Cuyapo

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Cuyapo
Municipality
Municipality of Cuyapo
Municipal Hall
Seal
Map of Nueva Ecija with Cuyapo highlighted
OpenStreetMap
Cuyapo Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 15°47′N 120°40′E / 15.78°N 120.67°E / 15.78; 120.67Coordinates: 15°47′N 120°40′E / 15.78°N 120.67°E / 15.78; 120.67
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Luzon
Province	Nueva Ecija
District	1st district
Founded	1859
Barangays	51 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Florida Paguio-Esteban
• Vice Mayor	Cinderella E. Ramos
• Representative	Estrellita B. Suansing
• Municipal Council	Members Julius R. Gines Manuel S. Hidalgo Glenn R. Corpus Jaime D. Batac June Paul A. Mendoza Edwin G. Magaoay Mussolini B. Agpalo Jerico D. Robles
• Electorate	42,054 voters (2019)
Area [2]
• Total	215.73 km2 (83.29 sq mi)
Elevation	36 m (118 ft)
Highest elevation	243 m (797 ft)
Lowest elevation	18 m (59 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [3]
• Total	68,066
• Density	320/km2 (820/sq mi)
• Households	15,003
Demonym(s)	Cuyapeño (Cuyapenyo)
Economy
• Income class	1st municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	21.35% (2015)[4]
• Revenue	₱226,284,238.54 (2020)
• Assets	₱546,687,043.08 (2020)
• Expenditure	₱188,607,022.43 (2020)
• Liabilities	₱119,852,407.19 (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Tarlac 1 Electric Cooperative (TARELCO 1)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	3117
PSGC	034906000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)44
Native languages	Ilocano Tagalog
Website	www.cuyapo.gov.ph

Cuyapo, officially the Municipality of Cuyapo (Pangasinan: Baley na Cuyapo; Ilocano: Ili ti Cuyapo; Tagalog: Bayan ng Cuyapo), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 68,066 people. ^[3]

Etymology[]

Cuyapo comes from the Pangasinan word “kuyapo”, “kiapo” or “quiapo” in Tagalog; “lul-luan”, in Ilocano; (Pistia stratiotes), a water plant that looks like a flower. According to the Kulantong, or Cronologia written by Cirilo R. Sumangil, a native of Cuyapo, who, for over forty years, was the Parish Priest of the Philippine Independent Church of Cuyapo. Said aquatic plant was so abundant particularly in a place which is now owned by the Monteros, situated along Rizal Street near the Municipal Cemetery. It was at this place that lured cow tenders from Paniqui, Tarlac to pasture their herds or flocks.

History[]

Early Beginnings[]

Pangasinenses from Paniqui, Tarlac who used to pasture their cattle, foresters from Santa Maria, Narvacan, Ilocos Sur; Paoay and Batac in Ilocos Norte; and Pangasinenses from Calasiao and San Carlos, Pangasinan, settled in great number in the town. It is said that the exodus, particularly from Ilocos Sur, was due to the forced labor enforced by the Spaniards in the construction of the Catholic Church in Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur. Cuyapo was declared a Barrio of Rosales on September 25, 1849, with Senior Santiago Vergara as its first Teniente del Barrio. Rosales was then a part of Nueva Ecija. It was in 1901 during the American Civil Commission that Rosales, together with Balungao, Umingan, San Quintin, were segregated from Nueva Ecija and became parts of Pangasinan.

Creation of the Town[]

On October 29, 1859, Cuyapo was separated from Rosales, Pangasinan and made a full-fledged town with Don Juan Pangalilingan as the first Gobernadorcillo. It was during his term that the first Catholic Church and convent was constructed. The old road to Guimba, passing through what is now Barangay Maycaban was constructed. On October 29, 1959, Cuyapo celebrated the centennial of its creation as a town.

The Revolutionary Period[]

On July 1, 1898, Gen. Mariano Llanera, then Military Governor of Nueva Ecija, appointed Don Marcelo Garcia, last Capitan Municipal during the Spanish Regime, as Presidente Municipal with Don Mariano Flores, last Teniente Mayor, as Vise Presidente Municipal. Later, under the supervisonal government, election of municipal officials was held. This revolutionary period of government existed until the American forces came in November 1898. It was during this period when the people showed their patriotism and loyalty to the cause of the revolution. On June 19, 1898, two to three hundred Cuyapenos, under Teniente Isabelo del Valle of Paniqui, Tarlac, answered the call of duty and ambushed a heavily armed contingent of Spanish Cazadores who came from Rosales en route to Tarlac in Bessang (now part of Barangay Maycaban. The Cuyapenos then had only fifteen (15) Remington rifles and the rest armed with bolos.

Barangays[]

Cuyapo is politically subdivided into 51 barangays.

Climate[]

Demographics[]

Population census of Cuyapo

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1903 16,292 —     1918 19,344 +1.15% 1939 24,570 +1.15% 1948 28,923 +1.83% 1960 30,634 +0.48% 1970 34,793 +1.28% 1975 39,109 +2.37% 1980 39,654 +0.28%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1990 43,103 +0.84% 1995 49,791 +2.74% 2000 51,366 +0.67% 2007 55,456 +1.06% 2010 59,396 +2.53% 2015 65,039 +1.74% 2020 68,066 +0.90%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [6] [7] [8][9]

Economy[]

Poverty Incidence of Cuyapo
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[10][11][12][13][14][15]

Tourist Attractions[]

• Apolinario Mabini Marker (Cuyapo) - Site of the arrest of Philippine hero Apolinario Mabini, known as “the sublime paralytic,” by the Americans on December 10, 1899.

• Armando's Garden Resort and Villas

Education[]

Primary schools[]

Public Schools:

Private Schools:

Secondary schools[]

Public Schools:

Villaflores Integrated School

Private Schools:

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cuyapo.

• Cuyapo Website
• Cuyapo Profile at PhilAtlas.com
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System