Hinunangan

Hinunangan, officially the Municipality of Hinunangan (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Hinunangan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Hinunangan), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 29,976 people. [3]

Hinunangan
Municipality
Municipality of Hinunangan
Aerial view of Hinunangan
Seal
Motto(s): 
Rice Granary of Southern Leyte
Map of Southern Leyte with Hinunangan highlighted
OpenStreetMap
Hinunangan
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°24′N 125°12′E
Country Philippines
RegionEastern Visayas (Region VIII)
ProvinceSouthern Leyte
District2nd District
Barangays40 (see Barangays)
Government
 [1]
 • TypeSangguniang Bayan
 • MayorReynaldo C. Fernandez
 • Vice MayorFlorentino S. Fernandez Jr.
 • RepresentativeRoger G. Mercado
 • Electorate21,314 voters (2019)
Area
 [2]
 • Total170.58 km2 (65.86 sq mi)
Elevation
48 m (157 ft)
Population
 (2015 census) [3]
 • Total29,976
 • Density180/km2 (460/sq mi)
 • Households
6,925
Economy
 • Income class3rd municipal income class
 • Poverty incidence40.19% (2015)[4]
 • Revenue₱95,473,099.97 (2016)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
6608
PSGC
086403000
IDD : area code +63 (0)53
Climate typetropical rainforest climate
Native languagesBoholano dialect
Cebuano
Tagalog

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 sand beaches and islands. The town is also 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.[5]

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 touristic 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.

Geography

Hinunangan is home to the highest mountain in the province, Mount Nacolod, with an elevation of 948 metres (3,110 ft) above sea level.[6]

Barangays
View of Hinunangan Bay from Poblacion
San Pablo and San Pedro Islands off the coast of Hinunangn. The town's major tourist attraction.
White beach at San Pablo Island, Hinunangan

Hinunangan is politically subdivided into 40 barangays, 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)
Ambacon
637
637
678
Badiangon
647
589
641
Bangcas A
668
743
777
Bangcas B
903
959
982
Biasong
609
566
599
Bugho
961
1,003
1,061
Calag-itan
1,167
1,180
1,206
Calayugan
678
700
754
Calinao
317
264
261
Canipaan
1,425
1,509
1,635
Catublian
1,373
1,503
1,580
Ilaya
520
472
518
Ingan
923
1,018
1,049
Labrador
800
802
844
Libas
463
449
512
Lumbog
363
337
381
Manalog
700
731
754
Manlico
745
752
766
Matin-ao
506
520
547
Nava
1,798
1,801
1,946
Nueva Esperanza
651
664
683
Otama
543
593
531
Palongpong
405
475
533
Panalaron
588
677
753
Patong
706
710
718
Poblacion
799
898
923
Pondol
957
993
1,035
Salog
349
353
374
Salvacion
519
483
496
San Pablo Island
427
440
460
San Pedro Island
473
486
493
Santo Niño I
559
524
552
Santo Niño II
946
1,004
1,043
Tahusan
920
960
991
Talisay
553
597
693
Tawog
486
523
557
Toptop
434
419
443
Tuburan
600
627
635
Union
397
378
402
Upper Bantawon
197
162
170
Hinunangan Skyline and Hinunangan Bay from San Pablo Island.

Demographics
Population census of Hinunangan
YearPop.±% p.a.
1903 8,574—    
1918 11,491+1.97%
1939 16,983+1.88%
1948 17,556+0.37%
1960 12,665−2.68%
YearPop.±% p.a.
1970 16,142+2.45%
1975 18,648+2.94%
1980 20,568+1.98%
2010 28,415+1.08%
2015 29,976+1.02%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority  [3] [7] [8][9]

Climate
Climate data for Hinunangan, Southern Leyte
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 28
(82)		 29
(84)		 29
(84)		 30
(86)		 30
(86)		 30
(86)		 29
(84)		 29
(84)		 29
(84)		 29
(84)		 29
(84)		 29
(84)		 29
(84)
Average low °C (°F) 22
(72)		 22
(72)		 22
(72)		 23
(73)		 25
(77)		 25
(77)		 25
(77)		 25
(77)		 25
(77)		 24
(75)		 24
(75)		 23
(73)		 24
(75)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 78
(3.1)		 57
(2.2)		 84
(3.3)		 79
(3.1)		 118
(4.6)		 181
(7.1)		 178
(7.0)		 169
(6.7)		 172
(6.8)		 180
(7.1)		 174
(6.9)		 128
(5.0)		 1,598
(62.9)
Average rainy days 16.7 13.8 17.3 18.5 23.2 26.5 27.1 26.0 26.4 27.5 24.6 21.0 268.6
Source: Meteoblue [10]

History

In 1521, Magellan recorded sighting Hunonganan (Hinunangan) during the voyage in Leyte Gulf. 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. Hence the name. In 1822, a certain Boholano named Palonoy founded Hinunangan.[11] 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.

2007 earthquake

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.[12]

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.[12]

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.

Education

Primary Schools
  • HECS - a Public School
  • Catublian Elementary School
  • Nava Elementary School
  • Canipaan Elementary School

Secondary Schools
  • Holy Rosary Academy - a Private Roman Catholic school
  • Hinunangan National High School - formerly Hinunangan Agricultural and Vocational School
  • Canipaan National High School
  • Nava National High School

Tertiary Schools

Others
  • Hinunangan Skills and Technological Center[13] - TESDA accredited vocational school.

Health Care
  • Zenon T. Lagumbay Memorial Hospital
  • Hinunangan Community Hospital

Commerce

Banking and Finance

Media
  • Hinunangnon - crowdsourcing social news network in Hinunangan, founded in 2016 that brings digital news and top stories locally from Hinunangan and its Province or around the world.[15][16]
  • 90.8 MHz FM - Mix FM Hinunangan [17]
  • 105.0 MHz FM - Best FM Hinunangan [18]

Communication

Mobile:

Cable television:

  • Fiesta Cable TV
  • Direct-To-Home (DTH) satellite TV Service provider

Internet:

  • Wireless Internet through SMART Network (Smart Bro's 3G/HSPA/HSPA+)
  • Wireless Internet through Globe Network (Globe Tattoo)

References
  1.  Municipality of Hinunangan | (DILG)
  2. "Province: Southern Leyte". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  3. Census of Population (2015). "Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. PSA. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  4. "PSA releases the 2015 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Quezon City, Philippines. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-05-21. Retrieved 2008-11-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), Southern Leyte LGU website
  6. Archived 2008-11-18 at the Wayback Machine, NSCB Southern Leyte Profile
  7. Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. NSO. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  8. Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. NSO.
  9. "Province of Southern Leyte". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  10. "Hinunangan, Southern Leyte : Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  11. Hinunangan History, Hinunangan.net
  12. Hinunangan MDCC bares earthquake partial damage assessment report, Philippine Information Agency
  13. TESDA Hinunangan Skills and Technological Center
  14. PNB_Domestic_Branch_Directory
  15. Hinunangnon Facebook Page
  16. "| Hinunangnon Official Website". Archived from the original on 2018-03-23. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  17. 90.8 Mix FM
  18. 105.0 Best FM
  19. Smart increases coverage in remote, rural areas
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