Bilogo

Coordinates: 13°14′39.94″N 121°09′29.60″E / 13.2444278°N 121.1582222°E / 13.2444278; 121.1582222

Bilogo (officially Barangay Bilogo) is one of the 105 barangays constituting Batangas City, Philippines. It's a rural settlement situated east of the city and is about twenty minutes drive from Poblacion. Brgy. Bilogo is politically subdivided into seven puroks while three other sitios namely Bagong Pook, Callejon (colloquially known as Ilaya), and Santolan are enclaved therein.

Etymology

Based on an old legend, Bilogo came from bayugo, the Filipino/Tagalog word for the "fruit of the gugo tree" which was formerly abundant in the community. Soon, bayugo became biyugo until it was finally referred as Bilogo.

History

Since 1870, Bilogo has been one of the earliest barangays of Batangas City. Bilogo belonged to a wealthy Spanish official who was married to one of its native inhabitants. More inter-marriages between local and foreign residents followed and the population gradually increased. Years later, Bilogo was an elevated as a sitio and was merged with Sitio Maapaz, becoming known as Bilogo Maapaz. Eventually, Bilogo and Maapaz separated and became independent barangays.