SINABAAN

        The Barangay is about 3 kilometers east of the town proper located along the national highway.  It has a total land area of more than 50 hectares, with registered voter of 265 and total population of less than 600. The major occupation of the inhabitants is farming because its soil is best suited for cultivation.  Others are into livestock raising, small scale business enterprises and locally employed as factory or shop workers

        According to legend, the barrio had no name before the Spaniards came.  It was just a small village or tribe composed of four families who built their houses near a creek that was their source of water.  Their number increased attributed to inter-marriages with families from other neighboring sitios.  Bananas (of the saba variety) abound in the place especially the site, now found near the bridge bordering Brgys. Sinabaan and Cabalanggan.  The story goes that one time, Spaniards passed by in search for the place where bananas’ plentifully grew and they saw a man.  When asked, the man thought the Spaniards were asking from what place the saba banana could be found, so he directed them to the place, locally known by them as ‘kasabaan’ .  From then on, the gobernadorcillo of the town called the place as ‘sinabaan’. It was claimed that, as early as 1634, old documents of the Augustinian friars have mentioned and cited the place in their religious conquest of Bantay and of Ylocos.

        Being situated along the national road, there are many food stores and most of its land along the perimeter highway are occupied and built with residential houses. In here, one can find the site of various construction companies and cold storage (Bantay ice plant).