Adventure Awaits!

     Travelling across hills, plains and mountains, lied fourth class municipality in the province of Zamboanga del Norte called Piñan. It is situated on the north by Dapitan City, on west by Municipality of Polanco, on east by the Municipality of Sergio Osmeña and on southeast by Province of Misamin Occidental.

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        The total land area of the municipal is approximately 9,375 heactares. Piñan was created on August 22, 1951 through the Presidential Executive Order No. 467, and there are 22 barangays in the municipality, which includes Barangay Bacuyong.

Barangay Bacuyong is approximately 5 kilometers away from Poblacion

Piñan surrounded by the following barangays: 

1. Barangay Poblacion North (North);

2. Barangay Lingasad (South);

3. Barangay Adante (West); and 

4. Barangay del Pilar (East). 

Bacuyong is divided into 4 puroks namely:

1. Purok I, which is centrally located; 

2. Purok II situated at the east of Purok I; 

3. Purok III that is southwest of Purok I; and 

4. Purok IV at the north of Purok I.

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

     The barangay is a rural community with agriculture as its major 

land type. The total land area of the barangay is 579.04 hectares. The place was surrounded by common grass and was converted to coco land, rice fields and cornfields when inhabitants came to the

place in 1926.

     The name Bacuyong was 

derived from the words “Bakud” which means awaken and 

“Oyong” meaning grandfather or old man. When one awakens his grandfather, he would say  “Bakud na Yong”. When the  people new to the place heard  it, they named it Bacuyong.