Geography Vintar

1 geography

1.1 climate
1.2 barangays
1.3 sub-divisions
1.4 mount baguinsuso

geography

vintar located on plain land surrounded mountains. vintar surrounded , bordered by:

bangui, adams, dumalneg, burgos , pagudpud in north;
laoag city, sarrat, piddig, , carasi in south;
pasuquin , bacarra in west;
calanasan, apayao in east.

the town considered sixth major river system in region. head waters on western cordillera slopes @ kalinga , apayao borders. flows eastward , irrigates of flat lands of ilocos norte before making exit china sea. vintar has largest land area in ilocos norte.

note: town of sigay created in 2008, carving out territory of vintar, amended september 2009 because of poor economy.

climate

vintar divided 2 types of climate:

90% or western part: 2 pronounced seasons, dry december may , wet june november. maximum rain period june september.
10% or eastern part: no pronounced maximum rain period, short dry season lasting 1 3 months.

average rainfall per month:

january: 0 50 millimetres (0.0 2.0 in)
february: 0 50 millimetres (0.0 2.0 in)
march: 0 50 millimetres (0.0 2.0 in)
april: 0 100 millimetres (0.0 3.9 in)
may: 100 200 millimetres (3.9 7.9 in)
june: 200 400 millimetres (7.9 15.7 in)
july: 200 500 millimetres (7.9 19.7 in)
august: more 500 millimetres (20 in)
september: 400 500 millimetres (16 20 in)
october: 100 300 millimetres (3.9 11.8 in)
november: 200 400 millimetres (7.9 15.7 in)
december: 0 100 millimetres (0.0 3.9 in)

barangays

vintar politically subdivided 34 barangays. 

sub-divisions

poblacion

poblacion center-most subdivision of vintar. poblacion composed of 5 barangays namely:

1- san roque
2- san nicolas
3- san pedro
4- sta. maria
5- san ramon

burdo

burdo mountainous place south of vintar. sub-division of vintar composed of 2 barangays namely:

6- parut
7- alejo malasig

pallas valley

pallas valley considered longest valley in philippines. located @ north-east of vintar. pallas valley composed of 7 barangays namely:

8- margaay
9- lubnac
10- parparoroc
11- bulbulala
12- namoroc
13- mabanbanag
14- ester

salsalamagui

salsalamagui @ north of vintar. salsalamagui composed of 2 barangays namely:

15- visaya
16- salsalamagui

amian valley

amian valley located north of vintar. called after ilocano word amian means north. amian valley composed of 7 barangays namely:

17- p.f. alviar
18- abkir
19- columbia
20- cabisuculan
21- malampa
22- manarang
23- dipilat

patpatani

patpatani @ east of vintar. composed of 6 barangays namely:

24- alsem
25- tamdagan
26- canaam
27- esperanza
28- bago
29- san jose/ lipay

surong valley

surong valley located @ north-west direction of vintar. composed of upper surong , lower surong valleys. surong valley composed of 5 barangays namely:

30- sto. tomas/ saricao
31- dagupan
32- cabangaran
33- cabayo
34- isic isic

mount baguinsuso

mount baguinsuso, known mount masadsada (ilocano means passable valley ), active volcano located in barangay 14- ester. mount baguinsuso historical place vintar because town s name came from. mount baguinsuso big landform stretches across barangays of lubnac, parparoroc, bulbulala, , namoroc.