', officially the ', is a of the Philippines| in the province of,. According to the, it has a population of people.
History
Like any other municipalities in the province, the town of Bombon also started as a mere barrio or "visita". It was dependent on the town of the ancient Quipayo for nearly 240 years, now a mere barangay of Calabanga town. It finally gained its independence during the arrival of the Americans on February 11, 1900. This taste of freedom was, however, momentary for after the establishment of the Civil Government occurred in the Philippines in the year 1903, Bombon was ceded to the municipality of Calabanga. The municipality of Bombon also became a barrio of Magarao, now another town in the second district. For more than forty years of waiting, it was finally given its proclamation as a town by virtue of Executive Order 251 dated July 27, 1949 signed by the then President Elpidio Quirino. The mayor at the time was Jose Buenagua Sr, whose son Jose Buenagua Jr went on to be the Provincial Engineer of Albay. Jose Jr now resides in Scottsdale AZ. He had also two daughters, Irene Buenagua Fernandez and Lydia Buenagua Guerrero, both retired teachers, and three other sons, Salvador, Melchor, and Diogenes Buenagua who are all still residing in Bombon. The acquired independence continued permanently and it served well its constituents. The Leaning Bell Tower, dubbed as the country's own version of Italy 's Leaning Tower of Pisa, found in this municipality serves as a major historical attraction.
Barangays
Bombon is politically subdivided into 8 barangays.
Approximately ninety five percent of the population is Roman Catholics
5% subdivided into the different modern sects of religion such as the Iglesia ni Cristo, UCCP, Aglipay, Born Again, Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh Day Adventist and other forms religious affiliation
Housing:
71% of the total housing units are considered single dwelling and it is mostly made-up
of concrete and semi-permanent materials
Shanties or "barong-barong" accounts to about 29% of the total number of housing units
Climate
Economy
Agricultural Sector
Major Crops:
* Active agricultural area: About 3,978.7580 hectares
* Mostly planted with rice either irrigated, rainfed or upland rice
** Irrigated paddy rice has an estimated area of about 1,028.75 hectares while rainfed and upland rice occupies about 564.87 and 33 hectares, respectively
** Corn areas comprise 38.75 hectares and sugarcane has 118.18 hectares
Livestock and Poultry Production
* As of 1999, area has an estimated animal population of about 6,374 heads
** 3,740 or 59% are poultry and 2,634 or 41% are livestock
** Chicken has an aggregate number of 2,567 and ducks with 1,053 heads
** Major livestock raise is swine with 1,850 heads while carabao and sheep/goat have 176 and 203 heads, respectively
