Boliney

Geography

The Municipality of Boliney has a land area of 216.92 km2 constituting of the 4,165.25 km2 total area of Abra. It is bounded to the north by Sallapadan, Bucloc, and Daguioman, to the east by Tubo and the provinces of Kalinga and Mountain Province, and to the west by of Luba and Manabo.

Boliney is situated 52.93 km from the provincial capital Bangued, and 422.00 km from the country's capital city of Manila.

Barangays

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

Climate

Demographics

In the 2024 census, Boliney had a population of 3,778 people. The population density was {{sigfig|3,778/216.92|2}} PD/km2.

The municipality's population consists of the Cordillera sub-tribes, namely Masadiit of the Tingguian Tribes, Belwang of the Igorot and Balatoc of the Kalinga tribe. Descendants of the other Tinguian sub-tribes are also represented in Boliney such as Binongan, Banao, Maeng, Ammotan (now called Muyadan of Manabo).

Economy

The main source of livelihood of the people of Boliney comes from their rice terraces. But most of their rice lands were either seriously damaged or totally lost due to the landslides, mud piles, and by the killer quakes in 1990 and 1992. They get most of their rice now from Bangued, while other mountain municipalities supplied some of the rice needs of some nearby lowland municipalities.

Rehabilitation have been on the communal facilities such as roads, trails, irrigation systems, footbridges and rice fields by the Masadiit Farmers Cooperative Inc. (MFCI) with the fund amounting to from the Presidential Management Staff and by the Inter NGO Disaster Relief Services (INDRS) with the fund amounting 292,516.00, from Oxfam.

Government

Local government

Main article: Sangguniang Bayan

Boliney, 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

Transportation

Boliney is situated 52.93 km from the capital town of Bangued, and can be reached by road which was completed in 1974. Prior to this, it was accessible only by hiking a 24 km long mountain trail.

After 1974, the road was extended by about 14 km before reaching Danac, the farthest barangay. The present-day road is now as far as the Poblacion; however, the rest of the road has been abandoned.

Education

The Boliney 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

• Amti Elementary School
• Baoyan Elementary School
• Boliney Central School
• Danac Elementary School
• Dao-angan Primary School
• Dumagas Elementary School
• Kilong-olao Elementary School
• Lawigan Primary School

Secondary school

• Boliney National High School

References

References

1. {{DILG detail
2. (July 17, 2024). "2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President".
3. "2019 National and Local Elections".
4. (January 15, 2021). "Masterlist of Schools".