[3] On November 2, 1987, members of the New People's Army, a communist insurgency group, raided the municipal hall and burned down former mayor Solomon Lalugan's house, with his two sons taken hostage.

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 215.97 square kilometres (83.39 sq mi) [6] constituting 5.19% of the 4,165.25-square-kilometre- (1,608.21 sq mi) total area of Abra.

[3] The population density was 21 inhabitants per square kilometre (54/sq mi).

Poverty Incidence of Lagayan Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] Lagayan, belonging to the lone congressional district of the province of Abra, 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.

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