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Solana, officially the Municipality of Solana (Ibanag: Ili nat Solana; Ilocano: Ili ti Solana; Tagalog: Bayan ng Solana), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 88,445 people.[3]

Solana
Municipality
Municipality of Solana
Map of Cagayan with Solana highlighted
OpenStreetMap
Solana
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 17°39′08″N 121°41′29″E
CountryPhilippines
RegionCagayan Valley
ProvinceCagayan
District 3rd district
Barangays38 (see Barangays)
Government
[1]
  TypeSangguniang Bayan
  MayorJennalyn P. Carag
  Vice MayorMeynard Z. Carag, CPA
  RepresentativeJoseph L. Lara
  Municipal Council
Members
  Electorate49,201 voters (2022)
Area
  Total234.60 km2 (90.58 sq mi)
Elevation
34 m (112 ft)
Highest elevation
153 m (502 ft)
Lowest elevation
12 m (39 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[3]
  Total88,445
  Density380/km2 (980/sq mi)
  Households
21,407
Economy
  Income class1st municipal income class
  Poverty incidence10.72% (2018)[4]
  Revenue₱282,027,006.21 (2020)
  Assets₱857,217,632.74 (2020)
  Expenditure₱246,659,041.97 (2020)
  Liabilities₱274,260,486.87 (2020)
Service provider
  ElectricityCagayan 1 Electric Cooperative (CAGELCO 1)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
3503
PSGC
IDD:area code+63(0)78
Native languagesIbanag
Ilocano
Itawis
Tagalog
Websitewww.solana-cagayan.gov.ph

The Municipality of Solana was founded on August 18, 1952 and named after then Governor Antonio Urbiztondo Marquez dela Solana. It is a first class municipality covering an area of 277.22 square kilometers with 38 barangays. The Municipality is surrounded by the following: on the east by the magical Cagayan River, bounded on the north by the Municipality of Amulung, on the south by the Municipality of Enrile, on the southwest by the Province of Kalinga and on the northwest by the Municipalities of Piat and Tuao.

The Awidon Mesa Formationa Paleolithic Sites of the municipality, along with the Callao Limestone Formation Paleolithic Sites neighboring Penablanca, are included in the tentative list of the Philippines for future UNESCO World Heritage Site inscription under the name of Paleolithic Archaeological Sites in Cagayan Valley. The Awidon Mesa Formation has at least 68 Paleolithic sites which yielded stone tools and fossils of extinct animals that include stegodons, elephants, rhinoceros, and large tortoise.


Geography



Topography


Solana is mostly flat with mountainous terrain on the central area from Barangay Madarallug going north to Barangay Iraga due to the Barung Anticline and Liwan Syncline.

The municipality is bounded by the Cagayan River to the East, Amulung to the North, Enrile to the South and Municipality of Tuao and Piat to the West.

With its proximity in the Cagayan River, it is usually flooded during typhoon season where the river is usually swollen thus providing a fluvial soil good for farming.


Barangays


Solana is politically subdivided into 38 barangays. These barangays are headed by elected officials: Barangay Captain, Barangay Council, whose members are called Barangay Councilors. All are elected every three years.


Climate


Just like the general climatic conditions of the Philippines, the municipality of Solana's climate is tropical and maritime. It is characterized by relatively high temperature, high humidity and abundant rainfall.

[5] Based from the Climate Map of PAGASA, the municipality belongs to the Type III Climate with no very pronounced maximum rain period with a dry season lasting only from one to three monthse either from December to February or from March to May.

Climate data for Solana, Cagayan
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 25
(77)
26
(79)
28
(82)
31
(88)
32
(90)
31
(88)
31
(88)
30
(86)
30
(86)
28
(82)
27
(81)
25
(77)
29
(84)
Average low °C (°F) 21
(70)
21
(70)
22
(72)
23
(73)
24
(75)
25
(77)
24
(75)
25
(77)
24
(75)
23
(73)
23
(73)
22
(72)
23
(74)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 155
(6.1)
113
(4.4)
89
(3.5)
58
(2.3)
127
(5.0)
131
(5.2)
154
(6.1)
184
(7.2)
151
(5.9)
247
(9.7)
221
(8.7)
292
(11.5)
1,922
(75.6)
Average rainy days 19.6 14.8 13.4 12.0 19.4 19.8 23.0 25.0 23.0 19.4 19.1 21.6 230.1
Source: Meteoblue[6]

Demographics


Population census of Solana
YearPop.±% p.a.
1903 8,064    
1918 11,760+2.55%
1939 17,166+1.82%
1948 18,758+0.99%
1960 27,631+3.28%
1970 34,172+2.14%
1975 40,553+3.49%
1980 46,064+2.58%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1990 56,366+2.04%
1995 60,346+1.29%
2000 67,512+2.43%
2007 71,475+0.79%
2010 76,596+2.55%
2015 82,502+1.42%
2020 88,445+1.38%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[7][8][9][10]

In the 2020 census, the population of Solana, Cagayan, was 88,445 people,[3] with a density of 380 inhabitants per square kilometre or 980 inhabitants per square mile.


Economy



Government


Solana, belonging to the third legislative district of the province of Cagayan, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The Sangguniang Bayan is composed of the (Municipality) Vice Mayor as Presiding Officer, regular Sanggunian members (Councilors), the President of the Association of Barangay Captains and the President of the Sangguniang Kabataan. They shall exercise and perform the legislative powers and duties as provided for under Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991. Shall consider and conduct thorough study all matters brought to their attention and consequently pass resolutions, enact ordinances and to introduce recommendations.[18]


Elected officials


Members of the Municipal Council
(2019–2022)[19]
Position Name
Congressman Joseph L. Lara
Mayor Jennalyn P. Carag
Vice-Mayor Meynard Z. Carag, CPA
Councilors Francsica F. de Asis
Atty. Carlo Paolo G. Lasam
Amelia P. Carag
James C. Mallillin
Ronald C. Cristobal
Edilberto A. Edillo
Angelina L. Fernandez
Atty. Domingo A. Lagundi Jr.

Elected officials


Members of the Municipal Council
(2022-2025)
Position Name
Congressman Joseph L. Lara
Mayor Jennalyn P. Carag
Vice-Mayor Meynard Z. Carag, CPA
Councilors Ronald C. Cristobal
Edilberto A. Edillo
James C. Mallillin
Francisca F. De Asis
Atty. Carlo Paolo G. Lasam
Angelina L. Fernandez
All B. Ubina
Amelia P. Carag

Education


The Schools Division of Cagayan governs the town's public education system. [20]

It is also in Solana where the SDO office transfer its location after it the division office building located near the Boy Scout of the Philippines – Cagayan Chapter Office and the Cagayan National High School was razed by fire on August 10, 2012. Immediately on the following day, the Office of the Division of Cagayan was temporarily transferred to the defunct DPWH Building at Lingu, Solana, Cagayan until November 15, 2017.[21]

The division office is a field office of the DepEd in Cagayan Valley region.[22] The office governs the public and private elementary and public and private high schools throughout the municipality.

Solana is currently divided into 3 district namely Solana North, Solana South and Solana West Educational Zone. According to SDO Cagayan, it has 10 public elementary schools in Solana North, 10 public elementary in Solana South and 14 in Solana West Educational Zone[23]

The High school students from the Municipality is also catered by 6 public secondary schools namely Solana Freshwater Fisheries School, Dassun NHS, Andarayan NHS, Solana NHS, Gadu NHS and Sampaguita NHS.

The only Catholic School that serves the area is Saint Vincent Ferrer Institute (SVI) under Saint Vincent Ferrer Parish which offers basic education from elementary to senior high school.

Cagayan State University has also established another campus in the area. By the virtue of Republic Act 11858,[24]the extension campus was converted into a regular campus to be known at Cagayan State University - Solana Campus. The said higher education institution will offer academic programs in Teacher Education, Agriculture, Fisheries, Information and Computing Sciences, and Criminology.


References


  1. Municipality of Solana | (DILG)
  2. "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  3. Census of Population (2020). "Region II (Cagayan Valley)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  4. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  5. "Climate of the Philippines".
  6. "Solana, Cagayan: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  7. Census of Population (2015). "Region II (Cagayan Valley)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  8. Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region II (Cagayan Valley)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. NSO. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  9. Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region II (Cagayan Valley)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. NSO.
  10. "Province of Cagayan". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  11. "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  12. https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/NSCB_LocalPovertyPhilippines_0.pdf; publication date: 29 November 2005; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
  13. https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2003%20SAE%20of%20poverty%20%28Full%20Report%29_1.pdf; publication date: 23 March 2009; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
  14. https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2006%20and%202009%20City%20and%20Municipal%20Level%20Poverty%20Estimates_0_1.pdf; publication date: 3 August 2012; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
  15. https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2012%20Municipal%20and%20City%20Level%20Poverty%20Estima7tes%20Publication%20%281%29.pdf; publication date: 31 May 2016; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
  16. https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/City%20and%20Municipal-level%20Small%20Area%20Poverty%20Estimates_%202009%2C%202012%20and%202015_0.xlsx; publication date: 10 July 2019; publisher: Philippine Statistics Authority.
  17. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  18. "The Local Government Code of the Philippines. Book III: Local Government Units" (PDF). Government of the Philippines. Retrieved 18 September 2016. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  19. "2019 National and Local Elections" (PDF). Commission on Elections. Retrieved March 10, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. "History of DepED SDO Cagayan". DepED SDO Cagayan | Official Website of DepED SDO Cagayan. Retrieved March 13, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. "History of DepEd SDO Cagayan". This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  22. "DEPED REGIONAL OFFICE NO. 02". DepED RO2 | The official website of DepED Regional Office No. 02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. "SDO Cagayan Public Elementary Schools".
  24. "Republic Act No. 11858 | GOVPH".




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[de] Solana (Cagayan)

Solana ist eine Stadtgemeinde in der philippinischen Provinz Cagayan und liegt im Süden der Provinz. Sie grenzt im Süden an die Provinz Kalinga. Im Jahre 2015 zählte sie 82.502 Einwohner. Die archäologischen Ausgrabungsstätten im Cagayan Valley, die auf dem Gemeindegebiet liegen, stehen seit 2006 auf der Vorschlagsliste der Philippinen zur Aufnahme in die Welterbeliste der UNESCO.
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