Saturday 04 February 2012 14:06:27 PHT

Batuan

IJsselstein, Sunday, 22 May 2011

This interior town used to be a barrio of Bilar during the Spanish regime and was called Lindogan. It was during the early years of American regime that this barrio was made into a municipality on October 31, 1903 by Act No. 370 of the Philippine Commission.

Fiesta

Batuan celebrate its town fiesta on the 25th of July in honor of Saint James.

Batuan at a glance
Population: 11835
Number of households: 2287
Land area: 7815 ha
Number of barangays: 15
Distance from Tagbilaran: 51 km

BarangayPopulationHouseholds
Aloja465107
Behind The Clouds (San Jose)25453
Cabacnitan786135
Cambacay585142
Cantigdas604109
Garcia45587
Janlud668140
Poblacion Norte1598287
Poblacion Sur1140211
Poblacion Vieja (Longsudaan)908185
Quezon560102
Quirino505100
Rizal1153227
Rosariohan907179
Santa Cruz1247223

(Based on figures from the census of 2000)

Jeroen Hellingman

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