Bangued, Abra

Bangued is a Philippine municipality in the province of Abra in the northwest of the island of Luzon, at the western foot of the Cordillera Central. Bangued is the seat of the provincial government of the province of Abra.

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Geography

Bangued is a country surrounded by municipality, its territory extends from north to south and is bisected by the river Abra. It lies in the western part of the province on the border with the province of Ilocos Norte. Bangued borders the municipalities Danglas in the north, to La Paz, Tayum and Peñarrubia in the east, San Isidro in the south and Langiden and Pidigan in the West.

In the north and south, the area is mountainous and flat to slightly undulating in the middle. The flat central part is 30 meters above the sea. The North, which is mainly mountainous and where the Cassamata Hill National Park, is sufficient 60-1036 m above sea level. The landscape in the south, which is penetrated by mountains and hills, ranging 45-300 m above sea level.

The climate belongs to the type of climate I tropical climate, which is characterized by two distinct seasons: dry from November to April and wet during the rest of the year. Prevailing wind direction is north-west; during the summer the winds often come from North or East.

Barangays

Bangued is politically subdivided into 31 barangays with 77 sitios ( villages ).

Agtangao
Angad
Bañacao
Bangbangar
Cabuloan
Calaba
Tablac ( Calot )
Cosili West ( Buaya )
Cosili East (Proper )
Dangdangla
Lingtan

Lipcan
Lubong
Macarcarmay
Maoay
MacRay
Malita
Palao
Patucannay
Sagap
San Antonio

Santa Rosa
Sao atan
Sappaac
Zone 1 Pob. ( Linasin )
Zone 2 Pob. ( Consiliman )
Zone 3 Pob. ( Lalaud )
Zone 4 Pob. ( Town Proper )
Zone 5 Pob. ( Bo. Barikir )
Zone 6 Pob. ( Sinapangan )
Zone 7 Pob. ( Barikir )

History

The name of Bangued means " roadblocks, obstacles ". Bangued in 1598 and became an independent municipality on July 25, 1861 the seat of the provincial government of the province of Abra.

The early settlers were ethnic Tingguian that belonged to the tribes of Bago, Itneg, Masadjit, lbanao and Indayas. The Tingguian resisted Christianization by Spanish monks, who came to the western settlements. The inhabitants of the Tingguiangebiets prevented the Spaniards from penetrating into their territory by setting up roadblocks on all roads of the area and by felled large trees which they threw into the river Abra to the invading colonizers to prevent in boats and bamboo rafts to penetrate into the area. These obstacles were mentioned in the local language " fear ".

Citing Juan de Salcedo, the Spanish conquistadors decided to penetrate into the area. They saw it as eastward into the territory penetrated the tree trunks along the river Abra and the large stones that blocked the way. A minion Salcedos met on a local and asked for the name of the place, he thought this would be asked for the meaning of stones and tree trunks and replied with the word " fear ", which listed the subordinate Salcedos in his notebook.

The Spanish were successful in their efforts to penetrate into the communities in the interior by cleared the obstacles with the words " Abra ese obstucus " out of the way. Later, from the place where they found the obstacles trepidation and the province they called Abra.

As a result, the U.S. colonization a civil government was established and changed the name in Bangued.

Economy and infrastructure

The economy of the municipality is heavily dependent on agriculture, followed by trade and industry. The trade and the assembly is dominated by Chinese businessmen. Economic activity is limited to the capital city along the main roads.

Traffic

Bangued has been over the Abra - Ilocos Sur National Road from the west, via the Abra - Kalinga Road from the northeast and reach the Abra - Ilocos Norte Road from the north. Bangued is 408 km north of Manila, 197 km away from Baguio and 60 km from Vigan City.

Buses, mini buses, jeepneys, tricycles are the main means of transport within the municipality for the transport of goods. The long stretches in the province of Abra and beyond the province operate buses, minibuses and jeepneys while Tricycles are only for intra- regional traffic is important, and for the transport links to neighboring townships. Buses to and from Manila have a bus station, while there is no set stops for the other public transport.

Location in the Philippines
Abra ( province )

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