BRIEF HISTORY

Barangay Ginangra was the oldest among the barangays in the municipality of Magallanes. In 1569, the Jimenez – Orta Expedition landed at the barangay near the village of “Gibalong”, the site where the first mass in Luzon was held. In 1854, not even the settlement called “Parina” was spared from the sporadic sorties launched by punitive bands of Muslims from the south. One group ravaged Ginangra and took as hostage one family from that village.

From its establishment as political unit, it was in the year 1933, when the first set of Barangay Officials took their seat wherein the late Francisco Alano was the first barangay captain, called as “Tenyente” that time.

Barangay Ginangra has a total land area of 177.8419 hectares bounded on the north by Ticao Pass, on the south by Barangay Pawik, on the east by Barangay Caditaan and by Barangay Biton on the west. It is composed of of seven (7) puroks, each headed by individual purok leaders.