SAGNEB
During the Japanese regime, locals used to wander from one place to another in plight of, and to evade, the brutality of Japanese soldiers, until they discovered this secluded, remote and isolated place that they decided to reside therein. Resettlement rapidly grew as habitation was not a problem because of two (2) water springs source that produce plenty of local shells (mollusc) such as ‘doriken’, ‘bisokol’, ‘birabid’ (variety of edible snails), clams, weeds and other types of inland river fishes.
One day, Japanese soldiers patrolled the area and asked the folks the name of the place where one local mistakenly misunderstood that he was being asked –what brought him there- so, he replied: ‘agneb’ alluding to a hiding place where the soil is always moist or damp due to the presence of water springs. From then on, the place was called as ‘sagneb’ connoting a suitable agricultural area very conducive to farming due to the bounty of the natural water spring.
The land area comprising the barangay was originally large, however in the 60’s, when delineation of territorial boundaries was determined, it was divided into two portions. The northern part belonged to the Municipality of San Ildefonso, while the southern part was ceded to the Municipality of Bantay. With only 163 registered voters, it is the barangay with the least voting population in Bantay
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