Barangay Facts of Argao, Cebu

Argao is a 1st municipal income class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines. It is located in the southeast of the province of Cebu, 68 km (42 mi) from Cebu City. Argao is exactly midway between Cebu City and the southern tip of Cebu island, Santander. It is comprised of 45 barangays as listed below.

BARANGAY	NAME OF ORIGIN
Alambijud	Derived from a plant called Alambijud.
Anajao	Derived from a plant called Anajao. The plant is distinctly known for its broad form and thorny stems.
Apo	Derived from one of the barangay’s more prominent mountains called Mt. Apo.  Also, this is a euphemism held by most older residents of the barangay that because of the barangay’sdistance from the Poblacion, most residents will probably have grandchildren already (mangapo na)but will still not be able to go down from Apo.
Balaas	Derived from the Bala-as tree.
Balisong	Balisong is a sharp weapon
Binlod	Derived from the Cebuano binlod, which refers to medium-sized corn.
Bogo	Derived from a local tree known as the Bogo tree.
Bug-ot	Refers to a livelihood called pagtug-ot¸ or the weaving or tying together of abaca.
Bulasa	Derived from the name of both a tree and fruit, similar to that of a melon
Butong	From the Cebuano butong, which means “young coconut meat”.
Calagasan	Could be derived from a tree called Calagasan or the name could be a reference to the falling (lagas) of fruits or leaves from trees or to the supposed presence of many old maids in the area.
Cabantug	Derived from the Cebuano bantug, which could be a reference to the braveness of its inhabitants or the skills of its farmers.
Canbanua	From the Cebuano banwa, which means “town” or “settlement”.
Cansuje	Derived from the word suje, which may be a reference to the unusual upward movement of the area’s body of water.
Capio-an	Refers to an indigenous crab living in the area called piyo.
Casay	From the Casay tree.
Catang	Catang is a crab like the piyo but with a distinctive marking on its shell, almost like a letter “C”
Colawin	Colawin refers to a thorny plant found in the forests of the barangay.
Conalum	Refers to an extraordinary huge tree with dark bark bearing the same name; may also have been derived from its location which has deep (lalum) gorges and canyon
Guiwanon	Of unknown origin
Gutlang	Possible derived from the tool sanggot, but this is not very certain.
Jampang	Traditions say that the earliest settler of the barangay was a rich (datu) man called Ampang.
Jomgao	A reference to the muddy and dirty nature of soil in the place every time there is flood.
Lamacan	Cebuano for “muddy”, probably a reference to the place’s soil as much of the area in the past was farmland.
Langtad	Cebuano for shallow; a reference which indicates that Langtad, which is isolated when there is flood, can be reached only when the inundation subsides (nilangatad).
Langub	A Cebuano term for a cave or a hole.
Lapay	A temporary lagoon caused by the rains since it is a flat area surrounded by hills; also a reference to an indigenous bird (also known as YohongPula).
Lengigon	Tool used by carpenters for sharpening the saw
Linut-od	Pile up (products, mountains); illusion of a tiered (lut-od) series of hills
Mabasa	From the Cebuano basa which means wet; probably a reference to the presence of many springs and other bodies of water in the area.
Mandilikit	Refers to the belief of the residents that in the past, guests passing through the area always requested for residents to prepare rolled (likit) tobacco.
Mompeller	The only name origin for a barangay in Argao whose origin is not local; Mompeller is a bastardized version of the French Montpelier, the birthplace of the barangay’s patron saint, San Roque (St. Roche).
Panadtaran	Derived from the act of breaking (tadtad) of stones and rocks by the people.
Poblacion	From the Spanish word for town or village. During Spanish colonization, areas called Poblacion were the center of the town.
Sua	Sua is the name of a citrus plant similar to the kalamansi.
Sumaguan	Of unknown origin
Tabayag	Tabayag is a local vegetable similar to the white squash.
Talaga	Derived from the term Mantalaga, adangerous giant octopus that supposedly lived in the barangay’s waters.
Talaytay	Of unknown origin
Taloot	Taloot is a  big shady tree
Tiguib	A kind of impression that one is bound to entertain, the moment attention is focused on the sharp mountain tops which characterize the topography of the place.
Tulang	An oil lamp made of small used cloth placed in a shell with oil made of coconut
Tulic	A style of dancing which used to be the favorite of the young men and women in this place; also bandits.
Ubaub	Derived from the phrase bungtod ngagatiub – ub, an allusion to the mountains looking like they are stacked together.
Usmad	Of unknown origin