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14-713: Tunga may refer to: Places [ edit ] Tunga, Leyte , a municipality in the Philippines Tunga River , a river in India The Gaelic name for the village of Tong, Lewis , in the Western Isles of Scotland The Gaelic name for the village of Tongue, Highland , in the northwest of Scotland Tunga Spur , a rock formation in Antarctica Tunka Suka or Tunga Suca ,

28-473: A few days after the elections. On November 15, 1949, Provincial Board Secretary Ricardo Collantes, representing Leyte Governor Catalino Landia, proclaimed the foundation of the Municipality of Tunga before a huge crowd of joyous Tungan-on and distinguished visitors. The patron saint of Tunga is Saint Anthony of Padua . The Tungan-ons celebrate their town's fiesta annually on the 13th of August. Tunga

42-759: A mountain in Peru Tálknafjörður , a town formerly called Tunga, in Iceland People [ edit ] Alp Er Tunga , a mythical hero in Turkish literature Michy Batshuayi Tunga, footballer Tunga (artist) (1952–2016), Brazilian sculptor and performance artist Other uses [ edit ] Tunga (flea) , a genus of burrowing fleas Tunga rakau or tunga haere , Maori names for huhu beetle larvae Battle of Tunga, or Battle of Lalsot in India in 1787 Topics referred to by

56-533: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Tunga, Leyte It is the smallest municipality in Leyte, both in population and area.   The municipality of Tunga existed as early as 1860 as a barrio of Barugo . At that time, only about fifty families were residing there, most of them coming from the different towns of Barugo, Carigara and Jaro . There are different versions that have been told as to why

70-462: Is high. Elementary education participation is low, reflecting low incomes because families cannot afford to put their children through school and/or children are taken out of school to assist families with income-earning activities. As a result, the simple literacy rate is low. Crop production indicates very low land productivity with the majority of farmers involved in coconut tree cultivation for copra as their main economic mainstay. Rice cultivation

84-527: Is one of the five congressional districts of the Philippines in the province of Leyte . It has been represented in the House of Representatives of the Philippines since 1931. The district consists of the city of Baybay and adjacent municipalities of Abuyog , Bato , Hilongos , Hindang , Inopacan , Javier , Mahaplag and Matalom , since its second restoration in 1987. It is currently represented in

98-550: Is politically subdivided into 8 barangays .   Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios . In the 2020 census, the population of Tunga, Leyte, was 7,656 people, with a density of 990 inhabitants per square kilometre or 2,600 inhabitants per square mile. Poverty incidence of Tunga Source: Philippine Statistics Authority The socio-economic situation in Tunga can be described as poor with little outside investment and few opportunities for most of

112-559: Is the second main agricultural activity. Some farmers also raise pigs and chickens to sell to the local meat shop in the local market. The fish catch, which is mainly Tilapia, in the Tunga River, which flows through the municipality, has decreased since 2005. There are a total of 4 Elementary Schools and 1 Secondary/High School in Tunga Leyte. Leyte%27s 5th congressional district Leyte's 5th congressional district

126-471: The campaign to make Tunga an independent municipality, was organized. Its elected officials included Domingo A. Ponferrada, president; Martino Ariza, Blas Uribe and Vicente Catenza, vice presidents; Primitivo Geraldo, secretary; Norberto Quintana, treasurer; Ramón Santillan Sr. and Juan Avila, auditors; and Paulo Cotoner, Magno Buñales and Arsenio Carit, sergeants-at-arms. The organization invited Leyte 5th District Representative Atilano R. Cinco, to join them on

140-412: The move for an independent municipality of Tunga. Upon Cinco's urge, a consensus committee was created with Martino Ariza as chairperson, with its members being some of the students of Tunga Institute. Subsequently, President Elpidio Quirino issued Executive Order No. 266 on September 24, 1949, creating the independent municipality of Tunga. However the appointed local officials had to assume their posts

154-427: The municipality's citizens to improve their economic status. Income per capita is very low and the poverty incidence is alarming. The magnitude of families living below the poverty threshold is much too high. The under-employment rate is high and most people hold informal jobs and carry out various activities daily to earn barely a subsistence income for their families. The percent of households without their own dwellings

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168-461: The place was called Tunga. Due to their stronger credibility, only two of these legends have been selected as the possible ones. One states that before Tunga became a barrio, people from Ormoc, Carigara, Barugo, Jaro and Tacloban engaged in trade with each other and they had to stop by on this place. Some of them even made it their contact point for conducting their business. Through their exchange of ideas and conversations, they concluded that this place

182-446: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Tunga . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tunga&oldid=1125448476 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

196-528: Was halfway between Ormoc , Tacloban and Carigara and Jaro. Since it had no name at the time, people started calling it Tunga, Waray term for "half". When it became a barrio, the residents, due to their familiarity with the name christened the place Tunga. During World War II after the American landing in Leyte, Tunga was captured by the American forces coming from Jaro on 1 November 1944. On March 4, 1948, Pag-Urosa Han Mga Tungan-on, an association that led

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