Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya
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Bambang is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines
Philippines
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. According to the latest census, it has a population of 45,440 people in 8,742 households.
History
Bambang has its beginning in the early period of Spanish colonization. The name "Bambang" is an Isinay word meaning "to dig".The first mission that dared to penetrate the dangerous wilderness and insect-infested jungles of what is southern Nueva Vizcaya today was by the Dominican Order
Dominican Order
The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...
in 1607. However, it was only two years later (1609) when a Dominican missionary come from Pangasinan. Father Tomas Gutierez arrived to establish the first missionary settlement. This settlement was subsequently called Ytuy which today actually comprises the towns of Aritao
Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya
Aritao is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 34,206 people in 6,276 households....
, Dupax
Dupax
Dupax may refer to:* Dupax del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines* Dupax del Sur, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines...
, Bambang and a part of the Igorot
Igorot
Cordillerans are the people of the Cordillera region, in the Philippines island of Luzon. The word, Igorot is a misnomer term invented by the Spaniards in mockery against the Nortnern Luzon tribes. The word ‘Igorot’ also as coined and applied by the Spaniards means a savage, head-hunting and...
tribal lands to the west (now Kayapa
Kayapa, Nueva Vizcaya
Kayapa is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 20,806 people in 3,506 households.-Barangays:Kayapa is politically subdivided into 30 barangays.* Acacia...
). Originally these places were inhabited by the Aetas and Panuypuyes (Aritao
Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya
Aritao is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 34,206 people in 6,276 households....
), the Ilongots
Ilongots
The Ilongots are a tribe who inhabit the southern Sierra Madre and Caraballo Mountains, on the east side of Luzon Island in the Philippines, primarily in the provinces of Nueva Vizcaya and Nueva Ecija and along the mountain border between the provinces of Quirino and Aurora. Presently, there are...
(Dupax
Dupax
Dupax may refer to:* Dupax del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines* Dupax del Sur, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines...
and Bambang) and the lgorot
Igorot
Cordillerans are the people of the Cordillera region, in the Philippines island of Luzon. The word, Igorot is a misnomer term invented by the Spaniards in mockery against the Nortnern Luzon tribes. The word ‘Igorot’ also as coined and applied by the Spaniards means a savage, head-hunting and...
in the area west from the present native population of Dupax
Dupax
Dupax may refer to:* Dupax del Norte, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines* Dupax del Sur, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines...
, Aritao
Aritao, Nueva Vizcaya
Aritao is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 34,206 people in 6,276 households....
and Bambang came about by the inter-marriages of the tribes mentioned above.
Barangays
Bambang is politically subdivided into 25 barangayBarangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
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Education
Tertiary- Eastern Luzon Colleges
- Nueva Vizcaya State University
- Advocates College
High School
- Saint Catherine's School
- Nueva Vizcaya State University
- Bambang National High School
- Salinas High School
¤ Kiddie Kingdom International School
Primary School
- Saint Catherine's School
- Aurora Christian School Foundation
¤ Kiddie Kingdom International School
Elementary/Middle School
- Saint Catherine's School
- Aurora Christian School Foundation
- Abinganan Elementary School
- Bambang West Elementary School
- Bambang Central School
- Bambang North Central School
- Bambang East Elementary School
- Almaguer North Elementary School
- Almaguer South Elementary School
- San Antonio South Elementary School
- San Antonio North Elementary School
- Camella SNV Montessori School