Calayan | |
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Municipality of Calayan | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 19°15′43″N121°28′31″E / 19.2619°N 121.4753°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Cagayan Valley |
Province | Cagayan |
District | 2nd district |
Barangays | 12 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Joseph M. Llopis |
• Vice Mayor | Edmund B. Escalante |
• Representative | Samantha Louise V. Alfonso |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 9,499 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• 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 | 42.19 |
• 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 | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)78 |
Native languages | Ibanag Ilocano Ivatan Tagalog |
Website | www |
Calayan, officially the Municipality of Calayan (Ilocano : Ili ti Calayan; Tagalog : Bayan ng Calayan), is a 3rd class 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]
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]
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.
Calayan is politically subdivided into 12 barangays. [10] [11] Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
Climate data for Calayan, Cagayan (1991–2020, extremes 1949–2020) | |||||||||||||
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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 [12] [13] |
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. [14] 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. [15]
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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.
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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.
Position | Name |
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Congressman | Samantha Louise V. Alfonso |
Mayor | Joseph M. Llopis |
Vice-Mayor | Edmund B. Escalante |
Councilors | Josephus R. Llopis |
Hante Tan | |
Allain T. Olivas | |
Ahmed T. Castillejos | |
Elena M. Llopis | |
Teresita P. Singun | |
Crispiniano G. Tugade | |
Roque C. Ventura | |
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.
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The Babuyan Islands, also known as the Babuyan Group of Islands, is an archipelago in the Philippines, located in the Luzon Strait north of the main island of Luzon and south of Taiwan via Bashi Channel to Luzon Strait. The archipelago consists of five major islands and their surrounding smaller islands. These main islands are, counterclockwise starting from northeast, Babuyan, Calayan, Dalupiri, Fuga, and Camiguin. The Babuyan Islands are separated from Luzon by the Babuyan Channel, and from the province of Batanes to the north by the Balintang Channel.
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