About Banaue
Banaue (or alternatively spelled as Banawe), officially the Municipality of Banaue is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ifugao, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 20,652 people.
Banaue History
The name of the municipality of Banaue was derived from the term bannawor which is a primitive call for a now endangered medium sized swift flying bird.
Originally, “Bannawor” is referred to a sitio – now part of the Poblacion area, where these birds occasionally lark around and settle.
Incidentally, when the Spaniards came, the adjacent place of this sitio has been made the seat of the government.
Sooner, Bannawor became a by-word through the Spanish, Japanese and American times. It had not only became a by-word but has also extended the name for the whole place.
And after sometimes, Bannawor evolved into “BANAUE” brought about by language accent.
During the Spanish regime the status of government was not fully established. But in 1901 under the American regime, it became a municipal district. Then on June 25, 1963, by virtue of Executive Order No. 42, Banaue became a full pledge municipality.
Government
Banaue is politically subdivided into 18 barangays. These barangays are headed by elected officials: Barangay Captain, Barangay Council, whose members are called Barangay Councilors. All are elected every three years.
Barangays
- Amganad
- Anaba
- Balawis
- Bangaan
- Batad
- Bocos
- Banao
- Cambulo
- Ducligan
- Gohang
- Kinakin
- Uhaj
- Poblacion
- Poitan
- Pula
- San Fernando
- Tam-an
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