Bagac, Bataan

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Map of Bataan showing the location of Bagac

Bagac is a 4th class municipality in the province of Bataan, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 22,353 people in 4,553 households. The current mayor is Ramil del Rosario.

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[edit] Bataan Provincial Expressway

BEPZA is on Exit 65

[edit] Barangays

Bagac is politically subdivided into 14 barangays.

  • Bagumbayan (Pob.)
  • Banawang
  • Binuangan
  • Binukawan
  • Ibaba
  • Ibis
  • Pag-asa (Wawa-Sibacan)
  • Parang
  • Paysawan
  • Quinawan
  • San Antonio
  • Saysain
  • Tabing-Ilog (Pob.)
  • Atilano L. Ricardo

[edit] Places of interest

  • Bagac Friendship Tower. This is a 27-meter high tower consisting of three pillars connected to each other by rings and located in the municipality proper area. The tower was erected by Risshō Kōsei Kai, a Japanese Buddhist organization, as a sign of friendship between Japan and the Philippines after the events of World War II. The tower was inaugurated on April 8, 1975.[1]

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Friendship Tower in the Philippines. Rissho Kosei-kai. Retrieved on September 9, 2007.

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 14°36′N, 120°24′E