Hinunangan, Southern Leyte
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Hinunangan is a 3rd class (based on NSCB website as of 31 December 2010 Hinunangan Statistics 2010) municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines
Philippines
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. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 27,712 a 0.90% growth compared to the 2000 census.
Hinunangan is known as the "Rice Granary of the Province" for its vast plain land that is entirely planted with rice
Rice
Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...
. Hinunangan, one of the key towns of the province
Province
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, has great potential for tourism because of its beautiful sand beaches and islands. The town is a producer of rattan and wood-based furnitures, abaca handicrafts items, pineapple, vegetables, other forest products, and bamboo furnitures. It has a potential for mineral water and root crops processing and copper mining.
The highest mountain in the province is Mount Nacolod can also be found in Hinunangan with an elevation of 948 meters above sea level.
History
In 1521, Magellan recorded sighting Hunonganan (Hinunangan) during the voyage in Leyte GulfLeyte Gulf
Leyte Gulf is a body of water immediately east of the island of Leyte in the Philippines, adjoining the Philippine Sea of the Pacific Ocean, at . The Gulf is bounded on the north by the island of Samar, which is separated from Leyte on the west by the narrow San Juanico Strait, and on the south by...
. As far back in 1750 Hinunangan was a mid-way station of Boholanos trading 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. Thus the name.In 1822, a certain Boholano named Palonoy founded Hinunangan. At this time Silago of the North and Hinundayan and Anahawan
Anahawan
Anahawan may refer to:* Anahawan, Southern Leyte* Anahawan, barangay in Bato, Leyte...
on the South were part of Hinunangan.
It was the first place the expedition directed its course to Leyte
Leyte
Leyte is a province of the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital is Tacloban City and occupies the northern three-quarters of the Leyte Island. Leyte is located west of Samar Island, north of Southern Leyte and south of Biliran...
Island. Again, in 1944, in the greatest naval battle in history the blocking warship of the Liberation waylaid the Japanese Fleet near Hinunangan. Thus, the area in Southern Leyte
Southern Leyte
Southern Leyte is a province of the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Maasin City is the capital of the province. Southern Leyte was once a sub-province of Leyte before it was divided from the latter...
is the natural frontier of historically significant events in Philippine History.
Barangays
Tacloban City
The City of Tacloban is a port city approximately 360 miles southeast of Manila. It is the first in Eastern Visayas to be classified as a Highly Urbanized City. It is the capital of the Philippine province of Leyte and is the largest city in terms of population in Eastern Visayas...
. The opening of Abuyog - Silago Road cuts travel time to more than 50 percent, from the previous 6 hours (Tacloban - Hinunangan Route) 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 touristic places, 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) and lot of natures. It is also a place far from cities but it is one the first in the province where mobile technology
Mobile technology
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was put in. There are also hotels, inns, a public market and beach resorts. Hinunangan has seen a significant progress, in terms of infrastructure, economy, productivity and improving standards of living
Hinunangan is politically subdivided into 40 barangay
Barangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
s. Two of which barangays is a twin island located at the east of the town. The twin islands are accessible by motorized boats thru Brgy. Canipa-an.
| Barangay | Population(2007) | Barangay | Population(2007) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambacon | 637 | Patong | 706 | |
| Badiangon | 647 | Poblacion | 799 | |
| Bangcas A | 668 | Pondol | 957 | |
| Bangcas B | 903 | Salog | 349 | |
| Biasong | 609 | Salvacion | 519 | |
| Bugho | 961 | San Pablo Island | 427 | |
| Calag-itan | 1,167 | San Pedro Island | 473 | |
| Calayugan | 678 | Santo Niño I | 559 | |
| Calinao | 317 | Santo Niño II | 946 | |
| Canipaan | 1,425 | Tahusan | 920 | |
| Catublian | 1,373 | Talisay | 553 | |
| Ilaya | 520 | Tawog | 486 | |
| Ingan | 923 | Toptop | 434 | |
| Labrador | 800 | Tuburan | 600 | |
| Libas | 463 | Union | 397 | |
| Lumbog | 363 | Upper Bantawon | 197 | |
| Manalog | 700 | Panalaron | 588 | |
| Manlico | 745 | Palongpong | 405 | |
| Matin-ao | 506 | Otama | 543 | |
| Nava | 1,798 | Nueva Esperanza | 651 |
Elementary schools
- Hinunangan East Central School - Rizal St. Poblacion, Hinunangan
- Hinunangan West Central School - Catmonan St. Labrador, Hinunangan
- Canipaan Elementary School - Canipaan, Hinunangan
- Catublian Elementary School - Catublian, Hinunangan
- Holy Rosary Academy - Elementary Department (private school)
- Almost all barangay has Elementary / Primary Schools
- Nueva Esperanza Elem. School
High schools
- Holy Rosary Academy (private school run by the Catholic Church) - Arellano St. Poblacion, Hinunangan
- Hinunangan National High School/Canipaan Annex (formerly HAVS also SLIAT) - SLSU Campus, Ambacon, Hinunangan
- Canipaan National High School - Canipaan, Hinunangan
- Nava National High School - Nava, Hinunangan
Universities
- Southern Leyte State UniversitySouthern Leyte State UniversitySouthern Leyte State University is a public university in the Philippines. It is mandated to provide advanced education, higher technological, professional instruction and training in trade, fishery, agriculture, forestry, science, education, commerce, engineering and related courses...
(SLSU)- Hinunangan Campus (formerly Southern Leyte Institute of Agriculture and Technology (SLIAT))- Course Offered:
- BS in Agricultural Entrepreneurship
- BS Education
- Bachelor of Agricultural Technology
- Associate in Agricultural Technology
- Associate in Information Technology
- Bachelor of Science in Information Technology
- Course Offered:
Mobile
- Serviced by Smart CommunicationsSmart CommunicationsSmart Communications is a wholly owned mobile phone and Internet service subsidiary of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company .On June 30, 2010 the company reported that it had over 45 million cellular subscribers.-Brands:...
(Since 2002) - Serviced by Globe TelecomGlobe TelecomGlobe Telecom , commonly known as Globe, is a telecommunications company in the Philippines. Globe provides mobile, fixed line, and broadband Internet services.- History :In 1928, Congress passed Act No...
(Since 2004)
Internet
- Wireless Internet through SMART Network (Smart Bro's 3G/HSPA/HSPA+)
- Wireless Internet through Globe Network (Globe Tatto)
- Some internet Cafe in proper Area.
Recent development
On July 19, 2007, a strong earthquake hit the town with magnitude 6 on Richter scale and damaged some properties. The partial assessment report of Hinunangan dated July 20, a copy of which was obtained by PIA through 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.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.
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; Sto. Nino barangay Chapel - P10,000; a number of houses - P400,000, and various appliances, P290,000.
External links
- Tourist Office Official Site
- See the Beauty of Hinunangan
- Hinunangan 'The Fearless eCommunity-eStambayan'
- Philippine Standard Geographic Code
- 2000 Philippine Census Information
- Holy Rosary Academy Batch 2003
- Holy Rosary Academy Batch 1974
- Southern Leyte State University - Hinunangan Campus
- Travels through Hinunangan