Editing Calayan, Cagayan (section)

== History ==
The municipality's name in the [[Ibanag language]] literally means "''where laya ([[ginger]]) abounds''".<ref>{{cite book|title=The Ibatan: A Genealogy of the People of Babuyan Claro Island|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3AFwAAAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Summer Institute of Linguistics, Philippines|isbn=978-971-18-0400-8|page=xvi}}</ref>

While Calayan was officially conquered by the Spanish starting in 1619, authorities were only able to maintain a sporadic presence in the area due to its isolated location. It was taken over by the Americans in 1900. In the 1920s, it was briefly placed under the jurisdiction of Aparri after a clerk ran off with the municipal treasury's funds.<ref>{{cite book |last=de Rivera Castillet|first=Ed|title=Cagayan Province and her People |publisher=Community Publishers|orig-date=1960}}</ref>