Laoang, officially the Municipality of Laoang ( war, Bungto han Laoang; tl, Bayan ng Laoang), is a 2nd class
municipality
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Northern Samar
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,
Philippines
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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 61,607 people.
It is the economic, educational, socio-cultural and government center of the 2nd district of the province.
History
Pre-Spanish Time
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In the pre-Hispanic times, the poblacion of Laoang was a settlement called Makarato while the whole island was called Lawang which later on evolved into Laoang.
According to Fr. Ignatius Alzina in his book ''Historia de las Islas y Indios de Bisayas'', the settlement was ruled by a monarch called Dato Karagrag, whose consort Bingi had an irresistible beauty that captivated other neighbouring kings, especially the dato from
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