the history of our towns is different in Cagayan Province which now consists of 28 Towns and a single city, many of our followers already know the stories behind Isabela and Nueva Vizcaya provinces that can be seen in these videos of ours if If you haven't seen it yet, it is highly recommended that after watching this video, watch it. I will immediately leave the com before we discuss all the current towns that are here. Let's look back at the beginning of his mother province. stories behind the beginning of places in the Philippines welcome to Nong araw [Music] channel they voluntarily deliver knowledge for the theme of the origin of places in the Philippines everything you will watch is just a mixture of my personal research you can see our reference sources in the comment section I do not want to interfere with a closed mind or spend time in Debates I respect any reaction and will be the result of this video for the sake of a free people with respect for others and more than everyone has the fear of God. Happy watching. Cagayan is one of the oldest provinces in the country that was founded by the Spaniards. It used to cover the entire north eastern part of Luzon which was hidden by the mountains of Sham Madre and Kabalo but before it was completely conquered by the Spanish In the late 1500s and early 1600s they recorded the eight ethnolinguistic groups that live here and these are the agta or ita others related to itawit malaweg iraya and arifa the huge territory of Cagayan then included in the current provinces of Isabela kirino Nueva Vizcaya Batanes as well as some parts of Kalinga and Apayao as well as some small islands in the Bentang channel all of these today are covered by what is called la provincia de Cagayan like other areas in the in turn comes from the word kagay which means river according to the study of Dr Lawrence A Reed, a researcher emeritus of the University of Hawaii he got different words used for the river in the whole archipelago just like karayan kahay kayayan kalayan and kayan it is believed that the natives who came from Taiwan migrated to the Philippines 4,000 years ago are the roots of this word while in another theory, the name of Cagayan is said to come from a type of plant that was abundant here in the past and it is the tagay plant like that or there are many tagay plants But if we are talking about prehistoric Ira, there are many stories in Cagayan, there is a habit here before the arrival of the Spaniards thousands of years ago in fact it was here Archeologists excavated what they believe to be the first human in the Philippines Homo luzonensis found in the calo cave in the town of Peña Blanca there are also giant fossils tur toys elephants and rhinoceros that once lived in its land the Cagayan Valley refers to its long and low land surrounded by mountains, hills and rivers perfect for ancient civilizations and prehistoric animals hence the name the Valley of Cagayan or Cagayan Valley and speaking of rivers here is the historic Rio Grande de Cagayan or Cagayan River the longest river in the entire Philippines in the year 158 Governor Gonzalo Ronquillo de Peñalosa inaugurated the first batch for the expedition led by Juan Pabo Caron after they drive away the Japanese from Tai fusa command it was followed on June 29 158 by the leadership of Captain Juan de Salcedo going to the areas of Masi which is now Pamplona tolar At apari because of this the year 158 was recognized as the establishment of this province 1594 when the governor general Luis Perez Dasmariñas wrote to the Dominicans to send missionaries when the Dominican priests arrived they built the headquarters in Calanuga even more so and it is now part of Claveria and Sanchez Mira on June 13 to 14 159 the town of lalo became the first capital of Cagayan and they called it the city of Nueva Segovia. Its location is strategic with access to rivers. It was also one of the first four cities established by the Spaniards in the country, although it only lasted until 1839. It also served as a center of faith in the entire region from God established by Pope Clement B8 but progress was slow to settle the Cagayan Valley because they left it chaotic and the tribal wars were still raging let's add to that the ambushes in missionary priests and killing them in the matter Who really would want to change their Traditional sacred culture traditions and submit to the people you just saw other tribes move away to the remote forests and up of the mountains but it did not shake the persistent Spaniards as far as the holy cross they were able to organize the communities and unite all those who live here the spread of Catholicism in Cagayan Valley only started in 159 or 1596 although There were many residents who opposed it. It wasn't long before they gradually gained the trust and religious will of the Cagayanos, but in the 18th century, the tobacco monopoly exploded. Strikes broke out starting in 1787 and many lands were left abandoned. Years later, the tobacco industry flourished again in the Cagayan Valley. The migration of the Ilocanos was a great help for the further development of agriculture in the entire valley, but their stay here is what paved the way for the main language of the Cagayans to be changed. then the others who are going to the word Ilocano today 1839 when it was decided to divide Cagayan and form the politico military District of Nueva Vizcaya 1856 the part of Cagayan and Nueva Vizcaya was formed the province of Isabela also born the party of the itawes year 1889 and kandan he Apayao in 1890 during the American era in 1901 the Philippine Commission passed law number 209 to declare Cagayan as a province and recognize the border for its territory in 1908 the province had only 24 Towns then toguegarao became its capital until be the town of tuao during the Japanese era and again returned to tugegarao law number 2711 was passed recognizing Cagayan as the largest division of islands in the country hence the name Cagayan Valley region or Region 2 [Music] abulog located between ballas teros and Pamplona in the northwestern part of Cagayan the town of abulog used to be called the town of tulog a prosperous Fishing Village Before the arrival of the Spaniards its name was changed from tulog to abulog which may have been named after its river which helped a lot of the Ilocanos in the development of this town, the silk industry or silk weaving flourished here before, but it gradually disappeared with the departure of the Spanish, it was replaced by the strengthening of agriculture, wood and fish, as well as the manufacture of battery mats and making local alcohol what can you say about this in Cagayan tourism info comment it under [Music] Alcala the former name of the town of Alkala was fulay it was founded in the late 18th century fulay is a name referring to the color red its land changed its name from fulay and called it town of alcala since January 25 1845 they offered it to governor general Francisco de Paula Alcala de tore here is the old church of their Patron Since then St fomin who is a Virgin and martir This town is very famous for their milk candies this is knowledge from the Cagayan herry conservation society community we want to know your opinion about it please comment Down below alacapan It started as a community in the middle of the Jungle the first settlers here were the they were followed by the Ilocanos, agriculture, fishing and woodworking were the livelihoods they used to live here, the name of Alacapan comes from the word ala but an Ilocano word means trap or trap in English in 192, Alacapan was established as part of the Tawit Mountain Province and became an independent Municipality District with the visa of EO number 68 on June 20, 1927. On July 1, the former mayor of Apari, Don Francisco Umengan , began to have a visa. also built his lumber business here until it became a regular municipality in the province of Cagayan in 1945 by virtue of Commonwealth Act number 692 this is history brought to us by their lgu are you from here please comment below [ Music] amolong [Music] part of the town of amolong was the baboon and the former town of cordoba most of the people living here are Ilocanos and itawes it is said that it comes from the word itawes mulong or territory December 15 173473 the official Blessing of the parengs Dominican in Manila his church in the Patronage of Nuestra Señora de las victorias given by the then mayor of Cagayan, Don Manuel Romero, the Governor presented the foundation when Amulong was just a barrio of igig [Music] the town is known throughout the country only the priests have a grand festival that lasts for 12 days. This is an offering to their Patron Saint Peter Telmo every 11th to be followed by a tradition for a fluvial parade. The Ibanag people were recognized as the first settlers here when it first became a trading post Japanese up to the acapulco gallon trade, the Ilocanos and Chinese settlers migrated here, began to build the first church made of light materials under Nueva segovia in 1604, its inauguration took place on May 11 1680 until the Ibanag people called it that aparan means the place of the missionary priests, the church was separated from the care of kamalan Jugan and bugey which became a sign of its becoming a full town no May 11 1682 are you proud of apari, comment on that [Music ] although this community was once called awawan which means a place to wash it is the origin of its current name because it is said that there was a well here where the Ibanag natives who were the first settlers of the area dug their G Asan or cleaned their later it was a hunting ground because this place used to be where many wild animals were scattered, it came from its mother town, the town of amulong, it became a full municipality in 1896 and in its first year as a town , it was led by a priest and that is reverend Father Pedro viand Barangay San Jose was recognized as its most progressive place so from 1899 in the population they agreed to move it to San Jose in 1985 ballesteros there was no church then in the town of Ballesteros the way of conducting Mass here was through private homes until Bishop Santiago Sancho appointed Don Francisco buado at the request of the residents The priest built a chapel made of light materials until it became a stone church the old name of Ballesteros was Santa Cruz which was one only then in the villages of abulog until it gained Independence as a full municipality on January 2 1912 its church followed in 192 this place was named after Don Gregorio Ballesteros a highly decorated Ilocano priest who was born in the town of abulog [Music ] bugey the town of bugey was just a small Fishing Village back then The mission for bugey began on June 15 1596 under the Patronage of San Vicente Ferrer 1610 with the approval of the governor Hen Juan De Silva The construction of the church and convent changed the Patronage they went to Santa Ana in 1623 The church and convent full of important things burned in 1732 And stormed in 1845 1896 by the iron ovate the church the name of bugi is believed to come from the word Ibanag that is bugay or tumaba in tagalog It started in the past robbed by sea pirates in 1771 And their boat capsized with a big bell attached to the kamal nyugan in 1904 and also separated year 1917 kalaya that is located between apari and Batanes it is one of the four islands that are located in the Babuyan channel together with kamin dalopiri and Babuyan claro the name kalayan comes from the word laya an Ibanag word that means ginger or Ginger kalayan or a lot of ginger can also mean water Dominican priests founded this area and one of them was Father Diego pinero kalayan was part of the Batanes group of Islands until 1902 and after that it went to Cagayan and became It is still his 29th Municipality although the residents suffered hardships for transportation to the mainland in 1954 the first group of Cagayan government officials visited and in 1981 Governor Justiniano P Cortez organized a large mobile government in action. or to bring the government closer to the residents and to be accessible to them so that they don't have to travel very far they called it The Mission Of Love kamalan yugan this town was one of the first to be established by the Spaniards here in Cagayan but before they arrived the The Ibanags were the first settlers where their first leader was bukar Nay and then guab was their enemy then the kalinggas so from Babuyan Creek they moved here where there are many malanog trees according to the calanuga lgu this is the palm tree and its fruit is a favorite of the residents, this town was founded by the Dominican friars together with their church on June 15, 1596, San Jacinto de Polonia was their first Patron, this village used to be the town of Buguey Santa Teresita Gonzaga and Santa Ana [Music] Claveria it is said that its first residents came from the area of pasukuin and vintar, both of which are located in the province of Ilocos Norte but its roots can be traced back to the beginning of the mission of Bicol that was established by the Dominicans on April 19 1633 the Ibanag word bakong or spider Lily is a quiet Fishing Village this community is attacked by rebels and sea pirates which is why they moved and built military ports for defense 1755 the K bikong pata and bangan came together- same for Mison ng abo kalan which is now Barangay San Juan Pamplona became the town of Pamplona In 1841 the failure separated from it and became the town of Claveria on March 9 1865 this new town was dedicated to Governor General Narciso Claveria is Saldua who helped to to protect this area against enemies, he is also the promoter of its separation from the town of Pamplona because of its distance [Music] Enrile, the town of Enrile was once a barrio of tugegarao and it was a thick forest . its first settlers were the Kalinga people who moved to the mountains of Dumbi and started Catholicism in this area its old name was kabug which means Kuba shortened to the name kabug which officially appeared in documents from 1849 to 1863 their first Patron was offered by the Dominican priests for Nuestra Señora de las caldas, the livelihood here was farming and growing tobacco in 1849 when it was separated from Toguegarao by decree of the superior government, it was named after Governor General Pascal and rile was famous for making the first roads in the North at the same time their patron changed and it became hestra Señora de las nieves Are you from here comment on that [Music] Gonzaga used to be bugey territory Gonzaga Cagayan in fact before the separation of the town of Gonzaga in Bugi in 1918, it was first a settlement of the Agtas that if this place is called gampo or mountainous in Tagalog during the migration of the Ilocanos, it drove the Agtas or aa to the mountains and from that time the former gampa was called wangag which means river, the settlement of wangag was identified as a village in Bugi On February 23 1869 and the year 1917, the name wangag was changed to roman or papaunlad in tagalog It was only one year that passed and successfully separated the roman a from the bugi and followed its name to the first Filipino who became the governor of Cagayan gracio p Gonzaga e de Leon on January 1 198 [Music] gataran is in the town of gataran now the former town of that which was founded in 98 and quoted in 1596, gataran is the youngest of the three because it only became a town on May 20, 1623 and like other towns in Cagayan, it was also governed by Dominican priests then, the name of gataran came from Gatang, a type of a plant or tree that was said to be found in this area then became a regular parish under the Patronage of Santa Catalina de Alejandria, the Bato church was built in 173918 an in the 177th century until it disappeared from the old records, next was the town of nas ping because of the beser loo while the town of lasam used to be a baryo of gataran with the former name of baryo maiudaiai [Music] igig popular as The center of patter 3 in the whole of Cagayan province this excellence of the itawes remains passed down until now only from igig was a small community and only had a small chapel made of light materials in the Patronage of Santiago Apostol, it became a town in 1607 and was directed to become a parish of igig on April 26 1608, their priest was Father Ambrosio Martinez de madre de Dios but they dropped from being guests and became part of tugegarao Two years later It is said that the name igig comes from the name of their former leader They call the stone church of Santiago de Galicia ig or iig Built in the 18th century it is there are bates ahead of It's Time that can prevent the church from collapsing every time there is an earthquake [Music] especially the Ibanags were the first settlers In this town which is an agricultural and fishing village this town is one of the historical places according to father julan malum bres the name comes from the ear or piece of thread and maybe has a connection with their clothing while in another version it comes from the roughness of the River hitting the rocks this town was once the heart of the faith and government of all of Cagayan Juan Pablo Caron named it the city Nueva segovia year 158 it was one of the first cities in the Philippines it became the Capitol of Cagayan until 1839 located in the old tabacalera compound it left traces the catedral de San Pedro Apostol the Castillo de San Francisco the Casa real from 158 to 1839 the current church of lalo was moved to Bagong Bayan which was ruled by the Dominicans until 1898 [Music] lasam this village is occupied by the malaweg Ibanag Ilocanos and Filipino Chinese the old name of the town of lasam is baryo maiadiaal that comes from the town of gataran, its name should be Santo Tomas which Congressman Paulino Alonso tried to approach but it failed in the first reading Pa Lamang Until it was agreed to name it after the sixth governor of Cagayan, Don Honorio lasam signed its township on June 13 1950 by president Elpidio Kirino January 1 1951 when the inauguration for this New Town took place but there was a dispute where the town trapper would be built so it was put to a vote as to who would be the first Its mayor will be built there The center of government on the right the barrio will help the jury Faction versus on the left the barrio to block the arce Faction after the election the barrio won the barrio with only two votes [Music] Pamplona meet the small and beautiful this community derived from the name of their river the Ibanag residents of masi when it was just beginning as a mission with the pata promoted by its founder Fry Miguel Martin de san jacinto year 1612 the church was rebuilt year 1721 of the demolition of the earthquake This town has two Patron Saints it is San Juan nepomoceno and san pedro de martir in the current Pamplona is here former town of Abu Kalan established in 175 7 combined these two in 184 the territory of Abu Kalan covers from barangay San Juan to Pata barrio now covered by the town of Claveria while the former town of Masi is from population to Barangay bagu Did you know that Claveria and Sanchez Mira were just the villages of Pamplona and the name Pamplona is an offering for the native town in Spain by viker Pedro Montenegro, the first civil government election took place in its church year 1901 peñablanca [Music ] this place is blessed with green forests and unique natural resources, this place is a vast hunting ground, it was also once part of the city of Tuguegarao and its old name is baryo bubog, its name is derived from a type of the tree called the dapdap which the Ibanag people call the cave when the Spaniards gave it the name Peña Blanca because of the large and white rocks found only here and it became a full town on November 21 1896 this is the land of 1000 caves and one of the protected national park since 1935 here the archeologists found the ancient people in the country the Kalaw man or homo luzonensis and many other prehistoric discoveries Have you been here we want to know in the comment section pi piyat this town used to belong to the encomiendas Don Pedro barada Don Juan de Aranda and Donya Isabel Cardona revolted in 1603 by the Itawes At Iraya because of the abuse suffered by the natives at the hands of the encomiendas, the Dominican priests entered to defend them led by Bishop Benavides and Bishop Diego de soria after the mission in lo now tabang they followed the mission of piyat no called pias written on its old bells because of the number of kambas trees in this area when it started another one was because of the word itawes the pias became piyat Our Lady of Piat is the black Virgin Mary the first mass took place on August 24 1604 and became a mission Pueblo on May 1 1610 in the Patronage of Santo Domingo de [Music] Guzman [Music] Rizal known the town of Rizal was then in its old name the malaweg which came from the community of the itawes when the malaweg is said to come from the name of the river or Bukal ng malow weeg the Dominicans accepted the mission for the malaweg and it started on April 26 1608 baptized native untal or its leader who became Si Luis pagulayan, the earthquake passed through malweg and an uprising in the other town that scared the Dominican soldiers so they left it and went to the center of Nueva segovia persuaded and asked the residents to return priests , the civil government opened in Malaweg under the leadership of Don Martin left during the American era, it was named after Rizal Alay to our town Dr Jose Rizal Sanchez [Music] Mira Before it was known as the town of Sanchez Mira the place that it was a forest before where it even became a hunting ground for the kalingga and if they call it malolo it means that the livelihood here was agriculture and fishing it became the barrio of Pamplona in 1883 by the Ilocano migrants from In the end, the name of this town is derived from the name of Don Manuel Sanchez Mira, a Spanish brigadier general of that kind at the time, on the recommendation of Don Hilario Polido, the first governor of this town, and Fry Santiago Hogla after a long time. the problem faced by the people here is the black sand mining industry which they strongly oppose . and blessed with good agricultural land, it was established in August 18 185 and its name was derived from Governor General Antonio Urbistondo Marquez de la Solana. It was part of the town of Tugegarao in the extent of the rice fields here, it can probably be named as the rice granary of Cagayan province January 18 1959 when former President Carlos P Garcia opened its new Municipal Hall Santa [Music] Ana this place was a vast forest and the trees were standing here its old name is derived from in the native word pasavilan of the river It was part of the town of Gonzaga and it was inhabited by the indigenous people before, fishing was one of their livelihoods here the number of people increased and the people from Ilocos moved here because in 1919 the residents formed an association for the homestead, Inanama and Dagupan were elevated to town status signed by President Carl P Garcia in 1949, which became effective on January 1, 1950, but due to conflicts between Gonzaga and Santa Ana regarding the territory, its inauguration only took place on March 6, 1950, according to in Sta Ana lgu It did not come from the name of a saint but from the initials of the incumbent provincial officials who became this town, it was former Governor Aran and board members Navaro and Avena ar Navaro Avena Santa Ana was their first Venado Udarbe Senor Santa Prases became the Mayor. This town was a fishing village that used to be part of Ilocos Norte until 1920 or 1922. Before it was known as Santa Prases, it once used the name Kapana Awan and only a tool made of ratan used to mold mud in 1964 when it became a town there are two versions about it first it was named after a saint who helped Christians during the Roman Empire second it was posted by former Congressman Benjamin Ligot and dedicated to his mother its first settlers were Ilocano because it came from the Ilocos region lost under the protection of Santa precedes the barangays of cadcadir lablabig mabnang union kilkiling and shamsham since it landed in Cagayan Mayor luming or mayor iluminado madamba has been in office for the longest time in this town since 1960 to 1986 he was also one of those who petitioned to change the name from langang to Santa [Music] Teresita this is the youngest town in the province of Cagayan It used to be a bugey village and it had the old name of munit village it was the biggest village then in Bugey , this place has become very important because it is believed that the first missionaries landed here to spread the religion throughout the province because of the dense forest and the tall trees in the village of Munit in the early 1950s when the demand for the industry increased source of income for its residents along with the high demand for wood is also the increase in population because many foreigners ventured here to live but even before this, the people from Abra and the people from the Ilocos regions were the first to immigrate June 22 1963 when the village of munit was separated from bugay on August 27 when this earthquake took place it started with nine barangays that became 1 tat in the present time Santo [Music] Niño the town of santo niño has an old name of cabarungan this is a baryo It was only then that the town of Tabang, which is now only a village, was founded by Captain Manuel Faire, who was the governor of Dingras, Ilocos Norte. He saw the potential of this place, so he asked the people who came here first and from here. y he continued the people of Ilocos Norte. He built the Santo Niño church as a dedication to his son who died as the patron saint until they became a full-fledged town on November 27 189 27. The resolution was made to replace the Santo Niño and to- it was a dedication to their founder, Captain Manuel fire in 1941 but in 1969 it was returned to the name of Santo Niño during the time of Mayor Leandro pagurayan [Music] wow the beginning of this town is shrouded in mystery because their origin is mixed with a story of this town is the bat tuaw n chirping of a dark and large bird that is said to have smelled the location where the missionaries should build the church because in this story the name tuaw came out and established the this town in 1604 they believed that the angels were incarnated as birds so they placed the holy guardian angels as their first Patron with a feast every October 2 according to their lgu one of the oldest and most populated places here in Cagayan was the town that it was described by the missionaries as friendly people who lived in farming and raising animals, it became the temporary headquarters of Commonwealth Governor Marcelo adduru during the Japanese era after all the towns in Cagayan were conquered or subdued but it was only temporary and was also surrendered in 1943 toguegarao [Music] City began to transfer the power of the god of Nueva segovia or the town of Lalo to the vegan year 175 and this became the way to also transfer The center of faith and trade in the province to the town of tuguegarao year 1839 which became effective by issuing a royal decree on April 10, 1841, the city of Toguegarao was a former Mission Pueblo before it became the Capitol of Cagayan province, but even before this took place, it was already very spacious and had many residents compared to the town, especially when it was not yet the towns of Enrile Solana and Peña Blanca separate. There are two versions of the word Ibanag from which its name is derived. The first is matug kataw which means to land or to arrive. It refers to the place where the boats arrived from the Rio Grande de Cagayan. The second is according to its city government it is tug giao which means fire because this place is said to have been shaped by wildfires so the afi Festival is also celebrated here tugegarao was recognized as a city on December 18 1999 there is also tugi and agaw or daytime fire Tarot trees and last but not the least the name of the water sun was said to be a recommendation if you are interested in this topic, this is the opportunity to subscribe and focus on the presentations we will offer about the origin of places in country I'm that and this is the channel of the day until next time goodbye