Luna, Apayao

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Josephine M. Bangsil (NPC)

| leader_title1 = Vice Mayor

| leader_name1 = Manolito M. Bullaoit (NPC)

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| leader_name2 = Eleanor Bulut-Begtang

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| 2=Emmanuel Dave C. Verzola

| 3=Cecile A. Caluya

| 4=Edgar S. Bangsil

| 5=Elena B. Bullaoit

| 6=Eduardo O. Galleon

| 7=Samuel R. Calilan

| 8=Clayford Sherwin L. Ballesteros

| 9=Edmon S. Cabrera

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Luna, officially the Municipality of Luna ({{langx|ilo|Ili ti Luna}}; {{langx|tl|Bayan ng Luna}}), is a municipality in the province of Apayao, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 21,297 people.{{PH census|current}} It currently serves as the de facto capital of Apayao where the provincial capitol and related offices is located the New Apayao Government Center. Kabugao remains as the de jure capital.

Etymology

Its former name was Macatel then it was changed to Luna by the town's founding father, the Ilocano explorer Antonino Barroga from Dingras, Ilocos Norte.{{cite news | first=Sonia | last=Belarde |author2=Ronald Ocampo | title=Municipal Background of Luna, The Show Window of Apayao | date=2010-02-05 | url =http://www.lunaapayao.gov.ph/index.php/2012-03-25-06-12-32/2012-03-25-06-16-11/brief-history | work =d' lunanians: The Official Site of the Municipality of Luna Apayao | accessdate = 11 August 2017 }}

Geography

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of {{convert|606.04|km2}}{{PSGC detail|area}} constituting {{percentage|606.04|4,413.35|2|pad=yes}} of the {{convert|4,413.35|km2|2|adj=mid|-}} total area of Apayao.

Luna is {{convert|109|km}} from Kabugao, {{convert|683|km}} from Manila, and {{convert|37|km}} from Allacapan.

=Barangays=

Luna is politically subdivided into 22 barangays.{{PSGC detail|nscb}} Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

=Climate=

{{Weather box

| location = Luna, Apayao

| width = auto

| metric first = Yes

| single line = Yes

| Jan high C = 24

| Jan low C = 19

| Feb high C = 26

| Feb low C = 19

| Mar high C = 28

| Mar low C = 20

| Apr high C = 31

| Apr low C = 22

| 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 = 23

| Oct high C = 28

| Oct low C = 23

| Nov high C = 26

| Nov low C = 22

| Dec high C = 24

| Dec low C = 21

| Jan precipitation mm = 120

| Feb precipitation mm = 77

| Mar precipitation mm = 62

| Apr precipitation mm = 40

| May precipitation mm = 118

| Jun precipitation mm = 138

| Jul precipitation mm = 162

| Aug precipitation mm = 173

| Sep precipitation mm = 143

| Oct precipitation mm = 198

| Nov precipitation mm = 185

| Dec precipitation mm = 248

| Jan rain days = 16.9

| Feb rain days = 12.2

| Mar rain days = 11.5

| Apr rain days = 10.6

| May rain days = 18.7

| Jun rain days = 20.1

| Jul rain days = 21.2

| Aug rain days = 23.3

| Sep rain days = 20.8

| Oct rain days = 16.9

| Nov rain days = 16.5

| Dec rain days = 20.0

| source 1 = Meteoblue

{{cite web

| url = https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climatemodelled/luna_philippines_1705093

| title = Luna: Average Temperatures and Rainfall

| publisher = Meteoblue

| accessdate = 8 March 2020 }}

| date = 8 March 2020

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Demographics

{{Philippine Census

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| 1918 = {{PH census population|1918}}

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| 1948 = {{PH census population|1948}}

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| 1970 = {{PH census population|1970}}

| 1975 = {{PH census population|1975}}

| 1980 = {{PH census population|1980}}

| 1990 = {{PH census population|1990}}

| 1995 = {{PH census population|1995}}

| 2000 = {{PH census population|2000}}

| 2007 = {{PH census population|2007}}

| 2010 = {{PH census population|2010}}

| 2015 = {{PH census population|2015}}

| 2020 = {{PH census population|2020}}

| 2025 =

| 2030 =

| footnote= Source: Philippine Statistics Authority{{PH census|2015}}{{PH census|2010}}{{PH census|2007}}{{LWUA population data}}

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In the 2020 census, Luna had a population of 21,297.{{PH census|current}} The population density was {{convert|{{sigfig|21,297/606.04|2}}|PD/km2}}.

Economy

Government

=Local government=

Luna, 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.

=Elected officials=

Position ! Name
class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.20em; font-size:100%;" \|+ Members of the Municipal Council (2019–2022){{Cite web \|title=2019 National and Local Elections \|url=https://comelec.gov.ph/php-tpls-attachments/2019NLE/ElectionResults/2019NLE_LIst_of_Elected_CityMun_Candidates.pdf \|access-date=March 12, 2022 \|website=Commission on Elections}}
Congressman \| style="text-align:center;" \| Elias C. Bulut Jr.
Mayor \| style="text-align:center;" \| Josephine M. Bangsil
Vice-Mayor \| style="text-align:center;" \| Manolito M. Bullaoit
rowspan=8\| Councilors \| style="text-align:center;" \| Emmanuel Dave C. Verzola
style="text-align:center;" \| Ellarne B. Turingan
style="text-align:center;" \| Cecile A. Caluya
style="text-align:center;" \| Elena B. Bullaoit
style="text-align:center;" \| Edgar S. Bangsil
style="text-align:center;" \| Samuel R. Calilan
style="text-align:center;" \| Edmon S. Cabrera
style="text-align:center;" \| Johnmark Lhuilier C. Bautista

References

External links

[{{NSCB detail}} Philippine Standard Geographic Code]

{{Geographic location

| Centre = Luna

| North = {{nowrap|Sanchez-Mira, Cagayan / Pamplona, Cagayan}}

| Northeast = Abulug, Cagayan

| East = Santa Marcela

| Southeast = Flora

| South = {{nowrap|Kabugao / Pudtol}}

| West = Calanasan

| Northwest = Claveria, Cagayan

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Category:Municipalities of Apayao