Bongbong, Ubay
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Bongbong is one of the 44 barangays constituting the municipality of Ubay
Ubay, Bohol
Ubay is a 1st class municipality in the province of Bohol, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 65,900 people and has a land area of approximately , as the largest and most populated municipality in Bohol...
, in the province of Bohol
Bohol
Bohol is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, consisting of Bohol Island and 75 minor surrounding islands. Its capital is Tagbilaran City. With a land area of and a coastline long, Bohol is the tenth largest island of the Philippines...
, Philippines
Philippines
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The barangay's total land area is approximately 161.2939 hectares, with a population
Population
A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals...
of 779 as of 2007. In the last 2010 National election
Philippine general election, 2010
Elections for all positions in the Philippines above the barangay were held on Monday, May 10, 2010. The elected president will become the 15th President of the Philippines, succeeding President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who is barred from seeking re-election due to term restrictions...
, it has 465 registered voters.
Barangay Bongbong celebrates its annual fiesta every December 8 in honor of their patron saint.
Location
Located on the central part of the municipality, Bongbong is bounded by barangay Lomangog to the north. To the south, it is bounded by barangay San Pascual, to the east by barangay BiabasBiabas, Ubay
Biabas is one of the 44 barangays constituting the municipality of Ubay, in the province of Bohol, Philippines....
and to the west by both barangay Lomangog and San Pascual. Bongbong has approximate distance of 10 km from the town center, Poblacion.
History
Barangay Bongbong was named after the BagakayBamboo
Bamboo is a group of perennial evergreens in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family....
used as walls in houses. In the Visayan
Cebuano language
Cebuano, referred to by most of its speakers as Bisaya , is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines by about 20 million people mostly in the Central Visayas. It is the most widely spoken of the languages within the so-named Bisayan subgroup and is closely related to other Filipino...
language, Bongbong means wall. Bongbong became a separate barangay from San Pascual on December 15, 1968. However, residents celebrate its Barangay foundation day every May 15, the reason being that many people feel comfortable and also less in dire straits in May than in December.
Government
There are seven puroks or units in the barangay manned by the elected kagawads including the Punong Barangay or Barangay chairman. In December, 1999, these were named after flowers, namely:- Bougainivllea –I
- Gumamela –II
- Doranta- III
- Santan – IV,
- Kalpay – V
- Sampaguita – VI
- Kadena de Amor – VII
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