San Juan, Abra

The present-day town of San Juan was once inhabited by Tinguians, belonging to the Inlaud Tribe. Before the Spanish colonial era, the natives were believed to have traded with the Indo-Chinese. They were believed to have bartered with them as evidenced by the presence of antique jars, big bowls, gongs, arrows and shields, beads, jewel and gems.

During the Spanish colonial era, a church was established and many of the people got baptized as Christians. The Spanish named the place San Juan.

From 1907 to 1929, San Juan was a barrio of Dolores. By virtue of a Philippine Legislature bill sponsored by Abra's then-Representative Quintín Paredes and through the initiative of Dolores's then-Vice Mayor Manuel Magala, San Juan became a separate municipality. The new municipality was inaugurated on February 28, 1929.^[6]

In the early hours of March 16, 1988, around 120 members of the New People's Army raided and burned down the town's municipal hall, though after four hours of fighting the responding government troopers were able to retake the establishment.^[7]

The Municipality of San Juan is located at 17°41′N 120°44′E. According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 64.08 square kilometres (24.74 sq mi) ^[8] constituting 1.54% of the 4,165.25-square-kilometre- (1,608.21 sq mi) total area of Abra.

San Juan is situated 22.64 kilometres (14.07 mi) from the provincial capital Bangued, and 428.49 kilometres (266.25 mi) from the country's capital city of Manila.

Barangays

San Juan is politically subdivided into 19 barangays.^[9] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

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PSGC	Barangay	Population			±% p.a.
		2024[10]		2010[11]
140122001	Abualan	6.6%	716	885	▾	−1.50%
140122002	Badas	4.2%	449	463	▾	−0.22%
140122003	Ba-ug	11.2%	1,210	1,104	▴	0.66%
140122004	Cabcaborao	9.7%	1,047	1,032	▴	0.10%
140122005	Colabaoan	2.5%	273	295	▾	−0.55%
140122006	Culiong	4.1%	437	483	▾	−0.71%
140122007	Daoidao	1.6%	177	152	▴	1.09%
140122008	Guimba	3.5%	372	369	▴	0.06%
140122009	Lam-ag	5.6%	607	546	▴	0.76%
140122010	Lumobang	3.9%	420	363	▴	1.05%
140122011	Nangobongan	4.4%	475	393	▴	1.36%
140122012	Pattaoig	1.0%	111	122	▾	−0.67%
140122013	Poblacion North	8.2%	888	980	▾	−0.70%
140122014	Poblacion South	3.7%	400	542	▾	−2.15%
140122015	Quidaoen	7.5%	803	679	▴	1.20%
140122016	Sabangan	3.5%	372	244	▴	3.06%
140122017	Silet	4.6%	493	495	▾	−0.03%
140122018	Supi-il	7.3%	792	680	▴	1.09%
140122019	Tagaytay	6.0%	646	719	▾	−0.76%
	Total		10,777	10,688	▴	0.06%

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In the 2024 census, San Juan had a population of 10,777 people.^[17] The population density was 170 inhabitants per square kilometre (440/sq mi).

Poverty incidence of San Juan

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority^{[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]}

The San Juan 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.^[27]