BAUAN, a municipality (with administration centre and 38 barrios or districts), of the province of Batangas, Luzon, Philip pine Islands, at the head of Batangas bay, about 54m. S. of Manila by land and 91m. by sea. Pop. (1918), 27,729, of whom 13,219 were males and none were white. It is connected with Manila by railway. Bauan has a fine church and is a well-known market for "sinamay" or abaci cloth. Cloth, palm-fibre mats, fans, bamboo baskets and cotton fish-nets are made. The bay yields excellent and abundant fish. Hogs and cattle are raised for the Manila market. Oranges, sugar, corn, rice and other products are grown in the surrounding region. In 1918 it had nine manu facturing establishments with output valued at 48,300 pesos, besides 1,133 household industry establishments with output valued at 170,000 pesos. Of the 14 schools 13 were public. The language is Tagalog.