', officially the ', is a of the Philippines| and capital of the province of,. According to the, it has a population of people.
History
Prior to the advent of settlement, Cabarroguis is a vast forested area and form parts of the municipalities of Saguday, Diffun and Aglipay. It is originally occupied by the Aetas and later displaced by the Ilongot tribe because the Aetas are known of their nomadic characters. Many years later, permanent settlement were made by different civilized ethnic groups like Ilocanos, Tagalog and others in search of good fortune in this virgin land. As the population and settlement increases, regular barrios were created. These are the barrios of Zamora, Banuar, Burgos, Del Pilar, Dibibi, Eden, Villamor and five more sitios of Villapeña, Villarose, Tucod, Calaocan and Dingasan at the municipality of Aglipay: barrios of San Marcos, Gundaway and portion of Mangandingay at the municipality of Diffun and the other part of Mangandingay at the municipality of Saguday. The above stated barrios of different municipalities became the territorial jurisdiction of Cabarroguis by virtue of Republic Act No. 5554 enacted by the Philippine Congress authored by then Honorable Senator Leonardo Perez on June 21, 1969. The newly created municipality of Cabarroguis was named in honor of the late Congressman of Nueva Vizcaya, Honorable Leon Cabarroguis. Cabarroguis operated as a regular municipality after the 1971 local polls wherein Honorable Anastacio dela Pena become the first Local Chief Executive. Barangay Mangandingay also became the temporary seat of the municipal government, Years later, when Honorable Diomedes Dumayas was appointed as the town’s executive, the seat of the Local Government officially transferred to Barangay Zamora where a 12 hectares lot was donated.
Geography
Cabarroguis is located in the northwestern part of the province of Quirino. It is bounded on the north, northwest and northeast by the municipalities of Diffun and Saguday respectively, on the east and southeast by the municipality of Aglipay, on the south by the municipalities of Maddela and Nagtipunan, and on the west by the province of Nueva Vizcaya. It is about from the provincial boundary between Province of Quirino and Isabela at barangay San Antonio, Diffun, Quirino. The municipal area of Cabarroguis covers 26,902 hectares approximately. The area is further distributed into the seventeen barangays comprising the municipality including barangay Didipio which remains to be in the municipality and the province of Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino.
Barangays
Cabarroguis is politically subdivided into 17 barangays.
Barangay
Land Area
Urban:
Gundaway
629.6612
Zamora
427.1250
Mangandingay
500.7266
San Marcos
667.7311
Sub-total:
2,255.2439
Rural:
Villarose
843.1654
Banuar
546.6502
Villamor
865.3353
Del Pilar
550.1530
Villapeña
642.1622
Burgos
1,288.4090
Eden
1,001.8760
Gomez
491.8008
Dingasan
3,108.0650
Calaocan
677.9979
Dibibi
3,491.2367
Sto. Domingo
299.6062
Tucod
10,869.8230
Sub-total:
24,646.7561
Total:
26,902
Demographics
Initially, year 1970 recorded a population of 7,835 person followed by census year 1975 which registered a total population of 12,226 that manifested a growth rate of 9.29%. Another increase of population was observed during census year 1980 which recorded 17,450 displaying a growth rate of 2.2% and for census year 1995, it manifested a 22,812 person displaying a growth rate of 2.25%. Base year of 2000 recorded a total population of 25,832 which manifested a growth rate of 2.25%. As of census year 2007, the population increased to 28,024 which manifested a growth rate of 1.21%.
