Detailed Information Zip code in Bakun: 2610 Telephone Area Code: No area code yet

Bakun is a 4th class municipality in the province of Benguet. It is located 336 kms. away from Manila and 86 kms. away from Baguio City and is known in the Province of Benguet as the land of eternal springs and the home of the famed pagan god "Kabunian".

Bakun is bounded on the north by the municipality of Cervantes, Ilocos Sur and the municipality of Mankayan, on the east by the municipalities of Buguias and Mankayan, and on the west by the municipalities of Sugpon and Alilem of the province of Ilocos Sur and on the south by the municipality of Kibungan.

According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 12,213 people in 2,346 households.

Bakun is politically subdivided into 7 barangays.

Tourist Sopts:

1. Mountain peaks forming sleeping beauties

2. Pine tree covered mountains

3. Spellbinding waterfalls

4. Virgin forests

5. Rice/vegetable terraces

6. Mt. Kabunian - the famed home of the pagan god "Kabunian"

7. Mt. Tenglawan - home of "Insaking" (king of evil spirits)

8. Mt. Lobo - home of the "Telay" (human without anus for excreta and depends only on the aroma of the food for its subsistence)

9. Ancient burial caves

10. HEDCOR power plants

The climate is temperate with two pronounced seasons. The wet season starts in the month of May and ends in October. The wettest part of the year is July and August. Dry season starts in November and ends in May.