TOPOGRAPHY

POLITICAL SUBDIVISION

Bauang is politically and administratively subdivided into thirty-nine (39) barangays; these barangays are composed of puroks. Four (4) of its barangays are categorized as urban, namely Calumbaya, Central East, Central West and Quinavite by the National Statistics Office (NSO) and thirty five (35) are rural. Subdivided into 39 Barangays

Acao	Calumbaya	Pagdalagan Sur	Pottot
Baccuit Sur	Carmay	Palintucang	Pudoc
Baccuit Norte	Casilagan	Palugsi-Limmansangan	Pugo
Bagbag	Central East	Parain Oeste	Quinavite
Ballay	Central West	Parian Este	Santa Monica
Bawanta	Dili	Paringao	Santiago
Boy-utan	Disso-or	Payocpoc Norte Este	Taberna
Bucayab	Guerrero	Payocpoc Norte Oeste	Upper San Agustin
Cabalayangan	Lower San Agustin	Payocpoc Sur	Urayong
Cabisilan	Nagrebcan	Pilar

LAND AREA

Of the total area of 7,160 hectares in Bauang, about 91.55 percent or 6,555 hectares are certified alienable and disposable lands while 605 hectares or 8.4 percent are public forestlands. Public forests are located in barangays Sta. Monica, Cabalayangan, Ballay, and San Agustin. The protected forest area, those with a slope of more than 50% or over, is estimated to be 464 hectares. Basing from the 1990 land use map of the municipality, most of the areas, however, are classified as grassland or shrub land.

EXISTING LAND USE

Of the total area of 7,160 hectares in Bauang, about 91.55 percent or 6,555 hectares are certified alienable and disposable lands while 605 hectares or 8.4 percent are public forestlands. Public forests are located in barangays Sta. Monica, Cabalayangan, Ballay, and San Agustin. The protected forest area, those with a slope of more than 50% or over, is estimated to be 464 hectares. Basing from the 1990 land use map of the municipality, most of the areas, however, are classified as grassland or shrub land.

PROPOSED LAND USE

Of the total area of 7,160 hectares in Bauang, about 91.55 percent or 6,555 hectares are certified alienable and disposable lands while 605 hectares or 8.4 percent are public forestlands. Public forests are located in barangays Sta. Monica, Cabalayangan, Ballay, and San Agustin. The protected forest area, those with a slope of more than 50% or over, is estimated to be 464 hectares. Basing from the 1990 land use map of the municipality, most of the areas, however, are classified as grassland or shrub land.

POPULATION

TOTAL POPULATION BY BARANGAY: CY2020

BARANGAY	URBAN/RURAL	POPULATION	BARANGAY	URBAN/RURAL	POPULATION
Acao	Rural	4,628	Palintucang	Rural	981
Baccuit Norte	Rural	2,533	Palugsi-Limmansangan	Rural	1,552
Baccuit Sur	Rural	2,775	Parian Oeste	Rural	1,286
Bagbag	Rural	1,359	Parian Este	Rural	1,929
Ballay	Rural	1,749	Paringao	Urban	4,229
Bawanta	Rural	1,106	Payocpoc Norte Este	Rural	1,197
Boy-utan	Rural	1,083	Payocpoc Norte Oeste	Rural	2,008
Bucayab	Rural	1,389	Payocpoc Sur	Urban	3,003
Cabalayangan	Rural	1,784	Pilar	Rural	410
Cabisilan	Rural	732	Pudoc	Rural	1,895
Calumbaya	Rural	2,530	Pottot	Rural	1,241
Carmay	Rural	519	Pugo	Rural	3,317
Casilagan	Rural	1,184	Quinavite	Rural	3,880
Central East (Pob.)	Urban	4,185	Lower San Agustin	Rural	1,054
Central West Pob.)	Rural	4,001	Santa Monica	Rural	1,279
Dili	Rural	2,242	Santiago	Rural	3,891
Disso-or	Rural	1,198	Taberna	Rural	2,106
Guerrero	Rural	1,085	Upper San Agustin	Rural	1,245
Nagrebcan	Rural	1,570	Urayong	Rural	1,461
Pagdalagan Sur	Rural	2,813	TOTAL		78,449

RELIGION

Bauang residents are predominantly Roman Catholic, followed by Iglesia ni Cristo, United Church of Christ, and Jehovah’s witness. The rest are followers of other religious groups.