Matuguinao
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Matuguinao, officially the Municipality of Matuguinao (Template:Langx; Template:Langx), is a municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 7,364 people, making it the least populated municipality in the province.Template:PH census
Etymology
Matuguinao or Matugnaw is a Waray-Waray word that literally means cold.
History
Matuguinao was named as a municipal district of Gandara in the year 1948 to 1960. By virtue of Republic Act No. 4221, which divided the old province of Samar, it was later converted into a municipality and a part of the newly established province of Western Samar (now Samar) in 1965.[1][2]
Geography
Barangays
Matuguinao is politically subdivided into 20 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios. Template:Div col
- Angyap
- Bag-otan
- Barruz (Barangay No. 1)
- Camonoan
- Carolina
- Deit
- Del Rosario
- Inubod
- Libertad
- Ligaya
- Mabuligon (Poblacion)
- Maduroto (Poblacion)
- Mahanud
- Mahayag
- Nagpapacao
- Rizal
- Salvacion
- San Isidro
- Santa Cruz
- San Roque (Mabuhay)
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Climate
Demographics
Economy
Infrastructure
- Water and sanitation
- Water is abundant in this town, with cold and hot water sources.
- Solid Waste Management
- Garbage are being collected here manually by a karitilya. It is dumped on its garbage dumpsite along the provincial road going to Matuguinao and after barangay Barruz.
References
External links
- Matuguinao Profile at PhilAtlas.com
- [[[:Template:NSCB detail]] Philippine Standard Geographic Code]
- Philippine Census Information
- Local Governance Performance Management System
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