Pidigan

Pidigan, officially the Municipality of Pidigan (Ilocano: Ili ti Pidigan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Pidigan), is a municipality in the province of Abra, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 12,475 people.^[6]

Pidigan
Municipality
Municipality of Pidigan
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Map of Abra with Pidigan highlighted
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Pidigan Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 17°34′N 120°35′E
Country	Philippines
Region	Cordillera Administrative Region
Province	Abra
District	Lone district
Reestablished	January 1, 1913[1]
Barangays	15 (see Barangays)
Government  [2]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Joseph Domino A. Valera
• Vice Mayor	Noel M. Bisares
• Representative	Menchie B. Bernos
• Municipal Council	Members Robby Dominique B. Valera Roberto P. Billedo James Arnold P. Bisares Frecil S. Anin Melvin M. Dumlao Josephine P. Dalere Jumel P. Chong Romeo M. Advincula
• Electorate	9,613 voters (2025)
Area [3]
• Total	49.15 km2 (18.98 sq mi)
Elevation	90 m (300 ft)
Highest elevation	410 m (1,350 ft)
Lowest elevation	18 m (59 ft)
Population  (2024 census)[4]
• Total	12,058
• Density	250/km2 (640/sq mi)
• Households	3,004
Economy
• Income class	5th municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	22.32 % (2021)[5]
• Revenue	₱ 44.15 million (2012), 39.44 million (2013), 60.98 million (2014), 73.64 million (2015), 98.83 million (2016), 55.28 million (2017), 139.6 million (2018)
• Assets	₱ 20.55 million (2012), 17.77 million (2013), 16.82 million (2014), 104.9 million (2015), 49.24 million (2016), 112.4 million (2017), 267.5 million (2018)
• Expenditure	₱ 40.84 million (2012), 37.13 million (2013), 39.29 million (2014), 50.1 million (2015), 43.97 million (2016), 48.33 million (2017), 54.32 million (2018)
• Liabilities	₱ 4.135 million (2012), 10.17 million (2013), 9.114 million (2014), 18.9 million (2015), 18.09 million (2016), 19.42 million (2017), 83.65 million (2018)
Service provider
• Electricity	Abra Electric Cooperative (ABRECO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	2806
PSGC	1400118000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)74
Native languages	Itneg Ilocano Tagalog

Geography

The Municipality of Pidigan is located at 17°34′N 120°35′E. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 49.15 square kilometres (18.98 sq mi) ^[7] constituting 1.18% of the 4,165.25-square-kilometre- (1,608.21 sq mi) total area of Abra.

Pidigan is situated 7.34 kilometres (4.56 mi) from the provincial capital Bangued, and 399.03 kilometres (247.95 mi) from the country's capital city of Manila.

Barangays

Pidigan is politically subdivided into 15 barangays.^[8] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

PSGC	Barangay	Population			±% p.a.
		2024[9]		2010[10]
140118001	Alinaya	8.4%	1,015	996	▴	0.13%
140118002	Arab	4.0%	479	458	▴	0.31%
140118004	Garreta	5.0%	599	582	▴	0.20%
140118005	Immuli	5.6%	674	557	▴	1.34%
140118007	Laskig	4.9%	590	484	▴	1.40%
140118009	Monggoc	10.0%	1,202	1,101	▴	0.62%
140118008	Naguirayan	5.8%	703	698	▴	0.05%
140118010	Pamutic	4.9%	596	566	▴	0.36%
140118011	Pangtud	11.5%	1,391	1,070	▴	1.85%
140118012	Poblacion East	14.0%	1,683	1,603	▴	0.34%
140118013	Poblacion West	9.7%	1,169	1,228	▾	−0.34%
140118014	San Diego	4.0%	477	442	▴	0.53%
140118016	Sulbec	6.3%	762	675	▴	0.85%
140118018	Suyo (Malidong)	5.8%	705	625	▴	0.85%
140118019	Yuyeng	3.6%	430	443	▾	−0.21%
	Total		12,058	11,528	▴	0.32%

Climate

Climate data for Pidigan, Abra
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	29 (84)	31 (88)	32 (90)	34 (93)	32 (90)	31 (88)	30 (86)	30 (86)	30 (86)	30 (86)	30 (86)	29 (84)	31 (87)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	18 (64)	19 (66)	20 (68)	23 (73)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	24 (75)	23 (73)	22 (72)	21 (70)	19 (66)	22 (71)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	9 (0.4)	11 (0.4)	13 (0.5)	23 (0.9)	92 (3.6)	122 (4.8)	153 (6.0)	137 (5.4)	139 (5.5)	141 (5.6)	42 (1.7)	14 (0.6)	896 (35.4)
Average rainy days	4.6	4.0	6.2	9.1	19.5	23.2	24.0	22.5	21.5	15.2	10.5	6.0	166.3
Source: Meteoblue[11]

Demographics

Population census of Pidigan

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1903	2,639	—
1918	3,864	+2.57%
1939	3,994	+0.16%
1948	3,473	−1.54%
1960	5,414	+3.77%
1970	6,605	+2.01%
1975	6,897	+0.87%
1980	7,162	+0.76%
1990	8,807	+2.09%
1995	9,098	+0.61%
2000	10,183	+2.44%
2007	11,280	+1.42%
2010	11,528	+0.79%
2015	12,185	+1.06%
2020	12,475	+0.50%
2024	12,058	−0.81%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[12][13][10][14][15]

In the 2020 census, Pidigan had a population of 12,475.^[16] The population density was 250 inhabitants per square kilometre (650/sq mi).

Economy

Poverty incidence of Pidigan

10 20 30 40 2000 33.11 2003 34.44 2006 22.70 2009 25.86 2012 23.08 2015 14.84 2018 15.22 2021 22.32 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]

Government

Local government

Main article: Sangguniang Bayan

Pidigan, belonging to the lone congressional district of the province of Abra, is governed by a mayor designated as its local chief executive and by a municipal council as its legislative body in accordance with the Local Government Code. The mayor, vice mayor, and the councilors are elected directly by the people through an election which is being held every three years.

Elected officials

Members of the Municipal Council
(2019–2022)^[25]

Position	Name
Congressman	Joseph Santo Niño B. Bernos
Mayor	Joseph Domino A. Valera
Vice-Mayor	Arnulfo M. Bisares
Councilors	Noel M. Bisares
	Romeo M. Advincula
	Roberto P. Billedo
	Elizar B. Belandres
	Jumel P. Chong
	Excel P. Sanidad
	Kenneth Jay P. Dalere
	Joel B. Garcia

List of Cultural Properties of Pidigan

Cultural Property wmph identifier[i]	Site name	Description	Province	City or municipality	Address	Coordinates	Image
	Pidigan Church	Immaculate Conception Church	Abra	Pidigan	Corner Santiago McKinley St.	17°34′15″N 120°35′21″E
	St. Mary High School		Abra	Pidigan		17°34′15″N 120°35′23″E	Upload Photo
	Bringas Ancestral House Ruins	The house of former municipal mayor Jeremias Bringas. It was used as a provincial capitol when Pidigan was made the temporary seat of the Provincial Government of Abra in 1945.[26]	Abra	Pidigan		17°34′11″N 120°35′26″E
	Paaralan Sentral ng Pidigan/Pidigan Central School		Abra	Pidigan		17°34′10″N 120°35′24″E
	Figueras Ancestral House	Old house owned by Sinforoso Figueras, the first municipal mayor of Pidigan from 1913 to 1919 and from 1943 to 1945.[26]	Abra	Pidigan	Paredes St.	17°34′12″N 120°35′24″E

Education

The Pidigan Schools District Office governs all educational institutions within the municipality. It oversees the management and operations of all private and public, from primary to secondary schools.^[27]

Primary and elementary schools

• Arab Elementary School
• Banay Primary School
• Casilagan Primary School
• Garreta Elementary School
• Nagdaingan Elementary School
• Pangtud Primary School
• Pidigan Central School
• Poblacion West Primary School
• San Diego Elementary School
• Sulbec Primary School
• Suyo Pilot Elementary School
• Yuyeng Primary School

Secondary schools

• St. Mary High School
• Suyo National High School

Notes

1. wmph is an internal identifier used by Wikimedia Philippines to identify the monument. This is not an official identifier, and only shown temporarily in the templates until the government creates an updated complete list.