Why visit Catubig
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About Catubig
Catubig, officially the Municipality of Catubig (Waray: Bungto han Catubig; Tagalog: Bayan ng Catubig), is a municipality in the province of Northern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 32,688 people.
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History
Catubig was mentioned by historian William Henry Scott in his article "Bingi of Lawan" of the Lakanate of Lawan which one of the chieftain was Datu Iberein. The Scott article wrote in the Bingi of Lawan epic: "There lived in this place a chief called Karagrag, who was its lord and ruler. He was married to a lady of his rank called Bingi, a name which had been bestowed on her because of her chastity, as we shall see. I was not able to find out if she came from the same town; most probably she was from upstream on the Catubig River, where she was the daughter of the chief there."
Another tale was mentioned that the name Catubig was also a product of a 'word compact' between Americans and Filipinos. It was stated that an American surveyors saw a cat sunbathing by rolling along the grassy edge of the brook. They then approached a young lady who was doing her laundry and asked, “What is that, cat?” The lass, hardly seeing the cat which was in higher elevation, and not knowing what the foreigners were asking about simply responded, “Tubig,” meaning the water of the brook.
During the Philippine–American War, Catubig was the scene of a battle between the Warays and the Americans known as the Siege of Catubig. The Siege of Catubig was fought for four days beginning April 15, 1900.
From the History section of Catubig on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Catarman Airport (CRM) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 47 km away.
- Las Navas 8 km south, about 8 min by car
- Viga 12 km north, about 12 min by car
- Laoang 18 km north, about 18 min by car
- Mondragon 35 km west, about 35 min by car
- Catarman 46 km west, about 46 min by car
- Gandara 51 km southwest, about 51 min by car
- Santa Margarita 60 km southwest, about 1 h by car
- Calbayog City 63 km southwest, about 1 h by car
- Motiong 70 km south, about 1 h 15 min by car
- Catbalogan 73 km south, about 1 h 15 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
- Catubig River 1 (ElMelindo) - Flickr, ElMelindo, CC BY 2.0
- Catubig River 2 (ElMelindo) - Flickr, ElMelindo, CC BY 2.0
- Church of Catubig, Northern Samar, Joelaldor, CC BY-SA 4.0
- ISS045-E-28467 - View of Earth, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
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