Echague, Isabela
Encyclopedia
Echague also referred to as the "Queen Town of Isabela" is a first class municipality under the fourth district province of Isabela
, Philippines
. It is 344 kilometers north of Metro Manila. According to the latest census, it has a population of 67,553 people in 12,045 households.
Fr. Pedro Salgado, the Dominican writer, in volume I of his "Cagayan Valley and Eastern Cordillera (1581-1898)," wrote that Echague town in Isabela used to be called Camarag, the name of a big tree then common in the place.
The city was founded in 1752 and ecclesiastically placed under the patronage of St. Joseph on May 12, 1753.
History says missionaries wanted to transfer the town from the banks of the Cagayan River to the Ganano River 10 kilometers away. The people rebelled because the soil was more fertile along the Cagayan River. But in 1776, they were forcibly transferred.
Some 72 years later, the people returned to Camarag, now named Echague after Rafaél de Echagüe y Bermingham, Spanish governor-general
at that time.
s and 1 newly inaugurated the Josepha Inurat Kammag.
Main Secondary Schools:
Main Elementary Schools:
Isabela province
Isabela is the second largest province of the Philippines next to Palawan. It is located in the Cagayan Valley Region in Luzon. Its capital is Ilagan and borders, clockwise from the south, Aurora, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Ifugao, Mountain Province, Kalinga, and Cagayan...
, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. It is 344 kilometers north of Metro Manila. According to the latest census, it has a population of 67,553 people in 12,045 households.
Brief History
Prior to 1856, there were only two provinces in the Cagayan Valley Region: Cagayan and Nueva Vizcaya. The Province of Cagayan at that time consisted of all towns from Tumauini to the north in Aparri and all other towns from Ilagan southward to Aritao comprised the Province of Nueva Vizcaya. In order to facilitate the work of the missionaries in the evangelization of the Cagayan Valley, a royal decree was issued on May 1, 1856 that created the Province of Isabela consisting of the towns of Gamu, Angadanan, Bindang (now Roxas) and Camarag (now Echague), Carig (now Santiago City) and Palanan. The new province was named in honor of Queen Isabela II of Spain.Fr. Pedro Salgado, the Dominican writer, in volume I of his "Cagayan Valley and Eastern Cordillera (1581-1898)," wrote that Echague town in Isabela used to be called Camarag, the name of a big tree then common in the place.
The city was founded in 1752 and ecclesiastically placed under the patronage of St. Joseph on May 12, 1753.
History says missionaries wanted to transfer the town from the banks of the Cagayan River to the Ganano River 10 kilometers away. The people rebelled because the soil was more fertile along the Cagayan River. But in 1776, they were forcibly transferred.
Some 72 years later, the people returned to Camarag, now named Echague after Rafaél de Echagüe y Bermingham, Spanish governor-general
Governor-General of the Philippines
The Governor-General of the Philippines was the title of the government executive during the colonial period of the Philippines, governed mainly by Spain and the United States, and briefly by Great Britain, from 1565 to 1935....
at that time.
Barangays
Echague is politically subdivided into 64 barangayBarangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
s and 1 newly inaugurated the Josepha Inurat Kammag.
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Festivals
Echague Town Fiesta named as the "Bacao Festival" celebrated every March 15 to 19. This is also in celebration of the feast day of Saint Joseph the Worker, and at the same time the corn harvesting season of the town.Schools, Colleges and Universities
Universities:- Isabela State UniversityIsabela State UniversityThe Isabela State University is a public university in the Philippines. It is mandated to provide advanced instruction in the arts, agricultural and natural sciences as well as in technological and professional fields...
(Main Campus)
Main Secondary Schools:
- ISU Laboratory High School
- Saint Dominic Human Development Center (SDHDC)
- School of St. Joseph the Worker
- Echague National High School
- Don Mariano Marcos National High School
Main Elementary Schools:
- Echague East Central School
- Echague West Central School
- Echague South Central School
- First Echague United Methodist School
- St. Dominic Montessori School (elem. and Sec.)