Pambujan

Pambujan is a fourth class municipality in the province of Northern Samar, Philippines. It is a coastal town with an area of 18,650 hectares. It is a town with notable qualities and resources. It boasts a 16th-century Roman Catholic church, a scenic islet named Caohagan, baseball players who won international tournaments, professionals and achievers, a socio-cultural activity held every first full moon of the year (known as Kadayaw Festival), and a sports arena which has been the venue for various municipal, provincial and regional sports gatherings.The municipality has a number of daycare centers in each barangay, two private and one public preparatory schools, a number of primary and elementary schools and two secondary schools. It is accessible to Region VIII’s premiere state university- the University of Eastern Philippines- as well as other private colleges in Catarman, the capital town of Northern Samar.It has earned provincial and regional citations as Child-Friendly municipality.Pambujan is in the heart of the second district of Northern Samar. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 33,062 people.GeographyPambujan has a contiguous territory of, which extends into the hinterlands of Northern Samar across a number of rivers, lakes, brooks and mountains. The most notable of these physical features is Mount Cagbigajo, which once served as an observation and listening post of the Allied Intelligence Bureau Operative (1934–44) during World War II.Pambujan town is then situated in what is now Barangay Ginulgan. Back then, the town consisted of 22 barrios covering an area of 670 square kilometers which stretched out to more than 402 kilometers span towards its western border (Samar Province).