Aglipay is a 4th class municipality in the province of Quirino, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 21,774 people in 4,450 households. A municipality (bayan in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... Quirino is a province of the Philippines located in the Cagayan Valley region in Luzon. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...
Barangays
Aglipay is politically subdivided into 25 barangays. A barangay is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is very similar to a village. ...
Gregorio Labayan Aglipay was born on May 8, 1860 in Batac, Ilocos Norte, an orphan who grew up in the tobacco fields in the last volatile decades of the Spanish occupation of the Philippines.
The Philippine-American War promptly began and Aglipay served as a guerrilla leader in the Ilocos Region.
The Philippine Independent Church, later known as the Aglipayan Church, was announced in 1902 and in the next three decades, Aglipay fought for Filipino independence through the political process.
Aglipay Caves and Campsite is a provincial nature reserve in the heart of Quirino.
Aglipay Caves and Campsite was used in 1983 as a camping ground for National Jamboree.
On May 3, 1999, Aglipay Caves and Campsite was deemed the Province's first Forest Park and Campsite by virtue of DENR Adminnistrative Order Number 17 series of 1999.
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