Aparri
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| Coordinates: 18°20′N 121°40′E / 18.33°N 121.67°ECoordinates: 18°20′N 121°40′E / 18.33°N 121.67°E | ||
| Country | Philippines | |
| Region | Cagayan Valley (Region II) | |
| Province | Cagayan | |
| District | 1st District | |
| Barangays | 42 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Shalimar D. Tumaru | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 286.64 km2 (110.67 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015 census) | ||
| • Total | 65,649 | |
| • Density | 230/km2 (590/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) | |
| ZIP code | 3515 | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)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 2015 census, it has a population of 65,649 people.
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 and is much closer to Claveria.
Aparri was formerly a Japanese trading post because of its location at the northern tip of Luzon at the mouth of the Cagayan River. It was the main area for trade for Japan in the island of Luzon. Much of the area was once home to the native Ibanag people, who were at the time in alliance with Japan as an early form of an informal protectorate city-state. It was formally established under Spanish rule in 1605 after the Spanish Crown seized the Philippines and made it part of the Spanish East Indies. 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.
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