Bayan Ng Buug Poem by Ging Taping

The name Buug was derived from the word bog, a Subanen word for second-growth forest which is the same as the Cebuano-Visayan term buog. Accordingly, a group of Subanens stumbled upon this bog that was endowed with a stream and sufficient supply of water while they were moving from one place to another in search of a safe place to start a living away from marauders who were in search for slaves and things to loot. From then on people began to refer to the bog as Buug.


Buug is located in the central Zamboanga Peninsula, on the island of Mindanao. It has a pentagon-like shape bounded on the south by Dumaguillas Bay, Bayog on the north, Kumalarang on the east, Diplahan on the west, and Malangas on southwest. The distance from Manila to Buug is approximately 790 kilometres (490 mi) . It is five hours away from Zamboanga City via passenger bus, one hour and 45 minutes drive from the Ipil, the province's capital, and 57 kilometres (35 mi) away from Pagadian City, or 45 minutes of travel by bus.

It has an average temperature of 26 °C (79 °F) and has an average elevation of 200 metres (660 ft) above sea level. It is away from the typhoon belt and enjoying a Type IV climate, i.e. rainfall is more or less evenly distributed throughout the year.