originally came from the Cagayan and Isabela regions. The Gaddangs predominantly live in the town proper and they speak the Gaddang language. Many Ilocanos and Tagalogs have migrated and live in Bagabag.^[13]

Economy[]

Tilapia Industry[]

On January 11, 2008, the Cagayan Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) stated that tilapia fish production grew and Cagayan Valley 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 fishponds in La Torre, Bayombong. Also, Nueva Vizcaya Gov. Luisa Lloren Cuaresma also entered into similar aquaculture endeavors in addition to tilapia production.^[20]

Local Government[]

Bagabag Municipal Hall

Bagabag is governed by a mayor, a vice mayor and eight-member municipal councilors. They are elected for a three-year term.

Elected officials for 2013 to 2016:

• Mayor: Johnny M. Sevillena
• Vice Mayor: Ed G. Afalla
• Municipal Councilors (Sangguniang Bayan Members):
  • Revelita L. Jallorina
  • Benigno B. Calauad
  • Rodolfo S. Abon
  • Lenita P. Rebuta
  • Elpidio A. Torio
  • Brenda Lyn S. Afalla
  • Ferdinand D. S. Inaldo
  • Marnilo G. Carbonel

Schools[]

Notable residents

• Lupo Alava - athlete, cyclist winner of 1980 Marlboro Tour of Luzon's Rookie of the Year.[1]
• Leonardo A. Gonzales, Ph.D. - scholar and scientist, authored books on rice and corn policy including technical articles on agricultural policy, agribusiness, and agribiotechnology.[2]
• Carlo Guieb - athlete, cyclist winner of 1993-1994 Marlboro Tour of Luzon.[3]
• Gualberto B. Lumauig - politician, then Governor and congressman of Ifugao, Philippine ambassador to Taiwan.[4]
• Romulo B. Lumauig - lawyer and politician, then Congressman of Ifugao, trade deputy minister under President Ferdinand Marcos.[5]

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya.

• Bagabag Profile at PhilAtlas.com
• Local Government Unit of Bagabag
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System