1. History
Calaccad is an old Barangay of Tabuk situated in the southernmost part of the municipality, at the provincial boundary of Kalinga and Mountain Province.
The original inhabitants of the place are believed to have come from the Gaddang Tribe of Nueva Vizcaya who found their way to the area during the hunting and fishing stage. The place was covered with thick forest and verdant grassland drained by the Mallig River. It was a haven of wild games and its waters abound with different varieties of fresh water fishes. It was then an ideal hunting and fishing ground.
A legend which was passed by word of mouth from generation to generation is about a hunter who went into the thick forest to hunt for wild animals for food. While in the forest he heard a strange noise.
A group of men went to the forest to find out what could be the strange noise they heard. On arriving at the place they heard the same sound “TOK-TOK-TOK-TOK-KRRAKKAD-TOK-TOK-TOK!”. On looking up to the trunk of the tall tree from which the strange sound came, they saw a multi-colored bird with a long sharp bill. It was a woodpecker, pecking on trunk of the tree. Since that time the place was called “Karakked”. With the passage of time, the word was corrupted into Calaccad by which the whole settlement area is now called.
As more people came to settle in the area – they came from various ethnic origins, Ilokano ,Tagalog, Pampanguenos, Igorots, Cagayanos – the residents thought wise to divide the old Barangay Calaccad into two barangays. So that, upon petition of a majority of the registered voters in the Barangay, which was favorably indorsed by the Sangguniang Bayan of Tabuk, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Kalinga- Apayao enacted Provincial Ordinance No. 1988, Barangay CUDAL was created as a separate, distinct and independent local government unit, thus reducing the land area and population of the Mother Barangay CALACCAD.
II. Land Area – 42.60 sq.km/4,500 hectares
III. No. of sitios/puroks – 6 sitios
IV. Population (2007 NSO census) – 1,382
V. Major Products – Rice, corn, banana & coffee
