Burgos, Isabela
Encyclopedia
Burgos is a 5th class municipality in the province of Isabela
, Philippines
. According to the latest census, it has a population of 21,898 people in 4,124 households.
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In the 2010 General Elections, Tegui was given a fresh mandate when he got an overwhelming majority vote cast.
Isabela province
Isabela is the second largest province of the Philippines next to Palawan. It is located in the Cagayan Valley Region in Luzon. Its capital is Ilagan and borders, clockwise from the south, Aurora, Quirino, Nueva Vizcaya, Ifugao, Mountain Province, Kalinga, and Cagayan...
, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. According to the latest census, it has a population of 21,898 people in 4,124 households.
Barangays
Burgos is politically subdivided into 14 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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- Bacnor East
- Bacnor West
- Caliguian
- Catabban
- Cullalabo del Norte
- Cullalabo del Sur
- Dalig
- Malasin
- Masigun East
- Raniag
- San Antonino
- San Bonifacio
- San Miguel
- San Roque
Government and Politics
A new mayor was elected during the May 14, 2007 elections when Ruben Tegui defeated Felixnaldo Alabon, Sr., by winning just 147 votes. His victory ended the reign of the Alabons in the municipality for 15 years. Alabon was elected mayor from 1992-2001. When he reached the maximum of three consecutive terms allowed by the Philippine Constitution, he was replaced by his wife Evelyn in 2001. He was reelected in 2004, defeating Tegui.In the 2010 General Elections, Tegui was given a fresh mandate when he got an overwhelming majority vote cast.