Cabucgayan
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Cabucgayan (IPA: [kɐbʊk'gaɪɐn]), officially the Municipality of Cabucgayan (Template:Langx; Template:Langx; Template:Langx), is a municipality in the province of Biliran, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 21,542 people.Template:PH census The town's populace predominantly speaks Waray.
History
Cabucgayan derived its name from the snail called bukgay. In the Waray-Waray language, to make a singular noun into a plural noun, the article ka is added before the word and the article an after the word. Kabukgayan, therefore, means a place where there are many snails.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
This municipality was created on September 29, 1949, when President Elpidio Quirino issued Executive Order no. 271.[1]
Geography
Cabucgayan is located at the south-eastern section of Biliran Island, and is approximately Script error: No such module "convert". south from Caibiran, Script error: No such module "convert". away from the provincial capital Naval, and Script error: No such module "convert". away from Tacloban, the provincial capital of Leyte. Cabucgayan is bound on the north by Caibiran, east by the Villareal Bay, south by Carigara Bay, and west by the municipality of Biliran
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of Script error: No such module "convert".Template:PSGC detail constituting Script error: No such module "Percentage". of the Script error: No such module "convert". total area of Biliran.
Barangays
Cabucgayan is politically subdivided into 13 barangays.Template:PSGC detail Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
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Climate
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It belongs to the two types of climate, Type II and Type IV. It is characterized by pronounced rainfall periodically accompanied by trade winds and storms during the months of January, June, July, November and December while the minimum monthly rainfall occurs in February, March, April and May.
The total land area dedicated to agriculture is Script error: No such module "convert". or 59.63% of the total land area. The three major forest products are timber, rattan and wild abaca.
Demographics
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In the 2020 census, Cabucgayan had a population of 21,542.Template:PH census The population density was Script error: No such module "convert"..
Economy
References
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External links
- [[[:Template:NSCB detail]] Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
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