Buguey
Sign in to saveBuguey, officially the Municipality of Buguey (; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.
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- Beach at Buguey
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- Philippines
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- right
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- Philippines
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- Crab Capital of the North
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of the Philippines
- Official name
- Municipality of Buguey
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Cagayan
- Population
- 32351
- Area
- 164.50
- Elevation
- 2
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Shares border with
- Santa Teresita
- Image
- Buguey resort Cagayan.jpg
- Households
- 7658
- Dialing code
- 78
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- postal code
- 3511
- electorate
- 20434
- Köppen climate classification
- tropical monsoon climate
- language used
- Tagalog
- poverty incidence
- 11.77
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 203523149.20
- total assets
- 303255726.15
- total expenditure
- 156190740.62
- total liabilities
- 75835908.07
- Commons category
- Buguey
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Barangays
- Climate
- Demographics
- Economy
- Government
- Local government
- Elected officials
- Education
- Primary and secondary schools
- Secondary schools
- Economy
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Buguey, officially the Municipality of Buguey (; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.
==History== The site of Buguey was originally called catagayan, a place of many tagay trees. The name came about after Spanish conquistador Juan de Salcedo asked a native what the name of the place was in 1572. Subsequently, the name was shortened to Cagayan, which later became the name for the entire province and region.
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