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CREATION:  Became the capital town of Aurora Sub-Province on June 14, 1951

                                                under Republic Act No. 648 and remained the seat of government of

                                                Aurora Province on November 21, 1978 under Batas PambansaBlg. 7.

 

LAND AREA:                       9,255 hectares.

 

POPULATION:                     36,010 (2010 NSO Census)

                                                Voting Population:             21,474 (as of November 2012)

                                                No. of Precincts:                 Established: (159);

                                                                                                Clustered: (32)

 

NO. OF BARANGAYS: 13 barangays

 

1.                     Brgy. 01 (Pob.)                                           8.                     Obligacion

2.                     Brgy. 02 (Pob.)                                           9.                     Pingit

3.                     Brgy. 03 (Pob.)                                           10.                  Reserva

4.                     Brgy. 04 (Pob.)                                           11.                  Sabang

5.                     Brgy. 05 (Pob.)                                           12.                  Suklayin

6.                     Buhangin                              13.                  Zabali

7.                     Calabuanan                          

 

INCOME CLASSIFICATION:                    3rd Class Municipality

 

TOWN FIESTA:                                           August 19 - Birth Anniversary of Pres. Manuel Luis Quezon

                                                                        August 19 - Coco-Sabutan Festival

 

PATRONAL FIESTA: August 19 - Feast Day of San Luis Obispo de Tolosa

 

TOURIST SPOTS:

 

• Aniao Islets                                                                       • Lt. Commander James Gilmore Marker

• Cemento Beach & Cobra Reef              • Museo de Baler

• Dicasalarin Beach/Cove                                                • Quezon Memorial Park

• Digisit                                                                                • Sabang Beach

• Dimadimalangat                                                              • San Luis Obispo Parish

&Luksu-lukso Islets                                    (Baler Catholic Church)

• Doña Aurora Memorial Shrine           • Santo Entierro

• Ermita Hill

 

PRODUCTS: coconut, rice, fish, citrus, processed food, sabutan, forest-based

                                                wood/non-wood products, livestock

 

 

BRIEF HISTORY:

 

Baler, Casiguran, and Infanta came to be known between 1570 and 1576 when Spanish

conquistador Juan de Salcedo explored Luzon. Fray Esteban Ortiz, a Franciscan missionary,

arrived in Luzon in 1578, while Fray Blas Palomino who led six other came to Baler, Casiguran, and Palanan in 1609. Franciscan friar Francisco de San Antonio, who was in charge of Baler from 1611 to 1616, led the building of the first church of Baler. On December 27, 1735, a great storm came and a huge wave called tromba marina swept to the sea the old settlement of Baler. Survivors belonging to the family of the Angara, Bijasa, Bitong, Carrasco, Lumasac, and Poblete swam into the safe plateau of Ermita Hill. Thus new community sprang into what is now the Poblacion of Baler, leaving

“Kinagunasan,” the place of devastation.

 

The word “Baler” is said to have rooted from the name of Vale, an old woman; Dumagat

wordbalid meaning “to return”; name of LakanBalid, a nobleman; and balod, a mountain

dove (palomamontes), a word entry found in Vocabulario de la LenguaTagala by Juan

deNoceda and Pedro de Sanlucar in 1754.

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