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Santa Praxedes Langangan | |
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Municipality of Santa Praxedes | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 18°33′58″N120°59′24″E / 18.5661°N 120.99°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Cagayan Valley |
Province | Cagayan |
District | 2nd district |
Named for | Saint Práxedes |
Barangays | 10 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Esterlina A. Aguinaldo |
• Vice Mayor | Rene D. Estabillo |
• Representative | Samantha Louise V. Alfonso |
• Electorate | 3,411 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 109.97 km2 (42.46 sq mi) |
Elevation | 163 m (535 ft) |
Highest elevation | 693 m (2,274 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [3] | |
• Total | 4,434 |
• Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
• Households | 1,071 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 5th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 12.23 |
• Revenue | ₱ 73.22 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 246.9 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 58.19 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 30.16 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Cagayan 2 Electric Cooperative (CAGELCO 2) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 3521 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)78 |
Native languages | Ilocano Ibanag Isnag Tagalog |
Santa Praxedes, officially the Municipality of Santa Praxedes (Ibanag : Ili nat Santa Praxedes; Ilocano : Ili ti Santa Praxedes; Tagalog : Bayan ng Santa Praxedes), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 4,434 people. [3]
The poblacion of the municipality consists of two barangays, Centro-Uno and Centro-Dos, which are situated in the valley surrounded by the northern tip of the Cordilleras.
The town's original name was Capan-awan, then Langangan (a round piece of rattanwork to hold pottery), [5] then changed to Santa Praxedes, after the second-century martyr of the same name, by virtue of Republic Act No. 4149 in 1964. The town was formerly part of Ilocos Norte until 1922. [5] The first settlers were known to be the emigrants from the provinces of Ilocos Sur (from the municipalities of Sinait and Magsingal) and Ilocos Norte (from the municipalities of Pasuquin, Badoc and Pinili). The early settlers in this municipality were the Agamanos, Agnir, Aguinaldo, Aguirre, Agullana, Bumanglag, Estabillo, Llapitan, Madamba, Pagdilao, Ragsac, Rivera, and the Sanchez families.
There have been moves by the municipal council to regain political control on some barangays of the neighboring municipality of Claveria, particularly the barangays of Cadcadir, Lablabig, Mabnang, Union, Kilkiling and Siam-Siam. These barangays were once part of Santa Praxedes but lost them when the municipality was transferred to the provincial jurisdiction of Ilocos Norte.
It borders the Ilocos Norte municipality of Pagudpud to the west; Calanasan, Apayao, to the south-west; Claveria, Cagayan, to the east. It also shares a third of the area of the Calvario National Park along with the municipality of Pagudpud. Taiwan directly to the north of Luzon Island via Luzon Strait to Bashi Channel.
The central plain is situated in a valley enveloped by the Cordillera Mountains. It is also one of the coastal towns of Cagayan that does not have direct road access to its seacoast due to the high mountains surrounding it.
Santa Praxedes is politically subdivided into 10 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
Climate data for Santa Praxedes, Cagayan | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 25 (77) | 26 (79) | 28 (82) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 28 (82) | 27 (81) | 26 (79) | 25 (77) | 28 (81) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 18 (64) | 18 (64) | 20 (68) | 21 (70) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 21 (70) | 21 (70) | 19 (66) | 21 (70) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 55 (2.2) | 41 (1.6) | 37 (1.5) | 41 (1.6) | 184 (7.2) | 215 (8.5) | 261 (10.3) | 256 (10.1) | 245 (9.6) | 216 (8.5) | 142 (5.6) | 129 (5.1) | 1,822 (71.8) |
Average rainy days | 14.1 | 11.1 | 11.8 | 12.5 | 21.8 | 25.2 | 25.5 | 24.9 | 23.8 | 18.2 | 16.4 | 17.0 | 222.3 |
Source: Meteoblue [6] |
As in the other part of the country, the municipality has two seasons: the wet and dry seasons. It has a longer wet season, unlike most parts of the country that enjoy almost equal periods of wet and dry seasons. The wet season normally starts in the last week of May and lasts up to the end of January. It is during the later months of this season that the famous "gamet" or "nori" grows along its rocky seacoast. The dry season starts by the end of January till the end of May.
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Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [7] [8] [9] [10] |
In the 2020 census, the population of Santa Praxedes was 4,434 people, [3] with a density of 40 inhabitants per square kilometre or 100 inhabitants per square mile.
Ilocano is the main language but a portion of the population also speaks Isneg (locally known as Yapayao) as part of the population hailed from the Calanasan, Apayao, when the municipality was a part of the former Kalinga-Apayao province.
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Economic activity consists mainly of fishing, farming and tourism. Currently, the local government is further developing both Portabaga Falls and Mingay Beach Resorts.
There is a lot of potential of the town in ecotourism but due to poor infrastructure, tourism spots such as Sicul Falls and Hotsprings as well as Macatel Falls were seldom visited.
Santa Praxedez, 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 | Esterlina A. Aguinaldo |
Vice-Mayor | Rene D. Estabillo |
Councilors | Carlo A. Cachapero |
Christopher B. Aguirre | |
Mark Robenson S. Dela Cruz | |
Angel R. Tauyan | |
Gil G. Buenavista | |
Joseph C. Icalla | |
Edgardo C. Aguino | |
Frankwilner A. Llapitan | |
Being a small town and the fact that its inhabitants are related by ancestry, recent political development created friction among political clans. Among other factor is that politicians are mainly late-comer emigrants from neighboring municipalities and provinces thus in the 2016 national election, claims of illegal voters or "flying voters" were uncovered by the local election office. Such controversy was resolved before election.
The municipality is 595 kilometres (370 mi) north of Manila via Laoag and 192 kilometres (119 mi) northwest of Tuguegarao, the province's capital. Bus companies serving the town are RCJ Lines and GV Florida Transport (Manila–Sanchez Mira v/v via Laoag), GMW Trans (Laoag–Tuguegarao/Santiago) and L. Pascua Liner (Flora–Baguio) on a daily regular basis.
Although it has a small population, it enjoys full coverage of Smart and Globe cellular networks which residents use to connect to the Internet.[ citation needed ]
The Schools Division of Cagayan governs the town's public education system. [19] The division office is a field office of the DepEd in Cagayan Valley region. [20] The office governs the public and private elementary and public and private high schools throughout the municipality.
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