Buguey

Buguey, officially the Municipality of Buguey (Ibanag: Ili na Buguey; Ilocano: Ili ti Buguey; Tagalog: Bayan ng Buguey), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Cagayan, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 30,175 people.

Buguey is a third-class municipality comprising of thirteen (13) coastal barangays and seventeen (17) non-coastal barangays covering a land area of 16,450.05. Agriculture dominates the municipal economy where the people are predominantly engaged in agriculture, fishing, livestock and forestry. About 80% of the municipality is total number of the families are engaged in farming, fishing and related activities, 7% are employed in the government, 2% are overseas workers and 11% are self-employed.

Predominantly rural, the municipality is development activities are primarily focused on rural agricultural development and the provision of technical assistance in production along increased research and development extension programs in agriculture and fishery. The high marine and fresh water fishery development potential and large area of existing and potential in land fisheries make Buguey an ideal site for extensive investment in various fishery enterprises. Most recent development indicated that 284 hectares ideal for inland fisheries located at barangays Cabaritan and San Isidro are awaiting final declaration from the PEZA Board as agro-industrial economic zone to be known as the Buguey Economic Zone. The PEZA declaration is seen to generate more employment in the agriculture and fishery sector that will further boost the municipality is claim as the crab capital of the north and the possibility of becoming the aquaculture center in the Cagayan Valley Region.