Geography
The municipality of Bagamanoc is located at the northeastern part of the province of Catanduanes directly facing the vast Pacific Ocean. Its total land are is 93.3 square kilometers, and is about 62.0 kilometers away from the capital town of Virac. Its location is somewhat disadvantageous in its quest for development because of its distance form the capital town and moist in particular it is open to the sea, whereby typhoon surge often wrought havoc to the shorelines particularly to the built-up areas during typhoons.
Bagamanoc is located between latitude 13*53’00” and longitude 124*11’00” to 124*23’00”. It is bounded on the eastern side by the Pacific Ocean, on the northwestern side by the municipality of Pandan, western side by the municipality of Caramoran, and on the south by the municipality of Panganiban.
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