Rizal, Cagayan
Rizal is a fourth-class municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 21,430 people in 4,204 households. Rizal, being the border of Cagayan-Apayao, has a cool and invigorating climate similar to Baguio's. It welcomes excursionists and vacationists anytime, especially in summer. Ruins of an "horno" can be seen at the lot of the late Capitan Domingo Littaua near the house of Mr. Martin Blaquera.
The Church of Malaueg facing the east was built in 1597. It was under the patronage of St. Raymond of Penyafort. The Dominican fathers accepted the ecclesiastical administration of this town on April 26, 1590. The cornerstone was laid November 26, 1597. The church and the convent had been destroyed and rebuilt four times.
Rizal is the Cagayan's epic town where Cagayan's epic heroes and legendary figures – Biuag and Malana – were said to have fought their epic battle for supremacy over the hand of the beautiful "Maguinganay" by swapping volleys of uprooted trees and live cattle. Their hangouts, two high mountains and a steep trail called "escolta" from where they uprooted trees to hurl one another, can still be seen in Malaueg (Rizal).
The town before had two municipalities, namely: Mauanan and Malaueg. The barrios on the western and northern part belong to the municipality of Malaueg, while the barrios on the eastern part belong to the municipality of Mauanan, where the seat of two municipal governments was established (Philippine Commission; Act nos. 943,944, 1903). Act no. 2390. This is the act changing the names of the municipalities of Sto. Nino and Mauanan, Province of Cagayan.
The name of the municipality of Sto. Nino and Mauanan, Province of Cagayan were changed to Faire and Rizal respectively. Mauanan was named Rizal in the year 1914 and the sitios of Lattut, Capacuaan and Macatal were annexed from Rippang in 1933, under executive Order No. 690 dated March 28, 1935.
A Third-class town Rizal almost 22,000 inhabitants spread over 29 barangays are quietly tilling their rich soil for corn, rice and tobacco. It is known before of its specie as "Matalag", which means men and women alike to go for its aroma and suaveness. Its bananas and mangoes have become a good source of revenue and a good source of augment their income.
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