Lasam

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'''Lasam''', officially the '''Municipality of Lasam''' ({{langx|ibg|Ili nat Lasam}}; {{langx|ilo|Ili ti Lasam}}; {{langx|tl|Bayan ng Lasam}}), is a municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the {{PH wikidata|population_as_of}}, it has a population of {{PH wikidata|population_total}} people.{{PH wikidata|population_reference}}

The town was once a part of the Municipality of Gattaran, that stretches the width of the province and bisected by the Cagayan River. The barangays west of the river was established as the separate town of Lasam in 1950 by Republic Act No. 507. The new municipality of Lasam became part of the Second Legislative District of the Province of Cagayan.<ref name=RA>{{cite web |url=http://lawph.com/statutes/ra507.html |title=An act to create the municipality of Lasam in the province of Cagayan |publisher=PhiilippineLaw.info |accessdate=2013-09-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120712044504/http://lawph.com/statutes/ra507.html |archivedate=2012-07-12 }}</ref>

==Etymology== The Municipality of Lasam was named in honor of Honorio Lasam, a former governor of the province of Cagayan.<ref name=Cagayan/>

==History== Lasam was once a part of Gattaran separated from the mother town by the wide Cagayan River with no bridges connecting the communities. As the population increased, the residents of the western part of the town asked to be amalgamated as a separate municipality.<ref name=Cagayan>[http://www.cagayan.gov.ph/index.php/about-cagayan-home/10-city-and-towns/51-lasam "Lasam"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130904181056/http://www.cagayan.gov.ph/index.php/about-cagayan-home/10-city-and-towns/51-lasam |date=2013-09-04 }}. Cagayan Province Official Website. Retrieved on 2013-09-04.</ref>

The town was established on June 13, 1950, by Republic Act No. 507 and signed by President Elpidio Quirino. Barrios (barangays) of Gattaran located west of the Cagayan River were formed into the new and regular Municipality of Lasam, with the old site of the Barrio Macatabang as the seat of the government.<ref name=RA/>

The town was officially inaugurated as independent from Gattaran in January 1951. Ignacio Jurado was appointed as its first mayor whose major task was to build the infrastructure of the new independent town of Lasam.<ref name=Cagayan/>

==Geography== Lasam is situated {{convert|87.92|km}} from the provincial capital Tuguegarao, and {{convert|573.07|km}} from the country's capital city of Manila.

===Barangays=== Lasam is politically subdivided into 30 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks while some have sitios.

{{Div col|colwidth=15em}} * Aggunetan * Alannay * Battalan * Cabatacan East (Duldugan) * Cabatacan West * Calapangan Norte * Calapangan Sur * Callao Norte * Callao Sur * Cataliganan * Centro I (Poblacion) * Centro II (Poblacion) * Centro III (Poblacion) * Finugo Norte * Gabun * Ignacio B. Jurado (Finugu Sur) * Magsaysay * Malinta * Minanga Sur * Minanga Norte * Nabannagan East * Nabannagan West * New Orlins * Nicolas Agatep * Peru * San Pedro * Sicalao * Tagao * Tucalan Passing * Viga {{div col end}}

===Climate=== {{Weather box | location = Lasam, Cagayan | width = auto | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan high C = 25 | Jan low C = 20 | Feb high C = 27 | Feb low C = 21 | Mar high C = 29 | Mar low C = 22 | Apr high C = 32 | Apr low C = 23 | May high C = 32 | May low C = 24 | Jun high C = 31 | Jun low C = 25 | Jul high C = 31 | Jul low C = 25 | Aug high C = 31 | Aug low C = 25 | Sep high C = 30 | Sep low C = 24 | Oct high C = 29 | Oct low C = 23 | Nov high C = 27 | Nov low C = 23 | Dec high C = 25 | Dec low C = 21 | Jan precipitation mm = 133 | Feb precipitation mm = 87 | Mar precipitation mm = 68 | Apr precipitation mm = 44 | May precipitation mm = 127 | Jun precipitation mm = 134 | Jul precipitation mm = 160 | Aug precipitation mm = 162 | Sep precipitation mm = 134 | Oct precipitation mm = 192 | Nov precipitation mm = 194 | Dec precipitation mm = 260 | Jan rain days = 18.1 | Feb rain days = 13.3 | Mar rain days = 13.3 | Apr rain days = 11.8 | May rain days = 19.7 | Jun rain days = 20.9 | Jul rain days = 22.8 | Aug rain days = 22.8 | Sep rain days = 20.3 | Oct rain days = 16.6 | Nov rain days = 18.4 | Dec rain days = 21.7 | source 1 = Meteoblue<ref name="met_norms"> {{cite web | url = https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/forecast/modelclimate/lasam_philippines_1707204 | title = Lasam, Cagayan: Average Temperatures and Rainfall | publisher = Meteoblue | accessdate = 15 December 2018}}</ref> | date = 15 December 2018 }} {{clear left}}

==Demographics== {{Philippine Census | align = left | cols = 2 | title= Population census of {{PH wikidata|name}} | 1903 = | 1918 = | 1939 = | 1948 = | 1960 = {{PH census population|1960}} | 1970 = {{PH census population|1970}} | 1975 = {{PH census population|1975}} | 1980 = {{PH census population|1980}} | 1990 = {{PH census population|1990}} | 1995 = {{PH census population|1995}} | 2000 = {{PH census population|2000}} | 2007 = {{PH census population|2007}} | 2010 = {{PH census population|2010}} | 2015 = {{PH census population|2015}} | 2020 = {{PH census population|2020}} | 2024 = {{PH census population|2024}} | 2030 = | footnote= Source: Philippine Statistics Authority{{PH wikidata|population_reference}}{{PH census|2015}}{{PH census|2010}}{{PH census|2007}}{{LWUA population data}} }}

In the 2024 census, the population of Lasam was 42,042 people,{{PH wikidata|population_reference}} with a density of {{convert|{{sigfig|42,042/213.70|2}}|PD/km2|disp=or}}.

== Economy == {{PH poverty incidence}} Lasam is primarily an agricultural community and its people derive their income mainly from farming and livestock raising.<ref name=Cagayan/>

==Government== ===Local government=== {{main|Sangguniang Bayan}} Lasam is part of the second legislative district of the province of Cagayan. It 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 mayor, vice mayor, and the municipal councilors are elected directly by the people through an election held every three years.

===Elected officials===  {| class="wikitable" style="line-height:1.20em; font-size:100%;" |+ Members of the Municipal Council<br>(2025–2028)<ref>{{Cite web |title=2019 National and Local Elections |url=https://comelec.gov.ph/php-tpls-attachments/2019NLE/ElectionResults/2019NLE_LIst_of_Elected_CityMun_Candidates.pdf |access-date=March 10, 2022 |website=Commission on Elections}}</ref> |- ! Position ! Name |- | Congressman | style="text-align:center;" | Baby Aline Vargas-Alfonso |- | Mayor | style="text-align:center;" | Dante Dexter A. Agatep Jr. |- |Vice-Mayor | style="text-align:center;" | Dannah Paula A. Agatep |- |rowspan=8| Councilors | style="text-align:center;" | Renato Paat Jr. |- | style="text-align:center;" | Randy Cambe |- | style="text-align:center;" | Reynald Viernes |- | style="text-align:center;" | Wilson Constantino |- | style="text-align:center;" | Felix Gerardo Jr. |- | style="text-align:center;" | Lilibeth del Rosario |- | style="text-align:center;" | Manuel Agatep |- | style="text-align:center;" | Kasten Asuten |- | SK Federation |style="text-align:center;" | Jilton B. Pascual |- |Association of Barangay Chairmen (ABC) President |style="text-align:center;" | Dominador T. Cortez Jr. |- |}

==Education== The Schools Division of Cagayan governs the town's public education system.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of DepED SDO Cagayan |url=https://deped-sdocagayan.com.ph/history-of-deped-sdo-cagayan/ |access-date=March 13, 2022 |website=DepED SDO Cagayan {{!}} Official Website of DepED SDO Cagayan}}</ref> The division office is a field office of the DepEd in Cagayan Valley region.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DEPED REGIONAL OFFICE NO. 02 |url=https://region2.deped.gov.ph/page/14/ |website=DepED RO2 {{!}} The official website of DepED Regional Office No. 02 |access-date=2022-03-13 |archive-date=2022-04-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220412180850/https://region2.deped.gov.ph/page/14/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Lasam Schoos District Office governs both the public and private elementary and high schools throughout the municipality.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 15, 2025 |title=Masterlist of Schools |url=https://www.deped.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SY-2020-2021-Masterlist-of-Schools-Address-only-1-1.pdf |access-date=January 14, 2025 |website=Department of Education}}</ref>

===Primary and elementary schools=== {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} * Aggunetan Elementary School * Calapangan Elementary School * Callao Elementary School * Finugo Norte Elementary School * Gabun Elementary School * Good Samaritan Christian Academy of Lasam * Ignacio B. Jurado Elementary School * Lasam Central School * Malinta Elementary School * Minanga Norte Elementary School * Minanga Sur Elementary School * Nicolas Agatep Elementary School * San Pedro Elementary School * Tagao Elementary School {{Div col end}} ===Secondary schools=== {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} * Callao National High School * Lasam Academy * San Lorenzo Ruiz Educational Institute * Western Cagayan School of Arts and Trades {{Div col end}} ===Technical and vocational school=== * Lasam Institute of Technology

===Higher educational institution=== * Cagayan State University

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[{{NSCB detail}} Philippine Standard Geographic Code] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20131004104825/http://census.gov.ph/ Philippine Census Information]

{{Geographic location |Centre = Lasam |North = Allacapan |Northeast = Lal-Lo |East = ''Cagayan River'' / Gattaran |South = Santo Niño |West = Flora, Apayao }} {{Cagayan}} {{Authority control}}

Category:Municipalities of Cagayan Category:Populated places on the Rio Grande de Cagayan