Bangar, La Union

Infobox Philippine municipality
infoboxtitle = Bangar, La Union
sealfile = Ph seal la union bangar.jpg
locatormapfile = Ph_locator_la union_bangar.png caption = Map of La Union showing the location of Bangar
region = Ilocos Region (Region I)
province = La Union
founded =
pop2007 = 33,335
popden2000 =
areakm2 = 46.80
coordinates =
barangays = 33
districts = 1st district of La Union
class = 3rd class
mayor = Joy P. Merin
website = [http://www.bangar.gov.ph/ www.bangar.gov.ph]

Bangar is a 3rd class municipality in the province of La Union, Philippines. It is composed of 33 barangays with an area approximately 4,379 of land lies on the northern tip of La Union. It is bounded by the China Sea on the western side, Tagudin Ilocos Sur on the north, Sudipen on the east and Balaoan and Luna on the southwestern side. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 33,335 people in 5,699 households.

Etymologies

Name of the town

The town Bangar (pronounced: Bang-Gar) got its name from the bangar (pronounced: ba- ngar) tree which was growing abundantly in the place where the town now stands.

Its barangays

*Agdeppa- a certain notorious was executed with outstretched arms. Since then, the place had been called as "agdeppa" meaning outstretched arms.

*Alzate- named after the Spanish officer Alzate who manned the garrison in that place against the "revolucionarios" (rebels). It is said that the Amburayan river which flowed to the part of Bangar was favorite swimming spot of Spaniards and the early "Illustrados".

*Bangaoilan- Anonang was the old name, however it was changed to Bangaoilan because of the abundance of poisonous plant called bangaoil.

Barangays/Districts

Bangar is politically has 33 barangays and grouped into 10 districts.
*ABCQM District
** Alzate
** Barraca
** Caggao
** Quintarong
** Mindoro
*Ag-Na District
** Agdeppa
** Nagsabaran
*CadaLuSan District
** Cadapli
** Luzong Norte
** Luzong Sur
** San Cristobal
*Centro District
** Central East No. 1
** Central East No. 2
** Central West No. 1
** Central West No. 2
** Central West No. 3
*GenPriBa District
** General Prim East
** General Prim West
** Bangaoilan East
** Bangaoilan West
*Ma.Cris District
** Maria Cristina East
** Maria Cristina West
*Paratong District
** Paratong Norte
** Paratong No. 3
** Paratong No. 4
*RUS District
** Reyna Regente
** Ubbog
** San Blas
*SinapRis District
** Sinapangan Norte
** Sinapangan Sur
** Rissing
*TerCon District
** General Terrero
** Consuegra

chools

The town comprises 16 public elementary schools, 2 national high schools, 1 diocesan school offering complete pre-elementary, elementary, and high school levels, 1 specialized high school. Also the town has 1 Tech-Voc School and 1 tertiary school.

Below is a complete list of schools in Bangar, La Union.

*Public Elementary schools
#Agna Primary School
#Bangaoilan Primary School
#Bangar Central Primary School
#Cadapli Primary School
#Caggao Primary School
#Gen. Prim Primary School
#Luzong Norte Primary School
#Luzong Sur Primary School
#Ma. Cristina Primary School
#Mindoro Primary School
#Paratong Primary School
#Pudoc Primary School
#Rissing Primary School
#RUS Primary School
#Sinapangan Primary School
#Ter-con Primary School

*Public High schools'
#Dona Francisca Lacsamana de Ortega Memorial National High School
#Casacristo National High School

*Private Schools
#'St. Christopher Academy'- founded in 1945, it is the oldest school in Bangar, La Union.
#St. Bernard College of Health Service- is the only school in Bangar, La Union offering tertiary level.

*Specialized School

Regional Science High School for Region 1-is a Magnet school, established during the school year 1994-1995 by virtue of DECS Order No. 69,s.1993. The school, with a curriculum that specialize in science and research (different from Special Science Program/ Engineering and Science Education Program schools) is operated and supervised by the Department of Education.

*Vocational schools
#TSI Technical Institute is the first and only technical/vocational school in Bangar. It is located in Rissing, Bangar, La Union.

Trivia

*The Patron saint of Bangar is St. Christopher. Bangarenos celebrates the feast of their patron saint every July 25.

*Town Fiesta of Bangar is celebrated every December 26 & 27.

*Abel-Panday festival was first celebrated during 2005 town fiesta of Bangar. However the festival wasn't followed due some circumstances.

*Bangar's main product is abel and panday.

External links

* [http://www.pasyalan.net/la_union/ Pasyalan La Union]
* [http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/municipality.asp?muncode=013306000&regcode=01&provcode=33 Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
* [http://www.t-macs.com/kiso/local/ 2000 Philippine Census Information]