Municipality of Bangui

Bangui id located at the northwestern part of the province, 65.9 kilometers away from Laoag City. Its boundaries are the Bolo River of Pagudpud on the north, the town of Vintar on the south, Dumalneg on the east and the town of Burgos on the west.

It has an aggregate land are of 163.59 square kilometers or 16,359 hectares. More than three-fourths of the total land area are mountains and waters. Northwest of the town is a beautiful bay and to the east and southern part are verdant mountains and hills with fertile valleys at their feet, criss-crossed by rivers that flow towards the blue China Sea.

The climate condition of the town is very different from those of the rest of the province. The rainy season is long, because it is affected by the climatic conditions of Cagayan Valley, while the dry season is very short.

There are 15 developing barangays of the town, one of which is within the poblacion. These barangays are the following:

San Lorenzo, Barangay 1, is the poblacion barangay inhabited by sturdy people. Nagbalagan, Barangay 2, is the oldest barangay and is located just a walking distance east of the poblacion, fresh water fishes and shells can be gathered from its forms running water. Abaca, Barangay 3, is famous for its rope products. Masikil, Barangay 4, is where the Hacienda Cacafean is located. Banban, Barangay 5, is a prospecous barangay which produces garlic, tobacco, poultry, swine and cattle, Lanao, Barangay 6, is the second oldest and is the richest barangay where enterprising and adventurous people live. Baruyen, Barangay 7, where the zigzag road is located, is considered the gate of Bangui at the south. San Isidro, Barangay 8, is located at the foot of the mountain where the Bolo Irrigation Dam is located. Malasin, Barangay 9, is famous for its native fish like dalag, paltat and tilapia. Tanguiporo, Barangay 10 is a former sitio of Baruyen. It is virtually an island, because it is at the center of two rivers.

Payac, Barangay 11, is the farmers barangay from the town proper. Manayon, Barangay 12, is an infant barangay in the east where hardworking and adventurous people live. Utol, Barangay 13, is situated along the road. It is newly organized barangay and the gateway to Dadaor, Barangay 15, is located at the Sentinela hill, and Dadaor, Barangay 15, is located at the top of a hill.

Infrastructure Development.

Foremost of the infrastructure projects since 1980 is the construction of the national highway beginning from Burgos, passing through the Baruyen zigzag road and ending in Barangay Lanao. This is the Burgos-Bangui sector of the Laoag-Allacapan Road improvement of project. The concrete road which passes through Bangui is considered a very challenging engineering achievement in the country considering the rugged terrain of the Baruyen Zigzag Road.

To solve the problem of classroom shortage because of the rapid growth of the population, schools building for the various schools were constructed.  Bridges and all barangay roads, especially those leading to the market from the barangays, are properly maintained, because of the regular release of funds for their maintenance.

Economic Development.

The development of Agriculture is the priority of the local administration, because farming and fishing are the basic industries and source of livelihood of the people. Agricultural lands, including the idle ones, are developed to accelerate food production, with the assistance of the Department of Agriculture which has introduced to the people different modern farming ands fishing techniques. Demonstration farms were also established in pilot areas to enable farmers to observe the effects of fertilizer and insecticides on high yielding seeds.