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'''Bacarra''', officially the '''Municipality of Bacarra''' ({{langx|ilo|Ili ti Bacarra}}; {{langx|tl|Bayan ng Bacarra}}) is a municipality in the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. According to the {{PH wikidata|population_as_of}}, it has a population of {{PH wikidata|population_total}} people.{{PH wikidata|population_reference}}
== Geography == The Municipality of Bacarra is bounded by the Municipality of Pasuquin to the north, by Vintar to the east; by Laoag to the south; and on the west by the South China Sea. It is one of the municipalities with the smallest land area in the province.
Bacarra is situated {{convert|9.00|km}} from the provincial capital Laoag, and {{convert|494.51|km}} from the country's capital city of Manila.
=== Barangays === Bacarra is politically subdivided into 43 barangays.{{PSGC detail|area}} Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 31, 2024 |title=Municipality of Bacarra |url=https://psa.gov.ph/classification/psgc/barangays/0102802000 |access-date=April 15, 2025 |website=Philippine Statistics Authority}}</ref>
{{Div col|colwidth=15em}} * Bani * Buyon * Cabaruan * Cabulalaan * Cabusligan * Cadaratan * Calioet-Libong * Casilian * Corocor * Duripes * Ganagan * Libtong * Macupit * Nambaran * Natba * Paninaan * Pasiocan * Pasngal * Pipias * Pulangi * Pungto * San Agustin I (Pob.) * San Agustin II (Pob.) * San Andres I (Pob.) * San Andres II (Pob.) * San Gabriel I (Pob.) * San Gabriel II (Pob.) * San Pedro I (Pob.) * San Pedro II (Pob.) * San Roque I (Pob.) * San Roque II (Pob.) * San Simon I (Pob.) * San Simon II (Pob.) * San Vicente (Pob.) * Sangil * Sta. Filomena I (Pob.) * Sta. Filomena II (Pob.) * Sta. Rita (Pob.) * Sto. Cristo I (Pob.) * Sto. Cristo II (Pob.) * Tambidao * Teppang * Tubburan {{div col end}}
===Climate=== {{Weather box | location = Bacarra, Ilocos Norte | width = auto | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan high C = 26 | Jan low C = 20 | Feb high C = 28 | Feb low C = 20 | Mar high C = 30 | Mar low C = 21 | Apr high C = 32 | Apr low C = 23 | May high C = 31 | May low C = 25 | Jun high C = 31 | Jun low C = 25 | Jul high C = 30 | Jul low C = 25 | Aug high C = 30 | Aug low C = 25 | Sep high C = 30 | Sep low C = 24 | Oct high C = 29 | Oct low C = 23 | Nov high C = 28 | Nov low C = 22 | Dec high C = 26 | Dec low C = 21 | Jan precipitation mm = 55 | Feb precipitation mm = 41 | Mar precipitation mm = 37 | Apr precipitation mm = 41 | May precipitation mm = 184 | Jun precipitation mm = 215 | Jul precipitation mm = 261 | Aug precipitation mm = 256 | Sep precipitation mm = 245 | Oct precipitation mm = 216 | Nov precipitation mm = 142 | Dec precipitation mm = 129 | Jan rain days = 14.1 | Feb rain days = 11.1 | Mar rain days = 11.8 | Apr rain days = 12.5 | May rain days = 21.8 | Jun rain days = 25.2 | Jul rain days = 25.5 | Aug rain days = 24.9 | Sep rain days = 23.8 | Oct rain days = 18.2 | Nov rain days = 16.4 | Dec rain days = 17.0 | source 1 = Meteoblue<ref name="met_norms"> {{cite web | url = https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climatemodelled/bacarra_philippines_1729655 | title = Bacarra: Average Temperatures and Rainfall | publisher = Meteoblue | accessdate = 4 March 2020 }}</ref> | date = 4 March 2020 }}
==Demographics== {{Philippine Census | align = none | cols = 2 | title= Population census of {{PH wikidata|name}} | 1903 = | 1918 = {{PH census population|1918}} | 1939 = {{PH census population|1939}} | 1948 = {{PH census population|1948}} | 1960 = {{PH census population|1960}} | 1970 = {{PH census population|1970}} | 1975 = {{PH census population|1975}} | 1980 = {{PH census population|1980}} | 1990 = {{PH census population|1990}} | 1995 = {{PH census population|1995}} | 2000 = {{PH census population|2000}} | 2007 = {{PH census population|2007}} | 2010 = {{PH census population|2010}} | 2015 = {{PH census population|2015}} | 2020 = {{PH census population|2020}} | 2024 = {{PH census population|2024}} | 2030 = | footnote= Source: Philippine Statistics Authority{{PH wikidata|population_reference}}{{PH census|2015}}{{PH census|2010}}{{PH census|2007}}{{LWUA population data}} }}
In the 2024 census, the population of Bacarra was 32,734 people,{{PH wikidata|population_reference}} with a density of {{convert|{{sigfig|32,734/65.32|2}}|PD/km2|disp=or}}.
== Economy == {{PH poverty incidence}} [[Image:Bacarra.jpg|thumb|upright|The Leaning Belfry of St. Andrew Church]]
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== Government == {{See also|Sangguniang Bayan}} Bacarra is part of the first congressional district of the province of Ilocos Norte. It is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.
Elected officials, term of office: June 30, 2025 – June 30, 2028:<ref>{{Cite web |title=2019 National and Local Elections |url=https://comelec.gov.ph/php-tpls-attachments/2019NLE/ElectionResults/2019NLE_LIst_of_Elected_CityMun_Candidates.pdf |access-date=March 10, 2022 |website=Commission on Elections}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pilipinaselectionresults2016.com/#/coc/0/01/2800/2802 |title=Election - Philippines 2016 |accessdate=2016-05-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603212601/https://www.pilipinaselectionresults2016.com/ |archivedate=2016-06-03 }}</ref> * Mayor: Nicomedes C. dela Cruz Jr. * Vice Mayor & Presiding Officer: Derek B. Velasco * 13th Sangguniang Bayan council members: ** Philip "Pepe" Fernandez ** Victor Bolosan ** Philip Mar Lazo ** Lawrence Anthony "L.A." Gapasin ** Winston C. Corpuz ** Jonathan Daniel R. Sagario ** Dinah Visaya Delos Angeles ** George G. Padre * LIGA President & ex-officio member: Sidney L. Ramos * PPSK President & ex-officio member: Reichel C. Faylogna
===List of former town executives===
1898–Present:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bacarra.gov.ph/?p=91 |title=Town Executives {{!}} Municipality of Bacarra |website=www.bacarra.gov.ph |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223122010/http://www.bacarra.gov.ph/?p=91 |archive-date=2014-12-23}}</ref> {{div col}} * Don Andres Lazo (1898-1903; 1903–1904; 1912–1916) * Don Agustin Albano (1904-1905) * Don Antonio Albano (1906-1907) * Don Luis Albano (1908-1909) * Don Enrique Albano (1910-1912) * Don Macario Castro (1916-1919) * Don Justo Dacuycuy (1919-1922) * Don Rafael Albano (1922-1925) * Don Benito Domingo (1925-1928) * Don Candido Albano (1928-1931) * Don Isabelo Ramones (1931-1934) * Don Torcuato Ver (1935-1938) * Don Leon Acierto (1939-1940) * Don Juan Sales (1941-1944) * Don Jacobo Ramiro (1945-1946) * Don Justo A. Pilar (1946-1948; 1954-1955) * Don Felix A. Rivera (1948-1951; 1960-1963) * Don Andres M. Madamba (1952-1955) * Don Antonio Guillermo (1952; 1956-1959) * Don Sabas Sagisi (1964-1965) * Don Aurelio Madariaga (1965-1967) * Leonardo A. Velasco (01/01/1968-06/30/1986) * Lorenzo Acoba (06/16/1986-03/01/1987) * Jose C. Pilar Sr. (02/02/1988-06/30/1992) * Pacifico C. Velasco (10/14/1987-11/30/1987(OIC); 07/01/1992-06/30/2001) * Philip C. Velasco (03/02/1987-10/13/1987(OIC); 12/01/1987-02/02/1988(OIC); 07/01/2001-05/20/2007) * Nicomedes C. dela Cruz Jr. (05/21/2007-06/30/2007(Acting); 07/01/2007–06/30/2019; 07/01/2022–present) * Fritzie Ann Kaye dela Cruz Gapasin (07/01/2019–06/30/2022) {{div col end}}
=== Municipal seal === 160px|right|The Bacarra Seal * '''Shield''', derived from the Provincial Seal of Ilocos Norte. * '''Blue''', symbolizing the incessant peace for love, justice equality and tranquility, the purity of heart and open mind of the people of Bacarra, Ilocos Norte towards progress. It also depicts the fervent hopes and prayers of the people to reach their goals in their pursuit for economic recovery through productivity and self-reliance. * '''Yellow''', representing the burning desire and initiative of the people to attain reconciliation through the power of love and prayer. * '''Brown''', representing the basic race which the people take pride in the cultivation of the soil through their own sweat and blood. * '''Leaning Tower''', depicting the strength and sturdiness of the people to withstand the challenges of life in the passage of time. It also expresses the dignity of labor. * '''Carabao and Plow''', symbolizing the basic factors of production which are of paramount importance in attaining the fondest dreams of the people to become active, viable, self-reliant and productive. * '''Tobacco and Garlic''', representing the two major agricultural cash crops of the people, thereby attaining self-reliance.
==Education== There are two schools district offices which govern all public and private schools within the municipality. These are Bacarra I Schools District Office, and Bacarra II Schools District Office.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 15, 2021 |title=Masterlist of Schools |url=https://www.deped.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/SY-2020-2021-Masterlist-of-Schools-Address-only-1-1.pdf |access-date=April 15, 2025 |website=Department of Education}}</ref>
===Primary and elementary schools=== {{Div col|colwidth=20em}} * Apaleng-Libtong Elementary School * Bacarra Central Elementary School * Bangsirit Elementary School * Buyon Elementary School * Cabaruan Elementary School * Cabulalaan Elementary School * Cadaratan Elementary School * Calioet Elementary School * Casilian Primary School - Taguipuro Annex * Casilian Elementary School * Dingras Faith Academy (Elementary) * Ganagan Elementary School * Macupit Elementary School * Nambaran Elementary School * Paninaan Elementary School * Parang Elementary School * Pasiocan Elementary School * Pulangi Elementary School * Pungto Elementary School * Sabas-Sagisi Memorial Elem. School * San Agustin Elementary School * Special Education Center * Santo Cristo Elementary School * St. Andrew Grade School * Tambidao Elementary School * The Riverdeep Academy * Tubburan Elementary School {{div col end}}
===Secondary schools=== * Bacarra National Comprehensive High School * Cadaratan National High School * St. Andrew Academy
== Sister City == *{{flagicon|USA}} Lathrop, California, United States{{Citation needed|date=February 2025}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{official website|http://www.bacarra.gov.ph/}} *[{{NSCB detail}} Philippine Standard Geographic Code] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081120024509/http://www.census.gov.ph/data/census2007/index.html Philippine Census Information] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120502154007/http://www.blgs.gov.ph/lgpmsv2/cmshome/index.php?pageID=23&frmIdDcfCode=7&fLguType=CM&frmIdRegion=2&frmIdProvince=18&frmIdLgu=194 Local Governance Performance Management System]
{{Geographic location |Centre = Bacarra |North = Pasuquin |East = Vintar |South = Laoag |West = ''South China Sea'' }} {{Ilocos Norte}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Municipalities of Ilocos Norte