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Benabaye
Benabaye is a barangay in the town of Merida in the province of Leyte. Before it became a barangay it is first a sitio of a greater barangay of Calunangan with the name of San Juan. History Benabaye was created due to a water that cannot reach to sitio San Juan from Calunangan. The people of sitio San Juan complain about it resulting their petition to make San Juan a barangay. The people then change the name of San Juan to Benabaye. The first Barangay Captain is Jose Orge which serve from the start of the creation of barangay until the People Power Revolution. Then when the People Revolution revolutionists came into power the seat of the Barangay Captain were vacant. A man named Agapito Gumba a friend of the town of Merida mayor was task to serve as Officer in Charge until the next election will happen. Barangay Captains * Jose Orge (1966-1986) * Agapito Gumba Sr. Agapito is both a given name and a surname. It is the Spanish and Italian version of Agapitus. Notable peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merida, Leyte
Merida (IPA: e'ridɐ, officially the Municipality of Merida ( ceb, Lungsod sa Merida; war, Bungto han Merida; tl, Bayan ng Merida), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 31,574 people. History Located east of Ormoc City, facing the Camotes Islands and Camotes Sea, Merida is nestled at the Westside of Ormoc City where agriculture, to include fishing is the major livelihood among the populace. A tradition and a rich heritage since the Spanish regime is a strong and lasting heritage to San Isidro Labrador sustained by the inhabitants tracing back from the original settlers up to the present. Since the Spanish conquest, the Meridanhons faithfully adopted the humble farmer, San Isidro Labrador, especially that agriculture is the dominant economy of the locality. The town was formerly situated in a place now known as Betaug. It was then called ‘Siapun after a river near the settlement. The town ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barangay
A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolitan areas, the term often refers to an inner city neighborhood, a suburb, or a suburban neighborhood or even a borough. The word ''barangay'' originated from '' balangay'', a type of boat used by a group of Austronesian peoples when they migrated to the Philippines. Municipalities and cities in the Philippines are politically subdivided into barangays, with the exception of the municipalities of Adams in Ilocos Norte and Kalayaan in Palawan, with each containing a single barangay. Barangays are sometimes informally subdivided into smaller areas called ''purok'' ( en, " zone"), or barangay zones consisting of a cluster of houses for organizational purposes, and '' sitios'', which are territorial enclaves—usually rural—far from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leyte
Leyte ( ) is an island in the Visayas group of islands in the Philippines. It is eighth-largest and sixth-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total population of 2,626,970 as of 2020 census. Since the accessibility of land has been depleted, Leyte has provided countless number of migrants to Mindanao. Most inhabitants are farmers. Fishing is a supplementary activity. Rice and corn (maize) are the main food crops; cash crops include coconuts, abaca, tobacco, bananas, and sugarcane. There are some manganese deposits, and sandstone and limestone are quarried in the northwest. Politically, the island is divided into two provinces: (Northern) Leyte and Southern Leyte. Territorially, Southern Leyte includes the island of Panaon to its south. To the north of Leyte is the island province of Biliran, a former sub-province of Leyte. The major cities of Leyte are Tacloban, on the eastern shore at the northwest corner of Leyte Gulf, and Ormoc, on the west coast. Leyte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agapito Gumba Sr
Agapito is both a given name and a surname. It is the Spanish and Italian version of Agapitus. Notable people with the name include: Given name: *Pope Agapetus I (490-536), Bishop of Rome, known as Agapetos in contemporary sources. *Agapito Aquino (1939-2015), Filipino politician *Agapito Conchu, Filipino film director *Agapito Gómez (born 1963), Spanish boxer *Agapito Jiménez Zamora (1817–1879), Costa Rican politician *Agapito Lozada (1938–2011), Filipino swimmer *Agapito Mayor (1915–2005), Cuban baseball player *Agapito Sánchez (1970–2005), Dominican Republic boxer Surname: *Julio García Agapito (died 2008), Peruvian environmentalist *Lourdes Agapito, Spanish computer scientist *Oliver Agapito (born 1973), Filipino basketball player Nickname *Alejandro Garcia Padilla Alejandro is the Spanish form of the name Alexander. Alejandro has multiple variations in different languages, including Aleksander ( Czech, Polish), Alexandre ( French), Alexandros (Greek), Alsan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
