Balangiga

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Municipality of Balangiga
Location of Balangiga in Eastern Samar Province
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Basic data
Region : Eastern Visayas
Province : Eastern Samar
Barangays : 13
District: 1st district of Eastern Samar
PSGC : 082602000
Income class : 5th income bracket
Households : 2113
May 1, 2000 census
Population : 14,085
August 1, 2015 census
Coordinates : 11 ° 7 ′  N , 125 ° 23 ′  E Coordinates: 11 ° 7 ′  N , 125 ° 23 ′  E
Postal code : 6812
Mayor : Viscuso S. Lira
Geographical location in the Philippines
Balangiga (Philippines)
Balangiga
Balangiga

Balangiga is a municipality in the Eastern Samar Province of the Philippines .

The site was the scene of an attack on the battalion stationed there during the Philippine-American War , which went down in the country's history as the Balangiga massacre . The retaliatory campaign that followed resulted in the death of 60,000 Samar residents and remains one of the most contentious issues between the United States and the Philippines over the war to this day.

Barangays

Balangiga is politically divided into 13 barangays .

  • Bacjao
  • Cag-olango
  • Cansumangcay
  • Guinmaayohan
  • Barangay Poblacion I
  • Barangay Poblacion II
  • Barangay Poblacion III
  • Barangay Poblacion IV
  • Barangay Poblacion V
  • Barangay Poblacion VI
  • San Miguel
  • Santa Rosa
  • Maybunga

Sons and daughters

  • Rex Ramirez (* 1967), Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Naval

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