GEOGRAPHICAL
BACKGROUND
Bulusan
is bounded on the north by the Municipality of Barcelona, on the west by the
active Bulusan Volcano and the Municipality of Irosin, on the south by the
Municipality of Sta. Magdalena, and on the east by the Embocadero (San
Bernardino Strait) which opens to the vast Pacific Ocean. Being situated as
such, the town enjoys the pristine beauty of nature with its mountains,
forests, lakes, rivers, falls, springs, and white-sand beaches. However, being
near the Pacific also poses major economic problems. Frequent typhoons usually
originating from the open east seas use Bulusan and the entire Bicol Region as
one of its highways, leaving the crops and poorly-built houses damaged.
MAPS
Bulusan,
the Bicol Region, and some Visayan islands
Bulusan
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Bulusan Proper/Poblacion |
Bulusan Proper - San Roque
HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND
According
to some history books, Bulusan was founded as a pueblo civil in 1631,
a year after it became a parroquia. In 1757, it was one of the eight
(8) surviving towns of Albay. A gobernadorcillo/capitan municipal administered
the town. However, there are no records available of the town's executive
before 1758. When the Province of Sorsogon was established on October 17,
1894, Bulusan was ceded to it from Albay.
BULUSAN
TODAY
At present, Bulusan belongs to the
second congressional district of Sorsogon Province, together with Prieto Diaz,
Gubat, Barcelona, Irosin, Sta. Magdalena, Juban, Bulan, and Matnog.
Classified as a "5th Class partially urban" municipality (as of
March 2001) by the National Statistics Coordinating Board, Bulusan is
one of the province's so-called "sleepy towns".
Nevertheless, its people are doing their best to improve the town's low
profile by working hand in hand in the development of both the agricultural
and tourism sectors. To further boost the town's potentials, it had also
been declared an Ecological Tourist Zone, thanks to a law passed in the
1990s. Bulusan was also the "cleanest & greenest local
government unit of the Philippines, category A, for CY 1997, in the province
of Sorsogon".
Tasked
with the duty of serving the people, the
municipal government is headed by the Mayor together with the Sangguniang
Bayan (Municipal Council) members composed of the Vice-Mayor, eight (8)
elected municipal councilors, the ABC (Association of Barangay Captains)
President, & the SK (Sangguniang Kabataan) President.
Bulusan's
agricultural, residential, and forest lands are subdivided into 24 barangays
and several sitios. These include the following: Central, Looban, Poctol,
Madlawon, Sapngan, Dapdap, Sabang, Mabuhay, Parola, San Rafael (Licod), Lubas,
San Bernardo (Dinoronan), Tinampo, Cogon, Lalud, San Antonio (Balete),
Salvacion, San Roque, Catorse Puno, Layô, San Francisco (Capangihan), San
Jose (Lower), San Jose (Upper), Dancalan, Tawog, Porog, San Isidro,
Capiricohan, Buhang, Santa Barbara (Odiquin), and San Ramon (Bagacay).
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