Bauang, La Union

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Municipality of Bauang
Location
Map of La Union showing the location of Bauang
Map of La Union showing the location of Bauang
Government
Region Ilocos Region (Region I)
Province La Union
District 2nd district of La Union
Barangays 39
Income Class: 1st class; urban
Founded 1590
Mayor Robert P. De Guzman
Physical characteristics
Area 71.60 km²
Population

     Total (2007)      Density
63,373
885.1/km²
Coordinates 16°31'N 120°19'E

Bauang is a 1st class municipality in the province of La Union, Philippines. It is bordered by San Fernando City to the north, Caba to the south, Naguilian to the east, and the South China Sea to the west. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 63,373 people in 12,298 households.

McArthur Highway runs through this town junctioning with Naguilian Road, one of the mountain roads into Baguio City.

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[edit] Origin

There are three versions on how Bauang was named. First, the name came from the word "bua", which in English mean beetlenut. Beetlenuts grew in abundance at the town site, now Barangay Nagrebcan where an old Spanish Church was built. Second, its name arose from the word "baoang" (garlic). The Spanish colonizers changed the letter "o" into "u";, thus its present name "Bauang". Third, it came from the word "buang", which means "river split in two" before flowing to the sea. As it is, the Bauang River is split into two by a delta.

[edit] History

Bauang was established as a settlement in 1590. It was recognized as a town in 1765 as a part of Pangasinan when Don Francisco de los Reyes became the first gobernadorcillo. When La Union was created in 1850, Bauang was one of the twelve towns that formed the new province.

Manuel Arguilla, one of the Philippines' most influential English writers, grew up in Bauang's Barrio Nagrebcan and his stories, including the widely anthologized "How My Brother Leon Brought Home a Wife," are set in Nagrebcan. [1][2]

[edit] Barangays

Bauang is politically subdivided into 39 barangays.


  • Acao
  • Baccuit Norte
  • Baccuit Sur
  • Bagbag
  • Ballay
  • Bawanta
  • Boy-utan
  • Bucayab
  • Cabalayangan
  • Cabisilan
  • Calumbaya
  • Carmay
  • Casilagan
  • Central East
  • Central West
  • Dili
  • Disso-or
  • Guerrero
  • Nagrebcan
  • Pagdalagan Sur
  • Palintucang
  • Palugsi-Limmansangan
  • Parian Oeste
  • Parian Este
  • Paringao
  • Payocpoc Norte Este
  • Payocpoc Norte Oeste
  • Payocpoc Sur
  • Pilar
  • Pudoc
  • Pottot
  • Pugo
  • Quinavite
  • Lower San Agustin
  • Santa Monica
  • Santiago
  • Taberna
  • Upper San Agustin
  • Urayong

[edit] Tourism and Leisure

Bauang is famous for its, fine-sand beaches. It is the beach capital of the north. It attracts many foreigners because of the low cost of accommodation in the vicinity.


Bauang Beach in Bgy. Taberna

Sunset in Bauang Beach

Field in Bauang

IIT DMMMSU-MLUC Batch 2007

[edit] Schools

Elementary Schools

  • 1. Bauang North Central School - Bgy. Central East
  • 2. Calumbaya Elementary School - Bgy. Calumbaya
  • 3. Boy-Utan Elementary School - Bgy. Boy-Utan
  • 4. Paringao Elementary School - Bgy. Paringao
  • 5. Bucayab Elementary School - Bgy. Bucayab
  • 6. Cabalayangan Elementary School - Bgy. Cabalayangan
  • 7. Bawanta Elementary School - Bgy. Bawanta
  • 8. Acao Elementary School - Bgy. Acao
  • 9. Ballay Elementary School - Bgy. Ballay
  • 10. Bagbag Elementary School - Bgy. Bagbag
  • 11. Baccuit Elementary School - Bgy. Baccuit
  • 12. Pugo Elementary School - Bgy. Pugo
  • 13. Beehive Learning Center(Private) - Bgy. Central West
  • 14. Bauang Montessori School(Private) - Bgy. Central East
  • 15. Sts. Peter and Paul School(Private) - Bgy. Central East(Beside the church)

High Schools

  • 1. Don Eulogio de Guzman Memorial National High School - Bgy. Calumbaya - Most Populous
  • 2. Sacred Heart High School(Private) - Bgy. Central East
  • 3. Paringao National High School - Bgy. Paringao
  • 4. Bawanta National High School - Bgy. Bawanta
  • 5. Baccuit National High School - Bgy. Baccuit
  • 6. Acao National High School - Bgy. Acao
  • 7. Ballay National High School - Bgy. Ballay

Tertiary

  • 1. La Union Colleges of Science and Technology(LUCST-Private) - Bgy. Central West



[edit] References

  1. ^ José, Francisco Sionil (2005), Alejandro Padilla, ed., Termites in the Sala, Heroes in the Attic:Why We Are Poor, Ermita, Manila: Solidaridad Publishing House, ISBN 971-8845-41-0 
  2. ^ José, Francisco Sionil (December 8, 2003), “A Sense of Time and Place”, Philippine Graphic 

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