Brief Profile

Tuesday, 03 May 2011 07:35 Written by Administrator

In what life was crude and simple, San Mateo has developed into one of the progressive towns of Isabela. First named as "Marasat", it was aformet barangay of Cauayan, then Santiago. It was called the Municipality of Yoshisawa under the government of the Japanese Imperial Army during the Second World War. After the liberation, it was finally created and named San Mateo by virtue of Presidential Executive Order No. 97 on March 17, 1946 by former President Sergio Osmena. Recently proclaimed as the Agro-Ecological Destination in Cagayan Valley by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo by virtue of Presidential Proclamation No. 1685 dated December 1, 2008.

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 March 17, 1946
Presidential Ex. Order No. 97 by Pres. Sergio Osmeña
First Class
12,059.83 hectares
71,629 (Projected 2011)
6 persons per hectare
95,065,756.00 (Est. 2011)
71,285,756.00 (Est. 2011)
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14,676 (Projected 2011)
31,941 (2011)
March 17 – Town Fiesta
September 21 – Patronal Fiesta
First week of May – Munggo Festival
Rice, Munggo, Corn, Vegetables, Fruits & Root crops, Livestock & Poultry Products