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| Municipality of Bacarra | |
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| Government | |
| Region | Ilocos (Region I) |
| Province | Ilocos Norte |
| District | 1st District of Ilocos Norte |
| Barangays | 43 |
| Income class: | 4th Class; Partially Urban |
| Founded | 1778 |
| Mayor | Necomedes Dela Cruz
website = www.bacarra.gov.ph |
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| Area | 65.51 km² |
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| Coordinates | 18°15' N, 120°37' E |
Bacarra is a 4th class municipality in the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 29,668 people in 6,289 households.
Since 1778 to the present (1988) or a span of 210 years, Bacarra has been administered by 131 town executives, who were either appointed or elected as gobernadorcillos, capitanes municipal, presidentes and mayors.
Don Manuel Paras became the first town executive of Bacarra in 1778 while Don Marcelo Dacuycuy was the last town executive under the Spanish colonial rule. However, he continued as president in 1899 and was replaced by Don Andres Lazo under the American Civil Government.
Don Torcuato Ver was the first mayor under the Commonwealth of the Philippines that was established in 1935. Meanwhile, Hon. Justo A. Pilar was the last mayor the Commonwealth government as well as the first mayor appointed under the Republic of the Philippines.
Atty. Felix A. Rivera who assumed office as mayor in 1948 was the first elected town mayor under the Republic of the Philippines. Hon. Leonardo A. Velasco served as mayor of Bacarra for about 20 years.
Hon. Philip C. Velasco was an OIC mayor in 1987. Hon. Jose Pilar who was elected in the local election on January 18,1988. Hon. Pacifico C. Velasco was elected in the local election on May 1992 and Hon. Philip Corpus Velasco was elected last May 2001.
Barangays
Bacarra is politically subdivided into 43 barangays.
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External links
- Pasyalan Ilocos Norte
- Municipality of Bacarra
- Philippine Standard Geographic Code
- 2000 Philippine Census Information
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