Bucay
| Municipality of Bucay | |||
| Location of Bucay in the province of Abra | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Region : | Cordillera administrative region | ||
| Province : | Abra | ||
| Barangays : | 21st | ||
| District: | 1. District of Abra | ||
| PSGC : | 140103000 | ||
| Income class : | 5th income bracket | ||
| Households : | 2943 May 1, 2000 census
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| Population : | 17,115 August 1, 2015 census
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| Population density : | 175.4 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Area : | 97.60 km² | ||
| Coordinates : | 17 ° 32 ' N , 120 ° 43' E | ||
| Postal code : | 2805 | ||
| Website: | www.bucay.gov.ph | ||
| Geographical location in the Philippines | |||
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Bucay is a municipality in the Province of Abra, Philippines .
geography
Bucay is located in the north of the island of Luzon about 17 km from Bangued on the left bank of the Abra River .
Barangays
Bucay is politically divided into 21 barangays .
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history
Bucay is an old Tinguian settlement and was an Augustinian parish before 1846 . In 1838 a fort was established by the military . The fort forms a 100 × 75 m walled rectangle and is today only in ruins, except for the archway at the entrance. In May 1847 Bucay became the mission station and seat of government of the provincial government, the province of Abra, founded on October 9, 1846. The place, as it still largely exists today, was built according to plans by the city planner Tajonera, based on the so-called quadricula system (all streets arranged at right angles to one another), which was designed by Emperor Charles V in 1523 for the Spanish overseas colonies and was further expanded 50 years later by his son King Philip II . In 1863 the seat of government moved to Bangued .
Population structure and development
Bucay has 14,881 inhabitants in 2943 households (census May 1st, 2000). In 1995 the population was 14,499, in 1990 it was 13,346. The average annual population growth from 1990 to 1995 was 1.73%.
Economy and Infrastructure
The total agricultural area is 6,282 hectares, of which 472 hectares are irrigated. The most important crops are rice , corn , vegetables, the root vegetables cassava and sweet potato, as well as fruit. The most important fruits are bananas and mangoes with a cultivation area of 50 ha each and a harvest of 750 t each. Important livestock are cattle , karabao (water buffalo), pigs , goats and chickens . The degree of self-sufficiency of these agricultural goods is only partially above 100%, with the highest values for maize with 234.87%, fruit with 241.28% and goat meat with 247.87%, the degree of self-sufficiency for meat overall is 72.80% ( As of 1997). The forest area is 6634.5 hectares. Textile production and the production of handicrafts at home are important for the income of people outside of agriculture .
Of the 21 barangays are all connected to the electrical supply network, around 2/3 of the households have a connection to the electricity supply (as of 1996).
The road network with a total length of 35 km is owned by the municipality (15 km) and the Barangays (20 km) (as of 1993).
Educational and social structure
The literacy rate is 94.98% (as of 1995). There are a total of 47 school buildings with 116 classrooms (as of 1997). 23.37% (as of 1990) of the residents are undernourished or malnourished. A public hospital is available in Bucay.
Web links
- Bucay - Renewing Bucay's sense of identity by recovering the sense of its past ( Memento from January 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) On the history of Bucay