 As of 1998 the commune had a population of 14,456.On 21 December 1915 column of Senegalese Tirailleurs of the French Army was defeated here in a battle of the Volta-Bani War.Bodjie Pascua

Luisito "Bodjie" Pascua (born 1955) is a Filipino stage and film & TV actor and former children's television host.