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Hinunangan,officially theMunicipality of Hinunangan(Kabalian:Lungsod san Hinunangan;Cebuano:Lungsod sa Hinunangan;Tagalog:Bayan ng Hinunangan), is amunicipalityin theprovinceofSouthern Leyte,Philippines.According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 29,149 people.[4]
Hinunangan | |
|---|---|
| Municipality of Hinunangan | |
 Aerial view of Hinunangan | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Motto: Rice Granary of Southern Leyte | |
 Map of Southern Leyte with Hinunangan highlighted | |
OpenStreetMap  | |
  Hinunangan Location within thePhilippines | |
| Coordinates:10°24′N125°12′E/ 10.4°N 125.2°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Eastern Visayas |
| Province | Southern Leyte |
| District | 2nd district |
| Barangays | 40 (seeBarangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| •Mayor | Reynaldo C. Fernandez (PDPLBN) |
| •Vice Mayor | Marian D. Pelin (PDPLBN) |
| •Representative | Christopherson M. Yap |
| •Municipal Council | Members |
| •Electorate | 21,548 voters (2022) |
| Area | |
• Total | 170.58 km2(65.86 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 4.8 m (15.7 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 401 m (1,316 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | −1 m (−3 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[4] | |
• Total | 29,149 |
| • Density | 170/km2(440/sq mi) |
| •Households | 7,402 |
| Economy | |
| •Income class | 3rd municipal income class |
| •Poverty incidence | 21.94 |
| •Revenue | ₱ 138.2 million (2020), 62.2 million (2012), 67.45 million (2013), 80.64 million (2014), 87.71 million (2015), 103.6 million (2016), 5.857 million (2017), 8.295 million (2018), 126.4 million (2019), 151.9 million (2021), 195.4 million (2022) |
| •Assets | ₱ 254 million (2020), 149.5 million (2012), 1.471 million (2013), 123.3 million (2014), 114.7 million (2015), 144.1 million (2016), 198.2 million (2017), 235.2 million (2018), 320.1 million (2021), 380.6 million (2022) |
| •Expenditure | ₱ 136 million (2020), 102.1 million (2012), 64.27 million (2013), 72.63 million (2014), 82.84 million (2015), 80.27 million (2016), 82.65 million (2017), 86.96 million (2018), 114.7 million (2019), 130.1 million (2021), 158 million (2022) |
| •Liabilities | ₱ 97.01 million (2020), 83.19 million (2012), 65.36 million (2013), 61.39 million (2014), 70.71 million (2015), 66.57 million (2016), 81.81 million (2017), 85.06 million (2018), 91.65 million (2019), 127.5 million (2021), 125.4 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative (SOLECO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8(PST) |
| ZIP code | 6608 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)53 |
| Native languages | Boholano dialect Cebuano Tagalog |
Hinunangan is known as the "Rice Granary of the Province" for its vast plain land that is entirely planted withrice.Hinunangan has great potential for tourism because of its beautiful sandy beaches and islands. The town is also a producer of rattan and wood-based furniture, abaca handicraft items, pineapple, vegetables, other forest products, and bamboo furniture. It has a potential for mineral water and root crop processing and copper mining.[6]
Hinunangan is also known as a major gateway in Leyte because of its near proximity toTacloban City.The opening ofAbuyog–SilagoRoad cuts travel time from Tacloban by half from the previous 6 hours to less than 3 hours. It is also the place in Southern Leyte with the most immigrants from Europe and North America.
It has a lot of tourist places, such as Tahusan, Talisay, or the twin islands (known as Cabugan Grande and Cabugan Chico as Pigafetta stated in his account during their travel with Magellan).[citation needed].There are also hotels, inns, a public market, and beach resorts.
History
editIn 1521, Magellan recorded the sighting Hunonganan (Hinunangan) during the voyage inLeyte Gulf.As far back as 1750, Hinunangan was a mid-way station ofBoholanostrading in Eastern Leyte. They rested overnight at the mouth of Das-ay River where they moored their boats. A shelter was built for the crews and tenders known as "hononganan"or stopover. Hence the name. In 1822, a certain Boholano named Palonoy founded Hinunangan.[7]At this time,Silagoto the north andHinundayanandAnahawanto the south were part of Hinunangan.
In 1944, in the greatest naval battle in history the blocking warship of the Liberation waylaid the Japanese Fleet near Hinunangan. Thus, the area inSouthern Leyteis the natural frontier of historically significant events in Philippine history.
2007 earthquake
editOn July 19, 2007, a strong earthquake hit the town with a magnitude 6 on the Richter scale and damaged some properties. The partial assessment report of Hinunangan dated July 20, a copy of which was obtained byPIAthrough Gov. Mercado, placed the estimated cost of damage to properties at P1,650,000.00 broken down as P790,000 for government infrastructure and P860,000 from private infrastructure.[8]
Among the public properties destroyed were the water system - P 500,000; Das-ay Bridge railguard - P100,000; East Central School Concrete Fence - P80,000; Otama Elementary School - P50,000; Patong Elementary School - P40,000; and Tahusan Elementary School—P20,000.[8]
The private infrastructure damaged included the Roman Catholic Bell tower - P100,000; Water tank of the Catholic convent - P40,000; Manalog barangay Chapel - P20,000; Santo Nino barangay Chapel - P10,000; a number of houses - P400,000, and various appliances, P290,000.
Geography
editHinunangan is home to the highest mountain in the province, Mount Nacolod, with an elevation of 948 metres (3,110 ft) above sea level.[9]
Barangays
editHinunangan is politically subdivided into 40barangays.Each barangay consists ofpuroksand some havesitios.
There are two of which are island barangays located at the east of the town. The twin islands are accessible by motorized boats through Barangay Canipa-an.
| Barangay | Population (2007) |
Population (2010) |
Population (2015) |
Population (2020) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambacon | 637 |  637
|
 678
|
 615
|
| Badiangon | 647 | 589
|
641
|
681
|
| Bangcas A | 668 | 743
|
777
|
862
|
| Bangcas B | 903 | 959
|
982
|
913
|
| Biasong | 609 | 566
|
599
|
652
|
| Bugho | 961 | 1,003
|
1,061
|
1,147
|
| Calag-itan | 1,167 | 1,180
|
1,206
|
1,163
|
| Calayugan | 678 | 700
|
754
|
866
|
| Calinao | 317 | 264
|
261
|
218
|
| Canipaan | 1,425 | 1,509
|
1,635
|
1,611
|
| Catublian | 1,373 | 1,503
|
1,580
|
1,445
|
| Ilaya | 520 | 472
|
518
|
457
|
| Ingan | 923 | 1,018
|
1,049
|
937
|
| Labrador | 800 | 802
|
844
|
745
|
| Libas | 463 | 449
|
512
|
431
|
| Lumbog | 363 | 337
|
381
|
334
|
| Manalog | 700 | 731
|
754
|
781
|
| Manlico | 745 | 752
|
766
|
701
|
| Matin-ao | 506 | 520
|
547
|
551
|
| Nava | 1,798 | 1,801
|
1,946
|
1,924
|
| Nueva Esperanza | 651 | 664
|
683
|
724
|
| Otama | 543 | 593
|
531
|
504
|
| Palongpong | 405 | 475
|
533
|
488
|
| Panalaron | 588 | 677
|
753
|
790
|
| Patong | 706 | 710
|
718
|
735
|
| Poblacion | 799 | 898
|
923
|
638
|
| Pondol | 957 | 993
|
1,035
|
989
|
| Salog | 349 | 353
|
374
|
368
|
| Salvacion | 519 | 483
|
496
|
483
|
| San Pablo Island | 427 | 440
|
460
|
445
|
| San Pedro Island | 473 | 486
|
493
|
459
|
| Santo Niño I | 559 | 524
|
552
|
513
|
| Santo Niño II | 946 | 1,004
|
1,043
|
1,096
|
| Tahusan | 920 | 960
|
991
|
1,080
|
| Talisay | 553 | 597
|
693
|
663
|
| Tawog | 486 | 523
|
557
|
594
|
| Toptop | 434 | 419
|
443
|
411
|
| Tuburan | 600 | 627
|
635
|
587
|
| Union | 397 | 378
|
402
|
404
|
| Upper Bantawon | 197 | 162
|
170
|
144
|
Climate
edit| Climate data for Hinunangan, Southern Leyte | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28 (82) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) |
22 (72) |
22 (72) |
23 (73) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
24 (75) |
| Averageprecipitationmm (inches) | 78 (3.1) |
57 (2.2) |
84 (3.3) |
79 (3.1) |
118 (4.6) |
181 (7.1) |
178 (7.0) |
169 (6.7) |
172 (6.8) |
180 (7.1) |
174 (6.9) |
128 (5.0) |
1,598 (62.9) |
| Average rainy days | 16.7 | 13.8 | 17.3 | 18.5 | 23.2 | 26.5 | 27.1 | 26.0 | 26.4 | 27.5 | 24.6 | 21.0 | 268.6 |
| Source: Meteoblue[10] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1903 | 8,574 | — |
| 1918 | 11,491 | +1.97% |
| 1939 | 16,983 | +1.88% |
| 1948 | 17,556 | +0.37% |
| 1960 | 12,665 | −2.68% |
| 1970 | 16,142 | +2.45% |
| 1975 | 18,648 | +2.94% |
| 1980 | 20,568 | +1.98% |
| 1990 | 22,454 | +0.88% |
| 1995 | 22,170 | −0.24% |
| 2000 | 25,016 | +2.62% |
| 2007 | 27,712 | +1.42% |
| 2010 | 28,415 | +0.92% |
| 2015 | 29,976 | +1.02% |
| 2020 | 29,149 | −0.55% |
| Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[11][12][13][14] | ||
Economy
editPoverty Incidence of Hinunangan
10
20
30
40
50
2000
35.15 2003
28.89 2006
27.60 2009
37.58 2012
33.81 2015
40.19 2018
25.21 2021
21.94 Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] |
Banking and Finance
edit- Philippine National Bank[23]
- Saints Peter & Paul Multi-Purpose Cooperative
- Leyte South Multi-Purpose Cooperative
Education
editPrimary schools
edit- Hinunangan East Central School
- Hinunangan West Central School
- Catublian Elementary School
- Nava Elementary School
- Canipaan Elementary School
- Ambacon Elementary School
- Calag-itan Elementary School
- Pondol Elementary School
- Manalog Elementary School
- Patong Elementary School
- Otama Elementary School
- Ingan Elementary School
- Kabaskan Elementary School
- Ilaya Elementary School
- Senda Elementary School
- Tuburan Elementary School
Secondary schools
edit- Holy Rosary Academy - a Private Roman Catholic school
- Hinunangan National High School - formerly Hinunangan Agricultural and Vocational School
- Canipaan National High School
- Nava National High School
- Sto. Niño National High School
Tertiary Schools
edit- Southern Leyte State University- Hinunangan Campus (formerly Southern Leyte Institute of Agriculture and Technology; Hinunangan Agricultural and Vocational School)
Others
edit- Hinunangan Skills and Technological Center[24]- TESDA accredited vocational school.
Healthcare
edit- Zenon T. Lagumbay Memorial Hospital
- Hinunangan Community Hospital
- Santo Domingo Family Clinic
- Hinunangan Dialysis Center[25]
Media
edit- Hinunangnon- crowdsourcing social news network in Hinunangan, founded in 2016 that brings digital news and top stories locally from Hinunangan and its Province or around the world.[26][27]
- 92.1 MHz FM - Spin FM Hinunangan (Defunct)
- 90.8 MHz FM- Mix FM Hinunangan[28]
- 105.0 MHz FM -Best FM Hinunangan[29]
Communication
editMobile:
- Smart Communications(Since 2002)[30]
- Globe Telecom(Since 2004)
Cable television:
- Direct-To-Home (DTH) satellite TV Service providers
Internet:
- SMART 4G Network
- Globe 4G Network
- MKG Fiber Broadband Data Solutions
- NGN Fiber Broadband Data Solutions
- RV-Tech Fiber Broadband Solutions
- Starlink Satellite Broadband
Gallery
edit-
Hinunangan at Night, September 2024 -
View of Hinunangan Bay from Poblacion -
San Pablo and San Pedro Islands off the coast of Hinunangn. The town's major tourist attraction. -
White beach at San Pablo Island, Hinunangan
References
edit- ^ Municipality of Hinunangan|(DILG)
- ^"2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density"(PDF).Philippine Statistics Authority.Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016.ISSN0117-1453.Archived(PDF)from the original on May 25, 2021.RetrievedJuly 16,2021.
- ^https:// philatlas /visayas/r08/southern-leyte/hinunangan.html.
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- ^"Local Government Unit".Archived fromthe originalon 2006-05-21.Retrieved2008-11-05.,Southern Leyte LGU website
- ^Hinunangan History,Hinunangan.net
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- ^ "Hinunangan, Southern Leyte: Average Temperatures and Rainfall".Meteoblue.Retrieved6 January2019.
- ^Census of Population (2015)."Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)".Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay.Philippine Statistics Authority.Retrieved20 June2016.
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- ^"Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines"(PDF).Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
- ^"2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates"(PDF).Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
- ^"City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009"(PDF).Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
- ^"2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates"(PDF).Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
- ^"Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015".Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
- ^"PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates".Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021.Retrieved22 January2022.
- ^"PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates".Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024.Retrieved28 April2024.
- ^PNB_Domestic_Branch_Directory
- ^TESDA Hinunangan Skills and Technological Center[permanent dead link]
- ^Hinunangan Dialysis
- ^Hinunangnon Facebook Page
- ^"| Hinunangnon Official Website".Archived fromthe originalon 2018-03-23.Retrieved2018-05-04.
- ^90.8 Mix FM
- ^105.0 Best FM
- ^Smart increases coverage in remote, rural areas
External links
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