View source for Aguinaldo, Ifugao

= Name and location =

According to Aguinaldo's defunct Angelfire web page, the town "is a daughter of the Municipality of Mayoyao. It was created by Batas Pambansa Blg. 86 sponsored by then Assemblyman Gualberto Lumauig and approved as law by then President Ferdinand Marcos on September 20, 1980." The new town was ratified through a plebiscite on December 6, 1980.

The original idea was for the new town to be named Bunhian, which was the name of a well-known barangay in the area. However, the authors of BP 86 chose the name Aguinaldo in honor of General Emilio Aguinaldo, who had passed through the place and built a stop-over camp at Bunhian in his retreat to Isabela during the Philippine-American War.

Aguinaldo lies on the eastern part of the province, bounded on the north by Mt. Province, on the south by the Magat Dam Reservoir, on the east by the municipality of Alfonso Lista, and on the west by Mayoyao and Lagawe municipalities. 

The center (town hall) is located at 16°58'42.83"N and 121°19'35.37"E.

= The land =

= The people =

Aguinaldo has the following barangays:

* Awayan
* Bunhian
* Butac
* Buwag
* Chalalo
* Damag
* Galonogon
* Halag
* Itab
* Jacmal
* Maajlong (Majlong)
* Monggayang (Mongayang)
* Posnaan
* Ta-ang
* Talite
* Ubao

Majority of the local people speak the Ayangan language and trace their roots to the Ayangan tribes of southwestern Mayoyao and southeastern Banaue. About half of the population of eastern barangays, which are near the border with Isabela, speak Ilocano.
 
Based on the 1995 Census of Population, Aguinaldo has a total population of 12,623, a total number of households of 2,661 with an average househod size of 4.74 and a negative population growth rate of 8.11 for the 1990-1995 period.

= History =

= References =

* http://www.dilgcar.com/index.php/2015-07-10-09-25-49/municipality-of-aguinaldo
* http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/Ifugao/aguinaldo.htm