Editing Camiguin (section)

===Spanish colonial era===
Old Spanish documents indicate that the explorers [[Ferdinand Magellan]] and [[Miguel Lopez de Legaspi]] landed in Camiguin in 1521 and 1565, respectively. The first Spanish settlement was established in 1598 in what is now [[Guinsiliban, Camiguin|Guinsiliban]]. Guinsiliban, which comes from the old Kinamiguin word ''Ginsil-ipan'' (which means “to look out for pirates from a watchtower”) has an old Spanish [[watchtower]] where the Camiguinons kept watch for [[Moro people|Moro]] pirates.<ref name="History"/>

The first major Spanish settlement, established in 1679, was called ''Katagman'' or ''Katadman'' (known as [[Catarman, Camiguin|Catarman]]). The settlement grew and prospered but was destroyed by the [[Camiguin#Natural Disasters|eruption of Mt. Vulcan]] in 1871. The former location is what is now ''[[Barangay]] Bonbon'' of Catarman.<ref name="History"/>

[[Sagay, Camiguin|Sagay]], located south of Catarman, was formally established as a town in 1848. The word ''Sagay'' is derived from the name of poisonous fruit trees that grow in the area. Mambajao became a town in 1855. The name was coined from the [[Visayan language|Visayan]] terms ''mamahaw'', meaning to usher breakfast, and ''bajao'', which is leftover boiled rice. In the early 1900s, Mambajao prospered and became the busiest port in Northern Mindanao. [[Mahinog, Camiguin|Mahinog]] was established as a municipality in 1860. The name ''Mahinog'' comes from a Visayan word meaning "to ripen" or "to become ripe". Although Guinsiliban was the oldest settlement in the island, it was only in 1950 that it became a municipality. Mahinog was formerly governed by Mambajao while Guinsiliban was formally governed from Sagay.<ref name="History"/>