Echague, Isabela

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Echague
Municipality
Official seal of Echague
Seal
Nickname(s): Queen Town of Isabela
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Map of Isabela showing the location of Echague
Echague is located in Philippines
Echague
Echague
Location within the Philippines
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Country [[{{#property:P17}}]]
Region Cagayan Valley (Region II)
Province Isabela
District 4th District of Isabela
Barangays 64
Government[1]
 • Mayor Melinda G. Kiat
Area[2]
 • Total 680.80 km2 (262.86 sq mi)
Population (2010)[3]
 • Total 74,680
 • Density 110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code {{#property:P281}}
Dialing code {{#property:P473}}
Income class 1st class; partly urban

Echague is a first class municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines. It is 344 kilometres (214 mi) north of Metro Manila. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 74,680 people.[3]

History

Prior to 1856, there were only two provinces in the Cagayan Valley Region: Cagayan and Nueva Vizcaya. The Province of Cagayan at that time consisted of all towns from Tumauini to the north in Aparri and all other towns from Ilagan City southward to Aritao comprised the Province of Nueva Vizcaya. In order to facilitate the work of the missionaries in the evangelization of the Cagayan Valley, a royal decree was issued on May 1, 1856 that created the Province of Isabela consisting of the towns of Gamu, Angadanan, Bindang (now Roxas) and Camarag (now Echague), Carig (now Santiago City) and Palanan. The new province was named in honor of Queen Isabela II of Spain.

Fr. Pedro Salgado, the Dominican writer, in volume I of his "Cagayan Valley and Eastern Cordillera (1581-1898)," wrote that Echague town in Isabela used to be called Camarag, the name of a big tree then common in the place.

The city was founded in 1752 and ecclesiastically placed under the patronage of St. Joseph on May 12, 1753.

History says missionaries wanted to transfer the town from the banks of the Cagayan River to the Ganano River 10 kilometers away. The people rebelled because the soil was more fertile along the Cagayan River. But in 1776, they were forcibly transferred.

Some 72 years later, the people returned to Camarag, now named Echague after Rafaél de Echagüe y Bermingham, Spanish governor-general at that time.

Barangays

Echague is politically subdivided into 64 barangays.[2]

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Demographics

Population census of Echague
Year Pop. ±% p.a.
1990 51,916 —    
1995 56,119 +1.47%
2000 61,101 +1.84%
2007 67,553 +1.39%
2010 74,680 +3.72%
Source: National Statistics Office[3]

Climate

Climate data for Echague, Isabela
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 29
(84)		 30
(86)		 32
(90)		 35
(95)		 35
(95)		 35
(95)		 34
(93)		 33
(91)		 32
(90)		 31
(88)		 30
(86)		 28
(82)		 32
(89.6)
Average low °C (°F) 19
(66)		 20
(68)		 21
(70)		 23
(73)		 23
(73)		 24
(75)		 23
(73)		 23
(73)		 23
(73)		 22
(72)		 21
(70)		 20
(68)		 21.8
(71.2)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 31.2
(1.228)		 23
(0.91)		 27.7
(1.091)		 28.1
(1.106)		 113.5
(4.469)		 141.4
(5.567)		 176.4
(6.945)		 236.6
(9.315)		 224.9
(8.854)		 247.7
(9.752)		 222.9
(8.776)		 178
(7.01)		 1,651.4
(65.023)
Average rainy days 10 6 5 5 13 12 15 15 15 17 16 15 144
Source: World Weather Online[5]

Education

Universities:

Main Secondary Schools:

  • Ugad High School

•ISU Laboratory High School

  • Saint Dominic Human Development Center (SDHDC)
  • School of St. Joseph the Worker
  • Echague National High School
  • Don Mariano Marcos National High School
  • Imelda R. Marcos High School - Main
  • Imelda R. Marcos High School - Annex
  • DoÑa Magdalena H. Gaffud High School

Main Elementary Schools:

  • Echague East Central School
  • Echague West Central School
  • Echague South Central School
  • First Echague United Methodist School
  • St. Dominic Montessori School (Elementary and Secondary)
  • InterActive Children Learning School (Pre-School and Grade School)

Forest Region Elementary Schools:

  • Annafunan Elementary School
  • Narra Elementary School
  • Aromin Elementary School
  • Salvacion Elementary School
  • Pag-asa Elementary School
  • Villa Rey Elementary School
  • Villa Campo Elementary School
  • Diasan Elementary School
  • Mabbayad Elementary School
  • Madadamian Elementary School
  • Benguet Elementary School
  • San Miguel Elementary School
  • Dicaraoyan Elementary School

Riverside Region Elementary Schools:

  • Dammang Malitao Elementary School
  • Dammang East Elementary School
  • Malitao Elementary School
  • Busilelao Elementary School
  • Rumang-ay Elementary School
  • Bacradal Elementary School
  • San Sanvador Elementary School

References

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External links

 Alicia Angadanan / San Guillermo
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Jones / San Agustin Maddela, Quirino / Dilasag, Aurora
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