Cuyapo , officially the Municipality of Cuyapo (; ), is a

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in the

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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 68,066 people. Cuyapo is from

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, from Palayan, and from

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Etymology

Cuyapo is named after the water cabbage ('' Pistia stratiotes'') which is known in Pangasinense as ''kuyapo''. The district of

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is also named after the same plant, this is the Tagalog counterpart, modern spelling ''kiyapo''.

History

Early beginnings

Pangasinenses from Paniqui,

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who used to pasture their cattle, other Pangasinenses from Calasiao and San Carlos,

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, Ilocano foresters from Santa Maria, Narvacan,

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; Paoay and Batac in Ilocos Norte; and some Tagalogs from

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and southern Nueva Ecija settled in great number in the town. It is said that the exodus, particularly from

, was due to the forced labor enforced by the Spaniards in the construction of the church in Santa Maria,

. Cuyapo was declared a Barrio of Rosales (now a municipality of Pangasinan) on September 25, 1849, with Senor Santiago Vergara as its first Teniente del Barrio. It was in 1901 under the American civil administration that

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, together with Balungao,

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, were segregated from

and became parts of

Founding 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

, 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,

, answered the call of duty and ambushed a heavily armed contingent of Spanish Cazadores who came from

en route to

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

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s. Each barangay consists of

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s and some have

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. * Baloy * Bambanaba * Bantug * Bentigan * Bibiclat * Bonifacio * Bued * Bulala * Burgos * Cabileo * Cabatuan * Cacapasan * Calancuasan Norte * Calancuasan Sur * Colosboa * Columbitin * Curva * District I (Pob. I) * District II (Pob. II) * District IV (Pob. IV) * District V (Pob. V) * District VI (Pob. VI) * District VII (Pob. VII) * District VIII (Pob. VIII) * Landig * Latap * Loob * Luna * Malbeg-Patalan * Malineng * Matindeg * Maycaban * Nagcuralan * Nagmisahan * Paitan Norte * Paitan Sur * Piglisan * Pugo * Rizal * Sabit * Salagusog * San Antonio (Butao) * San Jose * San Juan * Santa Clara * Santa Cruz * Simimbaan * Tagtagumbao * Tutuloy * Ungab * Villaflores

Climate

Demographics

Economy

Tourism

* Apolinario Mabini Marker (Cuyapo) - Site of the arrest of Philippine hero

Apolinario Mabini Apolinario Mabini y Maranán (; July 23, 1864 – May 13, 1903) was a Filipino revolutionary, revolutionary leader, educator, lawyer, and Politician, statesman who served first as a legal and constitutional adviser to the Philippine Revolution# ...

, known as “the sublime paralytic,” by the Americans on December 10, 1899. *Armando's Garden Resort and Villas
Colosboa Hills
- Tagged as the “New Zealand of Cuyapo” the “Colosboa Hills” is a vast green mountain range perfect for camping, photoshoots, and a biking destination. located at Barangay Colosboa in the Municipality of Cuyapo. Colosboa Hills, Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija.

- located at Brgy. Landig, Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija. Mt. Bulaylay and Mt. Bangkay. These towering mounds of rock and soil hold another new adventure destination in Nueva Ecija. Mt. Bulaylay, towering at 286 meters above sea level, is a multi-peak mountain with zipline equipment that can whisk a tandem ride

- located at Paitan Sur, Cuyapo, Nueva Ecija. A serene lake that holds a mystical past poise as a next tourist destination too – that is Paitang Lake discovered by Don Cornelio Sumangil in 1885. Roughly about 15-18 kilometers from Cuyapo’s town proper.

Education

Primary schools

Public Schools: Private Schools:

Secondary schools

Public Schools: *Villaflores Integrated School Private Schools:

References

External links

Cuyapo Website
* Philippine Standard Geographic Codebr>Philippine Census InformationLocal Governance Performance Management System
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