Mambajao, Camiguin
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Camiguin
Camiguin is an island province of the Philippines located in the Bohol Sea, about off the northern coast of Misamis Oriental in Mindanao. It is the second-smallest province both in population and land area after Batanes...
, 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...
. It is the capital municipality of Camiguin. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 30,806 people in 5,978 households.
History
In 1942, the Japanese forces landed in the capital town of Mambajao, Camiguin.In 1945, the Filipino forces of the 6th and 10th Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army landed on the beaches of the capital town of Mambajao, Camiguin by the founded the battles attacked by the Japanese Imperial forces in 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...
during the Battle of Camiguin.
Mambajao is celebrating its 153 founding anniversary Way back 1855 when it proclaims as a municipality
Barangays
Mambajao is politically subdivided into 15 barangayBarangay
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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