page_title: Imnajbu
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Imnajbu / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: Tourists at Signal Hill in Imnajbu, Batanes!
context_page_description: Imnajbu is one of the four barangays that comprise the municipality of Uyugan in the province of Batanes, Philippines. It is also one of the smallest barangays in all of Batanes and in the Philippines with a population of around a couple of hundred people. Located in the southeast corner of Batan Island, it is bounded by Itbud to the southeast, Uyugan to the southwest, Ivana and Mount Matarem to the west, Mahatao to the north, and the Philippine Sea/Pacific Ocean to the east.
context_section_description: Imnajbu is rugged country. A range of rocky hills stretches from Itbud to the south and Mahatao to the north. This mountain range cuts the territory or barangay/district in half. West of this range are the low-lying hills, and to the east are the foothills and rugged coastlines. Nestled in the foothills is the village settlement or the "Borough of Imnajbu" as Imnajbians call it. In Ivatan (the local language), "Imnajbu" meant the resettlement to the lowland or downhill, and it goes back to Spanish colonization. It is seven kilometres from the town proper of Uyugan and twenty-five kilometres from Basco (the provincial capital) through the main coastal highway (Mahatao-Ivana-Uyugan) but fifteen kilometres away through the Interior Road (Mahatao-Imnajbu).
  The climate ranges from humid oceanic to sub-tropic. The Philippine Sea/Pacific Ocean to the east moderate the climate -- cooling summers. It's coldest in February and warmest in May. February temperatures average 20 degrees Celsius. May average temperatures range from 30 degrees Celsius to 35 degrees Celsius. The average (mean) annual air temperature is less than 10 degrees Celsius in February, but it's much more changeable in the northwest (foothills of Mount Matarem).
  Precipitation is heaviest during the non-summer months brought in by the typhoons that frequent the area. Imnajbu's annual rainful varies, but is highest in the northwest and lowest in the southeast. The heaviest rainfuls happen in a belt lying inland from Mount Vatuhayao in the central highlands to Mount Mayvatek in the north central region.
  The weather is foggy at the onset of the colder months, caused by the cold front or polar air from the north (Continental Asia/Siberia) meeting warm moist air from the south.
caption: Tourists at Signal Hill in Imnajbu (beyond the mountain range is the tip of Mount Iraya in Basco, Batanes)
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