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| Motto: | Rice Granary of Southern Leyte | ||
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| Leader Name: | Reynaldo C. Fernandez (PDPLBN) | ||
| Leader Title1: | Vice Mayor | ||
| Leader Name1: | Marian D. Pelin (PDPLBN) | ||
| Leader Name2: | Christopherson M. Yap | ||
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Hinunangan, officially the Municipality of Hinunangan (Kabalian: Lungsod san Hinunangan; Cebuano: Lungsod sa Hinunangan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Hinunangan), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 29,149 people.
Hinunangan is known as the "Rice Granary of the Province" for its vast plain land that is entirely planted with rice. 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.[1]
Hinunangan is also known as a major gateway in Leyte because of its near proximity to Tacloban City. The opening of Abuyog–Silago Road 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).. There are also hotels, inns, a public market, and beach resorts.
In 1521, Magellan recorded the sighting Hunonganan (Hinunangan) during the voyage in Leyte Gulf. As far back as 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. Hence the name. In 1822, a certain Boholano named Palonoy founded Hinunangan.[2] At this time, Silago to the north and Hinundayan and Anahawan to 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 in Southern Leyte is the natural frontier of historically significant events in Philippine history.
On 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 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.[3]
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.[3]
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.
Hinunangan is home to the highest mountain in the province, Mount Nacolod, with an elevation of above sea level.[4]
Hinunangan is politically subdivided into 40 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
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 |
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