Tarangnan | |
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| Municipality of Tarangnan | |
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| Coordinates:11°54′N124°45′E / 11.9°N 124.75°E /11.9; 124.75 | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Eastern Visayas |
| Province | Samar |
| District | 1st district |
| Founded | April 1, 1884 |
| Barangays | 41 (seeBarangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Danilo V. Tan |
| • Vice Mayor | Arnel R. Tan |
| • Representative | Stephen James Tan |
| • Electorate | 21,871 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 132.49 km2 (51.15 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 335 m (1,099 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2024 census)[3] | |
• Total | 26,013 |
| • Density | 196.34/km2 (508.52/sq mi) |
| • Households | 5,936 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 4th municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 33.54 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 165.3 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 324.3 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 138.3 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 37.29 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Samar 1 Electric Cooperative (SAMELCO 1) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 6704 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)55 |
| Native languages | Waray Tagalog |
Tarangnan, officially theMunicipality of Tarangnan (Waray:Bungto han Tarangnan;Tagalog:Bayan ng Tarangnan), is amunicipality in theprovince ofSamar,Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 25,713 people.[5]
Tarangnan is situated on the western coast ofSamar Island, to the south-east of the ancient town of Bangahon (nowGandara) and to the north of Samar's capitalCatbalogan. Tarangnan is found near the former ancientpuebloTinago, the first town to be Christianized and was made a center orcabecera.[6]
Tarangnan has its own municipal hospital which was inaugurated in 1982, with a 10-bed capacity. It is augmented by Rural Health Unit extension workers. It has daycare centers which also cater the needs of pre-schoolers.
During the earlier part of the 17th century, Tarangnan or Tinago was the first settlement ofJesuit missionaries on the island of Samar. Tinago was the firstcabecera on Samar where the first Jesuits have arrived, that is October 15, 1596. When Tinago was devastated by the Moro attack in 1616, the Jesuits decided to transfer thecabecera toCatbalogan. Since that time Tinago had not came back to life as pueblo until 1725.[7] Thepoblacion was established at Dapdap but for access and sanitation it was moved to tarangnan in 1883–1884.[8]
The attempted transfer of thepueblo from Dapdap to Tarangnan in 1882 became highly celebrated case. It was a struggle or a fight between the parish priest of Dapdap, fr. Angel Pulido, OFM and thegovernadorcillo ofDapdap.[9]
The town of Dapdap was transferred in 1884 to a barrio called Tarangnan, from which it derived its name today. At first the church andconvento were constructed of light materials which means bamboo and nipa. The new church was constructed in 1894 by P. Venancio Palencia, OFM and completed in 1897.[10]
In the second half of the nineteenth century, the island of Samar experienced a commercial boom, especially inabaca, with imports and exports of abaca products. Moro raids in the island declined due to the presence ofSpaniards. As the Spaniards settled in Samar, they saw the need of all-weather seaports and easy communications for their commercial activities and political administration. This development paved the way for the convergence of the inhabitants into the old town site of Tarangnan, where transport was relatively accessible. The settlement of Tarangnan was growing at a much faster pace than the pueblo of Dapdap.
Taking into consideration the island's commercial boom, with prospects of Tarangnan as a trading center and its religious vigilance over Dapdap, on June 21, 1881, Gov. Enrique Chacon wrote to his superiors. He recommended the transfer of the Poblacion from Dapdap to Tarangnan due to the former's poor accessibility, unavailability of land area for expansion, and its unsanitary environment.
On April 1, 1884, Tarangnan was declared as one of the municipalities of the Province of Samar by means of Royal Decree by the King of Spain, King Alfonso I.[citation needed]
In 1957, the following sitios were declared barrios: Cabunga-an,[11] Tigdaranao,[12] and Binalayan.[13]
In 1979, by virtue ofBatas Pambansa Blg. 16, ninebarangays were separated to create the municipality ofPagsanghan.[14]
The municipality of Tarangnan is geographically situated in the west portion of the island of Samar, bounded on the north by the municipality ofPagsanghan, in the south by the capital city ofCatbalogan and on the west by theSamar Sea or Maqueda Bay. The distance of the poblacion to Catbalogan is about 36 kilometres (22 mi) and 60 kilometres (37 mi) away fromCalbayog. It can be reached via an 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) road from theMaharlika Highway crossing Barangay Balugo by a provincial road.
Tarangnan is politically subdivided into 41barangays. Each barangay consists ofpuroks and some havesitios.
| Climate data for Tarangnan, Samar | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 31 (88) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 29 (85) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21 (70) | 21 (70) | 21 (70) | 22 (72) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 72 (2.8) | 52 (2.0) | 65 (2.6) | 62 (2.4) | 87 (3.4) | 129 (5.1) | 153 (6.0) | 124 (4.9) | 147 (5.8) | 157 (6.2) | 139 (5.5) | 117 (4.6) | 1,304 (51.3) |
| Average rainy days | 17.4 | 13.4 | 16.8 | 18.0 | 22.0 | 25.3 | 26.2 | 24.2 | 24.9 | 26.0 | 23.3 | 20.8 | 258.3 |
| Source: Meteoblue[15] | |||||||||||||
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1903 | 6,184 | — |
| 1918 | 7,286 | +1.10% |
| 1939 | 11,605 | +2.24% |
| 1948 | 12,271 | +0.62% |
| 1960 | 15,984 | +2.23% |
| 1970 | 17,551 | +0.94% |
| 1975 | 19,489 | +2.12% |
| 1980 | 15,558 | −4.40% |
| 1990 | 15,894 | +0.21% |
| 1995 | 18,791 | +3.19% |
| 2000 | 20,538 | +1.92% |
| 2007 | 22,767 | +1.43% |
| 2010 | 24,146 | +2.16% |
| 2015 | 24,992 | +0.66% |
| 2020 | 25,713 | +0.60% |
| 2024 | 26,013 | +0.28% |
| Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[16][17][18][19] | ||
Poverty incidence of Tarangnan
Source:Philippine Statistics Authority[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]
Some years back, Tarangnan was estimated to have a low literacy rate. But, with the opening of primary education in some barangays and expansion of secondary education (Tarangnan National High School) in Barangay Oeste, its literacy rose dramatically to 89.95%, as recorded in the NSO 1995 survey.
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