Lambunao, officially the Municipality of Lambunao (, , ), is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in the
province
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of
Iloilo
Iloilo ( ; ), officially the Province of Iloilo (; ; ; ), is a province in the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Its capital and largest city is Iloilo City, the regional center of Western Visayas and politically independen ...
,
Philippines
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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 81,236 people.
Lambunao is the largest municipality in Iloilo in terms of land area and is from
Iloilo City
Iloilo City, officially the City of Iloilo (; ; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Western Visayas Regions of the Philippines, region of the Philippines, located on the southeastern coast of th ...
.
Geography
Barangays
Lambunao is politically subdivided into 73
barangay
The barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as ''barrio'', is the smallest Administrative divisions of the Philippines, administrative division in the Philippines. Named after the Precolonial barangay, precolonial po ...
s. Each barangay consists of
purok
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s and some have
sitios
A ''sitio'' (Spanish language, Spanish for "site") in the Philippines is a territorial enclave that forms part of a barangay. Typically rural, a ''sitios location is usually far from the center of the barangay itself and could be its own bar ...
.
* Agsirab
* Agtuman
* Alugmawa
* Badiangan
* Bagongbong
* Balagiao
* Banban
* Bansag
* Bayuco
* Binaba-an Armada
* Binaba-an Labayno
* Binaba-an Limoso
* Binaba-an Portigo
* Binaba-an Tirador
* Bonbon
* Bontoc
* Buri
* Burirao
* Buwang
* Cabatangan
* Cabugao
* Cabunlawan
* Caguisanan
* Caloy-ahan
* Caninguan
* Capangyan
* Cayan Este
* Cayan Oeste
* Corot-on
* Coto
* Cubay
* Cunarum
* Daanbanwa
* Gines
* Hipgos
* Jayubo
* Jorog
* Lanot Grande
* Lanot Pequeño
* Legayada
* Lumanay (Daanbanwa I)
* Madarag
* Magbato
* Maite Grande
* Maite Pequeño
* Malag-it
* Manaulan
* Maribong
* Marong
* Misi
* Natividad
* Pajo
* Pandan
* Panuran
* Pasig
* Patag
*
Poblacion
''Poblacion'' (from Spanish '' población'', meaning "population"), sometimes abbreviated as Pob., is a term used in the Philippines to refer to the administrative center, downtown, old town, or commercial area of a city or municipality. It ...
Ilawod
* Poblacion Ilaya
* Poong
* Pughanan
* Pungsod
* Quiling
* Sagcup
* San Gregorio
* Sibacungan
* Sibaguan
* Simsiman
* Supoc
* Tampucao
* Tranghawan
* Tubungan
* Tuburan
* Walang
Climate
The municipality was in the path of
Typhoon Haiyan
Typhoon Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Yolanda, was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone that is among List of the most intense tropical cyclones, the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded. Upon ...
, which caused landslides and damaged agricultural areas.
Demographics
In the 2020 census, the population of Lambunao was 81,236 people, with a density of .
Economy
References
External links
Official Website of the Municipality of Lambunao*
Philippine Standard Geographic Code The Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC) is a systematic classification and coding for geographic areas in the Philippines. It classifies areas based on the country's four levels of administrative divisions: regions, provinces, municipalities ...
Philippine Census InformationLocal Governance Performance Management System
Municipalities of Iloilo
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