Luna, La Union
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Luna is a 3rd class municipality in the province of La Union
, Philippines
. According to the latest census, it has a population of 35,372 people in 6,561 households.
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word which means “one who feeds.”
Based on early records, Namacpacan was a visita (a settlement with a church but is visited by non-resident clergies whose headquarters are at the cabecera) of Purao, now Balaoan, as early as 1587. It was a settlement along the camino real (national road) from Vigan to Manila and travelers stopped and refresh themselves. The era of restaurants was not yet introduced during that time, and so the families of that town offered the travelers food and shelter, hence, the name of the place.
On October 18, 1906, during the incumbency of Governor Joaquin Luna and Namacpacan Mayor Primitivo Resurreccion Novicio, the name of the town was changed from Namacpacan to Luna by virtue of Philippine Commission Act No. 1543. It was the first town that altered its name since the creation of the province in 1850. The change was based on the request of the municipal council which was subsequently approved and endorsed by the Provincial Board of La Union, in honor of the famous Luna brothers: Antonio, the General and Juan, the Painter, whose mother Doña Laureana Novicio Luna, was a native of the locality.
La Unión
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, Philippines
Philippines
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. According to the latest census, it has a population of 35,372 people in 6,561 households.
Barangays
Luna is politically subdivided into 40 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
The Town of Luna was formerly called "Namacpacan". Namacpacan is an IlocanoIlokano language
Ilokano or Ilocano is the third most-spoken language of the Republic of the Philippines....
word which means “one who feeds.”
Based on early records, Namacpacan was a visita (a settlement with a church but is visited by non-resident clergies whose headquarters are at the cabecera) of Purao, now Balaoan, as early as 1587. It was a settlement along the camino real (national road) from Vigan to Manila and travelers stopped and refresh themselves. The era of restaurants was not yet introduced during that time, and so the families of that town offered the travelers food and shelter, hence, the name of the place.
On October 18, 1906, during the incumbency of Governor Joaquin Luna and Namacpacan Mayor Primitivo Resurreccion Novicio, the name of the town was changed from Namacpacan to Luna by virtue of Philippine Commission Act No. 1543. It was the first town that altered its name since the creation of the province in 1850. The change was based on the request of the municipal council which was subsequently approved and endorsed by the Provincial Board of La Union, in honor of the famous Luna brothers: Antonio, the General and Juan, the Painter, whose mother Doña Laureana Novicio Luna, was a native of the locality.