Boliney

Boliney
Municipality
Municipality of Boliney
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Map of Abra with Boliney highlighted
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Boliney Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 17°23′N120°49′E / 17.38°N 120.82°E / 17.38; 120.82
Country	Philippines
Region	Cordillera Administrative Region
Province	Abra
District	Lone district
Barangays	8 (see Barangays)
Government   [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
•  Mayor	Ronald L. Balao-as(Asenso)
•  Vice Mayor	Julius S. Balao-as(Asenso)
•  Representative	Menchie B. Bernos(NP)
•  Municipal Council	Members Edmund L. Stimson Sotto A. Wilson Benipaz S. Balao-as Balnawi S. Balao-as Dangwa B. Bersamin Danilo S. Stimson Jonathan C. Salabao Loreto A. Bacuyag
•  Electorate	3,025 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	216.92 km2 (83.75 sq mi)
Elevation	736 m (2,415 ft)
Highest elevation	1,520 m (4,990 ft)
Lowest elevation	275 m (902 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [3]
• Total	4,551
• Density	21/km2 (54/sq mi)
•  Households	871
Economy
•  Income class	5th municipal income class
•  Poverty incidence	5.59 % (2021) [4]
•  Revenue	₱
•  Assets	₱
•  Expenditure	₱
•  Liabilities	₱
Service provider
• Electricity	Abra Electric Cooperative (ABRECO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	2815
PSGC	140102000
IDD  :  area code	+63 (0)74
Native languages	Itneg Ilocano Tagalog

Boliney, officially the Municipality of Boliney (Ilocano : Ili ti Boliney; Tagalog : Bayan ng Boliney), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Abra, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 4,551 people. ^[3]

Boliney is bounded to the north by Sallapadan, Bucloc, and Daguioman, to the east by Tubo and the provinces of Kalinga and Mountain Province, and to the west by of Luba and Manabo.

Geography

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 216.92 square kilometres (83.75 sq mi)  ^[5] constituting 5.21% of the 4,165.25-square-kilometre- (1,608.21 sq mi) total area of Abra.

Barangays

Boliney is politically subdivided into 8 barangays. ^[6] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

PSGC	Barangay	Population			±% p.a.
		2020 [3]		2010 [7]
140102001	Amti	10.1%	459	411	▴	1.11%
140102002	Bao-yan	13.6%	617	577	▴	0.67%
140102003	Danac East	11.8%	538	518	▴	0.38%
140102008	Danac West	15.0%	681	618	▴	0.98%
140102004	Dao-angan	9.8%	446	399	▴	1.12%
140102005	Dumagas	11.3%	514	387	▴	2.88%
140102006	Kilong-Olao	6.1%	277	234	▴	1.70%
140102007	Poblacion (Boliney)	22.4%	1,019	919	▴	1.04%
	Total		4,551	4,551		0.00%

Climate

Climate data for Boliney, Abra
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	26 (79)	27 (81)	29 (84)	31 (88)	30 (86)	30 (86)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	29 (84)	28 (82)	26 (79)	29 (83)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	19 (66)	19 (66)	20 (68)	22 (72)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	23 (73)	22 (72)	21 (70)	20 (68)	22 (71)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	23 (0.9)	28 (1.1)	33 (1.3)	64 (2.5)	232 (9.1)	242 (9.5)	258 (10.2)	266 (10.5)	245 (9.6)	201 (7.9)	87 (3.4)	69 (2.7)	1,748 (68.7)
Average rainy days	8.3	8.0	10.8	15.2	23.7	26.1	27.0	25.8	23.5	17.3	13.7	12.1	211.5
Source: Meteoblue [8]

Demographics

Population census of Boliney

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1918	945	—
1939	1,497	+2.21%
1948	1,579	+0.59%
1960	2,326	+3.28%
1970	3,175	+3.16%
1975	2,902	−1.79%
1980	3,060	+1.07%
1990	3,773	+2.12%
1995	3,156	−3.29%
2000	3,340	+1.22%
2007	3,349	+0.04%
2010	4,063	+7.29%
2015	3,573	−2.42%
2020	4,551	+4.87%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [9] [7] [10] [11]

In the 2020 census, Boliney had a population of 4,551. ^[3] The population density was 21 inhabitants per square kilometre (54/sq mi).

The municipality's population consists of the Cordillera sub-tribes, namely Masadiit of the Tingguian Tribes, Belwang of the Igorot and Balatoc of the Kalinga tribe. Descendants of the other Tinguian sub-tribes are also represented in Boliney such as Binongan, Banao, Maeng, Ammotan (now called Muyadan of Manabo).

Economy

Poverty incidence of Boliney

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 2006 76.00 2009 50.55 2012 65.98 2015 18.84 2018 32.97 2021 5.59 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]

The main source of livelihood of the people of Boliney comes from their rice terraces. But most of their rice lands were either seriously damaged or totally lost due to the landslides, mud piles, and by the killer quakes in 1990 and 1992. They get most of their rice now from Bangued, while other mountain municipalities supplied some of the rice needs of some nearby lowland municipalities.

Rehabilitation have been on the communal facilities such as roads, trails, irrigation systems, footbridges and rice fields by the Masadiit Farmers Cooperative Inc. (MFCI) with the fund amounting to ₱2,903 million from the Presidential Management Staff and by the Inter NGO Disaster Relief Services (INDRS) with the fund amounting C$292,516.00, ₱7 million from Oxfam.

Government

Local government

Main article: Sangguniang Bayan

Boliney, belonging to the lone congressional district of the province of Abra, 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

Members of the Municipal Council
(2022–2025) ^[20]

Position	Name
Congressman	Menchie B. Bernos(NP)
Mayor	Ronald Balao-as(Asenso)
Vice-Mayor	Julius Balao-as(Asenso)
Councilors (# new elected)	Edmund L. Stimson(Asenso)
	# Sotto A. Wilson(Asenso)
	Benipaz S. Balao-as(Asenso)
	Balnawi S. Balao-as(Asenso)
	Dangwa Bersamin(Asenso)
	Danilo Stimson(Asenso)
	# Jonathan Salabao(Asenso)
	# Loreto A. Bacuyag(Asenso)

Transportation

Boliney is situated 62 kilometres (39 mi) from the capital town of Bangued, and can be reached by road which was completed in 1974. Prior to this, it was accessible only by hiking a 24-kilometre (15 mi) long mountain trail.

After 1974, the road was extended by about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) before reaching Danac, the farthest barangay. The present-day road is now as far as the Poblacion; however, the rest of the road has been abandoned.

References

1.   Municipality of Boliney | (DILG)
2. "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN   0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
3. Census of Population (2020). "Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved July 8, 2021.
4. "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. April 2, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
5. "Province: Abra". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved November 12, 2016.
6. "Municipal: Boliney". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved January 8, 2016.
7. Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)" (PDF). Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office . Retrieved June 29, 2016.
8. "Boliney: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved April 25, 2020.
9. Census of Population (2015). "Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved June 20, 2016.
10. Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.
11. "Province of Abra". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
12. "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
13. "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. November 29, 2005.
14. "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. March 23, 2009.
15. "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. August 3, 2012.
16. "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. May 31, 2016.
17. "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. July 10, 2019.
18. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. December 15, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
19. "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. April 2, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
20. "2019 National and Local Elections" (PDF). Commission on Elections. Retrieved March 11, 2022.

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code