THE LEGEND OF BARANGAY SAN RAMON
When the Spaniards has just founded the municipality of Magsingal in 1676, they continued the pacification campaign in all its villages.
Magsingal has seven poblacion Barangays which includes our Barangay – San Ramon. Others are; Sta. Monica,San Basilio, San Clemente, San Julian, San Lucas, and San Vicente.
Barangay San Ramon is located just a stone-throw away from the town proper of Magsingal. It is bounded on the north by Barangay San Vicente, on the east by Barangay Patong, on the west by Barangay San Clemente, on the south by Barangay Napo. The main source of living is farming.It is where most of the families get their income. Other sources include hogs and poultry raising, cattle or swine fattening and raising, teaching employment and governmental services.
Our Barangay has two kinds of season – the sunny (dry) season and rainy (wet)season as the other Barangays have. During rainy season, farmers would till their lands, with the aide of the hard working and industrious fellows ready for rice planting, while during sunny season, aside from the yearly cycle of planting Virginia tobaccos, farmers would also plant corns, cottons, crawling fruits like watermelons and melons, vegetables like ampalaya, cabbage, cabbage, camote, gabi, camoteng kahoy, garlic, onion, eggplant, and cucumber. When harvest time comes, they could sell their harvested crops in the market or nearby neighbors. This is how sturdy, hard working and industrious Ilocanos earned their means of living throughout the year. When harvest is good and bounty, as traditional Ilocanos, would offer their harvests as thanksgiving to the Lord.
The economy of the Barangay is agricultural and the inhabitants produce their income and means of living from the yields of their crops. Farms are very productive and that their standards of living are better than some of the Barangays and for this reason, we sometimes celebrate our Barangay Fiesta in order to thank the Lord for the bountiful harvests we have. May is the month we celebrate our fiesta in honor of our patron saint, San Ramon.
Our Barangay was named in honor of our patron saint, San Ramon, and likewise to perpetuate or commemorate the memory of a former town official, the late Ramon Tolentino, Sr., the father of our own, HON. RAMON TOLENTINO, JR., who ruled our municipality from 1988-1995.
Barangay San Ramon has a total land area of 1,931,273.18 sq. meters. Its total population is 986 (452 male & 534 female). The total number of families is 237 while the number of households is 214.