Aparri, Cagayan

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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:

Country

Philippines

Region

Cagayan Valley (Region II)

Province

Cagayan

District

1st District

Barangays

42

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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.
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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).
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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