Tabango is a 4th class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines

Philippines

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. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 31,433 people in 6,724 households.

History

In 1957 the sitios of Gibacungan, Catmon and Manlawa-an were converted into barrios.

On January 17, 2008, Tabango, Leyte

Leyte

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 Mayor Bernard Jonathan Remandaban, 37, opened (soft) its almost complete P 5.8 million modern / fully air-conditioned library

Library

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: “It took us 6 years to construct our municipal library.” Tabango, with annual income of P 34 million, has 34,000 residents in 13 barangays (villages), with 26 elementary schools, 4 high schools and one satellite school, the Palompon Institute of Technology. Leyte Gov. Carlos Jericho Petilla promised further support of P 500,000 to P 1 million. The library could accommodate 20,000 books, has 5 computer units with Internet

Internet

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 access and a flat television set that only carries the National Geographic and Discovery Channel

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s. Students can use the computers for 10 hours monthly, free of charge.

Barangays

Tabango is politically subdivided into 13 barangay

Barangay

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• Butason I
• Butason II
• Campokpok
• Catmon
• Gimarco
• Gibacungan
• Inangatan
• Manlawaan
• Omaganhan
• Poblacion
• Santa Rosa
• Tabing
• Tugas

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• 2000 Philippine Census Information