Philippines
Luzon island, Cagayan Valley region (Region II)
Before 1950
Communities, migration and Pinappagan, local-tradition
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A local historical compilation describes Ilongot or Bugkalot and Dumagat communities in the wider area, then an Ilocano settlement effort led by forester Vicente Velasco in 1919 at a place called Pinappagan. Because the compilation does not cite archival records for every name and date, BetterMaddela attributes this account rather than treating it as a controlling legal history.
November 11, 1950
The documented municipal reorganization, documented-legal-milestone
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Executive Order No. 368 reorganized municipalities and municipal districts in Nueva Vizcaya, included Maddela among ten municipalities, defined its historical boundary and took effect immediately. The order is the clearest recovered legal milestone for Maddela's modern municipal status; it does not itself prove an exact Pinappagan renaming date.
1966-1971
Maddela becomes part of Quirino, documented-legal-milestone
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Republic Act No. 4734 included Maddela in the Subprovince of Quirino in 1966. Republic Act No. 5554 amended that arrangement in 1969, and Republic Act No. 6394 provided for Quirino's separation from Nueva Vizcaya as a regular province in 1971. The laws' plebiscite conditions are preserved without inventing results not stated in the inspected texts.
February 25, 1983
Territorial change and Nagtipunan, documented-legal-milestone
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Batas Pambansa Blg. 345 provided for thirteen barangays then within Maddela to form the Municipality of Nagtipunan, subject to a plebiscite. This later territorial change is why Maddela's 1950 historical boundary and area are not presented as its current geography.
February 9, 2004
A protected landscape, documented-legal-milestone
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Proclamation No. 548 established the Quirino Protected Landscape across portions of Maddela and other municipalities. Its landscape-wide area is not a measure of Maddela's municipal land area.
Maddela today
A rural municipality shaped by farms, learning and nature, institutional-context
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Maddela is a first-income-class municipality of 32 barangays with an official 2024 population of 41,867. Public institutions and sources connect its present identity with agriculture, Quirino State University's campus in Dipintin, the protected landscape and destinations such as Governor's Rapids and Maddela Waterfalls. These are source-scoped descriptions, not promotional rankings.
Local tradition and documented legal milestones, identified separately. Sources
Agriculture
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The Provincial Government's profile associates Maddela with corn, rice, coffee, banana, pineapple and peanut. These are profile-listed crops, not current production shares, rankings or output totals.
Environment
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Proclamation No. 548 includes portions of Maddela in the Quirino Protected Landscape. The proclamation's landscape-wide area is not Maddela's municipal land area.
Maddela today
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Maddela's strongest public-source community profile is in agriculture, higher education, protected landscapes and nature-based destinations. These are institutional descriptions, not a complete economic census, business registry or visitor guide.