Gigaquit is one of the oldest municipalities in the province of Surigao del Norte and was once the mother municipality of Bacuag and Claver, which became separate municipalities in 1918 and 1955 under Executive orders No. 61 and 126, respectively
As borne out of historical writings, a native named Cero founded Gigaquit in 1850.About this time, priest from different religious orders christened the natives and made St. Agustine, bishop of Hipo Africa, as their patron saint. And until this time the majority of Gigaquitnons have preserved that religious affiliation which is Roman Catholicism.
The municipality got its name from two native words "Gigad" which means shore and "Gakit" meaning bamboo raft. Early settlers used these rafts as their mode of transportation from the hinterlands to the shore. years later the two words coined together and became Gigaquit.
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