Baras (Catanduanes)

Baras is a Philippine municipality of the island province of Catanduanes. It has 12,243 inhabitants ( census May 1, 2010 ) living in 29 barangays. The community is described as partly urban and belongs to the fifth income class municipalities in the Philippines. Baras is located about 377 km southeast of the capital of the Philippines Manila and 17 km east of the provincial capital Virac. The municipality is situated on the east coast of the island, the Philippine Sea.

Baras has a topography hilly to mountainous described, in which the nature and water reserve Catanduanes Watershed Forest Reserve, with its vast rain forests.

The climate of the island of Catanduanes is classified as Type II, with no pronounced dry or wet season, the highest rainfall occurs from October to December. The community is located within the Typhongürtels in the Philippines.

Barangays

• Abihao
• Agban
• Bagong Sirang
• Benticayan
• Buena Vista
• Caragumihan
• Batolinao
• Danao
• Sagrada
• Ginitligan
• Guinsaanan
• J. M. Alberto
• Macutal
• Moning
• Nagbarorong

• Osmeña
• P. Teston
• Paniquihan
• Eastern Poblacion
• Puraran
• Putsan
• Quezon
• Rizal
• Salvacion
• San Lorenzo
• San Miguel
• Santa Maria
• Tilod
• Western Poblacion