Michie I.

Torres

BSEd-Filipino 1A

My Community

Cabcab is a barangay in the municipality of San Andres, in

the province of Catanduanes. This is where I live and the
community where I belong. Based on my researched its
population as determined by the 2020 Census was 2,855.
This represented 7.42% of the total population of San
Andres.

Demographics

Households

The household population of Cabcab in the 2015 Census

was 2,912 broken down into 544 households or an average
of 5.35 members per household.
HISTORY OF BARANGAY CABCAB

Nestling at the foot of a mountain is the lovely, beautiful

and progressive community of Cabcab which has a unique
history of its own. The village the Maqueda Channel offer a
safe anchorage to fisherman and sailors braving the sea
during bad weather. These daring sea people from Ambos
Camarines often times passed the stormy days in this
unique shore. They explored the area and found it a better
place to stay. Its nearness to the mainland Camarines,
separated only by the Maqueda channel where abundant
fish abounds and the protective irregular shores together
with the fertile virgin plains encouraged the fisherman and
sailors who frequented the place to settle and start a new
life in this beautiful part of Catanduanes.

Group of fisherman settlers under the leadership of Datu

Paden decided ones and for all to stay in this place and
followed by other groups as years passed by.

One summer day, several Spanish conquiztadores crossed

the Maqueda Channel in hot pursuit of the illusive
insurrectos, made a stop over at the peaceful village. They
found the people in the village submissive and so they
enjoyed strolling around the area. In the outskirt of the
community were sturdy shady trees where the airplant
called "Beo" abounds, the Spaniards rested under these
trees. By coincidence, up in the tree was a man gathering
"Beo" Leaves for fan. The Spaniards who wanted to know
the name of the place called the man and asked "Senior
como se llama esta lugar". The man trembling with fear
without the second thought showed what he gathered to
the foreigners and said Cabccab which means that "beo" is
used for fanning.

Since then the Spaniards recorded "Cabcab" as the name

of this place. This name had been handed down unchanged
from generation to generation. Cabcab grew fast as a
fishing village. Ninety eight percent of its people are
fishermen. The main source of income of the people is b
means of fishing. Its nearness to the poblacion, six
kilometers distance connected with good road, made it
easy for them to transport their catch to market. Tanned
in the sea yet ambitious, the people in this community look
forward to give children better education. Now this
community can boast of its professionals.
Economy

Cabcab grew fast as a fishing village. Nowadays, sixty

percent of its people are fishermen. The main source of
income of the people is by means of fishing, marketing, and
even transporting vehicle(tricycle) and etc.

Structure

The structure of the houses in the baranggay are mostly

made from concrete and some are still made from kubo or
in bicol they call it "payag".