Dumangas, Iloilo
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Philippines
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. The town is located northeast of Iloilo City
Iloilo City
The City of Iloilo is a highly urbanized city in the Philippines and the capital city of Iloilo province. It is the regional center of the Western Visayas, as well as the center of the Iloilo-Guimaras Metropolitan Area...
on the island of Panay
Panay Island
Panay is an island in the Philippines located in the western part of the Visayas. Politically, it is divided into five provinces: Aklan, Antique, Capiz, and Iloilo, all in the Western Visayas Region. It is located southeast of the island of Mindoro and northwest of Negros, separated by the...
. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 56,291 people in 11,262 households.
Like most parts in the Philippines, Dumangas is a rural town where agriculture and livestock are predominant.
Although an hour drive from the port city of Iloilo, Dumangas continues to retain its provincial standing, but whose commitment to certain fundamental community values and innovation has produced many in the way of medicine, law and education.
Barangays
Dumangas is politically subdivided into 45 barangayBarangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
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History
Dumangas was known as Araut until 1605. The town is home to one of the oldest standing churches in the Visayas. It is where the Spanish Agustinian missionaries of the Catholic Church began converting the indigenous population at the time to Christianity. There are many stories as how the town acquired its name, however the consensus is that which can be attributed to the mango trees that are abundant in this part of Panay island.Famous Writers
Dumangas is hometown to famous HiligaynonHiligaynon language
Hiligaynon, often referred to as Ilonggo, is an Austronesian language spoken in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines.Hiligaynon is concentrated in the provinces of Iloilo, Negros Occidental and Capiz but is also spoken in the other provinces of the Panay Island group, including Antique,...
writer Peter Solis Nery
Peter Solis Nery
Peter Solis Nery is a Filipino poet, fictionist, and author. Writing in Hiligaynon, he is a Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, the Cultural Center of the Philippines Literary Grant, and the All-Western Visayas Literary Contest awardee...
, who has won multiple Palanca Awards, the 1998 Philippine Centennial Literary Prize for screenplay, a CCP literature grant, an NCCA poetry prize, among many others. Peter Nery is author of 16 books of poetry, plays, and memoirs, including the controversial full-length play in English, "If the Shoe Fits: Or, The Five Men Imelda Marcos Meets in Heaven" (2011), the award-winning "The Passion of Jovita Fuentes" (2009), and the groundbreaking "100 Erotic Sonnets from the Hiligaynon" (2010). Peter writes in English and Hiligaynon, and is also a filmmaker whose breakthrough film was the five-minute "Dabadaba". Among Peter Solis Nery's popular stories in Hiligaynon are: "Lirio", "Candido", and "Donato Bugtot". His one-act play "The Wide Ionian Sea" has also won a Palanca Award.
Superstitions About Aswang
Dumangas is alleged to have aswangs. The aswang is an ugly creature that possesses wings similar to those of the bats and they eat human flesh. The myth of the "Aswang" is popular in the Visayan region of the Philippines, specially in the western provinces of Capiz, Iloilo, and Antique. Aside from entertainment values, mothers are said to tell their children "Aswang" stories to keep them off the streets and keep them home at night. Similar to CountCount
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Vlad III Dracula
Dracula
Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker.Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to relocate from Transylvania to England, and the battle between Dracula and a small group of men and women led by Professor...
of Transylvania
Transylvania
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in Vampire
Vampire
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...
stories, the most popular characters are the clan of Teñente/ Tenyente/ Tiniente Gimo of the town of Dueñas, Iloilo.
Radio & Television Station
- 105.3 Dream Radio
External links
- Philippine Standard Geographic Code
- 2000 Philippine Census Information
- Volunteer Experience Malcolm Trevena's six month volunteer experience in Dumnagas