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As old folks used

to tell, there were
only three
barangays that
comprised
Polangui then in
the year 1654 when
Father Alonzo de
San Juan founded
the pueblo of Binan
uaan. Amoguis and
several other
settlements were
part of Barangay
Amoguis 147.13 518 Rural UADC Unknown
Layugay (now
known as Lanigay).
With the passing of
time, these sitios
became
independent
barangays
through RA 2370 or
the Barrio
Charter enacted
during the term of
President Carlos P.
Garcia on June 20,
1959.

As the people of
this barangay, the
name was derived
from the name of
the tree that once
thrived the place.
That tree was
Cotmon 485.30 529 Rural UADC called kutmon in
the locality. Later,
the form was
changed and
Hispanicized, thus
the form being
used today, as was
with the naming of
most places. The
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kutmon
is katmon in the
Filipino language's
orthography.

Kinuartelan 341.27 587 Rural UADC

Lourdes 348.71 594 Rural UADC

La Purisima 493.02 613 Rural RADC

Santa Cruz 280.51 652 Rural UADC

La Medalla 368.27 841 Rural RADC

Danao 383.50 879 Rural UADC

Pinagdapuga
190.91 888 Rural UADC
n

Maysua 430.15 891 Rural UADC

Pintor
(Binangbang 182.94 918 Rural UADC
an)

Santa
285.13 927 Rural RADC
Teresita

Buyo 220.11 990 Rural UADC The place derived It was a sitio of
its name from mother barangay
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"buyo", a native Lanigay in the

name of a vine early years. It was
which is an established as an
ingredient for independent
making "ikmo" or barangay in the
"nganga", which year 1946, under
thrives abundantly the administration
in the place. of Mayor Manuel
Samson, Sr.

Mendez 165.90 991 Rural UADC

Anopol was a
former sitio of
Barrio Lanigay. It
The barangay got became an
its name from a independent barrio
vine called pursuant to RA
"anopol", with the 3590 or the Revised
leaves that climb Barrio
Anopol 200.32 1,085 Rural UADC
on tall trees and Charter enacted
are commonly during the term of
found along river President Carlos P.
banks, creeks and Garcia on June 22,
natural springs. 1963. Its first
administrator was
Bienvenido
Cellona.

Salvacion 175.99 1,088 Rural RADC

As old folks say,

During the early
the place was
years, Alomon was
inhabited by
a sitio of Barrio
people who are
Kinale. Its first
Poblacio very industrious,
Alomon 154.19 1,167 Urban Teniente del Barrio
n that even in the
was Domingo
evening they work
Satorre, who was
at their farms.
responsible for its
There was then a
establishment as an
visitor in the
independent barrio
barrio, a foreigner,
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who greeted the in 1972.

workers in the
ricefields, and
jokingly greeted
the bright moon in
this way: "Hello
Moon!". Thinking
that the stranger
was naming the
place, the residents
remembered it as
"Hello Moon". As
the time passed by,
the place was
named as Alomon.

A sitio of Barrio
Lanigay during the
early years of
Spanish rule, it
was the center of
convergence of
several upland
sitios namely:
Kinuartelan, La A sitio of Barrio
Medalla, Upper Lanigay during the
Santicon, San early years of
Roque and several Spanish rule, it was
other sitios. the center of
During that time, convergence of
Apad 455.76 1,323 Rural RADC the only means of several upland
transportation was sitios namely:
the "RailBoss" of Kinuartelan, La
the Ferrocarril de Medalla, Upper
Manila- Santicon, San
Dagupan (predece Roque and several
ccor of other sitios.
the Philippine
National
Railways). The
"railbos" had its
terminal located in
Apad, thus
becoming known
as "Parada". As
years passed by,
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the word was

corrupted until it
became Apad.

Formerly a sitio of
Barangay Balinad,
it became an
Old folks traces
independent barrio
the
in 1967.
name Balaba from
Councilwoman
the word "balabag
Benigna Calpe was
na dalan", or the
Balaba 510.40 1,355 Rural UADC the sponsor of the
crookedness of its
resolution creating
road due to the
Balaba. First
steepness of its
appointed Teniente
slope leading to
del Barrio was
the settlement.
Carlos Sangat,
serving from 1948
to 1951.

Lidong was the

center of
commerce back
then. The 'saūd' or
market, where the
'agtâs' bartered
their goods with
rice from the vast
'uma' or rice farms
of 'Langtad' and
'Lidong', as well as
Lidong 121.26 1,355 Rural UADC with fresh-caught
fish from Lake
Buhi, was near
where the two
tributary rivers that
meet to form one
river. The water in
the area where the
rivers meet swirls
so that when the
traders from one
side crosses with
their 'balsa' gets
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'nauseated' or in
local term 'libūng'.
Soon the
corruption and
Hispanicization of
the word arrived to
its present form.

Magpanamb
251.87 1,361 Rural RADC
o

Maynaga 262.39 1,361 Rural UADC

Gamot 345.17 1,395 Rural UADC

Cotnogan 231.13 1,405 Rural RADC

Old folks narrate

that "two
American
strangers came and Cepres was
rested for a while, originally a sitio of
and saw people mother barangay
planting cypress sh Lanigay. It was
rubs and remarked known as Cepres
Cepres 263.35 1,414 Rural UADC that this place is during the early
safe to rest". The years of 1930
natives thought during the term of
that the Americans Marciano Rosela as
were referring to their Teniente del
the shrubs. From Barrio.
that time on, the
place as known
as Cepres.

San Roque 301.32 1,533 Rural RADC

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As with other
present barangays
of Polangui,
Balangibang was a
sitio of Lanigay
(the mother
barangay in the
early years of
Spanish rule). It
was a vast
agricultural land
owned by the
Alsua/Buenviaje
and Catalina vda.
de Gloria families.
With the
Poblacio
Balangibang 269.95 1,600 Urban Unknown implementation of
n
the Comprehensive
Agrarian Reform
Law (CARL)
during the term of
President Diosdado
Macapagal, these
ricelands were
distributed to the
tenants tilling the
lands. With the
enactment of
the Revised Barrio
Charter in 1963,
Balangibang
became an
independent barrio.

Itaran 312.09 1,740 Rural UADC

A sitio of Barangay
Ponso in the early
Poblacio days, it was a
Alnay 214.87 2,194 Urban Unknown
n verdant place full
of ricefields. In the
latter part of the
60's, Dr. Esteban
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Ante (deceased), a
landowner,
developed his
ricefields into a
subdivision, thus
attracting people to
reside in the place.
With that
development,
Councilor Santiago
M. Revale passed a
resolution creating
Alnay as an
independent
barangay. It was
approved and
concurred in by
the Sangguniang
Panlalawigan of
Albay, headed then
by Governor Felix
Imperial.

Poblacio
Kinale 176.39 2,204 Urban
n

When the
settlement of
Lanigay was hit by
Due to increased a conflagration in
development in the 1654 including the
area, this former church,
sitio of Lanigay the encargado deci
became a barangay ded to transfer the
Centro Poblacio
29.12 2,264 Urban of its own and was church to the
Oriental n
called Centro present site where
Oriental, as it is in it stands (now in
the eastern portion present-day Centro
of the Poblacion Occidental). The
(centro). church, municipal
building and the
market site were all
eventually situated
here, so the place
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was considered the

centro of the
Pueblo (divided
into Centro
Oriental or the
eastern portion and
Centro Occidental
or the western
portion). It was the
center of
commerce, seat of
government and the
center of religious
activities. When
the Revised Barrio
Charter was
enacted in 1963,
Centro Oriental and
Centro Occidental
both became
independent
barangays.

Santicon 393.38 2,744 Rural RADC

The
name Balinad origi
Barangay Balinad
nated from the
is one of the
name of a certain
original mother
tree called
Balinad 727.65 3,032 Rural UADC barangays that was
"sorsogon"
established when
(locally known as
Polangui was
"balinad"), which
founded.
grew abundantly in
the said place.

Napo 361.85 3,113 Rural UADC

Poblacio
Gabon 88.67 3,223 Urban
n
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Poblacio
Ubaliw 221.44 3,235 Urban
n

The old name of

this sitio during
the early Spanish
rule was "Bato Lis A certain Angel
Non". On the Servas was the
eastern side of the first Teniente del
sitio was Sitio Barrio to lead a
Matakot, or known group of 24
to be later households in the
as Matacon. early years of
Because of the Spanish rule.
difficulty in Others to follow
remembering its were: Antonio
Agos 298.84 3,356 Rural RADC former name, Mendoza, Paulino
visitors and Segui, Vicente
strangers to the Epres, Eustaquio
sitio would easily Seda, Pedro
remember the wide General (first to
river that separates assume the position
the province of of Barangay
Albay and Captain),
Camarines Sur, Felicisimo
the Agos River. Cagnayo Sr., and
Thus, as time Rogelio Laynes.
passed by, the
barangay was
named Agos.

Due to increased Barangay Centro

development in the Occidental used to
area, this former be a sitio of
Centro sitio of Lanigay Barangay Lanigay.
Occidental (s became a barangay When the latter's
Poblacio
eat of church 191.82 3,384 Urban of its own and was settlement was hit
n
and called Centro by a conflagration
government) Occidental, as it is in 1654 including
in the western the church,
portion of the the encargado deci
Poblacion (centro). ded to transfer the
It is also popularly church to the
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called "Ilaod". present site where

This is because it stands (now in
when people go to present-day Centro
the market, they Occidental). The
would call it church, municipal
"Iraya" (meaning building and the
upstream) and market site were all
when they go eventually situated
home, they would here, so the place
say "Ilaod" was considered the
(meaning centro of the
downstream). Pueblo (divided
into Centro
Oriental or the
eastern portion and
Centro Occidental
or the western
portion). It was the
center of
commerce, seat of
government and the
center of religious
activities.

When the Revised

Barrio Charter was
enacted in 1963,
Centro Oriental and
Centro Occidental
both became
independent
barangays. Years
later, the Philippine
National
Railways (PNR)
station was
constructed at
Barangay Basud. It
was decided that
the public market
be transferred near
the station. But
because the seat of
government and the
parish church were
still in place,
Centro Occidental
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remains the de
facto centro of the
Municipality of
Polangui. As
population grew
fast, development
in the area grew
fast too. More
residential houses
were constructed
on the vast track
of talahib.
Elementary and
secondary schools
were also
established.

As old folks
narrated the story,
Basud got its name
It used to be a part
when the earlier
of Sitio Ubaliw that
farmer settlers
belongs to the
backfilled the
mother barangay of
lower portion of
Lanigay in the
the fields with
early settlement
"basud" (sand).
years of Spanish
This was the area
rule. When the
between the
Poblacio center
Basud 116.34 3,408 Urban boundary of
n of Pueblo was
Polangui and Oas.
transferred from
Large tract of
Lanigay to the
lands were filled
present poblacion,
with sand in the
these two (Basud
desire of the
and Ubaliw)
farmers to make
became
the area
independent
productive. Due to
barangays.
that development,
the place was
known as Basud.
Lanigay 313.06 3,592 Rural RADC
Poblacio
Sugcad 372.85 3,637 Urban
n
Poblacio
Magurang 115.22 3,846 Urban
n
Matacon 317.64 4,148 Urban Poblacio
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n
Poblaci
Ponso 317.91 4,927 Urban on