Calayan Island
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Smith Volcano (aka Mount Babuyan) on Babuyan Island
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 Map of Cagayan showing the location of Calayan |
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| Coordinates: 19°16′N 121°29′E / 19.27°N 121.48°ECoordinates: 19°16′N 121°29′E / 19.27°N 121.48°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Cagayan Valley (Region II) |
| Province | Cagayan |
| District | 2nd District |
| Barangays | 12 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alfonso M. Llopis |
| Area | |
| • Total | 164.50 km2 (63.51 sq mi) |
| Population (2015 census) | |
| • Total | 16,702 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Calayanos |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) |
| ZIP code | 3520 |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)78 |
| Income class | 3rd class |
| Website | www |
Calayan (Ibanag language, meaning "where laya (ginger) abounded") is a municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 16,702 people.
It is located in the Luzon Strait north of Luzon Island. The town is composed of four of the five major islands of the Babuyan Islands namely: Calayan, Camiguin, Dalupiri and Babuyan Island. Calayan Island is the largest of the Babuyan Islands. Fuga Island, the fifth island within the Babuyan Islands, is part of Aparri municipality. Calayan is home to the Calayan rail, a flightless bird identified as a separate species in 2004 and endemic to Calayan Island.
A mission headquarters was established on Calayan Island in 1722. During the Spanish colonial administration regime, the administrators were Don Licerio Duerme in 1896, Don Pedro Abad in 1897, and Don Angel Escalante during 1898–1902.
Administratively, the Calayan island was part of the Batanes group of islands. From 1902, Calayan was brought under Cagayan Province. However, this change of administrative control resulted in isolation of the islanders as transport communications were lacking. In 1916, Fray Andres Sanchez and Fray Geronimo Morer, Dominican Fathers, visited this island and gave the island its name. It was only in 1954 that the Governor of Cagayan, Jose P. Carag, came to Calayan. The next visit by a governor was only in 1981, by Justiniano P. Cortez, when a mobile government was organized to improve the health conditions of the people and to distribute medicine and food items such as rice, canned goods, and seeds. A repeat of this mission occurred in 1982.
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