Tuao

Tuao
Municipality
Municipality of Tuao
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Map of Cagayan with Tuao highlighted
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Tuao Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 17°44′N 121°27′E / 17.73°N 121.45°E / 17.73; 121.45Coordinates: 17°44′N 121°27′E / 17.73°N 121.45°E / 17.73; 121.45
Country	Philippines
Region	Cagayan Valley
Province	Cagayan
District	3rd district
Founded	1851
Barangays	32 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Francisco N. Mamba Jr.
• Vice Mayor	William N. Mamba
• Representative	Joseph L. Lara
• Municipal Council	Members Leonard M. Beltran Guillermo A. Sumigad Jr. Mayonito R. Fernandez Martin M. Soriano Jose Pocholo C. Baligod Nicanor A. Turingan Jr. Arthur G. Taguiam Nestor Yap
• Electorate	37,835 voters (2019)
Area [2]
• Total	215.50 km2 (83.21 sq mi)
Elevation	67 m (220 ft)
Highest elevation	347 m (1,138 ft)
Lowest elevation	22 m (72 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [3]
• Total	63,970
• Density	300/km2 (770/sq mi)
• Households	13,540
Economy
• Income class	1st municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	15.47% (2015)[4]
• Revenue	₱287,350,895.98 (2020)
• Assets	₱623,353,980.78 (2020)
• Expenditure	₱190,827,008.64 (2020)
• Liabilities	₱101,001,160.82 (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Cagayan 1 Electric Cooperative (CAGELCO 1)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	3528
PSGC	021528000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)78
Native languages	Ibanag Ilocano Itawis Tagalog

Tuao, officially the Municipality of Tuao (Ibanag: Ili nat Tuao; Ilocano: Ili ti Tuao; Tagalog: Bayan ng Tuao), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 63,970 people. ^[3]

Barangays[]

Tuao is politically subdivided into 32 barangays.

Climate[]

History[]

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When the early Spanish missionaries were busy laying the foundation of a church late in the 16th century at a site about six kilometers from the present town of Tuao, a big bird came circling over them and then alighted on the wooden cross erected to mark the place where the cornerstone was laid. It flapped its wings noisily, cried "battuao, battuao, battuao" and then flew away.

The native laborers in the construction stopped working and refused to continue telling the priests that the site had not been well chosen. They insisted that a party should find out where the bird had flown to.

To humor the pagan natives, one of the priests allowed himself to be led by a party of natives to look for the mysterious bird. To his surprise, they found the bird serenely perched on top of a tall tree on the edge of a wide clearing ideal for a town site. He sent one of the natives to call for the other priests, who, on their arrival, found the place much to their liking. And so the first church of Tuao was constructed on the site where the present edifice now stands.

When the civil authorities founded the town in 1604, the natives insisted that it be called Tuao. Eight years later on May 13, 1612, Tuao was accepted ecclesiastically. Father Miguel de San Jacinto, O.P. gave the town Santos Angeles Custudios (Holy Guardian Angels) as its patron saints.

The early missionaries in Tuao were zealous evangelists and tactful pacifiers of warlike natives. One of them was Father Francisco Capillas, who later became the first martyr in China. The first parish priest, Father Juan B. Cano, O.P. worked patiently with the people.

A late comer, Father Gabriel Serrano, O.P. built a strong brick and mortar church, a rectory (convento) and a fort (cotta) in which the Spaniards and the natives sought refuge every time the town was raided by the Kalingas from the Cordillera ranges. Unfortunately, these priceless monuments to the politicalization and evangelization of Tuao by the Spaniards were destroyed by a strong earthquake on December 29, 1749.

In protest of abuses committed by some Spanish civil petty officials and soldiers, the inhabitants of Tuao and neighboring Malaueg, rose in revolt in 1781 under and . The uprising was put down by .

Tuao became a part of events during World War II as the seat of the successful renaissance government of . The Japanese Forces garrisoned the town when Adduru was captured late in 1943, but Adduru returned shortly after having been freed by his guerilla soldiers early in 1944. Donald Blackburn, "assisted by his intelligence officer Lt. Mariano D. Manawis, from the prominent Daquial family of Tuao; a very bright and forward thinking man who revitalized the intelligence operations for the 11th Infantry;";^{[6]: 112–113} staged from Tuao, his guerrilla headquarters, attacks against the Japanese in Tuguegarao.^{[7]: 299–302}

After the war, the inhabitants work in silent diligence. Most of them used their brawn to make living, they are independent from outside help and are friendly people.

Demographics[]

In the 2020 census, the population of Tuao was 63,970 people, ^[3] with a density of 300 inhabitants per square kilometre or 780 inhabitants per square mile.

Economy[]

References[]

External links[]

• Tuao Profile at PhilAtlas.com
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information