Borongan is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines. It is the capital municipality of Eastern Samar. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 55,141 people in 10,699 households. A municipality (bayan in Filipino) is a local government unit in the Philippines. ... Map of the Philippines showing all the regions and their provinces. ... Eastern Samar is a province of the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...
Barangays
Borongan is politically subdivided into 61 barangays. A barangay is the smallest local government unit in the Philippines and is very similar to a village. ...
As embodied in this Act, the eastern province is composed of 23 municipalites with Borongan as the capital.
Borongan, the provincial capital, lies some 550-air kilometers southeast of Manila and roughly 65-air kilometers northwest of Tacloban City, the capital of Eastern Visayas.
Borongan, the capital, is the largest municipality in terms of area.
Borongan, Eastern Samar - The Padul-ong Festival, one of the longest running festivals in Eastern Visayas, is one of the major highlights of the town fiesta celebration of this capital town.
The Padul-ong Festival was conceptualized during the 1992 town fiesta celebration of this town to give life about the mysterious arrival of the Patroness of Borongan from Portugal in the 17th century.
The people of Borongan has associated the image of the Lady in Point Mary to be one and the same Lady in the Hamorawon spring and they have decided that it is but right and fitting to bring the image to her rightful home, the now Borongan Cathedral.
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