Badian, Cebu

Badian
Municipality
Municipality of Badian
Poblacion
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Badian Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 9°52′10″N 123°23′45″E / 9.869361°N 123.395925°E / 9.869361; 123.395925
Country	Philippines
Region	Central Visayas
Province	Cebu
District	7th district
Founded	1825
Barangays	29 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Carmencita L. Lumain
• Vice Mayor	Doris M. Silvano
• Representative	Peter John D. Calderon
• Municipal Council	Members Gervacio D. Duque Vicente H. Gramatica Jr. Maryjane G. Alam Maricar Lumain-Villarin Joseph D. Balbona Kyrene Vesta A. Tabanao Oliver L. Lumain Junelito S. Villarin
• Electorate	27,656 voters (2022)
Area [2]
• Total	110.07 km2 (42.50 sq mi)
Elevation	139 m (456 ft)
Highest elevation	1,014 m (3,327 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2020 census)[3]
• Total	43,735
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
• Households	10,479
Economy
• Income class	3rd municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	43.20 % (2021)[4]
• Revenue	₱ 156.8 million (2020), 62.4 million (2012), 68.98 million (2013), 77.48 million (2014), 88.72 million (2015), 98.48 million (2016), 130.8 million (2017), 151.2 million (2018), 175 million (2019), 163.4 million (2021), 240.5 million (2022)
• Assets	₱ 562.3 million (2020), 139.3 million (2012), 155.7 million (2013), 171.9 million (2014), 225.5 million (2015), 279.1 million (2016), 352.7 million (2017), 471.6 million (2018), 544.4 million (2019), 754.7 million (2021), 686.5 million (2022)
• Expenditure	₱ 141.3 million (2020), 55.83 million (2012), 53.67 million (2013), 57.48 million (2014), 61.83 million (2015), 60.53 million (2016), 63.36 million (2017), 89 million (2018), 111.8 million (2019), 142 million (2021), 194.2 million (2022)
• Liabilities	₱ 108.6 million (2020), 26.7 million (2012), 30.33 million (2013), 37.7 million (2014), 64.81 million (2015), 83.43 million (2016), 103.4 million (2017), 135.2 million (2018), 147 million (2019), 261.1 million (2021), 113.7 million (2022)
Service provider
• Electricity	Cebu 1 Electric Cooperative (CEBECO 1)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	6031
PSGC	072207000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)32
Native languages	Cebuano Tagalog

Badian, officially the Municipality of Badian (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Badian; Tagalog: Bayan ng Badian), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 43,735 people.^[3]

Badian is one of the eight municipalities comprising the 7th Congressional District Cebu Province. It is 113 kilometres (70 mi) from Cebu City.

Badian is bordered to the north by the town of Moalboal, to the west is the Tañon Strait, to the east is the town of Dalaguete, and to the south is the town of Alegria.

Badian is politically subdivided into 29 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

PSGC	Barangay	Population			±% p.a.
		2020[3]		2010[5]
072207001	Alawijao	2.5%	1,078	1,075	▴	0.03%
072207002	Balhaan	0.9%	402	491	▾	−1.98%
072207003	Banhigan	5.9%	2,596	2,529	▴	0.26%
072207004	Basak	3.4%	1,487	1,843	▾	−2.12%
072207005	Basiao	2.2%	983	993	▾	−0.10%
072207006	Bato	2.7%	1,166	927	▴	2.32%
072207007	Bugas	6.1%	2,666	2,592	▴	0.28%
072207008	Calangcang	1.2%	521	562	▾	−0.75%
072207009	Candiis	2.5%	1,086	1,019	▴	0.64%
072207011	Dagatan	3.1%	1,351	1,198	▴	1.21%
072207012	Dobdob	2.3%	1,026	1,104	▾	−0.73%
072207013	Ginablan	1.4%	608	584	▴	0.40%
072207014	Lambug	3.4%	1,469	1,405	▴	0.45%
072207015	Malabago	2.2%	954	909	▴	0.48%
072207016	Malhiao	6.8%	2,966	2,886	▴	0.27%
072207017	Manduyong	3.8%	1,668	1,710	▾	−0.25%
072207018	Matutinao	2.1%	904	1,130	▾	−2.21%
072207019	Patong	1.9%	820	823	▾	−0.04%
072207020	Poblacion	9.4%	4,092	4,002	▴	0.22%
072207021	Sanlagan	1.8%	782	910	▾	−1.50%
072207022	Santicon	1.2%	530	524	▴	0.11%
072207023	Sohoton	2.6%	1,125	1,069	▴	0.51%
072207024	Sulsugan	1.0%	417	467	▾	−1.13%
072207025	Talayong	2.1%	909	878	▴	0.35%
072207026	Taytay	4.8%	2,099	2,046	▴	0.26%
072207027	Tigbao	2.0%	874	799	▴	0.90%
072207028	Tiguib	1.1%	487	483	▴	0.08%
072207029	Tubod	2.6%	1,144	1,065	▴	0.72%
072207030	Zaragosa	3.9%	1,702	1,676	▴	0.15%
	Total		43,735	37,699	▴	1.50%

The main barangay of Badian is the Poblacion, located in the center of the town. It is the only urban barangay, and the most populous of Badian. It contains the hospital and the marketplace where most of the trading takes place. Many vendors from all over town trade here particularly at weekends.

Poblacion is where the local high school is located. Badian National High School (BNHS) is one of two high schools in Badian. This is also the larger of the two and many students come from neighboring towns to study here. The lower educational facility in Badian is the Badian Central Elementary School where all the younger children go to school.

Poblacion is also the location of the church of Santiago Apostle, whose feast day is celebrated each 25 July. Held together with the feast of Santiago Apostle is the Banig Festival, the town's flagship festival, celebrating the town's bed making industry.

Population census of Badian

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1903	10,935	—
1918	17,239	+3.08%
1939	17,817	+0.16%
1948	19,078	+0.76%
1960	18,331	−0.33%
1970	18,514	+0.10%
1975	20,406	+1.97%
1980	21,512	+1.06%
1990	26,545	+2.12%
1995	29,200	+1.80%
2000	30,400	+0.87%
2007	35,876	+2.31%
2010	37,699	+1.82%
2015	37,912	+0.11%
2020	43,735	+2.85%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[7][5][8][9]

Poverty incidence of Badian

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 2006 60.50 2009 53.48 2012 38.32 2015 36.84 2018 26.50 2021 43.20 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

The Kawasan Falls, a three-layered waterfall, is one of the popular tourist destinations in the province. Canyoning tours are offered upstream of the Kawasan Falls, where the Matutinao river flows through a secluded canyon. There is also the Badian mountain range and the popular trekking destination of Osmeña Peak.

The town's jurisdiction includes Zaragosa or Badian Island, where there is a white sandy private beach and which from there snorkeling and diving activities can be arranged. Nearby Pescador Island, Moalboal offers corals and marine life for divers.

Other tourist attractions of Badian include:

• Cebu International Golf and Resort in Lambug (the only 18‑hole, par‑72 course golf course in the town)
• the manicured gardens of Terra Manna beach and camping resort
• Grandeur Beach Resort located in Lambug Beach
• crab hunting in the mangroves.
• Toong Spring Nature Park - On April 15, 2024, second placer, Badian, as Central Visayas lone winner, was awarded P20 million by the Department of Tourism's Tourism Champions Challenge, for the development of Toong Spring Nature Park in Barangay Poblacion. The tourist attraction is a biodiversity and nature conservation showcasing a butterfly garden, rock wall, Toong spring and walking paths among others.^[18]

The town is also hailed as Cebu's "Banig Capital" due to the town's prime product, the "Banig", a woven mat made from Pandanus. The townsfolk are masters of the craft of Banig weaving as much of their skill and prowess in mat weaving was inherited by from forefathers. Because of the booming local economy in matt weaving, the town initiated a major religious-cultural endeavor that was meant to promote the Banigs of Badian. This endeavor came to be recognized as the "Banig Festival", a religious festival in honor of the town's patron saint, St. James the Great, which was also meant to be a major tourism endeavor to promote the mat and the town. The dancers in the participating festival contingents put on stylized and intricately cut and woven costumes made from Banig.

The public schools in the town of Badian are administered by one school district under the Schools Division of Cebu Province.

Elementary schools:

High schools:

• Badian National High School — Poblacion
• Manduyong National High School — Manduyong
• Sanlagan National High School (formerly Badian NHS - Sanlagan Extension) — Sanlagan
• Tubod National High School — Tubod

Integrated schools:

• Zaragosa Integrated School — Zaragosa

Private schools:

• Saint James Academy — Poblacion

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code