Kabugao

On July 12, 1915, Governor General Francis Burton Harrison issued Executive Order No. 45, transferring the capital of then sub-province of Apayao from Tauit to Kabugao, to be effective on August 1.{{cite book |date=1916 |title=Executive Orders, 1915 |url=https://archive.org/details/ExecutiveOrdersNos.1100-1915/page/n89/mode/2up |location=Manila |publisher=Bureau of Printing |pages=91–92 |isbn= |access-date=August 2, 2022}}

Kabugao was occupied for a year by the Japanese during the Second World War.{{cite web |url=https://www.asj.upd.edu.ph/mediabox/archive/ASJ-08-01-1970/smart-manolay%20cult%20genesis%20dissolution%20mellenarian%20sentiments%20among%20itneg%20northern%20luzon.pdf |title=The Manolay cult: The genesis and dissolution of millenarian sentiments among the Isneg of Northern Luzon |date= |website=Asian Studies |publisher=University of the Philippines Diliman |access-date=July 31, 2022}} It was captured in December 1942, after the USAFIP NL retreated from the town.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}}

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of {{convert|935.12|km2}}{{PSGC detail|area}} constituting {{percentage|935.12|4,413.35|2|pad=yes}} of the {{convert|4,413.35|km2|2|adj=mid|-}} total area of Apayao.

Kabugao is {{convert|606|km}} from Manila.

Kabugao is politically subdivided into 21 barangays.{{PSGC detail|nscb}} Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

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{{PH brgy table lite|148104001| Badduat | 1065| 1000}}

{{PH brgy table lite|148104002| Baliwanan | 467| 478}}

{{PH brgy table lite|148104004| Bulu | 401| 298}}

{{PH brgy table lite|148104007| Cabetayan | 597| 556}}

{{PH brgy table lite|148104005| Dagara | 437| 484}}

{{PH brgy table lite|148104006| Dibagat | 616| 797}}

{{PH brgy table lite|148104008| Karagawan | 676| 676}}

{{PH brgy table lite|148104009| Kumao | 575| 557}}

{{PH brgy table lite|148104010| Laco | 427| 410}}

{{PH brgy table lite|148104011| Lenneng (Liyyeng)| 2572| 2396}}

{{PH brgy table lite|148104012| Lucab | 565| 660}}

{{PH brgy table lite|148104013| Luttuacan | 1014| 786}}

{{PH brgy table lite|148104014| Madatag | 818| 766}}

{{PH brgy table lite|148104015| Madduang | 626| 423}}

{{PH brgy table lite|148104016| Magabta | 191| 215}}

{{PH brgy table lite|148104017| Maragat | 276| 503}}

{{PH brgy table lite|148104018| Musimut | 842| 822}}

{{PH brgy table lite|148104019| Nagbabalayan | 482| 511}}

{{PH brgy table lite|148104020| Poblacion | 3154| 3217}}

{{PH brgy table lite|148104021| Tuyangan | 223| 334}}

{{PH brgy table lite|148104022| Waga | 191| 281}}

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Barangay Dibagat is inhabited by the Isnag and the Ilocano. There is a small grass airstrip built by SIL in 1985. Dibagat was only accessible before by canoe or by specialized aircraft, until the construction of Ilocos Norte–Apayao Road.

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{{Weather box

| location = Kabugao, Apayao

| width = auto

| metric first = Yes

| single line = Yes

| Jan high C = 25

| Jan low C = 20

| Feb high C = 26

| Feb low C = 20

| Mar high C = 29

| Mar low C = 21

| Apr high C = 31

| Apr low C = 23

| May high C = 31

| May low C = 24

| Jun high C = 31

| Jun low C = 24

| Jul high C = 30

| Jul low C = 24

| Aug high C = 30

| Aug low C = 24

| Sep high C = 29

| Sep low C = 24

| Oct high C = 28

| Oct low C = 23

| Nov high C = 27

| Nov low C = 22

| Dec high C = 25

| Dec low C = 21

| Jan precipitation mm = 133

| Feb precipitation mm = 87

| Mar precipitation mm = 68

| Apr precipitation mm = 44

| May precipitation mm = 127

| Jun precipitation mm = 134

| Jul precipitation mm = 160

| Aug precipitation mm = 162

| Sep precipitation mm = 134

| Oct precipitation mm = 192

| Nov precipitation mm = 194

| Dec precipitation mm = 260

| Jan rain days = 18.1

| Feb rain days = 13.3

| Mar rain days = 13.3

| Apr rain days = 11.8

| May rain days = 19.7

| Jun rain days = 20.9

| Jul rain days = 22.8

| Aug rain days = 22.8

| Sep rain days = 20.3

| Oct rain days = 16.6

| Nov rain days = 18.4

| Dec rain days = 21.7

| source 1 = Meteoblue

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| url = https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climatemodelled/kabugao_philippines_1709886

| title = Kabugao: Average Temperatures and Rainfall

| publisher = Meteoblue

| access-date = March 8, 2020 }}

| date = March 8, 2020

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In the 2020 census, Kabugao had a population of 16,215.{{PH census|current}} The population density was {{convert|{{sigfig|16,215/935.12|2}}|PD/km2}}.

Ilocano and Isnag are the main languages spoken in Kabugao.

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Kabugao, 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.

In 1948, Rev. Louis Saunders of an evangelical Protestant sect, The Disciples of Christ, opened the Apayao Christian Academy, Kabugao's first secondary school. In 1950, amidst rivalry among churches, the Catholics started its own secondary school, Our Blessed Lady of Lourdes.

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{{Geographic location

| Centre = Kabugao

| North = Luna

| Northeast = Pudtol

| East = Flora
{{nowrap|Santo Niño, Cagayan}}

| Southeast = Rizal, Cagayan

| South = Conner

| Southwest = Tineg, Abra

| Northwest = Calanasan

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Category:Municipalities of Apayao

Category:Provincial capitals of the Philippines