Peñarrubia is a municipality in the province of Abra

Abra province

Abra is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. Its capital is Bangued, and it borders Ilocos Norte and Apayao on the north, Ilocos Sur and Mountain Province on the south, Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur on the west, and Kalinga, and Apayao on the...

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Philippines

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. The present municipal mayor is Honorable Geraldine Mamsaang-Balbuena. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 6,443 people in 1,063 households.

Barangays

Peñarrubia is politically subdivided into 9 barangay

Barangay

A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...

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Barangay	Pop. (2007)
Dumayco	1,092
Lusuac	901
Namarabar	577
Patiao	576
Malamsit (Pau-Malamsit)	577
Poblacion	1,121
Riang (Tiang)	764
Santa Rosa	417
Tattawa	418

Politics

Municipal Hall in Poblacion is the seat of the government. The Honorable Antonio Amasi Domes-ag is the beloved mayor of the town. He had done great changes in the municipality. Domes-ag is the OIC Mayor of the town in 1989-1992, then elected as mayor in 1992-1995,then in 1995-1998. He was replaced by her wife, the Honorable Lovelyn Domes-ag in 1998-2001 and 2001-2004. The election of 2004 became controversial in the whole nation when both spouse ran for mayoralty candidate. Hon. Antonio Domes-ag was proclaimed as the winner.. In May 2007 election, incumbent Vice-Mayor Geraldine Mamsaang-Balbuena won in a matter of one vote against Hon. Antonio A. Domes-ag. Domes-ag still sat as the municipal mayor until June 2007.

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2007 Philippine Census Information