Santa Praxedes | town, municipality, third-level administrative division

 town, municipality, third-level administrative division

Municipality of Santa Praxedes, Province of Cagayan
ZIP Code: 3521

Santa Praxedes is a coastal municipality in the province of Cagayan in the Philippines. The town is named after St. Praxedes. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 3,646 people.

"Formerly known as Langgangan, Sta. Praxedes can claim an exclusive situation which no other town in Cagayan was ever in. In 1917, Langgangan was plucked from Mountain Province to become part of Cagayan but because of boundary dispute it was decided that it had to go to the more aggressive Ilocos Norte. Finally in 1922, by an executive order, it was decided that it really belongs to Cagayan.

It was inhabited by Itnegs and Apayaos only to be overwhelmed by Ilocano migrants who now make this 11,000 hectares town their home."

(Farming is the main livelihood of townfolks.) Fishing supplements it which includes seaweed "gathering that results to having the dried seaweed "gamet" for a delicacy. Natural resources like oil, gold and forest products are likewise abound."

It is 202 kilometers away from Tuguegarao, and much nearer to Ilocos Norte having for a neighbor the famous town of Pagudpud.

Santa Praxedes is politically subdivided into 10 barangays:

-Cadongdongan
-Capacuan
-Centro I (Poblacion)
-Centro II (Poblacion)
-Macatel
-Portabaga
-Salungsong
-San Juan
-San Miguel
-Sicul