Calayan, Cagayan

Calayan
Municipality
Municipality of Calayan
Smith Volcano on Babuyan Island
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Map of Cagayan with Calayan highlighted
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Calayan Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 19°15′43″N121°28′31″E / 19.2619°N 121.4753°E / 19.2619; 121.4753
Country	Philippines
Region	Cagayan Valley
Province	Cagayan
District	2nd district
Barangays	12 (see Barangays)
Government   [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
•  Mayor	Joseph M. Llopis
•  Vice Mayor	Edmund B. Escalante
•  Representative	Samantha Louise V. Alfonso
•  Municipal Council	Members Josephus R. Llopis Hante Tan Allain T. Olivas Ahmed T. Castillejos Elena M. Llopis Teresita P. Singun Crispiniano G. Tugade Roque C. Ventura
•  Electorate	9,499 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	494.53 km2 (190.94 sq mi)
Elevation	9.0 m (29.5 ft)
Highest elevation	1,248 m (4,094 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [3]
• Total	17,410
• Density	35/km2 (91/sq mi)
•  Households	4,250
Economy
•  Income class	3rd municipal income class
•  Poverty incidence	22.58 % (2021) [4]
•  Revenue	₱ 166.6 million (2020)
•  Assets	₱ 622.4 million (2020)
•  Expenditure	₱ 142.5 million (2020)
•  Liabilities	₱ 134.4 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Cagayan 2 Electric Cooperative (CAGELCO 2)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	3520
PSGC	0201509000
IDD  :  area code	+63 (0)78
Native languages	Ibanag Ilocano Ivatan Tagalog
Website	www.calayan-cagayan.gov.ph

Calayan, officially the Municipality of Calayan (Ilocano : Ili ti Calayan; Ivatan: Kavahayan nu Calayan; Ibanag: Ili nat Calayan; Tagalog : Bayan ng Calayan), is a municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,410 people. ^[3]

Calayan is home to the Calayan rail, a flightless bird identified as a separate species in 2004 and endemic to Calayan Island. ^[5]

History

The municipality's name came from the Ibanag language, literally mean "where laya (ginger) is abounded". ^[6]

Calayan was officially conquered by the Spanish starting in 1619, but maintained a sporadic presence in the area due to its isolated location. It was taken over by the Americans in 1900. In the 1920s, it was briefly placed under the jurisdiction of Aparri after a clerk ran off with the municipal treasury's funds. ^[7]

Geography

It is located in the Luzon Strait north of Luzon Island and south of Taiwan via Bashi Channel to Luzon Strait. The town is composed of four of the five major islands of the Babuyan Islands namely: Calayan, Camiguin, Dalupiri and Babuyan Island. Calayan Island is the largest of the Babuyan Islands. Fuga Island, the fifth island within the Babuyan Islands, is part of Aparri municipality despite being closer to Claveria. ^[8]

Calayan Island is located about 24 miles (39 km) west-south-west of Babuyan Island off the north coast of the Philippines and belongs to the Babuyan Islands group in the China Sea. ^[9] The island is hemmed between Aparri and Batanes islands and it is larger than the Fuga Island, which is 25 miles (40 km) away. It is the second district in the province of Cagayan and its 29th municipality.

Barangays

Calayan is politically subdivided into 12 barangays. ^{[10] [11]} Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.

• Babuyan Claro (Babuyan Island)
• Balatubat (Camiguin Island)
• Cabudadan
• Centro II
• Dadao
• Dalupiri
• Dibay
• Dilam
• Magsidel
• Minabel - (Camiguin Island)
• Naguilian - (Camiguin Island)
• Poblacion / Centro I

Climate

Weather conditions are generally wet with heavy rainfall occurring during November and December. The cold winds are the northerly and north-easterly winds. The island is also affected by typhoons. ^[12] Calayan Island publishes tide tables and solunar tables, daily forecasts for high tides and low tides, other fishing-related data such as the lunar phase, tidal coefficient, sun and moon rising and setting times, hours of maximum fish activity and weather conditions. This data is also useful for all fishing operations in the Calayan Island, apart from navigation of other commercial and transport vessels. ^[13]

Climate data for Calayan, Cagayan (1991–2020, extremes 1949–2020)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	34.9 (94.8)	35.0 (95.0)	35.6 (96.1)	35.8 (96.4)	37.2 (99.0)	37.0 (98.6)	37.8 (100.0)	37.1 (98.8)	35.7 (96.3)	35.0 (95.0)	34.3 (93.7)	33.3 (91.9)	37.8 (100.0)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	26.8 (80.2)	27.4 (81.3)	28.8 (83.8)	31.2 (88.2)	32.4 (90.3)	32.8 (91.0)	32.3 (90.1)	31.8 (89.2)	31.3 (88.3)	30.2 (86.4)	29.3 (84.7)	27.2 (81.0)	30.1 (86.2)
Daily mean °C (°F)	23.8 (74.8)	24.1 (75.4)	25.3 (77.5)	27.3 (81.1)	28.6 (83.5)	29.0 (84.2)	28.7 (83.7)	28.4 (83.1)	28.0 (82.4)	27.2 (81.0)	26.4 (79.5)	24.3 (75.7)	26.8 (80.2)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	20.7 (69.3)	20.7 (69.3)	21.8 (71.2)	23.5 (74.3)	24.8 (76.6)	25.2 (77.4)	25.1 (77.2)	25.0 (77.0)	24.7 (76.5)	24.2 (75.6)	23.5 (74.3)	21.4 (70.5)	23.4 (74.1)
Record low °C (°F)	13.9 (57.0)	15.3 (59.5)	15.8 (60.4)	17.2 (63.0)	19.0 (66.2)	19.1 (66.4)	19.8 (67.6)	21.6 (70.9)	20.2 (68.4)	17.4 (63.3)	15.6 (60.1)	14.8 (58.6)	13.9 (57.0)
Average rainfall mm (inches)	183.9 (7.24)	110.7 (4.36)	68.4 (2.69)	49.7 (1.96)	132.6 (5.22)	161.4 (6.35)	205.0 (8.07)	306.1 (12.05)	379.1 (14.93)	259.8 (10.23)	304.7 (12.00)	320.8 (12.63)	2,482.2 (97.72)
Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm)	16	9	8	5	9	7	10	15	16	15	16	19	145
Average relative humidity (%)	86	86	85	83	85	85	86	87	88	86	87	87	86
Source: PAGASA [14] [15]

Demographics

Population census of Calayan

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1903 693 —     1939 2,736 +3.89% 1948 3,501 +2.78% 1960 4,586 +2.27% 1970 6,782 +3.99% 1975 8,234 +3.97% 1980 8,969 +1.72%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1990 11,222 +2.27% 1995 12,243 +1.64% 2000 14,309 +3.40% 2007 16,233 +1.76% 2010 16,200 −0.07% 2015 16,702 +0.58% 2020 17,410 +0.82%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [16] [17] [18] [19]

In the 2020 census, the population of Calayan was 17,410 people, ^[3] with a density of 35 inhabitants per square kilometre or 91 inhabitants per square mile.

Economy

Poverty incidence of Calayan

10 20 30 40 50 2006 24.20 2009 27.65 2012 47.37 2015 22.72 2018 42.19 2021 22.58 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27]

Local government

Main article: Sangguniang Bayan

Calayan, belonging to the second legislative district of the province of Cagayan, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.

Elected officials

Members of the Municipal Council(2022-2025)

Position	Name
Congresswoman	Baby Aline Vargas-Alfonso
Mayor	Joseph M. Llopis
Vice-Mayor	Edmund B. Escalante
Councilors	Jericho Llopis
	Paking Llopis
	Allain Olivas
	Elena Llopis
	Ahmed Castillejos
	Tessie Singun
	Crispiniano Tugade
	Rog Ventura

Education

The Schools Division of Cagayan governs the town's public education system. ^[28] The division office is a field office of the DepEd in Cagayan Valley region. ^[29] The office governs the public and private elementary and public and private high schools throughout the municipality.

References

This article contains Public domain text from the U.S. Government Elihu Root collection of United States documents relating to the Philippine Islands (1906)

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External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code