Santa Praxedes, Cagayan Etymology

Jack Maico
May 1
2 min read

The town's original names were Capan-awan and Langangan (Lang-ga-ngan), which means "Sagapa", a round piece of rattan work to hold in place earthen pots. Municipal officials then petitioned for a change of name through Representative Benjamin Ligot. Under Republic Act No. 4149, which he authored in 1966, Langangan was renamed Sta. Praxedes, in honor of the name of Congressman Ligot's mother, Doña Praxedes Ligot. The town was formerly part of Claveria until 1922.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Praxedes,_Cagayan

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Church in town: 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐈𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡

San Isidro Labrador Parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tuguegarao was established in 2009. It is located in Brgy. Poblacion, Municipality of Sta. Praxedes, Province of Cagayan. The Parish Fiesta is celebrated every 15th day of May.

Source: https://www.parishph.com/.../san-isidro-labrador-parish...

𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲

The town was formerly part of Claveria until 1922. The first settlers were known to be the emigrants from the provinces of Ilocos Sur (from the municipalities of Sinait and Magsingal) and Ilocos Norte (from the municipalities of Pasuquin, Badoc, and Pinili). The early settlers in this municipality were the Agamanos, Agnir, Aguinaldo, Aguirre, Agullana, Bumanglag, Estabillo, Llapitan, Madamba, Pagdilao, Ragsac, Rivera, and the Sanchez families.

There have been moves by the municipal council to regain political control over some barangays of the neighboring municipality of Claveria, particularly the barangays of Cadcadir, Lablabig, Mabnang, Union, Kilkiling, and Siam-Siam. These barangays were once part of Santa Praxedes but lost them when the municipality was transferred to the provincial jurisdiction of Ilocos Norte.

𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐬: