Gonzaga, officially the Municipality of Gonzaga (Ilocano: Ili ti Gonzaga; Tagalog: Bayan ng Gonzaga) , is a 1st class municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines.
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According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 41,680 people.
Gonzaga | |
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Municipality of Gonzaga | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 18°15′41″N 121°59′49″E / 18.2614°N 121.9969°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Cagayan Valley |
Province | Cagayan |
District | 1st district |
Barangays | 25 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Marilyn S. Pentecostes |
• Vice Mayor | Jessie G. Gaspar |
• Representative | Ramon C. Nolasco Jr. |
• Electorate | 26,810 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 567.43 km2 (219.09 sq mi) |
Elevation | 42 m (138 ft) |
Highest elevation | 249 m (817 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 41,680 |
• Density | 73/km2 (190/sq mi) |
• Households | 9,685 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 1st municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 12.19 |
• Revenue | ₱ 241.2 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 609.6 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 194.3 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 91.22 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Cagayan 2 Electric Cooperative (CAGELCO 2) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 3513 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)78 |
Native languages | Ibanag Ilocano Dupaningan Agta Tagalog |
Website | www |
The 2012 film The Mistress, starring John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo, was partly shot in the town.
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').
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 February 23, 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 January 1, 1918, via Executive Order of Governor-General Francis Burton Harrison.
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 December 10, 1941.
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. Gonzaga is 123 kilometres (76 mi) from Tuguegarao and 604 kilometres (375 mi) from Manila.
It 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.
Gonzaga is politically subdivided into 25 Barangays, including four urban barangays which constitute the Poblacion area. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.
Climate data for Gonzaga, Cagayan | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °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) |
Mean daily minimum °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 |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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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% |
2020 | 41,680 | +1.37% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority |
In the 2020 census, the population of Gonzaga, Cagayan, was 41,680 people, with a density of 73 inhabitants per square kilometre or 190 inhabitants per square mile.
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.
Gonzaga, belonging to the first 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 | Ramon C. Nolasco Jr. |
Mayor | Marilyn S. Pentecostes |
Vice-Mayor | Jessie G. Gaspar |
Councilors | Sherryl Anne C. Gaspar |
Eliseo C.Alibania Jr. | |
Rafael E.Sumajit Jr. | |
Ferdinand L.Baclig | |
Oscar G.Idmilao | |
Cecilia G.Morales | |
Orlando B.Rasos | |
Quirino S.Jara |
Name | Years |
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Francis Torres | 1918-1921 |
Leandro Zuniega | 1922-1924 |
Teodoro Castro | 1925-1927 |
Francisco Torres | 1928-1931 |
Cesario Peralta | 1932–1940, 1945–1946 |
Frederico Navarro | 1941 |
Cayatano de la Cruz | 1942–1945, 1948–1951, 1960–1967 |
Delfin Baltazar | 1952-1955 |
Claro P. Nuñez | 1956-1959 |
Romarico Salvanera | 1967-1968 |
Francisco T. Baclig | 1968-1986 |
Hermogenes T. Baclig | 1986-1987 |
Juan B. Naval | 1987 |
Ricardo M. Paddayuman | 1988-1990 |
Atty. Arsenio P. Gonzales | 1990-1998 |
Epifanio G. Gaspar | 1998-2007 |
Rosendo P. Abad | 2007-2010 |
Engr. Carlito F. Pentecostes, Jr. | 2010–2014 |
Rene Salvanera | 2014-2016 |
Marilyn S. Pentecostes | 2016–present |
The Schools Division of Cagayan governs the town's public education system. The division office is a field office of the DepEd in Cagayan Valley region. The office governs the public and private elementary and public and private high schools throughout the municipality.
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