Bayombong

Philippines / Cagayan Valley / Bayombong /
 town, capital city of state/province/region, municipality, third-level administrative division
Municipality of Bayombong, Province of Nueva Vizcaya
ZIP Code: 3700

Bayombong is a municipality in the landlocked province of Nueva Vizcaya in the Philippines. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 57,416 people.

It is located west of the boundary of Nueva Vizcaya and Benguet.

The name Bayombong emanated from the Gaddang word “Bayongyong” which means confluence of a mighty river. It has a land area of about 15,197.58 hectares.

The terrain is basically mountainous dominated by steep hills to mountainous encompassing an area of 36.44% of its total land area. Level to gently sloping is 32.03%, rolling to hilly is 8.09% while the remaining 23.44% are very steep mountains.

The Gaddangs are considered the local people of Bayombong. Most of its people speak Ilokano. Mt. Pulag, the second highest peak in the Philippines, is accessible by foot from Bayombong town proper.

The trail in Ambaguio town, 20 kms. from Bayombong, promises a different kind of terrain from gradual ascent to rugged path amid mossy forests and cold temperature. Before the peak lies an area of Bonzai forests followed by grasslands with dwarf bamboos. Rare plants like the pitcher plant and rare animals like the giant cloud rat and whiskered pitta can also be seen.

Bayombong is politically subdivided into 25 barangays:

-Bansing
-Bonfal East
-Bonfal Proper
-Bonfal West
-Buenavista (Vista Hills)
-Busilac
-Cabuaan
-Casat
-District III Poblacion (Don M. Perez)
-District IV (Poblacion)
-Don Domingo Maddela Poblacion (District I)
-Don Mariano Marcos
-Don Tomas Maddela Poblacion (District II)
-Ipil-Cuneg
-La Torre North
-La Torre South
-Luyang
-Magapuy
-Magsaysay
-Masoc
-Paitan
-Salvacion
-San Nicolas North (Luyang)
-Santa Rosa
-Vista Alegre (B. Baringin)

Photos of Bayombong: www.batch2006.com/visit_bayombong.htm
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayombong,_Nueva_Vizcaya
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   16°29'32"N   121°9'18"E

Comments

  • THE PLACE IS ALSO THE CAPITAL OF THE PROVINCE...I live here too.
  • i love bayombong coz i belong to the most beautiful provnce
  • Bayombong is a unique province and a very peaceful place as well. I just hope that tourism is to be given importance and also in preserving the culture of the gaddangs which I am almost sure is to be instinct in a couple of years from now if we are not going to do anything to preserve it. I am a half-blooded Gaddang and I am not even aware of a ritual or belief that is being practiced now a days. I hope NCCA or NCIP can do something about this as well as the LGU and the Gaddang Elders if we still have them.
  • Correction: Extinct not instinct....hihihi...lol
  • Map Boundaries from: mapcentral.ph
  • i love Bayombong, my hometown. next year i'm planning to climb Mt. Pulag.
  • i love very much bayombong,the beutiful province of nueva vizcaya. i want to climb again in kasibu....,,
  • i love and miss bayombong
  • i love bayombong, the best place to live
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