Bacarra | |
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Municipality of Bacarra | |
Bacarra Municipal Hall | |
![]() Map of Ilocos Norte with Bacarra highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 18°15′07″N120°36′39″E / 18.251886°N 120.610714°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Ilocos Region |
Province | Ilocos Norte |
District | 1st district |
Founded | 1778 |
Barangays | 43 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Nicomedes C. dela Cruz Jr. |
• Vice Mayor | Jose A. Pilar Jr. |
• Representative | Ferdinand Alexander A. Marcos III |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 22,671 voters (2025) |
Area | |
• Total | 65.32 km2 (25.22 sq mi) |
Elevation | 26 m (85 ft) |
Highest elevation | 145 m (476 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2024 census) [3] | |
• Total | 32,734 |
• Density | 500/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
• Households | 8,620 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 3rd municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 5.79 |
• Revenue | ₱ 230.1 million (2022) |
• Assets | ₱ 313.4 million (2022) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 214.5 million (2022) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 59.07 million (2022) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Ilocos Norte Electric Cooperative (INEC) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 2916 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)77 |
Native languages | Ilocano Tagalog |
Website | www |
Bacarra, officially the Municipality of Bacarra (Ilocano : Ili ti Bacarra; Tagalog : Bayan ng Bacarra) is a municipality in the province of Ilocos Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 33,496 people. [5]
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 9.00 kilometres (5.59 mi) from the provincial capital Laoag, and 494.51 kilometres (307.27 mi) from the country's capital city of Manila.
Bacarra is politically subdivided into 43 barangays. [6] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios. [7]
Climate data for Bacarra, Ilocos Norte | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 26 (79) | 28 (82) | 30 (86) | 32 (90) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 26 (79) | 29 (85) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 20 (68) | 20 (68) | 21 (70) | 23 (73) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 22 (72) | 21 (70) | 23 (73) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 55 (2.2) | 41 (1.6) | 37 (1.5) | 41 (1.6) | 184 (7.2) | 215 (8.5) | 261 (10.3) | 256 (10.1) | 245 (9.6) | 216 (8.5) | 142 (5.6) | 129 (5.1) | 1,822 (71.8) |
Average rainy days | 14.1 | 11.1 | 11.8 | 12.5 | 21.8 | 25.2 | 25.5 | 24.9 | 23.8 | 18.2 | 16.4 | 17.0 | 222.3 |
Source: Meteoblue [8] |
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Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] |
In the 2020 census, the population of Bacarra was 33,496 people, [14] with a density of 510 inhabitants per square kilometre or 1,300 inhabitants per square mile.
Poverty incidence of Bacarra
10 20 30 40 2000 22.08 2003 32.88 2006 11.70 2009 13.20 2012 4.45 2015 7.48 2018 3.43 2021 5.79 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] |
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, 2022 – June 30, 2025: [23] [24]
1898–Present: [25]
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. [26]