Kawayan, Biliran
Encyclopedia
The word kawayan means bamboo
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Kawayan is a 5th class municipality in the province of Biliran, Philippines
. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 17,507 people in 3,688 households.
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In 1948, the barangays of Ungale, Tuo, and Inasuyan were transferred from Caibiran
, Biliran
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Bamboo
Bamboo is a group of perennial evergreens in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family....
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Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 17,507 people in 3,688 households.
Barangays
Kawayan is politically subdivided into 20 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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In 1948, the barangays of Ungale, Tuo, and Inasuyan were transferred from Caibiran
Caibiran, Biliran
Caibiran is a 5th class municipality in the province of Biliran, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 19,606 people in 3,597 households.-Barangays:Caibiran is politically subdivided into 17 barangays....
, Biliran
Biliran
In 1945 liberated by the Philippine Commonwealth forces of the 9th Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army was landed in Biliran with the local guerrilla forces by the attack of the Japanese troops from the island during the Battle of Biliran during World War II.-Conversion:On April...
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