Gonzaga, Cagayan

Gonzaga, officially the Municipality of Gonzaga (Ibanag: Ili nat Gonzaga; Ilocano: Ili ti Gonzaga; Tagalog: Bayan ng Gonzaga), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 38,892 people. [3]

Gonzaga
Municipality
Municipality of Gonzaga
Seal
Map of Cagayan with Gonzaga highlighted
OpenStreetMap
Gonzaga
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 18°16′N 122°00′E
Country Philippines
RegionCagayan Valley (Region II)
ProvinceCagayan
District1st District
Barangays25 (see Barangays)
Government
 [1]
 • TypeSangguniang Bayan
 • MayorMarilyn S. Pentecostes
 • Vice MayorJessie G. Gaspar
 • RepresentativeRamon C. Nolasco Jr.
 • Electorate25,367 voters (2019)
Area
 [2]
 • Total567.43 km2 (219.09 sq mi)
Elevation
42 m (138 ft)
Population
 (2015 census) [3]
 • Total38,892
 • Density69/km2 (180/sq mi)
 • Households
8,502
Economy
 • Income class1st municipal income class
 • Poverty incidence13.1% (2015)[4]
 • Revenue₱160,724,948.02 (2016)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
3513
PSGC
021514000
IDD : area code +63 (0)78
Climate typetropical monsoon climate
Native languagesIbanag
Ilocano
Dupaningan Agta
Tagalog
Websitewww.sbgonzaga.ph

The 2012 film The Mistress, starring John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo, was partly shot in the town.

Geography

Gonzaga is located at the north-eastern tip of the province of Cagayan, bordered by the municipality of Santa Ana to the north-east, the municipality of Santa Teresita to the west, and the municipality of Lal-lo to the south. It is approximately 45 kilometres (28 mi) from Aparri, the nearest commercial center, 125 kilometres (78 mi) from the provincial capital of Tuguegarao City, and 607 kilometres (377 mi) from Manila.

Gonzaga has a total land area of 56,743 hectares (140,220 acres), the majority of which remains undeveloped. It has large stretches of virgin forests, especially throughout the mountainous areas of the Sierra Madre mountain range. The highest elevation in the municipality is 1,130 metres (3,710 ft) above sea level, located at Mount Cagua in Barangay Magrafil.

The majority of the municipality's 40 kilometres (25 mi) coastline is mostly along the Babuyan Channel to the north, although it is also bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the southeast. The eleven coastal barangays contain a total of 139 hectares (340 acres) of beaches, 69 hectares (170 acres) of mangrove forests, and 348 hectares (860 acres) of coral reefs.[5]

Barangays

Gonzaga is politically subdivided into 25 Barangays, including four urban barangays which constitute the Poblacion area.

  • Amunitan
  • Batangan
  • Baua
  • Cabanbanan Norte
  • Cabanbanan Sur
  • Cabiraoan
  • Callao
  • Calayan
  • Caroan
  • Casitan
  • Flourishing (Poblacion)
  • Ipil
  • Isca
  • Magrafil
  • Minanga
  • Rebecca (Nagbabacalan)
  • Paradise (Poblacion)
  • Pateng
  • Progressive (Poblacion)
  • San Jose
  • Santa Clara
  • Santa Cruz
  • Santa Maria
  • Smart (Poblacion)
  • Tapel

History

Pre-Colonial Period and Etymology

The original inhabitants of Gonzaga were Negritos, especially members of Aeta tribes. The first recorded name of the area was Gampao, an Aeta word meaning 'mountainous,' later changed to Wangag ('river').

Spanish Era

In the eighteenth century, groups of Ilocano-speaking immigrants arrived in several waves by sea and land, gradually displacing the Aeta in the lowland areas.

Wangag was given ecclesiastical recognition on 23 February 1869, as a barrio of the Municipality of Buguey. In 1917 it was renamed Rumang-ay (Ilocano for 'to be progressive'). The following year, it was renamed after the first Filipino Governor of Cagayan, Gracio P. Gonzaga. The town was officially partitioned from Buguey on 1 January 1918 via Executive Order of Governor-General Francis Burton Harrison.[6]

World War II

Japanese troops of the Tanaka Detachment from Formosa, as a main invasion force, lands on several locations in Northern Luzon, one of which, is the town of Gonzaga on 10 December 1941.

Demographics
Population census of Gonzaga
YearPop.±% p.a.
1918 3,339—    
1939 8,682+4.66%
1948 10,811+2.47%
1960 12,519+1.23%
1970 17,686+3.51%
1975 19,316+1.78%
1980 22,467+3.07%
1990 26,536+1.68%
1995 27,997+1.01%
2000 32,079+2.96%
2007 35,424+1.38%
2010 36,303+0.90%
2015 38,892+1.32%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [3] [7] [8][9]

In the 2015 census, the population of Gonzaga, Cagayan, was 38,892 people, [3] with a density of 69 inhabitants per square kilometre or 180 inhabitants per square mile.

Climate
Climate data for Gonzaga, Cagayan
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 24
(75)		 25
(77)		 28
(82)		 31
(88)		 31
(88)		 31
(88)		 30
(86)		 30
(86)		 29
(84)		 28
(82)		 26
(79)		 24
(75)		 28
(83)
Average low °C (°F) 20
(68)		 20
(68)		 21
(70)		 23
(73)		 24
(75)		 24
(75)		 24
(75)		 24
(75)		 24
(75)		 23
(73)		 23
(73)		 21
(70)		 23
(73)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 150
(5.9)		 106
(4.2)		 84
(3.3)		 48
(1.9)		 103
(4.1)		 115
(4.5)		 134
(5.3)		 156
(6.1)		 136
(5.4)		 240
(9.4)		 246
(9.7)		 300
(11.8)		 1,818
(71.6)
Average rainy days 19 14.3 12.8 10.8 17.7 18.9 21.5 23.3 22.1 20.4 20.3 22.2 223.3
Source: Meteoblue [10]

Economy

Gonzaga is primarily an agricultural municipality, with more than half of the workforce employed primarily as either farmers or fishers. Approximately 5,500 hectares (14,000 acres) of agricultural land are currently under production, the majority of which are dedicated to rice farming.[11]

List of former mayors
NameYears
Francis Torres1918-1921
Leandro Zuniega1922-1924
Teodoro Castro1925-1927
Francisco Torres1928-1931
Cesario Peralta1932-1940, 1945–1946
Frederico Navarro1941
Cayatano de la Cruz1942-1945, 1948–1951, 1960–1967
Delfin Baltazar1952-1955
Claro P. Nuñez1956-1959
Romarico Salvanera1967-1968
Francisco T. Baclig1968-1986
Hermogenes T. Baclig1986-1987
Juan B. Naval1987
Ricardo M. Paddayuman1988-1990
Atty. Arsenio P. Gonzales1990-1998
Epifanio G. Gaspar1998-2007
Rosendo P. Abad2007-2010
Engr. Carlito F. Pentecostes, Jr.2010–2014

Rene Salvanera 2014-2016

Notable natives of Gonzaga
  • Former Senate President and Defense Minister, Juan Ponce Enrile is a native of Gonzaga.
  • Lilia Cuntapay, a Filipino actress, was dubbed the "Queen of Philippine Horror Movies" was born in the Cabiraoan village of Gonzaga, Cagayan, on September 16, 1935.

References
  1.  Municipality of Gonzaga | (DILG)
  2. "Province: Cagayan". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  3. Census of Population (2015). "Region II (Cagayan Valley)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  4. "PSA releases the 2015 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Quezon City, Philippines. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  5. Municipal Coastal Environmental Profile 2005
  6. Physico-Socio-Economic and Political Profile 2007
  7. Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region II (Cagayan Valley)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. NSO. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  8. Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region II (Cagayan Valley)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. NSO.
  9. "Province of Cagayan". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  10. "Gonzaga, Cagayan: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  11. Physico-Socio-Economic and Political Profile
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