Hinundayan, officially the Municipality of Hinundayan ( Kabalian: ''Lungsod san Hinundayan''; ceb, Lungsod sa Hinundayan; tl, Bayan ng Hinundayan), is a 5th class

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in the

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Southern Leyte Southern Leyte ( ceb, Habagatang Leyte; Kabalian: ''Habagatan nga Leyte''; war, Salatan nga Leyte; tl, Timog Leyte), officially the Province of Southern Leyte, is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital ...

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. According to the Hinundayan has a total land area of 6,108 hectares or 61.08 square kilometers, comprising 17 barangays. 2020 census, it has a population of 12,398 people.

Etymology

During the 17th century, there were Spanish sailors who by chance arrived at our shores in Barangay Sabang. At that time, the fisherfolks and villagers were very busy setting up "''handayanans''" or resting place for their

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s. These handayanans were made up of posts with horizontal rails which were a meter high from the ground where the canoes and other sea crafts were laid after use. When the Spanish sailors asked the villagers what was the name of the place, the villagers who were oblivious of the strange language thought that they were asked of what they were doing, so they simply answered in their own dialect, ''"handayanan among gibuhat para sa among baruto."'' The Spaniards noted the first word ''"Handayanan"'' as the name of the place, so they refer the place as such, which was later on distorted to ''"Hinundayan"''. Since then, this place was called Hinundayan.

History

Foundation

Before

Hinunangan Hinunangan, officially the Municipality of Hinunangan ( Kabalian: ''Lungsod san Hinunangan''; ceb, Lungsod sa Hinunangan; tl, Bayan ng Hinunangan), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 202 ...

became a town, this and Hinundayan were part of the town of

Abuyog Abuyog (IPA: �ɐ'bujog, officially the Municipality of Abuyog ( war, Bungto han Abuyog; ceb, Lungsod sa Abuyog; tl, Bayan ng Abuyog), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a po ...

. But when it was created a town on the 18th century, Hinundayan was part of its jurisdiction. On March 21, 1876, the Governor of

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Jose Fernandez issued an Executive Order proclaiming Hinundayan a separate town, the first ''“Kapitan Municipal”'' was Don Sotero Tobio. But its townhood lasted only until the Revolutionary Period. When the American came, it became a barrio of Hinunangan again. The ''“Kapitan Municipal”'' at that time was Don Luis Lagumbay. Due to the petition of some concerned Hinundayanons, Executive Order No. 59 was issued on July 31, 1909, signed by Governor General

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and Act No. 986 proclaiming Hinundayan a separate town from Hinunangan.

Geography

Barangays

Hinundayan is politically subdivided into 17

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Climate

Demographics

Among the seventeen (17) barangays of the municipality, four (4) barangays are considered urban and the remaining thirteen (13) barangays are rural. Based on the Philippine Statistics Authority (NSO), 2007 Census of Population, the municipality's population is dispersed in the rural barangays with a total population count of 7,692 or 66% of the total population while the remaining 34% or the 3,918 population count is concentrated in the urban barangays.

Economy

References

External links

Hinundayan Profile at PhilAtlas.comUnofficial Website of HinundayanOfficial Website of Hinundayan
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