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{{Short description|Island and barangay in the Philippines}}
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| name                            = Fuga Island
| native_name                     = 
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| image_name                      = Fuga Island Tide Gauge 1927.jpg
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| image_caption                   = Fuga Island tide gauge in 1927
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| map                             = Philippines
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| map_caption                     = Location within the Philippines
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| coordinates                     = {{coord|18|52|21|N|121|22|44|E|display=inline,title}}
| archipelago                     = [[Babuyan Islands]]
| waterbody                       = [[Babuyan Channel]]
| location                        = 
| area_km2                        = 97.1
| area_footnotes                  = <ref name=Broad>{{cite journal |author1=Genevieve Broad |author2=Carl Oliveros |title=Biodiversity and conservation priority setting in the Babuyan Islands, Philippines |url=http://isla.org.ph/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/f004.pdf |journal=The Technical Journal of Philippine Ecosystems and Natural Resources |volume=15 |issue=1–2 |pages=1–30 |accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref>
| elevation_m                     = 191
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| highest_mount                   = [[Mount Nanguringan]]
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| country                         = [[Philippines]]
| country_admin_divisions_title   = Region
| country_admin_divisions         = [[Cagayan Valley]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Province
| country_admin_divisions_1       = [[Cagayan]]
| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Municipality
| country_admin_divisions_2       = [[Aparri, Cagayan|Aparri]]
| population       = 1,939
| population_as_of = 2020
| population_footnotes = {{PH census|2020|02}}
| density_km2          = {{#expr: 1939 / 97.1 round 1}}
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'''Fuga Island''' is an island and [[barangay]] located north of [[Luzon]] and is part of the [[Babuyan Islands]], which is the second-northernmost island group of the [[Philippines]]. '''Barangay Fuga Island''' is one of the 42 barangays under the jurisdiction of the municipality of [[Aparri, Cagayan|Aparri]] in the province of [[Cagayan]].

==Geography==
Fuga has an area of {{convert|97.1|km2}}<ref name=Broad/> and a population of 2,015 people.{{PH census|2015|02}} The principal settlement is Naguilian (Musa) village on the southern coast. The highest peak is [[Mount Nanguringan]] in the northeast, with an elevation of {{nowrap|{{convert|191|m}}}}.<ref name=map>{{cite web |title=NE 51-5 Laoag |url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ams/philippines/txu-oclc-6539351-ne51-5-450.jpg |work=Series S501, U.S. Army Map Service, 1954- |publisher=The University of Texas at Austin |accessdate=18 April 2018}}</ref>

Along with the neighbouring islets of [[Barit]] ({{convert|7|km2}}) and [[Maybag Island|Mabaag]],<ref>{{Google maps | url =https://www.google.com/maps/place/Barit+Island/@18.8664937,121.2123988,28936m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x3388f4c8248c6091:0xee704112992b1fc5!8m2!3d18.8664937!4d121.2540436  | accessdate =1 February 2020}}</ref> it constitutes one of 42 [[barangay]]s of the municipality of [[Aparri, Cagayan]]. It is the only one of the Babuyan Islands under the jurisdiction of a mainland municipality, whereas all other islands form the municipality of [[Calayan, Cagayan|Calayan]].

==History==
Presently, Fuga Island is owned by Fuga Island Holdings. It was formerly owned by the [[Order of Preachers|Dominican Order]] under the ''[[encomienda]]'' system during the [[History of the Philippines (1521-1898)|Spanish Period]] eventually returned to the Filipinos after the signing of [[Treaty of Paris (1898)|1898 Treaty of Paris]]. The first land title was issued in 1908 under Original Certificate Title number two, and the [[Insular Government of the Philippine Islands]] designated the island and surrounding ports an economic zone as part of the [[Cagayan Special Economic Zone]] (CEZA) and Freeport under ''[[List of Philippine laws|Republic Act]] No. 7922''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Republic Act No. 7922: An act establishing a special economic zone and free port in the municipality of Santa Ana and the neighboring islands in the municipality of Aparri, province of Cagayan, providing funds therefor, and for other purposes |url=http://ceza.gov.ph/files/PDFs/RA%207922.pdf |website=ceza.gov.ph |publisher=Congress of the Philippines |accessdate=18 April 2018 |date=February 24, 1995}}</ref>

===Archaeology===
From January 31, 1978 to February 22, 1978, Bryan E. Snow and Richard Shutler, Jr. conducted an archaeological excavation on Fuga Moro Island. Earthenware, pottery, porcelains, and stoneware were found during the excavation.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ijEvAAAAMAAJ&q=snow+shutler+Fuga+1978|title=The Archaeology of Fuga Moro Island:New Approaches for the Isolation and Explanation of Diagnostic Ceramic Assemblages in Northern Luzon|author1=Bryan E. Snow |author2=Richard Shutler Jr |publisher=University of San Carlos|year=1985|isbn=9789711000479}}</ref>

===Military presence===
On August 7, 2020, the [[AFP Northern Luzon Command|Northern Luzon Command]] established a Marine detachment on the island. It also plans to build a defense facilities on the island, which will include a sheltered pier, a naval station, and a littoral monitoring on 20-hectare detachment.<ref>{{cite news|title=Navy safeguards northern islands|url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1113490|accessdate=28 May 2021|work=Philippine News Agency|date=26 August 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
{{portal|Islands|Philippines}}
* [[List of islands of the Philippines]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/54150508 Fuga Island] at [[OpenStreetMap]]
*[http://www.gmanews.tv/video/20973/Sine-Totoo-Isla-Fuga Gma News Video, Isla Fuga]

[[Category:Babuyan Islands]]
[[Category:Barangays of Cagayan]]