Caoayan

Caoayan, officially the Municipality of Caoayan (; ), is a municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.

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Settlement.image_skyline: Caoayan_Town_Hall.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: The Caoayan Town Hall
Settlement.image_seal: Caoayan Ilocos Sur.png
Settlement.seal_size: 100x80px
Settlement.mapframe: yes
Settlement.pushpin_map: Philippines
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: left
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within the
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Philippines
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.etymology: Bamboo
Settlement.motto: Pardas Caoayan!
Settlement.subdivision_type3: District
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: 1825
Settlement.established_title1: Chartered

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Municipality of Caoayan
Population: 19715
Area: 17.42
Elevation: 5
Official website: www.caoayanilocossur.gov.ph
Image: Caoayan Town Hall.jpg
Households: 4838
Dialing code: 77

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Commons category: Caoayan
postal code: 2702
poverty incidence: 15.60
electorate: 14324
total assets: 710862015.70
total liabilities: 120092158.36
total expenditure: 121219187.21
fiscal/tax revenue: 216368382.07

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Caoayan, officially the Municipality of Caoayan (; ), is a municipality in the province of Ilocos Sur, Philippines. According to the , it has a population of people.

==Etymology== thumb|left|Caoayan Welcome Arch Prior to the arrival of Spanish expeditions to the area, the Port of Pandan was an important trading post for Chinese and inter-island vessels, and one of the commodities once traded there was bamboo. Later on, Spanish authorities who patrolled the area for pirates known as tirong, came to a place near the island called Puro, and asked the name of the place. Thinking that they wanted to know the name of the bamboo floating in rafts on the Baggoc River waiting to be traded, the natives answered "kawayan." The Spanish then listed the place's name as Caoayan.