Caoayan, Ilocos Sur

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Caoayan is a 5th class municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 17,199 people in 3,533 households.

[edit] Barangays

Caoayan is politically subdivided into 17 barangays.

[edit] The Origin of the Municipality's Name

During pre-Spanish times the port of Pandan was an important trading post for Chinese and interisland vessels, and one of the commodities once traded there was bamboo. With the arrival of the Spaniards came the project to identify the names of places in the Philippines. A Spaniard came to Pandan and asked the name of the place. Thinking that the Spaniard wanted to know the name of the bamboo floating in rafts on the Baggoc River waiting to be traded, they answered "kawayan." The Spaniard then listed the place's name as Caoayan.

[edit] Notes

• Elpidio Quirino, the 6th president of the Republic of the Philippines, was born in Caoayan.

[edit] External links

• Pasyalang Ilocos Sur
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information

Coordinates: 17°32′N 120°24′E / 17.533, 120.4