Gonzaga is a municipality located in Cagayan Province in the Philippines. It has a total land area of 56,743 hectares and a population of 36,303 according to the 2010 census. Gonzaga has 25 barangays, including 4 urban barangays that make up the Poblacion area. The municipality has large tracts of undeveloped land and virgin forests in the Sierra Madre mountain range. Gonzaga was originally inhabited by Negrito tribes and was later settled by Ilocano immigrants in the 18th century.
Gonzaga is a municipality located in Cagayan Province in the Philippines. It has a total land area of 56,743 hectares and a population of 36,303 according to the 2010 census. Gonzaga has 25 barangays, including 4 urban barangays that make up the Poblacion area. The municipality has large tracts of undeveloped land and virgin forests in the Sierra Madre mountain range. Gonzaga was originally inhabited by Negrito tribes and was later settled by Ilocano immigrants in the 18th century.
Gonzaga is a municipality located in Cagayan Province in the Philippines. It has a total land area of 56,743 hectares and a population of 36,303 according to the 2010 census. Gonzaga has 25 barangays, including 4 urban barangays that make up the Poblacion area. The municipality has large tracts of undeveloped land and virgin forests in the Sierra Madre mountain range. Gonzaga was originally inhabited by Negrito tribes and was later settled by Ilocano immigrants in the 18th century.
Gonzaga is a municipality located in Cagayan Province in the Philippines. It has a total land area of 56,743 hectares and a population of 36,303 according to the 2010 census. Gonzaga has 25 barangays, including 4 urban barangays that make up the Poblacion area. The municipality has large tracts of undeveloped land and virgin forests in the Sierra Madre mountain range. Gonzaga was originally inhabited by Negrito tribes and was later settled by Ilocano immigrants in the 18th century.
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Gonzaga
Municipality
Seal
Map of Cagayan showing the location of Gonzaga
Gonzaga
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates:
1816N 12200ECoordinates:
Country
Philippines
Region
Cagayan Valley (Region II)
Province
Cagayan
District
1st District
Barangays
25
1816N 12200E
Government[1] Mayor
Rene Salvanera
Area[2] Total
567.43 km2 (219.09 sq mi)
Population (2010)[3] Total
36,303
Density
64/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone
PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code
3513
Dialing code
78
Income class
1st class
Gonzaga is a first class municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, Gonzaga has a population of 36,303 people. [3]
The 2012 film The Mistress, starring John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo, was partly shot in the town. Contents
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1 Geography
1.1 Barangays
2 History 3 Demographics 4 Economy 5 List of former mayors 6 Notable natives of Gonzaga 7 References 8 External links
Geography[edit] Gonzaga is located at the northeastern tip of the province of Cagayan, bordered by the municipality of Santa Ana to the northeast, the municipality of Santa Teresita to the west, and the municipality of Lal-lo to the south. It is approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) from Aparri, the nearest commercial center, 125 kilometres (78 mi) from the provincial capital of Tuguegarao City, and 607 kilometres (377 mi) from Manila. Gonzaga has a total land area of 56,743 hectares (140,220 acres), the majority of which remains undeveloped. It has large stretches of virgin forests, especially throughout the mountainous areas of the Sierra Madre mountain range. The highest elevation in the municipality is 1,130 metres (3,710 ft) above sea level, located at Mount Cagua in Barangay Magrafil. [2]
The majority of the municipality's 40 kilometres (25 mi) coastline is mostly along the Babuyan Channel to the north, although it is also bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the southeast. The eleven coastal barangays contain a total of 139 hectares (340 acres) of beaches, 69 hectares (170 acres) of mangrove forests, and 348 hectares (860 acres) of coral reefs. [4]
Barangays[edit] Gonzaga is politically subdivided into 25 Barangays, including four urban barangays which constitute the Poblacion area. [2]
Progressive (Poblacion) San Jose Santa Clara Santa Cruz Santa Maria Smart (Poblacion) Tapel
History[edit] The original inhabitants of Gonzaga were Negritos, especially members of Aeta tribes. The first recorded name of the area wasGampao, an Aeta word meaning 'mountainous,' later changed to Wangag, ('river'). In the eighteenth century, groups of Ilocano-speaking immigrants arrived in several waves by sea and land, gradually displacing the Aeta in the lowland areas. Wangag was given ecclesiastical recognition on 23 February 1869, as a barrio of the Municipality of Buguey. In 1917 it was renamed Rumang-ay (Ilocano for 'to be progressive'). The following year, it was renamed after the first Filipino Governor of Cagayan, Gracio P. Gonzaga. The town was officially partitioned from Buguey on 1 January 1918 via Executive Order of GovernorGeneral Francis Burton Harrison. [5]
