Aparri

Philippines / Cagayan Valley / Aparri /
 town, municipality, third-level administrative division
Municipality of Aparri, Province of Cagayan
ZIP Code: 3515

Aparri is a coastal municipality in the province of Cagayan in the Philippines. It also includes the Fuga Island of the Babuyan Group of Islands. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 61,199 people.

Aparri sits at the mouth of the Cagayan River, the longest river in the Philippines, about 55 miles north of Tuguegarao, the provincial capital.

Aparri was then a Japanese trading post established on 1405 because of its location at the northern tip of Luzon. But it was established as one of the major ports of the Galleon Trade on May 11, 1680 because it is located at the mouth of the mighty Cagayan River towards the flourishing city of then Nueva Segovia. The original inhabitants of this town were the Ybanags/Ibanags. Later, as the Spaniards settled and with its strategic location, Ilocanos and Chinese people settled in the area.

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.

In 2006, work was started to build a 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).

Aparri is politically subdivided into 42 barangays:

-Backiling
-Bangag
-Binalan
-Bisagu
-Bukig
-Bulala Norte
-Bulala Sur
-Caagaman
-Centro 1 (Poblacion)
-Centro 2 (Poblacion)
-Centro 3 (Poblacion)
-Centro 4 (Poblacion)
-Centro 5 (Poblacion)
-Centro 6 (Poblacion)
-Centro 7 (Poblacion)
-Centro 8 (Poblacion)
-Centro 9 (Poblacion)
-Centro 10 (Poblacion)
-Centro 11 (Poblacion)
-Centro 12 (Poblacion)
-Centro 13 (Poblacion)
-Centro 14 (Poblacion)
-Centro 15 (Poblacion)
-Dodan
-Fuga Island
-Gaddang
-Linao
-Mabanguc
-Macanaya (Pescaria)
-Maura
-Minanga
-Navagan
-Paddaya
-Paruddun Norte
-Paruddun Sur
-Plaza
-Punta
-San Antonio
-Sanja
-Tallungan
-Toran
-Zinarag
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aparri,_Cagayan
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   18°19'55"N   121°38'59"E

Comments

  • Map Boundaries from: mapcentral.ph
  • the vanishing town of the philippines due to black sand mining of mr wong
  • Bong, you can thank Mr Enrile for that!...
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