Cauayan City

City of Cauayan, Province of Isabela
ZIP code: 3305

Cauayan is a landlocked component city in the province of Isabela in the Philippines. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 122,335 people.

Cauayan got its name from the word "Cauayan" meaning "bulo" in the dialect of Ilocano, the early settlers of this place. How it got its name is told vaguely by the natives in the tale about how the early Spaniards who reached the place found abundant growths of bamboo trees along creeks that circled the town site namely Bulod, Sipat, Bungkol, and Marabulig creeks where few families lived. It was also a common sight to see crocodiles basking under the cluster of bamboo along the creeks in the early morning sun.

Another version of how the town was named is this way: One day the miraculous image of the Blessed Virgin Mary disappeared. For many weeks, a tireless search was undertaken but it was nowhere to be found. Then one day in October the image was found among the bamboo groves. Not a single sign of mishandling or scratch was detected on the image.

Cauayan used to be a big municipality in terms of land area, however, with the creation of the neighboring municipalities of Luna (Antatet) Cabatuan, Reina Mercedes (Callering), Aurora and San Mateo; its land area was reduced to about 336.40 square kilometers.

Cauayan was an original town of the province of Cagayan. It was transferred to Nueva Vizcaya when it became a province in 1839. Upon the creation of Isabela as a province by a Royal Decree issued on May 1, 1856, it was reverted as a town of the province. Founded in 1740, Cauayan antedates the establishment of Isabela by 116 years. The town site was first located in a place called Calanusian along the Cagayan River, but after a series of disastrous floods, the town site was transferred to its present location.

Cauayan City is politically subdivided into 65 barangays:

-Alicaocao
-Alinam
-Amobocan
-Andarayan
-Bacolod
-Baringin Norte
-Baringin Sur
-Buena Suerte
-Bugallon
-Buyon
-Cabaruan
-Cabugao
-Carabatan Chica
-Carabatan Grande
-Carabatan Punta
-Carabatan Bacareno
-Casalatan
-Cassap Fuera
-Catalina
-Culalabat
-Dabburab
-De Vera
-Dianao
-Disimuray
-District I (Poblacion)
-District II (Poblacion)
-District III (Poblacion)
-Duminit
-Faustino (Sipay)
-Gagabutan
-Gappal
-Guayabal
-Labinab
-Linglingay
-Mabantad
-Maligaya
-Manaoag
-Marabulig I
-Marabulig II
-Minante I
-Minante II
-Nagcampegan
-Naganacan
-Nagrumbuan
-Nungnungan I
-Nungnungan II
-Pinoma
-Rizal
-Rogus
-San Antonio
-San Fermin (Poblacion)
-San Francisco
-San Isidro
-San Luis
-San Pablo (Casap Hacienda)
-Santa Luciana (Daburab 2)
-Santa Maria
-Sillawit
-Sinippil
-Tagaran
-Turayong
-Union
-Villa Concepcion
-Villa Luna
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