Pambujan, Northern Samar
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 Map of Northern Samar with Pambujan highlighted |
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 Pambujan
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| Coordinates: 12°34′N 124°56′E / 12.567°N 124.933°ECoordinates: 12°34′N 124°56′E / 12.567°N 124.933°E | |
| Country |
 Philippines
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| Region | Eastern Visayas (Region VIII) |
| Province | Northern Samar |
| Congr. district | District of Northern Samar |
| Barangays | 26 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Eping Sosing |
| • Vice-Mayor | Tirso Jr. Tan |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 163.90 km2 (63.28 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 33,062 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (520/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Pambujanon |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) |
| ZIP code | 6413 |
| Dialing code | 55 |
| Income class | 4th Class |
Pambujan is a fourth class municipality in the province of Northern Samar, Philippines. It is a coastal town with an area of 18,650 hectares. It is an ordinary town with notable qualities and resources. It boasts a 16th-century Roman Catholic church, a scenic island named Caohagan, baseball players who claimed their place in the international scene, young professionals and achievers, a socio-cultural activity held every first full moon of the year (known as Kadayaw Festival), and a sports arena which has been the venue for various municipal, provincial and regional sports gatherings.
The populace of its barangays on the riverside depend mainly on copra, abaca, ricefields, rootcrops, and handicraft-making as their source of livelihood, while those on the roadside mostly live on a small and medium business ventures, fishing, livestock production and government / private employment.
The municipality has a number of daycare centers in each barangay, two private and one public preparatory schools, a number of primary and elementary schools and two secondary schools. It is accessible to Region VIII’s premiere state university- the University of Eastern Philippines- as well as other private colleges in Catarman, the capital town of Northern Samar.
The local government has various programs and projects for the different sectors in the locality, especially for women and children. It has even earned provincial and regional citations as Child-Friendly municipality. It has also several livelihood and infrastructure projects, which remarkably contribute to the upliftment of life of the Pambujanons.
Pambujan is in the heart of the second district of Northern Samar. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 33,062 people.
Pambujan has a contiguous territory of 16,390 hectares (40,500 acres), which extends into the hinterlands of Northern Samar across a number of rivers, lakes, brooks and mountains. The most notable of these physical features is Mount Cagbigajo, which once served as an observation and listening post of the Allied Intelligence Bureau Operative (1934–44) during World War II.
Pambujan town is then situated in what is now Barangay Ginulgan. Back then, the town consisted of 22 barrios covering an area of 670 square kilometers which stretched out to more than 402 kilometers span towards its western border (Samar Province).
Pambujan is politically subdivided into 26 barangays.
The name Pambujan has historically developed from the term “pambubohan” which means a place in which crabs are abundant and crabbing or catching crabs is prevalent. It originates from the ninorte-waraynon word “bubo,” which refers to “bamboo crab pots” or traditional crabbing devices used to catch said crustaceans. Real and factual story of the past traced it ages before the rediscovery of the Philippines by Fernando de Magallanes on March 16, 1521, who on this date saw the heights of Samar Island and was surprised to see that its early inhabitants - the Samareños - were having a civilization of their own and living in a well-organized independent villages called barangays (Plasencia:174). “Pambubohan,” at this date, was then one of the said well-organized independent villages. Evidently, Pambujanons named their village after“pambubohan,” a name of distinction which she got because of abundant crabs swarming in and along her rivers.
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