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Also known as Municipality of Hinunangan

Hinunangan, officially the Municipality of Hinunangan (Kabalian: Lungsod san Hinunangan; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 30,384 people.

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Rice Granary of Southern Leyte
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Wikidata facts

Official name
Municipality of Hinunangan
Located in
Southern Leyte
Population
30384
Area
170.58
Elevation
4.8
Shares border with
Hinundayan
Image
Hinunangan Town Proper Aerial View.jpg
Households
7402
Dialing code
53
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language used
Tagalog
Köppen climate classification
tropical rainforest climate
postal code
6608
Commons category
Hinunangan
electorate
22008
poverty incidence
21.94
fiscal/tax revenue
195392790.95
total assets
380594761.97
total expenditure
157981912.50
total liabilities
125420942.40
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Encyclopedic overview

18 sections
Contents
  • History
  • 2007 earthquake
  • Geography
  • Barangays
  • Climate
  • Demographics
  • Economy
  • Banking and Finance
  • Education
  • Primary schools
  • Secondary schools
  • Tertiary Schools
  • Others
  • Healthcare
  • Communication
  • Gallery
  • References
  • External links

Hinunangan, officially the Municipality of Hinunangan (Kabalian: Lungsod san Hinunangan; ; ), is a municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 30,384 people.

== History == Hinunangan, originally known as Hononganan (meaning "resting place"), has a history dating back to 1521, when Ferdinand Magellan recorded its sighting during his voyage through Leyte Gulf. By 1750, the area had become a midway trading station for Boholano merchants trading in Eastern Leyte. These traders would moor their boats and rest overnight at the mouth of the Das-ay River, where they built a shelter known as a "hononganan" or stopover, which later became the town’s namesake.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hinunangan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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