Santa Fe, officially the Municipality of Santa Fe (; ; ), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 18,276 people.

It is the only town that borders Pangasinan and is a typical bus stop for commuters going to the provinces of Isabela and Cagayan. This town is the end point of the Dalton Pass, a zig zag road from San Jose and Carranglan, Nueva Ecija.

Santa Fe is  from Bayombong and  from Manila.

History
Santa Fe was formerly an Igorot settlement during the Spanish era called Imugan. It was one of the settlements discovered during the mission of Ituy, which later became part of the jurisdiction of the Commandancia of Kayapa. It became part of Aritao before it finally stood independently as a town.

Its original inhabitants were the Kalanguya, a cultural minority belonging to the Igorot tribe then later on followed by the Pangasinenses and the Tagalogs. The place gradually developed to become a progressive municipal district. With the passage of time the immigrants themselves derived the same Santa Fe in honor of the Patron Saint San Jose-Santa Fe.

The Municipal district of Imugan was founded by Governor General Francis Burton Harrison in 1917. On 9 November 1950, Executive Order No. 368, signed by President Elpidio Quirino, abolished the municipal district structure in government and attached Imugan to Aritao and Kayapa.  Republic Act. No. 2179 was enacted on May 6, 1959, recreating the Municipal district of Imugan and changing its name to Santa Fe. By virtue of Executive Order No., 77 dated July 18, 1967 it was converted from a municipal district to a regular municipality by President Ferdinand E. Marcos.

Geography

Barangays
Santa Fe is politically subdivided into 15 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

 Atbu
 Bacneng
 Balete
 Baliling
 Bantinan
 Baracbac
 Buyasyas
 Canabuan
 Imugan
 Poblacion
 Santa Rosa
 Sinapaoan
 Tactac
 Unib
 Villa Flores

Boundary dispute
Santa Fe currently has a boundary dispute with San Nicolas, Pangasinan, in which Santa Fe claims the territory of barangay Malico. The Nueva Vizcaya provincial board passed a resolution on September 21, 2022, urging San Nicolas officials to respect a memorandum of agreement between the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority (NAMRIA), Pangasinan, and Nueva Vizcaya about twenty years ago. On the same day, the Nueva Vizcaya provincial board held a special session in Barangay Malico and issued a resolution requesting San Nicolas officials to refrain from building infrastructure projects within the barangay's boundaries. Said resolution also instructed San Nicolas officials to "respect the boundary" of Santa Fe as well as "the rights of the Kalanguya tribe and their ancestral domain rights." Both municipalities in both provinces claim to have a barangay named Malico.

Climate

Demographics

Economy 

Local products include brooms, strawberry jam, strawberry wine, peanut butter, orchids and quilts.

Government

Local government

Santa Fe, belonging to the lone congressional district of the province of Nueva Vizcaya, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.

Elected officials

Education
The Schools Division of Nueva Vizcaya governs the town's public education system. The division office is a field office of the DepEd in Cagayan Valley region. The office governs the public and private elementary and public and private high schools throughout the municipality.

Gallery

References

External links

 
 [ Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
Philippine Census Information
Local Governance Performance Management System

Municipalities of Nueva Vizcaya