Municipal Profile

  • General Description and Characteristics of the Municipality

The Municipality of Bugallon lies on the central part of the province of Pangasinan. Bounded by the Municipality of Infanta on the west, the Municipalities of Labrador and Lingayen on the north, the City of San Carlos on the east, and by the Municipality of Aguilar on the South. It has 24 barangays with a population of 74,962 people as of the last censual year 2020. The sole barangay of Poblacion comprises the urban core of the municipality while the rest comprise the peripheral rural areas. Bugallon squarely falls between 15° 60′ 0”and 15o 48′ 0” North and between 1200 06’ 0” and 1200 16’ 0” East. It is 28 kilometers southeast of the Hundred Islands in Alaminos, 8 kilometers south of provincial capital of Lingayen, 18 kilometers south of Dagupan City and 197 kilometers north from Manila via Camiling, Tarlac.

Based on the number of its inhabitants, Bugallon is the 18th most populous municipality in the province of Pangasinan. With an area of 16,652 hectares Bugallon is one of the middle-sized municipalities, being the 13th largest municipality in the province. As per the Philippine income classification, Bugallon is a second class municipality whose urbanization status is classified as partly urban

Among the bigger cities and municipalities in the neighborhood of Bugallon are Urdaneta City (40 kilometers to the east), the City of San Carlos (with which it shares its eastern boundary), the Municipality of Malasiqui(19 km to the east-southeast), Dagupan City (18 km to the northeast), Bayambang (31 km east-south-east), Calasiao (17 km east), Mangaldan (23 km east-northeast), and the provincial capital of Lingayen (with which it shares its northern boundary). Baguio City lies 65 km east-north-east of Bugallon while the San Fernando City in La Union is located some 75 km to the north-east.

The municipality has a total land area of 16,658 hectares. Its urban center, Poblacion, covers some 665 hectares or just about 4% of the municipality’s total land area. The rural areas on the other hand, comprised by the remaining 23 barangays are spread over a total land area of 15,987 hectares or 99% of the municipality. The largest rural barangay in terms of land area is Cayanga (9,201 has.) which is over half of the total municipal land area. The next largest barangay is Laguit Padilla (965 has.). The smallest barangays in terms of land area are Samat with just 42 hectares of land and Asinan with only 45 hectares.


  • Demographic References

The urban barangay of Poblacion registered a population of 11,015 persons in the 2020 census on population, making it the largest barangay in terms of population in Bugallon. The most populous rural barangay is Magtaking with 6,354 residents, while the second most populous rural barangay is Umanday, with a population of 5,623 residents. On the other end of the spectrum is Salomague Norte, a rural barangay with just 1,413 residents and considered as the barangay with the least population in Bugallon. Coming close with the least number of residents are the barangays of San Francisco (1,557), Buenlag (1,695), Samat (1,818), and Angarian (1,874). The rural barangays of Bugallon hold a total population of 63,947 people.  

Bugallon is considered predominantly rural with only one barangay out of a total of 24 classified as urban in the 2020 census. Current urban population is 11,015 residents while the rural population counts 63,947 residents. The urban barangay, the Poblacion, covers an area of 665 hectares housing a population density of 16 persons per hectare. On the other hand, the most populous rural barangay is Magtaking with 6,354 residents. The least populous rural barangay is Salomague Norte with just 1,413 residents but the said barangay is 340 hectares big, allowing its population density to be a mere 4 persons per hectare.

2020 CENSUS OF POPULATION (74,962)

BARANGAY  POPULATION  BARANGAY  POPULATION
Angarian 1,874 Magtaking 6,354
Asinan 2,063 Pangascasac 2,046
Bañaga 2,149 Pantal 2,195
Bacabac 2,330 Poblacion 11,015
Bolaoen 2,535 Polong 3,364
Buenlag 1,695 Portic 2,632
Cabayaoasan 2,281 Salasa 3,082
Cayanga 3,088 Salomague Norte 1,413
Gueset 2,583 Salomague Sur 3,325
Hacienda 4,200 Samat 1,818
Laguit Centro 2,051 San Francisco 1,557
Laguit Padilla 3,689 Umanday 5,623
SOURCE: NSO

 


  • Public Transportation

Bugallon has an adequate road system that effectively connects all the barangays. The town has a total road network system of 126.2399 km. The national road spans (Pangasinan-Tarlac Road and Pangasinan-Zambales Road) 16.4409 km and traverses through Bugallon from Lingayen at the north through Bañaga, Salasa, Bacabac, Poblacion, Umanday, Bolaoen, Salomague Note, and Salomague Sur. The provincial road is 18.369 kilometers in length starting from the Socony junction and passing through Bacabac, Polong, Samat, Buenlag and Magtaking. The Municipal road has a total road length of 6.97 km and crosses the Romulo highway then through barangays Bañaga and Salasa.

There are two bus companies whose routes pass through Bugallon. These are Victory Liner, and the Dagupan- Camiling line both that operate from Tarlac to Dagupan and Camiling to Dagupan, respectively, passing through the Romulo Highway. There are several jeepney franchises traversing Bugallon and a total of 34 jeepney units. There are two jeepney routes, one of which is from Lingayen to Bugallon.  

Tricycles are another mode of transportation in Bugallon. One of the waiting points of the tricycles is located in front of the Municipal Public Market and along the commercial area.


  • Credit Institutions

There are available credit institution establish in the Municipality and some barangays that offered different forms of financial  and loan assistance to individuals to include Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Tulay sa Pag-unlad Inc. (TSPI), Rangtay sa Pagrang-ay Microfinance Inc. (RSPI), CARD Inc., Lifebank Inc., ASA Philippines Foundation, Central Pangasinan Transport Cooperative, Community Managed Savings and Credit Association (COMSCA), KAISA, AGRI Multi-Purpose Cooperative offers financing to Fisherfolks and other cooperatives that offers farm financing to the farmers.


  • Access to Electricity

The Municipality of Bugallon is almost 100% energized by Central Pangasinan Electric Cooperative (CENPELCO). Power is distributed throughout the municipality via 8.391 kilometers of cables in a system developed in 2009. There is a power substation located at Sitio Socony, Salasa. Households of the municipality were served. This is nearly beneficial for the municipality because power enables and enhances performance for the household, the business and the public sector in terms of consumptive and productive activities. Electrification improves performance in almost all sectors: education, health, tourism, industry, and commerce and is a precursor for a municipality’s commercialization and industrialization.

Since there is only one power provider, there is no difficulty providing this service to the populace. Using 2015 as a base year, the projected increase in annual power demands based on consumption trends is considered ceteris paribus, meaning not considering the possible increase in the number of connections. However, due to rising energy costs, mitigation is needed so as not to spend more for electric consumption. Energy saving practices and devices has to be implemented especially for the public sector connections in order to free some costs that can be used for other LGU activities and projects


  • Peace and Order

The municipality is meeting the minimum requirement of one policeman per thousand people in the population. Additional policemen will be required in the succeeding years, the present number of policemen is enough to meet the current population growth rate of .97%. Yet, there exist other needs in this regard particularly the following: an increase in the gasoline allocation for patrols, a provision on the maintenance of the PNP issued vehicles, and additional equipment particularly for communications in the field. There is also a felt need for more training to be given to PNP officers and to augment the police force with more Barangay Tanods and Bantay Bayan volunteers.

 

2021 PNP Personnel
Total No. of Personnel______38

UniformPersonnel___________34                                 Non-Uniformed Personnel____4

No. of Male________________31                                  No. of Female______________7                                                                              

 


  • Government Land and Settlement

            There are 151 families of informal settlers in the Municipality of Bugallon as per the 2010-2015 Provincial Development and Physical Framework Plan (PDPFP). These families have put up their makeshift homes along riverbanks and low lying areas according to the PDPFP. The issue of informal settlers must be addressed in the soonest possible time to avoid complications in the future like forced evictions and unsuitable relocation sites. To provide them with a decent space and place to live, the local government is currently negotiating with owners of a private lot in barangay Bañaga. Once the lot is bought, it will be converted to a socialized housing site for the informal settlers. The socialized housing project is estimated to be 1.5 hectares in area.

            Majority of the residential lots in the municipality are owned by the occupants or are being amortized on a regular basis (83%). The rest are either being occupied for free with the consent of the owner (15%) or are being rented (1%). Less than 1% of lots are occupied without the consent of the owner. Relative to these data are the occupied housing units: 80% are owned/being amortized, 5% are being occupied for free with owner’s consent and 1% are being rented. Two percent of housing units are being occupied for free without the permission of the owner.


  • Gender and Development Planning 

The Municipality allocates 5% of the total LGU budget for the programs of the Gender and Development (GAD). Plans and programs are implemented yearly to address the needs of  women and children and to uplift the living of the marginalized people of the municipality. Gender and Development or GAD primarily promotes women’s empowerment and ensure that their full participation becomes essential for society.GAD works to eradicate gender biases to fully release the potential of women so they can perform active roles in the development process. There are also organized woman group in the municipality that participated and help in the implementation relatively on Gender and Development concerns. 


       

  • Municipal Equipment and Facilities

The LGU owns facilities and equipment such as Health center, gymnasium,  auditorium, executive and legislative, national, e-center, MDRRMC and Senior Citizen’s buildings. There are also existing service vehicle  and other machinery equipment such as computer, printer, xerox machine, typewriter and television. Moreover, the LGU has furniture and fixture that are intact under the name of every accountable personnel such as executive table, executive chairs, and office cabinet. Furthermore, every barangays has rescue vehicle, covered court, barangay hall and furniture and fixture.               


                                                                                                                                            

  • Municipal Officials and Personnel

Municipality has 400 total number of employees and composed of twelve (12) Elected Officials that includes the Municipal Mayor, Municipal Vice-Mayor, SB Members and the Ex-Officio, one (1) Co-terminos, one hundred eight (108) Permanent, seventy-two (72) Casual and two hundred seven (207) Job Orders.

2021 No. of LGU Personnel

  Male Female Total
Elected 10 2 12
Co-Terminos 0 1 1
Casual 49 23 72
Permanent 46 62 108
Job Order 134 73 207
Total No. of Personnel  

 

   

400

 


            Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) Awards:

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            Year 2017

            Year 2018

            Year 2019