Catarman is a 5th class municipality in the province of Camiguin, Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

. According to the latest census, it has a population of 16,060 people in 3,236 households.

History

On 1942, the occupation by the Japanese Imperial forces was landed the town of Catarman, Camiguin.

On 1945, the liberation by the Filipino troops of the 6th and 10th Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army was landed the town of Catarman, Camiguin was helping the guerrilla resistance fighters against the Japanese forces during the Battle of Camiguin at the end of World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

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Barangays

Catarman is politically subdivided into 14 barangay

Barangay

A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...

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• Alga
• Bonbon
• Bura
• Catibac
• Compol
• Lawigan
• Liloan
• Looc
• Mainit
• Manduao
• Panghiawan
• Poblacion
• Santo Niño
• Tangaro

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information