Baco, officially the Municipality of Baco, is a municipality in the province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a …Baco, officially the Municipality of Baco, is a municipality in the province of Oriental Mindoro, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 39,817 people. The name “Baco” of the municipality rooted from two different Filipino words. The first is its origin from the word, “paco”, an edible fern reported to be abundant in the municipality. Its second origin, as told from folk stories by the elders, was from the word “baku-bako”, which means rough road. It used to describe the municipality for its road potholes due to frequent flooding calamities. Folk stories would claim that heavy rains would last in a span of three to four days.
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