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Cuyapo
Municipality
Municipality of Cuyapo
Municipal Hall
Municipal Hall
Official seal of Cuyapo
Seal
Map of Nueva Ecija with Cuyapo highlighted
Map of Nueva Ecija with Cuyapo highlighted
OpenStreetMap
Map
Cuyapo is located in Philippines
Cuyapo
Cuyapo
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 15°46′40″N 120°39′39″E / 15.7778°N 120.6608°E / 15.7778; 120.6608
CountryPhilippines
RegionCentral Luzon
ProvinceNueva Ecija
District 1st district
Founded1859
Barangays51 (see Barangays)
Government
 [1]
 • TypeSangguniang Bayan
 • MayorFlorida Paguio-Esteban
 • Vice MayorCinderella E. Ramos
 • RepresentativeEstrellita B. Suansing
 • Municipal Council
Members
 • Electorate44,268 voters (2022)
Area
[2]
 • Total215.73 km2 (83.29 sq mi)
Elevation
36 m (118 ft)
Highest elevation
243 m (797 ft)
Lowest elevation
18 m (59 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[3]
 • Total68,066
 • Density320/km2 (820/sq mi)
 • Households
17,907
DemonymCuyapeño (Cuyapenyo)
Economy
 • Income class1st municipal income class
 • Poverty incidence
5.90
% (2018)[4]
 • Revenue₱ 226.3 million (2020)
 • Assets₱ 546.7 million (2020)
 • Expenditure₱ 188.6 million (2020)
 • Liabilities₱ 119.9 million (2020)
Service provider
 • ElectricityTarlac 1 Electric Cooperative (TARELCO 1)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
3117
PSGC
034906000
IDD : area code +63 (0)44
Native languagesIlocano
Tagalog
Websitewww.cuyapo.gov.ph

Cuyapo [ˌkujaˈpɔ(ʔ)], officially the Municipality of Cuyapo (Ilocano: Ili ti Cuyapo; Tagalog: Bayan ng Cuyapo), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Nueva Ecija, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 68,066 people.[3]

Cuyapo is 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Cabanatuan, 67 kilometres (42 mi) from Palayan, and 169 kilometres (105 mi) from Manila.

Etymology

Cuyapo is named after the water cabbage (Pistia stratiotes) which is known in Pangasinense as kuyapo.[5] The district of Quiapo, Manila is also named after the same plant, this is the Tagalog counterpart, modern spelling kiyapo.[6]

History

Early beginnings

Pangasinenses from Paniqui, Tarlac who used to pasture their cattle, other Pangasinenses from Calasiao and San Carlos, Pangasinan, Ilocano foresters from Santa Maria, Narvacan, Ilocos Sur; Paoay and Batac in Ilocos Norte; and some Tagalogs from Bulacan & south Nueva Ecija settled in great number in the town. It is said that the exodus, particularly from Ilocos Sur, was due to the forced labor enforced by the Spaniards in the construction of the Catholic Church in Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur. Cuyapo was declared a Barrio of Rosales on September 25, 1849, with Senior Santiago Vergara as its first Teniente del Barrio. Rosales was then a part of Nueva Ecija. It was in 1901 during the American Civil Commission that Rosales, together with Balungao, Umingan, San Quintin, were segregated from Nueva Ecija and became parts of Pangasinan.

Creation of the Town

On October 29, 1859, Cuyapo was separated from Rosales, Pangasinan and made a full-fledged town with Don Juan Pangalilingan as the first Gobernadorcillo. It was during his term that the first Catholic Church and convent was constructed. The old road to Guimba, passing through what is now Barangay Maycaban was constructed. On October 29, 1959, Cuyapo celebrated the centennial of its creation as a town.

The Revolutionary Period

On July 1, 1898, Gen. Mariano Llanera, then Military Governor of Nueva Ecija, appointed Don Marcelo Garcia, last Capitan Municipal during the Spanish Regime, as Presidente Municipal with Don Mariano Flores, last Teniente Mayor, as Vise Presidente Municipal. Later, under the supervisonal government, election of municipal officials was held. This revolutionary period of government existed until the American forces came in November 1898. It was during this period when the people showed their patriotism and loyalty to the cause of the revolution. On June 19, 1898, two to three hundred Cuyapenos, under Teniente Isabelo del Valle of Paniqui, Tarlac, answered the call of duty and ambushed a heavily armed contingent of Spanish Cazadores who came from Rosales en route to Tarlac in Bessang (now part of Barangay Maycaban. The Cuyapenos then had only fifteen (15) Remington rifles and the rest armed with bolos.

Geography

Barangays

Cuyapo is politically subdivided into 51 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

Climate

Climate data for Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 30
(86) 		31
(88) 		33
(91) 		35
(95) 		33
(91) 		31
(88) 		30
(86) 		29
(84) 		29
(84) 		30
(86) 		31
(88) 		30
(86) 		31
(88)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 19
(66) 		19
(66) 		20
(68) 		22
(72) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		24
(75) 		23
(73) 		22
(72) 		21
(70) 		20
(68) 		22
(71)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 3
(0.1) 		2
(0.1) 		5
(0.2) 		10
(0.4) 		80
(3.1) 		107
(4.2) 		138
(5.4) 		147
(5.8) 		119
(4.7) 		70
(2.8) 		26
(1.0) 		8
(0.3) 		715
(28.1)
Average rainy days 2.0 1.7 2.7 4.6 16.1 20.8 24.0 23.0 21.4 15.5 8.0 3.2 143
Source: Meteoblue (modeled/calculated data, not measured locally)[7]

Demographics

Population census of Cuyapo
YearPop.±% p.a.
1903 16,292—    
1918 19,344+1.15%
1939 24,570+1.15%
1948 28,923+1.83%
1960 30,634+0.48%
1970 34,793+1.28%
1975 39,109+2.37%
1980 39,654+0.28%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1990 43,103+0.84%
1995 49,791+2.74%
2000 51,366+0.67%
2007 55,456+1.06%
2010 59,396+2.53%
2015 65,039+1.74%
2020 68,066+0.90%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[8][9][10][11]

Economy

Poverty Incidence of Cuyapo

5
10
15
20
25
30
2006
26.10
2009
27.24
2012
21.31
2015
21.35
2018
5.90
2021
14.93

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]

Tourism

Education

Primary schools

Public Schools:

Private Schools:

Secondary schools

Public Schools:

  • Villaflores Integrated School

    • Private Schools:

    References

    1. ^  Municipality of Cuyapo | (DILG)
    2. ^ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
    3. ^ a b Census of Population (2020). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
    4. ^ "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
    5. ^ McLennan, Marshall S. (1980). The Central Luzon Plain: Land and Society on the Inland Frontier. Alemar-Phoenix Publishing House. p. 166.
    6. ^ Merrill, Elmer Drew (1903). A Dictionary of the Plant Names of the Philippine Islands. Manila: Bureau of Public Print. p. 8.
    7. ^ "Cuyapo: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
    8. ^ Census of Population (2015). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
    9. ^ Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region III (Central Luzon)" (PDF). Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
    10. ^ Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region III (Central Luzon)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.((cite encyclopedia)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
    11. ^ "Province of Nueva Ecija". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
    12. ^ "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
    13. ^ "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
    14. ^ "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
    15. ^ "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
    16. ^ "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
    17. ^ "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
    18. ^ "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
    19. ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.

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