Echague


', officially the ', is a of the Philippines| in the province of,. According to the, it has a population of people. The town is known for the indigenous and endangered Yogad language, which is spoken and conserved by its locals.

History

Prior to 1856, there were only two provinces in the Cagayan Valley Region: Cagayan and Nueva Vizcaya. The Province of Cagayan at that time consisted of all towns from Tumauini to the north in Aparri and all other towns from Ilagan City southward to Aritao comprised the Province of Nueva Vizcaya. In order to facilitate the work of the missionaries in the evangelization of the Cagayan Valley, a royal decree was issued on May 1, 1856 that created the Province of Isabela consisting of the towns of Gamu, Angadanan, Bindang and Camarag, Carig and Palanan. The new province was named in honor of Queen Isabela II of Spain.
Fr. Pedro Salgado, the Dominican writer, in volume I of his "Cagayan Valley and Eastern Cordillera," wrote that Echague town in Isabela used to be called Camarag, the name of a big tree then common in the place.
The town was founded in 1752 and ecclesiastically placed under the patronage of St. Joseph on May 12, 1753.
History says missionaries wanted to transfer the town from the banks of the Cagayan River to the Ganano River 10 kilometers away. The people rebelled because the soil was more fertile along the Cagayan River. But in 1776, they were forcibly transferred.
Some 72 years later, the people returned to Camarag, now named Echague after Rafael de Echagüe y Bermingham, Spanish governor-general at that time.

Barangays

Echague is politically subdivided into 64 barangays.

Demographics

In the, the population of Echague, Isabela, was people, with a density of.

Climate

Local government

Education

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