BARANGAY CAGBANG


Brief History

Barangay Cagbang is a small barrio situated along the western part of the Municipality of Miag-ao, Iloilo. It is bounded in the West part by Barangay Banbanan, Barangay Saring on the East, Barangay Tumagboc on the Northern part and Barangay Frantilla on the Southern part. It has a distance of 7 kilometers from poblacion.

Barangay Cagbang is known as pottery world in such that people here seems to have a simply way pf living. Most of the people engaged in pottery making as their ways and means of livelihood. Others are also engaged in farming, cattle, hog/swine and poultry raising.

Every place has its own story to tell, like the other barangays, Cagbang has a story on how it got its name.

According to the ancestors of the place, long time ago during the Spanish regime, Spaniards are wandering from place to place. When Spaniard soldiers came, they same a man with his cow having different colors. This make the Spaniards wonder why the cow has a unique color. So the soldiers asked the owner of the cow if what is the name of this place. Due to man's ignorance, he can't fully understand the question of the soldier so the man replied "Cambang", thinking that the soldier was asking him about the color of his cow. From then on, when Spaniards came back to the place, the word "cambang" was used to locate the place. People as well repeatedly saying and calling the barrio "cambang" but later on as the time go by, "cambang" as what they call became "cagbang". This is the history of Barangay Cagbang.


Vision/Mission

For the happiness and progressive life of Cagbangon, by encouraging the people to cooperate with the barangay officials.

Objectives

  1. To construct the barangay hall.
  2. To construct steel and concrete barangay footbridge
  3. To develop pottery industry.

Strategies/Proposed Priority Projects

  1. Solicit financial assistance from government and private entities.
  2. To provide individual jigger wheel to every every pottery maker.
  3. To maintain clean and green program, livelihood projects and conduct tree planting in watershed areas.
  4. To hold fund raising campaign.

Barangay Profile

General Profile

Barangay Officials

Ronnie Montero Punong Barangay
Ricardo Valero Jr. Kagawad
Ricky Magbanua Kagawad
Freddie Failansa Kagawad
Jimmy Faingason Kagawad
Preciosa Nuevacobita Kagawad
Elmer Narido Kagawad
Jonna Alog Kagawad
April Narido SK Chairman
Nida Fajalongo Barangay Secretary
Rosenda Malala Barangay Treasurer

Economic Profile

Total Land Area

Agricultural 665,794 square meters
Residential 10,606 square meters
Number of transportation available in the barangay Jeepney, Bicycle

Social Profile

Total population 269
Number of male 142
Number of female 127
Number of youths 22
Number of households 56
Number of houses 54
List of sports facilities Basketball ball, chess, basketball board
List of recreational facilities Basketball court
Number of college students 5
Number of high school students 18
Number of elementary pupils 31
Number of pre-schoolers 4
Prevailing religion Roman Catholic

Infrastructure Profile

Number of Houses with Electricity 34
Number of Houses without Electricity 20
Presence of road and estimated length Cemented barangay road at least 1 meter wide
Number of Bridges and Length 1 = 8 ft. wide & 100 ft. long
Number of Communication Facilities cellphones 5
Number of Water Supply System Jetmatic pump 10, Electric Water Pumps 6, Spring Water 2

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