Besao is a 5th class municipality in the province of Mountain Province, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 9,875 people in 1,735 households. The municipality of Besao is headed by Mayor Wellington Bagano Pooten.

On January 18, 2008, a Philippine Serpent Eagle was rescued in a forest in Barangay Laylaya, Besao, Mountain Province. It suffered a right wing gunshot wound damaging a bone (similar to a bird caught at Lake Danum, Sagada in 2000). Another serpent eagle rescued in the Cordillera died 3 days after it was brought to the custody of the PAWB years ago.

Barangays

Besao is politically subdivided into 14 barangays.

• Agawa
• Ambagiw
• Banguitan
• Besao East (Besao Proper)
• Besao West
• Catengan
• Gueday
• Lacmaan
• Laylaya
• Padangan
• Payeo
• Suquib
• Tamboan
• Kin-iway (Pob.)

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information
• Official Website of Besao, Mountain Province

References