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| Subdivision Name: | Philippines | ||
| Subdivision Type1: | Region | ||
| Subdivision Type2: | Province | ||
| Etymology: | Bugkay to Kabukgayan | ||
| Other Name: | Kabukgayan | ||
| Subdivision Type3: | District | ||
| Established Title: | Founded | ||
| Established Date: | September 29, 1949 | ||
| Parts Type: | Barangays | ||
| Parts Style: | para | ||
| P1: | (see Barangays) | ||
| Leader Name: | Marisol A. Masbang | ||
| Leader Title1: | Vice Mayor | ||
| Leader Name1: | Gemma G. Adobo | ||
| Leader Name2: | Gerardo J. Espina Jr. | ||
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Cabucgayan (IPA: [kɐbʊk'gaɪɐn]), officially the Municipality of Cabucgayan (Waray: Bungto han Cabucgayan; Cebuano: Lungsod sa Cabucgayan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Cabucgayan), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Biliran, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 21,542 people. The town's populace predominantly speaks Waray.
Cabucgayan derived its name from the snail called bukgay. In the Waray-Waray language, to make a singular noun into a plural noun, the article ka is added before the word and the article an after the word. Kabukgayan, therefore, means a place where there are many snails.
This municipality was created on September 29, 1949, when President Elpidio Quirino issued Executive Order no. 271.[1]
Cabucgayan is located at the south-eastern section of Biliran Island, and is approximately south from Caibiran, away from the provincial capital Naval, and away from Tacloban, the provincial capital of Leyte. Cabucgayan is bound on the north by Caibiran, east by the Villareal Bay, south by Carigara Bay, and west by the municipality of Biliran
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of constituting of the 536.01adj=mid2adj=mid total area of Biliran.
Cabucgayan is politically subdivided into 13 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
It belongs to the two types of climate, Type II and Type IV. It is characterized by pronounced rainfall periodically accompanied by trade winds and storms during the months of January, June, July, November and December while the minimum monthly rainfall occurs in February, March, April and May.
The total land area dedicated to agriculture is or 59.63% of the total land area. The three major forest products are timber, rattan and wild abaca.
In the 2020 census, Cabucgayan had a population of 21,542. The population density was NaN21,542/54.19.