Why visit Aparri
Townapedia lists 1 museum or landmark, 1 park or trail, 12 places to eat, 6 places to stay and 1 attraction in and around town.
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About Aparri
Aparri, officially the Municipality of Aparri (Ibanag: Ili nat Aparri, Ilocano: Ili ti Aparri, Tagalog: Bayan ng Aparri), is a municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 68,368 people.
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Things to do1
Museums and landmarks1
Parks, trails and playgrounds1
Restaurants and cafes12
History
Aparri was formerly a Japanese trading post because of its location at the northern tip of Luzon at the mouth of the Cagayan River. It was the main area for trade between Japan and the island of Luzon. Much of the area was once home to the native Ibanag people, who were at the time in alliance with Japan as an early form of an informal protectorate city-state. It was formally established under Spanish rule in 1605 after the Spanish Crown seized the Philippines and made it part of the Spanish East Indies. The river running through Aparri was the site of the famed 1582 Cagayan battles, the only major skirmish between Spanish Tercios and accompanying Mexican auxiliaries and Japanese rōnin (masterless samurai) with their Chinese pirate confederates. Since it was on the route of Spanish galleons during the great tobacco monopoly in the 16th to the 17th centuries, Aparri was therefore made one of the major Spanish ports of the Galleon Trade on May 11, 1680. The original inhabitants of this town were the Ybanags. Later, as the Spaniards settled and because of its strategic location, Ilocanos and Chinese people settled in the area. In 1771 it was raided by Moro vessels from Jolo. Towards the end of the Spanish occupation and in 1901, at the start of the American occupation, attempts were made to make Aparri the provincial capital of Cagayan, all of which were unsuccessful.
From the History section of Aparri on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Where to stay6
Churches and places of worship8
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
Church · Jehovahs Witness · 7.7 km
Rizal Street
Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary
Church · Roman Catholic
Magsaysay Street
Shopping5
Gas and EV charging4
Schools, colleges and libraries59
Healthcare7
Map of Aparri
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Getting there and nearby towns
Cagayan North International Airport (LLC) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 22 km away.
- Paddaya 11 km east, about 11 min by car
- Binalan 11 km west, about 11 min by car
- Mabuttal East 13 km west, about 13 min by car
- Ballesteros 15 km northwest, about 15 min by car
- Paddaya 14 km east, about 14 min by car
- Cabaritan East 17 km northwest, about 17 min by car
- Sanchez-Mira 49 km northwest, about 49 min by car
- Claveria 65 km northwest, about 1 h by car
- Solana 78 km south, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Tuguegarao 83 km south, about 1 h 30 min by car
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- Wikimedia Commons (see each image): photos
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): overview and history text
Photo credits
- Aparri Beach-c, Aparri_Beach.jpg : Susan Corpuz derivative work: P199, CC BY 2.0
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