Baggao, officially the Municipality of Baggao, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, …Baggao, officially the Municipality of Baggao, is a 1st class municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 87,753 people. The name Baggao is derived from the Ibanag word which means washing in the English language. Old folks recount that the Ibanags who frequently hunted in the locality, used to wash their catch before taking them home in a big mud hole which they called Abbagaoan. This Abbaggaoan an Ibanag word, meaning a place to wash, became a noted landmark for hunters from which the name of the municipality was eventually derived.
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