GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION

Bauang stretches along a portion of the shoreline of the West Philippine Sea at the western portion of the province of La Union. It falls within the longitude 16° 20’ to 16° 40’ and latitude 120° 30”. The municipality is about 10 kilometers south of the City of San Fernando, 50 kilometers west of Baguio City, and 250 kilometers north of Metro Manila. Bauang is bounded on the north by the City of San Fernando; on the east by Naguilian; on the south by Caba and on the west by the West Philippine Sea.

POLITICAL SUBDIVISION

Bauang is politically and administratively subdivided into thirty-nine (39) barangays; these barangays are composed of puroks. Four (4) of its barangays are categorized as urban, namely Calumbaya, Central East, Central West and Quinavite by the National Statistics Office (NSO) and thirty five (35) are rural. Subdivided into 39 Barangays

AcaoCalumbayaPagdalagan SurPottot
Baccuit SurCarmayPalintucangPudoc
Baccuit NorteCasilaganPalugsi-LimmansanganPugo
BagbagCentral EastParain OesteQuinavite
BallayCentral WestParian EsteSanta Monica
BawantaDiliParingaoSantiago
Boy-utanDisso-orPayocpoc Norte EsteTaberna
BucayabGuerreroPayocpoc Norte OesteUpper San Agustin
CabalayanganLower San AgustinPayocpoc SurUrayong
CabisilanNagrebcanPilar

LAND AREA

The Municipality has a land area of 7,315 hectares. Its constitutes 4.90% of the provincial area of 149,309 hectares. Barangay Sta. Monica is the largest barangay in terms of land area whis is about 711 hectares or 9.72% of the total land area of Bauang, followed by Barangay Casilagan (676 hectares), Upper San Agustin (470 hectares), Acao (444 hectares) and Cabalayangan (424 hectares). Barangay Pilar is the smallest Barangay with a land area of approximately 17 hectares. Its size continually dwindles over the year due to severe coastal erosion. Barangay Guerrero has a land area of 29 hectares. comprising .040% of the total land area of the municipality. Other Barangays with a land area below 50 hectares are Pagdalagan Sur (31 hectares and Nagrebcan (34 hectares).

BARANGAYAREA/HAPERCENTAGE OF LAND AREA
ACAO4446.07
BACCUIT NORTE640.88
BACCUIT SUR680.93
BAGBAG1071.47
BALLAY3825.22
BAWANTA1401.92
BOY-UTAN2293.13
BUCAYAB1942.66
CABALAYANGAN4245.8
CABISILAN2733.74
CALUMBAYA951.3
CARMAY560.76
CASILAGAN6769.25
CENTRAL EAST921.25
CENTRAL WEST530.72
DILI781.06
DISSO-OR901.23
GUERRERO290.4
LOWER SAN AGUSTIN1201.63
NAGREBCAN340.47
PAGDALAGAN SUR310.42
PALINTUCANG1762.41
PALUGSI-LIMANSANGAN3785.16
PARIAN ESTE931.27
PARIAN OESTE1361.86
PARINGAO1221.67
PAYOCPOC NORTE ESTE1291.76
PAYOCPOC NORTE OESTE801.09
PAYOCPOC SUR1962.68
PILAR170.23
POTTOT520.71
PUDOC1141.56
PUGO1942.65
QUINAVITE1451.99
SANTIAGO3654.99
STA MONICA7119.72
TABERNA871.19
UPPER SAN AGUSTIN4706.43
URAYONG1712.34
TOTAL7,315100%

EXISTING LAND USE

Of the total area of 7,160 hectares in Bauang, about 91.55 percent or 6,555 hectares are certified alienable and disposable lands while 605 hectares or 8.4 percent are public forestlands. Public forests are located in barangays Sta. Monica, Cabalayangan, Ballay, and San Agustin. The protected forest area, those with a slope of more than 50% or over, is estimated to be 464 hectares. Basing from the 1990 land use map of the municipality, most of the areas, however, are classified as grassland or shrub land.

PROPOSED LAND USE

Of the total area of 7,160 hectares in Bauang, about 91.55 percent or 6,555 hectares are certified alienable and disposable lands while 605 hectares or 8.4 percent are public forestlands. Public forests are located in barangays Sta. Monica, Cabalayangan, Ballay, and San Agustin. The protected forest area, those with a slope of more than 50% or over, is estimated to be 464 hectares. Basing from the 1990 land use map of the municipality, most of the areas, however, are classified as grassland or shrub land.

POPULATION

As of 2020, Bauang has a total population of 78,449 or 9.5% of the Province Population (Source of Data PSA-Census of Population 2020)

BARANGAYBARANGAY CATEGORYPOPULATION
ACAORURAL4,628
BACCUIT NORTERURAL2,553
BACCUIT SURRURAL2,775
BAGBAGRURAL1,359
BALLAYRURAL1,749
BAWANTARURAL1,106
BOY-UTANRURAL1,083
BUCAYABRURAL1,389
CABALAYANGANRURAL1,784
CABISILANRURAL732
CALUMBAYARURAL2,530
CARMAYRURAL519
CASILAGANRURAL1,184
CENTRAL EASTURBAN4,185
CENTRAL WESTURBAN4,001
DILIRURAL2,242
DISSO-ORRURAL1,198
GUERRERORURAL1,085
LOWER SAN AGUSTINRURAL1,054
NAGREBCANRURAL1,570
PAGDALAGAN SURRURAL2813
PALINTUCANGRURAL981
PALUGSI-LIMANSANGANRURAL1,552
PARIAN ESTERURAL1,929
PARIAN OESTERURAL1,286
PARINGAO RURAL 4,229
PAYOCPOC NORTE ESTERURAL1,197
PAYOCPOC NORTE OESTERURAL2,008
PAYOCPOC SUR RURAL 3,003
PILARRURAL410
POTTOTRURAL1,241
PUDOCRURAL1,895
PUGORURAL3,317
QUINAVITEURBAN3,880
SANTIAGORURAL3,891
STA MONICARURAL1,279
TABERNARURAL2,106
UPPER SAN AGUSTINRURAL1,245
URAYONGRURAL1,461
TOTAL78,449

RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION

About 92% of the population is Roman Catholic; 2% belongs to Iglesia ni Cristo. The remaining 6% is distributed among other religious denominations.

LANGUAGE DIALECT

The dialect spoken by the majority of the people of Bauang is Ilokano, although there are Tagalog, Pangasinan, and other minor dialects. English is understood by many but is not widely spoken. 

LITERACY

In terms of literacy, about 99.52% 10 years old and over are literate.