BARANGAY PROFILE
Municipality of Lemery
Barangay: BANKAL

Subject: NARRATIVE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

West of Poblacion with a distance of 7.0 kms is a community of Bankal that can be reached passing thru a brgy road from gerongan. The name Bankal was derived from a Bankal tree that was so abundantly growing in the area as the early settlers cut them down and convert the once forested area to rice field.

Early settlers is believed to have come from Dingle, thru inter marriages and immigration the area became populous giving rice to the establishment of community. The Muyco’s were so industrious and hardworking that they were able to amass wealth. Truth to this that the site of the school were donated by them and to give them honor the school was named Muyco Elementary School.

The community is bounded in the east by brgy Anabo, San Antonio in the North, part of Dumarao, Capiz in the West and brgy. Geronagn in the South. Rice land form ½ of the area and the rest are upland that orchard and other economic plant can be found. The place is traverse by Gerongan creek which supplies irrigation water in the nearby rice field.