Balaoan, La Union

Location
Map of La Union showing the location of Balaoan
Government
Region	Ilocos Region (Region I)
Province	La Union
District	1st District of La Union
Barangays	36
Income Class:	3rd class
Mayor	Joaquin C. Ostrea, Jr.
Official Website	www.balaoan.gov.ph
Physical characteristics
Population      Total (2000) Image File history File links Ph_seal_la_union_balaoan. ... Image File history File links Ph_locator_la_union_balaoan. ... Map of the Philippines showing the regions and their provinces (click for larger version). ... The Ilocos Region of the Philippines, designated as Region I is located in the northwestern part of Luzon. ... Map of the Philippines showing the regions and provinces (click for larger version). ... La Union is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. ... The House of Representatives (Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan in Filipino) is the lower chamber of the Congress of the Philippines. ... A barangay is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is very similar to a village. ... A municipality (bayan, sometimes munisipalidad, in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...	33,786

Balaoan is a 3rd class municipality in the province of La Union, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 33,786 people in 6,557 households. Balaoan is one of the oldest municipalities in La Union, having been founded in 1704. Its first Capitan is Ignacio Duldulao. A municipality (bayan, sometimes munisipalidad, in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... La Union is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

The dominant language spoken in Balaoan is Ilocano. The patron saint of the town is St. Nicholas of Tolentino, whose feast day is celebrated on September. Additionally, a town fiesta is celebrated on December 21-23. Ilocano, also Iloko and Ilokano, refers to the language and culture associated with the Ilocano people, the third largest ethnic group in the Philippines. ...

As of 2006, the mayor is Joaquin C. Ostrea, Jr. The zip code is 2517.

Geography

Balaoan is situated north of Bacnotan, south of Bangar, Sudipen and Santol on the east and Bacnotan on the south. Located 30 kilometers north of San Fernando City, the provincial capital of La Union and the regional capital of Region I. Balaoan is approximately 300 kilometers north of Metro Manila. Balaoan has one of the pristine coastal towns of La Union facing the Luzon Sea. Bacnotan is a first class municipality in the province of La Union, Philippines. ... Bangar may refer to Bangar, India, a region occupying parts of Haryana and UP Bangar, Brunei, a town in Brunei Bangar, La Union, a municipality in the Philippines This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Sudipen is a 4th class municipality in the province of La Union, Philippines. ... Santol is a 5th class municipality in the province of La Union, Philippines. ... Bacnotan is a first class municipality in the province of La Union, Philippines. ... San Fernando can be any of the following: San Fernando City, La Union, Philippines San Fernando City, Pampanga, Philippines San Fernando Valley, California, United States San Fernando, California, United States San Fernando, Spain San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other... La Union is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. ... For the article on the capital city of the Philippines, see Manila. ... La Union is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. ... The South China Sea, showing surrounding countries and neighbouring seas and oceans The South China Sea is a marginal sea, part of the Pacific Ocean, encompassing an area from Singapore to the Strait of Taiwan of around 3,500,000 km². It is the largest sea body after the five...

Balaoan can be reached from Manila using the MacArthur Highway, or via plane landing in Canaoay Airport in San Fernando City. The City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila), or simply Manila, is the capital of the Philippines. ... San Fernando can be any of the following: San Fernando City, La Union, Philippines San Fernando City, Pampanga, Philippines San Fernando Valley, California, United States San Fernando, California, United States San Fernando, Spain San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other...

Balaoan is composed of 36 barangays. Four barangays compose the poblacion or town proper. The vast land area of 6,450 hectares consists mostly of agricultural lands. The municipality occupies 4.3% of the total area of the province. Among the barangays in the municipality, Nagsabaran Sur is the largest with 842 hectares or 13.05% of the municipality's land area and the smallest is Nalasin with only 33 hectares (0.51%).

The following is a list of barangays in Balaoan:

History

Balaoan was originally part of Ilocos Sur. The town's present name originated during the Spanish colonial era. Balaoan was formerly called Puraw (meaning "white"). A group of Spanish soldiers were on patrol and went on to rest on a sitio. Ilocos Sur is a province of the Philippines located in the Ilocos Region in Luzon. ...

The villagers were curious about the soldiers because of their unusual descent and fair skin color. They flocked the soldiers touching their guns, too afraid that the guns might explode accidentally, one villager asked the soldier in a local vernacular.. "Aoan bala?" (meaning "No bullets?"). The soldier did not understand what the villager meant, he uttered the last word first, and remembering the last, he said "Bala aoan".

During the Spanish occupation in the Philippines, a secret society of insurectos was organized in the municipality. Its purpose was to fight and revolt against the Spanish Government in the area. On the eve of the revolution, a traitor told the Spanish of their plan. The Spanish soldiers, without any investigation arrested seven members of the secret society, and executed them the same night.

One escaped with only leg wounds, he was Fernando Ostrea. He informed the people about what has happened. In memory of the seven Martyrs, a masonic lodge, Siete Martires Lodge No. 177, was organized.

Schools

• Almeida Elementary School
• Apatut Elementary School
• Ar-arampang Elementary School
• Balaoan Central Elementary School
• Balaoan Christian School
• Bulbulala Elementary School
• Bungol Elementary School
• Bungol National High School
• Butubut Elementary School
• Butubut National High School
• Butubut Norte Elementary School
• Calliat Elementary School
• Castor Concepcion Memorial High School (Balaoan National High School)
• Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University National High School (Paraoir)
• Guinaburan Elementary School
• Masupe Elementary School
• Nagsabaran Sur Elementary School
• Osias Educational Foundation
• Pantar Norte Elementary School
• Pantar Sur Elementary School
• Paraoir Elementary School
• Patpata Elementary School
• San Nicolas Academy
• Sinapangan National High School
• Sinapangan Norte Elementary School
• Sinapangan Sur Elementary School

Notable Baloanians

• Camilo Osias, Senator
• Magnolia Antonino, Senator

To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require rewriting and/or reformatting. ... Magnolia W. Antonino (born December 14, 1915 in Balaoan, La Union) was a Senator of the Philippines. ...

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information