Tunga, Philippines
Tunga is a town of 2,932 people in Eastern Visayas, Philippines, founded in November 15, 1949.
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About Tunga
Tunga (IPA: [tu'ŋaʔ]), officially the Municipality of Tunga (Waray: Bungto han Tunga; Tagalog: Bayan ng Tunga), is a municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 8,301 people.
From the Wikipedia article Tunga, Leyte (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Healthcare3
History
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 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 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.
From the History section of Tunga, Leyte on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of Tunga
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Getting there and nearby towns
Ormoc Airport (OMC) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 29 km away.
- Carigara 10 km northwest, about 10 min by car
- Tacloban 28 km east, about 28 min by car
- Palo 28 km east, about 28 min by car
- Ormoc 31 km southwest, about 31 min by car
- Tanauan 33 km southeast, about 33 min by car
- Burauen 34 km southeast, about 34 min by car
- Dulag 45 km southeast, about 45 min by car
- Palompon 46 km southwest, about 46 min by car
- Catbalogan 61 km north, about 1 h by car
- Baybay 63 km south, about 1 h by car
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