Bulan (Sorsogon)

Bulan is a Philippine municipality in the province of Sorsogon. It has 93 943 inhabitants ( census May 1, 2010 ) living in 63 barangays. Bulan belongs to the first class of income communities in the Philippines. It is located about 40 km southwest of the provincial capital of Sorsogon City on Ticao channel. Your neighboring municipalities are Magallanes in the north, Juban and Irosin the east and Matnog in the south.

The climate in Bulan is referred to with the common in the Philippines Modified Coronas Classification as Type IV. Rains occur throughout the year, the months of March to June are considered the driest. The Bicol Region lies within the typhoon in the Philippines. The mean monthly temperatures are ranked between 25 to 27 ° C.

The municipality has a long history of settlement. Archaeological excavations evidence of a settlement since the 3rd millennium BC. Trade relations could be demonstrated to the Chinese Ming and Song Dynasties in the Middle Ages. The first Spaniards arrived Luis Enriquez de Guzman and Augustinian friar Alonzo Jimenez In 1569 the territory of the municipality. On 16 May 1672 the Spanish colonial authorities divided the field of Sorsogon province in encomiendas. In January 1690 the first church was established in Bulan; however, it was destroyed in 1746 by attacking the Moro pirates. On January 1, 1801, the municipality Builan along the Mariboc Rivers was refounded.

Barangays

  • A. Bonifacio ( Tinurilan )
  • Abad Santos ( Kambal )
  • Aguinaldo ( Lipata Dako)
  • Antipolo
  • Aquino ( Imelda )
  • Bical
  • Beguin
  • Bonga
  • Butag
  • Cadandanan
  • Calomagon
  • Calpi
  • Cocok - Cabitan
  • Daganas
  • Danao
  • Dolos
  • E. Quirino ( Pinangomhan )
  • Fabrica
  • G. Del Pilar (Tanga )
  • Gate
  • Inararan
  • J. Gerona ( Biton )
  • Jamorawon
  • Libertad ( Calle Putol )
  • Lajong
  • Magsaysay ( Bongog )
  • Managa - naga
  • Marinab
  • Nasuje
  • Montecalvario
  • N. Roque ( Calayugan )
  • Namo
  • Obrero
  • Osmeña ( Lipata Saday )
  • Otavi
  • Padre Diaz
  • Palale
  • Quezon ( Cabarawan )
  • R. Gerona
  • Recto
  • Roxas ( Busay )
  • Sagrada
  • San Francisco ( polo )
  • San Isidro ( Cabugaan )
  • San Juan Bag- o
  • San Juan Daan
  • San Rafael ( Togbongon )
  • San Ramon
  • San Vicente
  • Sta. Remedios
  • Sta. Teresita ( Trece )
  • Sigad
  • Somagongsong
  • Taromata
  • Zone 1 ( Ilawod )
  • Zone 2 ( Sabang )
  • Zone 3 (Central)
  • Zone 4 (Central)
  • Zone 5 ( Canipaan )
  • Zone 6 ( Baybay )
  • Zone 7 ( Iraya )
  • Zone 8 ( Loyo )
Magallanes (Sorsogon) Juban, Sorsogon Irosin, Sorsogon Matnog, Sorsogon Moro people Barcelona (Sorsogon) Bulusan (Sorsogon) Casiguran (Sorsogon) Castilla (Sorsogon) Donsol, Sorsogon Gubat, Sorsogon Pilar (Sorsogon) Prieto Diaz, Sorsogon Santa Magdalena, Sorsogon
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