Luna, Apayao
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Luna is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Apayao, Philippines
. Its former name was Macatel, changed to Luna by the town's founding father, the great Ilocano explorer Antonino Barroga from Dingras, Ilocos Norte. According to the latest census, it has a population of 16,431 people in 2,776 households.
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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...
. Its former name was Macatel, changed to Luna by the town's founding father, the great Ilocano explorer Antonino Barroga from Dingras, Ilocos Norte. According to the latest census, it has a population of 16,431 people in 2,776 households.
Barangays
Luna is politically subdivided into 22 barangayBarangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
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Famous People from Luna Apayao
- Dr. Charlene Fontanilla Barroga - world-class cancer research scientist ; inventor
- Engr. Marcos Calvez - first high school senior in the nation to hit a perfect score on the Mariano Marcos State UniversityMariano Marcos State UniversityThe Mariano Marcos State University is a multidisciplinary, state-funded institution of higher learning that serves the Ilocos region and its surrounding regions.-History:...
College Freshman Admission Test - Atty. Eubolo G. Verzola - Court of Appeals Associate Justice
- Dr. Edlyn Roc Narag - Outstanding Faculty awardee on September 23, 2008 from the Cagayan Colleges Tuguegarao
- Atty. Jose Barroga - former provincial board member of Kalinga-ApayaoApayaoApayao is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its administrative capital is Luna and founding capital Kabugao. It borders Cagayan to the north and east, Abra and Ilocos Norte to the west, and Kalinga to the south...
- Maylah Haylee Ballesteros, Ll.B. - three-term provincial board member of Apayao
- Andel "Andy" Bullaoit Barroga - writer for Bannawag, a national Ilocano magazine
- Jingle Luis - patient with clubfoot
- Celestino Baria - the house of the late Celestino Baria was once the garrison of the Japanese during World War II. Up to now the house is still preserved and can be seen at Poblacion, Luna, Apayao. And already considered one of the oldest house in Luna.