Dagami, Leyte
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Dagami is a municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 29,240 people with 25,644 rural population and 3,596 urban population in 5,776 households.
Dagami is relatively a fifth class municipality, which merely depends its development on agriculture. It is lying along the ranges of the famous mountain “Amandewing” which is bounded in the north by the municipality of Pastrana, on the northwest by Albuera, on the south by Burauen, on the east by the towns of Tabon - Tabon and Tanauan.
The employment rate is 63% of the total population workforce in the municipality.
It has a total land area of 20,125.8 hectares whose location is thirty – two kilometers (32) south of the city of Tacloban and fourteen kilometers (14) directly from the Leyte Gulf otherwise known as the seashore of Tanauan, Leyte.
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[edit] Barangays
Dagami is politically subdivided into 65 barangays.
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[edit] History
Long before the Spaniards set foot on Philippine soil, the islands of Leyte was divided into kingdoms or sultanates. The most respected and powerful in the whole island was Dagara – an, the sultanate ruled by Diwaranda Mohammed. He had a daughter named Syajamburan who was so beautiful many asked for her hand but all in vain. Nearby were Bumbaran and Kahagna – sultanates of King Mapandara and King Mabanig, respectively. King Mapandara had a son named Bantugan who was the commander of his father’s army and sought after by many women because of his strength and good looks. Sayajamaburan was secretly enamored by Bantugan’s physical and intellectual prowess. Bantugan has asked of her hand but was refused although he knew he had hopes of winning her in the end. The ruler of Kahagna – an, King Mabanig was also a close rival of Bantugan. He was wealthy and got along well with everyone. When Sayajamaburan’s father was dying he chose Bantugan for his daughter’s husband. Two days before the scheduled wedding, there was rejoicing everywhere except for King Mabanig who declared war against Bantugan’s kingdom. Bantugan came out victorious and the wedding took place. Bumbaran, Dagara – an and Kahagna – and then became one by affinity and conquest. The fusion of the three kingdom made Dagara – a more powerful and respected.
In 1478, two hundred years after the fusion of the three substances into one kingdom, changes took place. Dagilan, the capital of the whole kingdom, increased in population. The culture and social life of the place was further changed by the entry of the Chinese, Hindus and other Asian people. The people engaged in trade both wit h Asia and Europe.
When the Spaniard arrived in Leyte in 1521, they found out that the trade were in the villages bordering the sea. Dagilan was a community of a few houses. When the missionary friars introduced the Christian faith, the people were not difficult to convert for they practiced the respect for private property and worshipped one God.
One harvest season, a group of Spanish soldiers happened to pass by a group of men and women harvesting rice. They asked for the name of the community that was a few meters away. The natives thought that they were asking for a definite term for the field after rice had been harvested, a woman answered, “Dinagami – a Senior”. The Spaniards had difficulty in pronouncing Dinagami – a several times and the natives laughed at them. Having felt insulted, one of the civil guards shouted angrily in Spanish, “Dagami or Dawian makes no difference”. This place is Dagami, Dagami, Dagami. You Indios. What a queer language you speak. From that time, Dagilan was changed to Dagami by the village folks thinking that the name was most suited for the place.
[edit] Hilabago
Hilabago is a barangay in the municipality of Dagami, province of Leyte in the Philippines. This barangay used to be a sitio of Barangay Patoc in the said municipality. The name Hilabago comes from the words Hilaba which means long and Bag-o meaning new. A river which traverses the barangay is also called Hilabago. In the 2000 census, Hilabago had a population of 444 individuals and 91 households.[1]
[edit] Additional reading
- Leyte Towns Historical / Legends By Francisco Tantuico, Jr.
[edit] References
- ^ National Statistics Office, Republic of the Philippines - Total Population, Household Population and Number of Households by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay: as of May 1, 2000 (total population includes institutional population)
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