Kananga, Leyte

Kananga
Municipality
Map of Leyte with Kananga highlighted
Kananga Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 11°11′N 124°34′E / 11.183°N 124.567°E / 11.183; 124.567Coordinates: 11°11′N 124°34′E / 11.183°N 124.567°E / 11.183; 124.567
Country	Philippines
Region	Eastern Visayas (Region VIII)
Province	Leyte
Congr. district	4th district of Leyte
Barangays	23
Government[1]
• Mayor	Elmer C. Codilla
Area[2]
• Total	144.20 km2 (55.68 sq mi)
Population (2010)[3]
• Total	48,027
• Density	330/km2 (860/sq mi)
Time zone	PST (UTC+8)
ZIP code	6531
Dialing code	53

Kananga is a first class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 48,027 people.^[3] Majority of Kananga's economic activity has historically been concentrated in agriculture. Some are engaged in commerce and trade since the town is geographically close to commercially progressive nearby city, Ormoc City and coastal town of Palompon, Leyte. The town's main crops are coconut (niyog) and rice (palay).

Kananga was created in 1950 from the barrios of Lonoy, Kananga, Rizal, Tugbong, Montebello, Aguiting, Agayayan, Montealegre, Libungao, Naghalin, and Masarayag which all used to be part of Ormoc City.^[4]

On November 8, 2013, the town and all parts of Leyte was ravagedly hit by deadliest Typhoon Haiyan or Typhoon Yolanda as locally named, destroying houses and means of livelihood which is agriculture.

Barangays

Kananga is politically subdivided into 23 barangays.^[2]

Demographics

Education

Kananga is home to two different secondary schools, Kananga National High School (KNHS) and National Heroes Institute (NHI) as well as Kananga National High School- Kawayan Annex, located in Sitio Estrada, about a mile away from the cemented main highway of Barangay Kawayan, which caters neighboring poor students from inland villages of San Isidro and Monteaglegre; and Kananga National High School - Libertad Annex, located in Barangay Libertad, which also caters neighboring students from inland villages. Another public high schools were open in Barangays Rizal and Montebello for the same purpose.

Jose Navarro Polytechnic College has small campus in Naghalin, Kananga Leyte that awards trade certificates and diplomas to students.

Infrastructure

Kananga is a bustling town, located along the highway, in close proximity to Ormoc City in the south.The town also shares a home to Energy Development Corporation's Tongonan Geothermal Powerplant, one of the largest geothermal powerplants in the Philippines.

Several bus companies including Philtranco operate a bus depot in Manila and in Ormoc City, a few miles from Kananga. There are also quite few jeepneys and small buses route from and to Ormoc City and Tacloban City.

The only commercial airport that serves Kananga Leyte and neighboring towns and cities in Leyte is Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport located in Tacloban City, about 52 miles north of the town. Kananga can also be reached by sea through Ormoc City's major port where passenger ships and ferries such as Supercat Fast Ferry and OceanJet dock to and from Cebu City and Manila.

References

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Philippine Census Information
• Local Governance Performance Management System

		Leyte	Capoocan
	Villaba		Carigara
	Kananga
	Matag-ob	Ormoc

Province of Leyte Tacloban (capital) Municipalities Abuyog Alangalang Albuera Babatngon Barugo Bato Burauen Calubian Capoocan Carigara Dagami Dulag Hilongos Hindang Inopacan Isabel Jaro Javier Julita Kananga La Paz Leyte MacArthur Mahaplag Matag-ob Matalom Mayorga Merida Palo Palompon Pastrana San Isidro San Miguel Santa Fe Tabango Tabontabon Tanauan Tolosa Tunga Villaba Component city Baybay Independent component city Ormoc Highly urbanized city Tacloban (Administratively independent from the province, but grouped under Leyte by the National Statistics Office)