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Aparri

Municipality

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Map of Cagayan showing the location of Aparri

Aparri

Location within the Philippines

Coordinates: 1820N 12140ECoordinates: 1820N 12140E

Country Philippines

Region Cagayan Valley (Region II)

Province Cagayan

District 1st District

Barangays 42

Government[1]

Mayor Shalimar D. Tumaru

Area[2]

Total 286.64 km2 (110.67 sq mi)

Population (2010)[3]

Total 61,199

Density 210/km2 (550/sq mi)

Time zone PST (UTC+8)

ZIP code 3515

Dialing code 78

Income class 1st class

Aparri is a first class municipality in the province of Cagayan, Luzon, Philippines. It sits at the mouth of the Cagayan River, the longest river in the Philippines, about 55 miles north of Tuguegarao, the provincial capital. According to the 2010 census, Aparri has a population of 61,199 people.[3]

Aparri has an approximate income of 90 million. The valley is one of the largest tobacco-producing sections in the Philippines, and the town has a considerable coastwise trade.

It has a meteorological station located in Barangay Punta where the Cagayan River meets the Babuyan Channel.

It also administers Fuga Island, which is part of the Babuyan Group.

Contents

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1 History

2 Barangays

3 Climate

4 Demographics

5 Tourism

6 Municipal government

7 References

8 External links

History[edit]

Aparri, established in 1405, was formerly a Japanese trading post because of its location at the northern tip of Luzon at the mouth of the Cagayan River. Since it was on the route of Spanish Galleons during the great tobacco monopoly in the 16th to the 17th centuries, Aparri was therefore made one of the major Spanish ports of the Galleon Trade on May 11, 1680. The original inhabitants of this town were the Ybanags. Later, as the Spaniards settled and because of its strategic location, Ilocanos and Chinese people settled in the area.

In the years before the outbreak of World War II, it became a transshipment point for smuggled goods from China, Taiwan, and other neighboring Southeast Asian nations. Donald Blackburn's guerrilla forces supported the Sixth United States Army Force B, in the capture of Aparri on 20 June 1945.[4]:295-304

In 2006, work was started to rebuild the port, after the old pier deteriorated due to the rising level of water, the common storms, and poor construction (ruins of it are now seen washed up on the beach).[citation needed]

Barangays[edit]

Aparri is politically subdivided into 42 barangays.[2]

Backiling

Bangag

Binalan

Bisagu

Bukig

Bulala Norte

Bulala Sur

Caagaman

Centro 1 (Pob.)

Centro 2 (Pob.)

Centro 3 (Pob.)

Centro 4 (Pob.)

Centro 5 (Pob.)

Centro 6 (Pob.)

Centro 7 (Pob.)

Centro 8 (Pob.)

Centro 9 (Pob.)

Centro 10 (Pob.)

Centro 11 (Pob.)

Centro 12 (Pob.)

Centro 13 (Pob.)

Centro 14 (Pob.)

Centro 15 (Pob.)

Dodan

Fuga Island

Gaddang

Linao

Mabanguc

Macanaya (Pescaria)

Maura

Minanga

Navagan

Paddaya

Paruddun Norte

Paruddun Sur

Plaza

Punta

San Antonio

Sanja

Tallungan

Toran

Zinarag