Carigara

Carigara
Municipality
Municipality of Carigara
Downtown area
Map of Leyte with Carigara highlighted
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Carigara Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 11°18′N 124°41′E / 11.3°N 124.68°E / 11.3; 124.68Coordinates: 11°18′N 124°41′E / 11.3°N 124.68°E / 11.3; 124.68
Country	Philippines
Region	Eastern Visayas
Province	Leyte
District	2nd district
Barangays	49 (see Barangays)
Government  [1]
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Eduardo "Boy" C. Ong
• Vice Mayor	Eduardo T. Ong Jr.
• Representative	Lolita T. Javier
• Councilors	show List • Jimmy A. Camposano • Esteban B. Go • Raul Z. Lloren • Lorna A. Marpa • Guillermo I. Panal • Reynaldo A. Bodo • Armando M. Negado • Othello M. Crisostomo DILG Masterlist of Officials
• Electorate	36,532 voters (2019)
Area [2]
• Total	117.86 km2 (45.51 sq mi)
Elevation	130 m (430 ft)
Highest elevation	1,267 m (4,157 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2020 census) [3]
• Total	54,656
• Density	460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
• Households	11,230
Economy
• Income class	2nd municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	31.20% (2015)[4]
• Revenue	₱124,365,044.73 (2016)
Service provider
• Electricity	Leyte 3 Electric Cooperative (LEYECO 3)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	6529
PSGC	083715000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)53
Climate type	tropical rainforest climate
Native languages	Waray Tagalog
Website	www.carigara-leyte.gov.ph

Carigara, officially the Municipality of Carigara (Waray: Bungto han Carigara; Tagalog: Bayan ng Carigara), is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 54,656 people. ^[3]

Geography[]

It is a town in northern Leyte located right on the shore of Carigara Bay, and surrounded by wide rice fields fanning out towards the mountains in the distance.

Barangays[]

Carigara is politically subdivided into 49 barangays. ^[5]

Climate[]

Demographics[]

Population census of Carigara

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1903 16,382 —     1918 17,558 +0.46% 1939 23,236 +1.34% 1948 26,803 +1.60% 1960 26,761 −0.01% 1970 32,869 +2.07% 1975 34,194 +0.80% 1980 34,377 +0.11%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1990 38,863 +1.23% 1995 42,302 +1.60% 2000 43,455 +0.58% 2007 45,696 +0.70% 2010 47,444 +1.38% 2015 51,345 +1.52% 2020 54,656 +1.24%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority  [7] [8] [9][10]

In the 2020 census, the population of Carigara, Leyte, was 54,656 people, ^[3] with a density of 460 inhabitants per square kilometre or 1,200 inhabitants per square mile.

Economy[]

Poverty Incidence of Carigara
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[11][12][13][14][15][16]

History[]

Carigara was originally called Kangara, meaning "that of Gara" or simply "Gara's". Gara was said to have come from Borneo, one of the unnamed companions of the ten datus who landed in Panay and purchased that island from the Ati (or Aeta) chief Marikudo. Later, for phonetic convenience, Kangara became Kalgara and when the Spaniards came, they called the place Carigara; hence its present name.

Carigara is the first town established in Eastern Visayas.^[17] Its town fiesta which is celebrated every 16 July, commemorates the day of the first coming of the Spaniards dated July 16, 1569. The fiesta that is celebrated almost the entire month of July was dubbed as the Fiesta of the Holy Cross. In the first quarter of 2018, Puregold Jr. was able to penetrate the town market and became operational to serve Carigaran-ons and the neighboring towns. And the first mall was opened as well, and followed by Goldilocks in the second quarter of 2019.^{[citation needed]}

Education[]

There are a total of 30 Elementary Schools, 4 Public High Schools and 2 College Institutions ^[18]

Grade School/Elementary School[]

Secondary School/High School[]

College[]

Notable people[]

• Eduardo Makabenta Sr. - Waray-language poet and translator^[19]
• Mike Hanopol - musician, singer-songwriter

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carigara.

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Carigara.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Carigara.

• Carigara Profile at PhilAtlas.com
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System