Bakun, Benguet

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Bakun
Municipality

Seal
Map of Benguet showing the location of Bakun
Bakun
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 16°48′N 120°40′E / 16.800°N 120.667°E / 16.800; 120.667Coordinates: 16°48′N 120°40′E / 16.800°N 120.667°E / 16.800; 120.667
Country  Philippines
Region Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)
Province Benguet
District Lone district of Benguet
Barangays 7
Government
 • Mayor Fausto Talbino Labinio
Area[1]
 • Total 286.91 km2 (110.78 sq mi)
Population (2010)[2]
 • Total 13,587
 • Density 47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code 2610
Dialing code 74
Income class 3rd class

Bakun is a third class municipality in the province of Benguet, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, Bakun has a population of 13,587 people.[2]

Geography

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 kilometres (209 mi) away from Manila and 86 kilometres (53 mi) away from Baguio City.

Barangays

Bakun is politically subdivided into 7 barangays.[3]

  • Ampusongan
  • Bagu
  • Dalipey
  • Gambang
  • Kayapa
  • Poblacion (Central)
  • Sinacbat

History

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?)[citation needed] 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.

Demographics

Population census of Bakun
Year Pop.  ±% p.a.  
1990 10,817—    
1995 12,836+3.48%
2000 12,213−0.99%
2007 12,137−0.09%
2010 13,587+3.83%
Source: National Statistics Office[2][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Province: Benguet". PSGC Interactive. Makati City, Philippines: National Statistical Coordination Board. Retrieved 13 August 2013. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay: as of May 1, 2010". 2010 Census of Population and Housing. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 13 August 2013. 
  3. ↑ Philippine Standard Geographic Code listing for Bakun - National Statistical Coordination Board
  4. ↑ "Province of Benguet". Municipality Population Data. LWUA Research Division. Retrieved 12 August 2013. 

External links

 Alilem, Ilocos Sur Cervantes, Ilocos Sur
Sugpon, Ilocos Sur Mankayan
   Bakun  
Kibungan Buguias
Province of Benguet
Municipalities
Highly urbanized city

(Administratively independent from the province, but grouped under Benguet by the National Statistics Office)
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