Cabucgayan (IPA: ɐbʊk'gaɪɐn, officially the Municipality of Cabucgayan (; ; ), is a

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in the

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Biliran Biliran, officially the Province of Biliran (Waray language, Waray-Waray: ''Probinsya han Biliran''; ; ), is an island province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas Regions of the Philippines, region (Region VIII). Biliran is one of ...

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 21,542 people. The town's populace predominantly speaks Waray.

History

Cabucgayan derived its name from the snail called ''bukgay''. In the

Waray-Waray language Waray (also known as Waray-Waray or Bisayâ/Binisayâ nga Winaray/Waray, meaning Samar language) is an Austronesian language and the fifth-most-spoken native regional language of the Philippines, native to Eastern Visayas. It is the native l ...

, to make a singular noun into a plural noun, the article ''ka'' is added before the word and the article ''an'' after the word. ''Kabukgayan'', therefore, means a place where there are many snails. This municipality was created on September 29, 1949, when President

Elpidio Quirino Elpidio Rivera Quirino (; November 16, 1890 – February 29, 1956) was a Philippine nationality law, Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 6th President of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953. A lawyer by profession, Quirino entered p ...

issued ''Executive Order no. 271''.

Geography

Cabucgayan is located at the south-eastern section of

Biliran Island Biliran, officially the Province of Biliran ( Waray-Waray: ''Probinsya han Biliran''; ; ), is an island province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region (Region VIII). Biliran is one of the country's smallest and newest province ...

, and is approximately south from

Caibiran Caibiran (IPA: ɐʔɪbɪ'ɾan, officially the Municipality of Caibiran (; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Biliran, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 24,167 people. The town's populace predominantly spe ...

, away from the provincial capital

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, and away from

Tacloban Tacloban ( ; ), officially the City of Tacloban (; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city on Leyte island in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, Tacloban has a popu ...

, the provincial capital of

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. Cabucgayan is bound on the north by Caibiran, east by the Villareal Bay, south by

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, and west by the municipality of Biliran According to the

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, the municipality has a land area of constituting of the total area of Biliran.

Barangays

Cabucgayan is politically subdivided into 13

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s. Each barangay consists of

purok A ''purok'' () is an informal division within a barangay in the Philippines. While not officially considered a local government unit (LGU), a ''purok'' often serves as a unit for delivering services and administration within a barangay. ''Pur ...

s and some have

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Climate

It belongs to the two types of climate, Type II and Type IV. It is characterized by pronounced rainfall periodically accompanied by trade winds and storms during the months of January, June, July, November and December while the minimum monthly rainfall occurs in February, March, April and May. The total land area dedicated to agriculture is or 59.63% of the total land area. The three major forest products are timber, rattan and wild abaca.

Demographics

In the 2020 census, Cabucgayan had a population of 21,542. The population density was .

Economy

References

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