', officially the ', is a of the Philippines| in the province of,. According to the, it has a population of people. The 2012 filmThe Mistress, starring John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo, was partly shot in the town.
Geography
Gonzaga is located at the north-eastern tip of the province of Cagayan, bordered by the municipality of Santa Ana to the north-east, the municipality of Santa Teresita to the west, and the municipality of Lal-lo to the south. It is approximately from Aparri, the nearest commercial center, from the provincial capital of Tuguegarao City, and from Manila. Gonzaga has a total land area of, the majority of which remains undeveloped. It has large stretches of virgin forests, especially throughout the mountainous areas of the Sierra Madre mountain range. The highest elevation in the municipality is above sea level, located at Mount Cagua in Barangay Magrafil. The majority of the municipality's coastline is mostly along the Babuyan Channel to the north, although it is also bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the southeast. The eleven coastal barangays contain a total of of beaches, of mangrove forests, and of coral reefs.
Barangays
Gonzaga is politically subdivided into 25 Barangays, including four urban barangays which constitute the Poblacion area.
History
The original inhabitants of Gonzaga were Negritos, especially members of Aeta tribes. The first recorded name of the area was Gampao, an Aeta word meaning 'mountainous,' later changed to Wangag. In the eighteenth century, groups of Ilocano-speaking immigrants arrived in several waves by sea and land, gradually displacing the Aeta in the lowland areas. Wangag was given ecclesiastical recognition on 23 February 1869, as a barrio of the Municipality of Buguey. In 1917 it was renamed Rumang-ay. The following year, it was renamed after the first Filipino Governor of Cagayan, Gracio P. Gonzaga. The town was officially partitioned from Buguey on 1 January 1918 via Executive Order of Governor-GeneralFrancis Burton Harrison.
Demographics
In the, the population of Gonzaga, Cagayan, was people, with a density of.
Climate
Economy
Gonzaga is primarily an agricultural municipality, with more than half of the workforce employed primarily as either farmers or fishers. Approximately of agricultural land are currently under production, the majority of which are dedicated to rice farming.
Former Senate President and Defense Minister, Juan Ponce Enrile is a native of Gonzaga.
Lilia Cuntapay, a Filipino actress, was dubbed the "Queen of Philippine Horror Movies" was born in the Cabiraoan village of Gonzaga, Cagayan, on September 16, 1935.
