Calayan, Cagayan

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 2015 census, it has a population of 16,702 people. [3]

Calayan
Municipality
Municipality of Calayan
Map of Cagayan with Calayan highlighted
OpenStreetMap
Calayan
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 19°16′N 121°29′E
Country Philippines
RegionCagayan Valley (Region II)
ProvinceCagayan
District2nd District
Barangays12 (see Barangays)
Government
 [1]
 • TypeSangguniang Bayan
 • MayorJoseph M. Llopis
 • Vice MayorEdmund B. Escalante
 • RepresentativeSamantha Louise V. Alfonso
 • Electorate9,766 voters (2019)
Area
 [2]
 • Total164.50 km2 (63.51 sq mi)
Elevation
9.0 m (29.5 ft)
Population
 (2015 census) [3]
 • Total16,702
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
 • Households
3,883
Economy
 • Income class3rd municipal income class
 • Poverty incidence22.72% (2015)[4]
 • Revenue₱108,846,592.47 (2016)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
3520
PSGC
021509000
IDD : area code +63 (0)78
Climate typetropical monsoon climate
Native languagesIbanag
Ilocano
Ivatan
Tagalog
Websitewww.calayan-cagayan.gov.ph

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

Name

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

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.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9][10]

  • Babuyan Claro
  • Balatubat
  • Cabudadan
  • Centro II
  • Dadao
  • Dalupiri
  • Dibay
  • Dilam
  • Magsidel
  • Minabel
  • Naguilian
  • Poblacion/Centro I

Demographics
Population census of Calayan
YearPop.±% 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%
YearPop.±% 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%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [3] [11] [12][13]

In the 2015 census, the population of Calayan was 16,702 people, [3] with a density of 100 inhabitants per square kilometre or 260 inhabitants per square mile.

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. [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]

Climate data for Calayan, Cagayan (1981–2011, extremes 1949–2012)
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)
Average high °C (°F) 26.5
(79.7)		 27.1
(80.8)		 28.9
(84.0)		 31.1
(88.0)		 32.4
(90.3)		 32.6
(90.7)		 32.3
(90.1)		 31.7
(89.1)		 31.2
(88.2)		 30.2
(86.4)		 28.7
(83.7)		 26.8
(80.2)		 30.0
(86.0)
Daily mean °C (°F) 23.8
(74.8)		 24.2
(75.6)		 25.6
(78.1)		 27.5
(81.5)		 28.7
(83.7)		 29.1
(84.4)		 28.9
(84.0)		 28.5
(83.3)		 28.0
(82.4)		 27.3
(81.1)		 26.2
(79.2)		 24.2
(75.6)		 26.8
(80.2)
Average low °C (°F) 21.2
(70.2)		 21.2
(70.2)		 22.3
(72.1)		 23.8
(74.8)		 25.1
(77.2)		 25.6
(78.1)		 25.5
(77.9)		 25.3
(77.5)		 24.7
(76.5)		 24.3
(75.7)		 23.6
(74.5)		 21.7
(71.1)		 23.7
(74.7)
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) 170.6
(6.72)		 126.2
(4.97)		 49.4
(1.94)		 58.0
(2.28)		 159.2
(6.27)		 170.9
(6.73)		 209.1
(8.23)		 228.4
(8.99)		 318.5
(12.54)		 375.4
(14.78)		 335.1
(13.19)		 219.5
(8.64)		 2,420.3
(95.29)
Average rainy days (≥ 0.1 mm) 17 11 7 5 8 8 11 15 16 18 18 18 152
Average relative humidity (%) 85 86 84 83 83 84 84 86 85 85 86 86 85
Source: PAGASA[16][17]

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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