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Calanasan Bayag
Municipality
Municipality of Calanasan
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Calanasan Location in the Philippines
Coordinates: 18°15′18″N 121°02′37″E / 18.255°N 121.0436°E / 18.255; 121.0436
Country	Philippines
Region	Cordillera Administrative Region
Province	Apayao
District	Lone district
Founded	June 25, 1963
Barangays	18 (see Barangays)
Government   [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
•  Mayor	Shamir M. Bulut ( NP)
•  Vice Mayor	Martin Lucero B. Lawat ( NPC)
•  Representative	Eleanor Bulut-Begtang
•  Municipal Council	Members Edgar B. Bulsao Naville D. Taccalan Harold Cliff L. Danggan Denish C. Agubo Rodante B. Labueng Irene U. Iddaro Gerry M. Andres Scott L. Sucbot
•  Electorate	8,552 voters ( 2022)
Area [2]
• Total	1,256.15 km2 (485.00 sq mi)
Elevation	554 m (1,818 ft)
Highest elevation	1,220 m (4,000 ft)
Lowest elevation	258 m (846 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [3]
• Total	12,550
• Density	10.0/km2 (26/sq mi)
•  Households	2,607
Economy
•  Income class	1st municipal income class
•  Poverty incidence	29.81 % (2018) [4]
•  Revenue	₱ 297.4 million (2020)
•  Assets	₱ 700.7 million (2020)
•  Expenditure	₱ 204.8 million (2020)
•  Liabilities	₱ 88.92 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Kalinga - Apayao Electric Cooperative (KAELCO)
Time zone	UTC+8 ( PST)
ZIP code	3814
PSGC	148101000
IDD :  area code	+63 (0)74
Native languages	Isnag Ilocano Tagalog

Calanasan, officially the Municipality of Calanasan, ( Ilocano: Ili ti Calanasan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Calanasan), (formerly known as Bayag, ^[5] meaning "slow") is a 1st class municipality in the province of Apayao, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 12,550 people. ^[3]

Its land area is 1,256.15 square kilometres (485.00 sq mi), making it the largest municipality in the province. Calanasan is the source of the Apayao River which empties into the South China Sea and is the only navigable river in Apayao.

Geography

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 1,256.15 square kilometres (485.00 sq mi)  ^[6] constituting 28.46% of the 4,413.35-square-kilometre- (1,704.00 sq mi) total area of Apayao.

Calanasan is 607 kilometres (377 mi) north from Manila and located in the north-western section of Apayao bordering Santa Praxedes and Claveria in the north, Adams, Vintar, and Carasi in the west, Solsona and Nueva Era in the south-west, Kabugao on the south, and Luna and some parts of Kabugao on the east.

The town's topography or slope is predominantly rugged and mountainous with sporadic flood plains and plateaus. The municipality cradles the larger part of the Apayao-Abulog watershed area as the main source of streams that fills the mighty river which originates from the municipality.

Calanasan has two pronounced seasons, the dry and the wet seasons. The dry season starts in the latest part of December and ends in the middle part of June. The wet season starts in July and ends in the middle part of December. The hottest month is May and rainfall is heaviest in August while strong typhoons usually occur within the period of August to October and the December used to be the coolest month.

Barangays

Calanasan is politically subdivided into 18 regular barangays and 2 Administrative barangays namely; Barangay Parina and Bucarot under its mother barangay Tanglagan. ^[7] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

PSGC	Barangay	Population			±% p.a.
		2020 [3]		2010 [8]
148101001	Butao	6.3%	792	672	▴	1.66%
148101002	Cadaclan	7.5%	940	437	▴	7.96%
148101013	Don Roque Ablan Sr.	1.8%	223	273	▾	−2.00%
148101014	Eleazar	1.2%	145	121	▴	1.83%
148101015	Eva Puzon	8.5%	1,063	1,072	▾	−0.08%
148101016	Kabugawan	3.6%	450	484	▾	−0.73%
148101003	Langnao	1.8%	230	164	▴	3.44%
148101004	Lubong	4.1%	510	612	▾	−1.81%
148101017	Macalino	3.0%	371	265	▴	3.42%
148101005	Naguilian	3.0%	381	389	▾	−0.21%
148101006	Namaltugan	7.5%	941	924	▴	0.18%
148101007	Poblacion	16.5%	2,073	1,939	▴	0.67%
148101008	Sabangan	3.4%	432	379	▴	1.32%
148101018	Santa Elena	2.0%	253	221	▴	1.36%
148101009	Santa Filomena	7.1%	896	859	▴	0.42%
148101011	Tanglagan	15.9%	1,991	1,951	▴	0.20%
148101012	Tubang	3.7%	468	411	▴	1.31%
148101010	Tubongan	3.1%	391	395	▾	−0.10%
	Total		12,550	12,550		0.00%

Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, Calanasan had a population of 12,550. ^[3] The population density was 10.0 inhabitants per square kilometre (26/sq mi).

Calanasan is dominated by the Isnag people, living with them are the Ilocanos and Kalingas. The main languages spoken are the Isnag and the Ilocano.

Economy

Poverty Incidence of Calanasan

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority ^{[13] [14]
[15] [16] [17] [18] [19]}

Economic activity in the municipality is based on agricultural production like farming and fishing and livelihood activities like basketry, soft broom making and furniture making.

The municipality has no level lands for extensive rice production except in the northern part of the municipality. The total land area devoted to agriculture is 45.316 hectares (111.98 acres) in which total land area irrigated is 2,347.49 hectares (5,800.8 acres). Its produce include coffee, corn, root crops, peanuts and other legumes, banana, pineapple and some vegetables.

Government

Local government

Calanasan, belonging to the lone congressional district of the province of Apayao, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.

There are also two ex officio councilors – the municipal chapter presidents of the Liga ng mga Barangay and the Pederasyon ng Sangguniang Kabataan. In Calanasan they have reserved seat for the IP Representative as their sectoral representative which is pursuant to the Republic Act 8371, or the Indigenous Peoples (IP) Rights Act of 1997, that calls for the mandatory representation of IPs and it is formally certified by the concerned NCIP regional director, upon recommendation of the provincial or community service center head and shall serve for a period of three years from the date of assumption to office and can be re-endorsed for another term. Members may not serve for more than three consecutive terms.

Elected officials

Tourism

The town has vast variety of wild flora and fauna which contributes to its eco-tourism potential. The town is surrounded with virgin forests, cascading waterfalls, and clear rivers.

Potential tourist attractions include:

Festivals

• Sinandila/Sinursor Festival and Pippiru' Festival (Boat Racing) — celebrated every third week of March
• Calanasan Town Fiesta — celebrated every March which is coming together of the people of Calanasan, The month-long activities highlights the Agro-Industrial and trade fair which showcase the different products of Calanasan and Highlights also the Sports fest, Calanasan got Talent and the Street Dance Competition together with most awaited part the "Search for Miss Dam-ag naya Calanasan".
  • Dam-ag Naya Calanasan — Held during the last day of the town's annual fiesta (usually in the month of June) is the local beauty pageant known as Dam-ag Naya Calanasan. Representatives from each barangay, grouped into designated clusters, compete for the coveted title of "Dam-ag." The winner has the honor of representing Calanasan in the following year's Dayag Ti Apayao, held during the provincial founding anniversary every February.
• Say-Am Festival — is a feast featuring and ushering the traditional way of Isnag's thanksgiving to the Higher Supreme unseen being called "Alawagan" executed and commence through rituals spiced with pep songs, native chants and dances called the "Talip" and "Tad-do". The holding and celebration of Say-am in the older days connotes status - that the family is respectable and well-to-do. It is Celebrated every third week of March.

Philippine Eagle Sanctuary

The Philippine Eagle Foundation began its search of eagles in Apayao in 2011 after reports of huge eagles were roaming the area for centuries. ^[21] On March 22, 2013, scientists discovered the stronghold of critically endangered Philippine eagles, the country's national bird, in Luzon island within the vicinity of the Calanasan Lowland Forest. ^[22] In January 2015, the town of Calanasan initiated a program which protected 3,000 hectares of forests under its jurisdiction. ^[23] Additionally, the province of Apayao is one of the very few in the country which has an approved forest land use plan (FLUP). ^[24] The first active Philippine eagle nest in Apayao was discovered in July 2015. ^[21]

On 9 July 2018, ^[24] the provincial government of Apayao announced their intent for the province to be a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The province, which possesses more than 286,000 hectares of virgin forests, also noted that they have sent four of their personnel to train in the United States under the US Foreign Service to hasten the declaration of the site. ^[25] On January 16, 2019, the provincial government announced that they are at the 'legwork for the inscription'. ^[26]

See also

• List of renamed cities and municipalities in the Philippines

References

External links

Media related to Calanasan at Wikimedia Commons

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code