Bombon, Camarines Sur


Bombon, officially the Municipality of Bombon, is a municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines. According to the, it has a population of people.
It is a quiet town known for its natural scenery and calm environment. Green fields and wide rice farms surround the area, giving it a fresh and peaceful setting.

History

Like any other municipalities in the province, Bombon also started as a barrio or visita. It was dependent on the older town of Quipayo for nearly 240 years, now a barangay of Calabanga. It became an independent town with the arrival of the American military government on February 11, 1900, but upon establishment of the U.S.-controlled Insular Government of the Philippine Islands in 1903, Bombon was annexed to Calabanga, then made a barrio of Magarao.
It was again made a separate municipality through Executive Order dated July 27, 1949, signed by President Elpidio Quirino. at the time were José Buenagua Sr, Mayor; Juan Nale, Casiano Aburro, Manuel Rojo, and Julián Sumangid, Councilors.
In 1993, by E.O. of President Fidel V. Ramos, Bombon was included in the creation of the Metro Naga Development Council together with the towns of Bula, Calabanga, Camaligan, Canaman, Gainza, Magarao, Milaor, Minalabac, Ocampo, Pamplona, Pasacao, Pili, and San Fernando.
The Leaning Bell Tower found in this municipality serves as a historical attraction. Bombon celebrates its Foundation Anniversary every August 13.

Geography

Barangays

Bombon is politically subdivided into 8 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

Demographics

In the 2024 census, the population of Bombon was 17,346 people, with a density of.

Literacy rate

  • 97.75% in both rural as well as urban areas
  • Almost half of the population 5 years and older have reached elementary grade and about 25.8% have finished high school

Work and labor force

  • 15 years and older - about 3,590 or 55% are in the active labor force while the remaining 45% are schooling, disabled, or home caretaker
  • Majority of the population in the active force are gainfully employed with only 158 as unemployed
  • Agriculture and its complementary industries are the major sources of employment

Languages

  • 98% of the population considers Bikol as their first language
  • Tagalog: 1.67%
  • English language as second language

Religion

Housing

  • 71% of the total housing units are considered single dwelling and it is mostly made-up
of concrete and semi-permanent materials
  • Shanties or "barong-barong" accounts to about 29% of the total number of housing units

Economy

Due to its extreme proximity to Calabanga's town proper usually Bombonenos go to Calabanga for trade and buying while leaving the town behind.
Despite staying as a fourth class municipality more developments are happening in town, this was made possible by the local government of the town, including the government of Camarines Sur. Being strategically located in two booming municipalities the town of Calabanga in the north and Naga City to the south the town itself is already a small growing municipality. Its proximity to Naga City is also one of the reasons why there are developments in Bombon.
Bombon was formerly included in the Metro Naga area before the designation was discontinued in 2017.

Agricultural sector

  • Major Crops:
  • * Active agricultural area: About 3,978.7580 hectares
  • * Mostly planted with rice either irrigated, rainfed or upland rice
  • ** Irrigated paddy rice has an estimated area of about 1,028.75 hectares while rainfed and upland rice occupies about 564.87 and 33 hectares, respectively
  • ** Corn areas comprise 38.75 hectares and sugarcane has 118.18 hectares
  • Livestock and Poultry Production
  • * As of 1999, area has an estimated animal population of about 6,374 heads
  • ** 3,740 or 59% are poultry and 2,634 or 41% are livestock
  • ** Chicken has an aggregate number of 2,567 and ducks with 1,053 heads
  • ** Major livestock raise is swine with 1,850 heads while carabao and sheep/goat have 176 and 203 heads, respectively

Government

Protection and security

  • Current police ratio to the population is 1:1,363

Healthcare

Health facilities consist of the following:

Education

The Magarao-Bombon 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.
;Primary and elementary schools
;Secondary schools