Kananga, Leyte
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| Coordinates: 11°11′N 124°34′E / 11.183°N 124.567°ECoordinates: 11°11′N 124°34′E / 11.183°N 124.567°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Eastern Visayas (Region VIII) |
| Province | Leyte |
| District | 4th district of Leyte |
| Barangays | 23 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Weng Codilla |
| Area | |
| • Total | 144.20 km2 (55.68 sq mi) |
| Population (2015 census) | |
| • Total | 56,575 |
| • Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) |
| ZIP code | 6531 |
| Dialing code | +63 (0)53 |
| Income class | 1st municipal income class |
| 083726000 | |
| Electorate | 33,197 voters as of 2016 |
| Website | www |
Kananga or Kanaŋga is a 1st class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 56,575 people.
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.
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 town's infrastructure, houses and means of livelihood which are mostly related to agriculture of rice and coconut and small-scale pig farming.
Kananga is politically subdivided into 23 barangays.
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 (Grade 7-10 in newly introduced K-12 program education in the Philippines situated on top of the picturesque view of the mountain in Sitio Estrada, where can easily walk through a newly cemented road by about a mile away from the 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.
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