Country Philippines Founded 1963 Time zone PST (UTC+8) Province Mountain Province Population 7,818 (2010) | District Lone District Barangays Area 173.6 km² Local time Sunday 9:39 AM Dialling code 74 | |
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Region Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) Weather 23°C, Wind NW at 2 km/h, 75% Humidity Neighborhoods Catengan, Banguitan, Gueday, Dandanac, Soquib | ||
Besao mountain province philippines
Besao (Ilocano: Ili ti Besao) is a fifth class municipality in the province of Mountain Province, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 7,818 people.
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Map of Besao, Mountain Province, Philippines
The municipality of Besao is believed to have derived its name from the Ilocano word ”Buso”, meaning headhunter. The people then of the neighboring towns specifically those from the Ilocos Region believed that the early ”Besaos” were headhunters. The word later on evolved as it is now called – Besao.
It was also said that Besao is the hometown of the great worlocks of mountain province and it was once said that the people of the said place are intensely feared by fierce tribes due to their lineage of being elite headhunters and worlocks.
Barangays
Besao is politically subdivided into 14 barangays.