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Bakun
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| Country | Philippines | ||
| Region | Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) | ||
| Province | Benguet | ||
| District | Lone Congressional District of Benguet | ||
| Founded | |||
| Barangays | 7 | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Marcelo Contada | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 287 km2 (110.8 sq mi) | ||
| Population (2007) | |||
| • Total | 12,137 | ||
| • Density | 42.3/km2 (109.5/sq mi) | ||
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) | ||
| ZIP code | 2610 | ||
| Income class | 4th class | ||
| Population Census of Bakun | |||
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| Census | Pop. | Rate | |
| 1995 | 12,836 |
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| 2000 | 12,213 | -1.06% | |
| 2007 | 12,137 | -0.09% | |
Bakun is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Benguet, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, Bakun has a population of 12,137 people in 2,346 households.
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It is bounded on the north by the municipality of Cervantes, Ilocos Sur and the municipality of Mankayan, on the south by the municipality of Kibungan, on the east by the municipalities of Buguias and Mankayan, and on the west by the municipalities of Sugpon and Alilem of the province of Ilocos Sur. Bakun is 336 km away from Manila and 86 km away from Baguio City.
During the Spanish Period, Bakun was a rancheria (towns) of the Commandancia Politico-Militar de Amburayan while Ampusongan (currently a barangay of Bakun) was a rancheria of the Commandancia Politico Militar de Tiagan, Distrito de Benguet. In 1900, when the United States took control of the Philippines, the American Congress (or Philippine Commission?) enacted Act No. 48, placing Bakun under the Province of Amburayan and Ampusongan under the province of Benguet. On August 13, 1908, the municipal districts of Bakun and Ampusongan became part of Benguet, a sub-province of Mountain Province (which was organized into several sub-provinces: Apayao, Kalinga, Bontoc, Ifugao, Benguet, Lepanto, and Amburayan), by virtue of Act No. 1876.
In 1917, the Bureau of Non-Christian Tribes recommended that the western border of the Mountain Province be pushed eastward, such that the entire subprovince of Amburayan and large slices of Lepanto and Benguet would be made part of Ilocos Sur and La Union. In the early part of 1937, Ampusongan was merged with Bakun, the latter carrying the name of the township while the former became a barangay. Bakun existed until the enactment of Republic Act No. 4695 in 1966 when it was included in the newly created province of Benguet.
Bakun is politically subdivided into 7 barangays.[1]
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