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Ilagan City, Isabela History

The town of Bolo was founded by Dominican missionaries in 1619 and was one of the most important economic areas in northern Luzon due to its vast tobacco plantations. However, the native Gaddang people rebelled against oppressive Spanish rule in 1622 and abandoned the town. The natives later reestablished their settlement east of the Cagayan River in 1678, calling it Ilagan. Ilagan was officially founded as a mission in 1686 and became the capital of Cagayan Valley. It has since served as the provincial capital of Isabela.

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Ilagan City, Isabela History

The town of Bolo was founded by Dominican missionaries in 1619 and was one of the most important economic areas in northern Luzon due to its vast tobacco plantations. However, the native Gaddang people rebelled against oppressive Spanish rule in 1622 and abandoned the town. The natives later reestablished their settlement east of the Cagayan River in 1678, calling it Ilagan. Ilagan was officially founded as a mission in 1686 and became the capital of Cagayan Valley. It has since served as the provincial capital of Isabela.

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The town was then called by its native Gaddang settlers as Bolo during the pre-Spanish conquest

era. It is one of the populous settlement during that period and site of the vast tobacco plantation
in the region making it one of the most important economic areas in northern Luzon. Shortly
after Juan de Salcedo conquered Northern Luzon in 1587, Gov. Rodrigo de Penalosa sent Capt.
Pablo de Carreon to explore Cagayan Valley as well as to establish missions in towns. Among
the Spanish missionaries who penetrated deeply into the region was P. Pedro Jimenez, who
founded Ilagan.
The town of Bolo was founded by the Dominicans in 1619 in honor of Saint Ferdinand of
Castile. The old Bolo was situated in the western side of Cagayan River in what is known today
as Barangay Naguilian-Baculod. The cultural shock brought by the dominating social and
economic regulations introduced by the Spanish authorities propelled the natives to dissent in
the Mallig and Ilagan-Tumauini territories in what was known as the Gaddang Revolution. The
natives abandoned their settlement after burning their church and houses until 1622 when the
Spanish government pardoned and exempted them from paying tribute within three years. After
the Gaddang revolt, the natives re-established their settlement upon the efforts of Fr. Pedro
Jimenez in 1678 on the east side of the river thereby giving the legendary name for Ilagan which
is the reverse of the word Nagali meaning "transfer". The Dominicans accepted the settlement as
an ecclesiastical mission given the name San Fernando de Ilagan in honor of its patron, Saint
Ferdinand of Castile.
On May 4, 1686, Ilagan was founded and missionaries converted the natives to Christianity.
Ilagan was made the capital of Cagayan Valley when Brig. Manuel Sanchez Mira was then the
governor of the whole territory. Ilagan was the scene of the 1763 revolt in Isabela led by Dabo
and Marayag against the collection of tribute, the enforcement of tobacco monopoly committed
by the friars during the Spanish occupation. Upon the separation of Isabela on May 1, 1856,
Ilagan became the capital of the province.
On August 4, 1901 the American occupation under the United States-Philippine Commission has
enacted the Provincial Government Act 210 that has re-established Isabela and other provinces in
the Philippines. Rafael Maramag, a former municipal president (mayor) of Ilagan was appointed
as the first governor. The act then re-established Ilagan as the provincial capital.
On November 13, 1925, Gaffud has approved a resolution filed by all "Municipal Presidents of
the Isabela" (the counterpart of the present-day Mayors' League) following a four-day
convention. The resolution called for the erection of a monument in honor of the country's
National Hero José Rizal in the old Ilagan public plaza in Barangay Bagumbayan. By the turn of
the 1950s the new Poblacion was located uphill from the old Saint Ferdinand Parish Church
(formerly known as Saint Ferdinand Cathedral in Barangay Bagumbayan) to Barangay San
Vicente; site of the current City Hall.[7]

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