Ginatilan, Cebu
Encyclopedia
Ginatilan is a 5th class municipality in the province of Cebu, Philippines
. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 13,654 people.
Local delicacies include palagsing, tinumpi, and kinugay, which is made from Buli tree.
Every March is annual festival in honor of the Great Patron St. Gregory the Great.
Livelihoods include farming, fishing, government, and business.
Ginatilan is the hometown of a Filipino Catholic martyr, Pedro Calungsod
, who was killed during his missionary work in Guam
with Diego Luis de San Vitores
s.
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 2007 census, it has a population of 13,654 people.
Local delicacies include palagsing, tinumpi, and kinugay, which is made from Buli tree.
Every March is annual festival in honor of the Great Patron St. Gregory the Great.
Livelihoods include farming, fishing, government, and business.
Ginatilan is the hometown of a Filipino Catholic martyr, Pedro Calungsod
Pedro Calungsod
Blessed Pedro Calungsod is a Filipino Roman Catholic martyr who was killed while doing missionary work in Guam in 1672. He was beatified on March 5, 2000, by Pope John Paul II. As a skilled sacristan and teacher of cathecism, he was a companion of Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores to the Marianas...
, who was killed during his missionary work in Guam
Guam
Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...
with Diego Luis de San Vitores
Diego Luis de San Vitores
Blessed Diego Luis de San Vitores was a Spanish Jesuit missionary who founded the first Catholic church on the island of Guam. He is responsible for establishing the Spanish presence in the Mariana Islands.-Early life:...
Barangays
Ginatilan is administratively subdivided into 14 barangayBarangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
s.
- Anao
- Cagsing
- Calabawan
- Cambagte
- Campisong
- Cañorong
- Guilungsuran (G-Beach)
- Guiwanon
- Looc
- Malatbo
- Mangaco
- Palanas
- Poblacion
- Salamanca
- San Roque