Hilotongan

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Hilotongan

  • Hilutungan
barangay
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View looking west, sunset behind Hilotongan
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Hilotongan Island
Coordinates: 11°8′45″N123°38′40″E / 11.14583°N 123.64444°E / 11.14583; 123.64444
Area
  Estimate50 ha (120 acres)
 Area estimated from satellite photograph
Population
 (2010) [1]
  Total2,060
  Density4,120/km2 (10,700/sq mi)

Hilotongan is a small island barangay to the west of Bantayan Island in the Philippines.

Barangay administrative division in the Philippines

A barangay or baranggay, formerly referred to as barrio, is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward. In metropolitan areas, the term often refers to an inner city neighbourhood, a suburb or a suburban neighborhood. The word barangay originated from balangay, a kind of boat used by a group of Austronesian peoples when they migrated to the Philippines.

Bantayan Island island in the Philippines

Bantayan Island is an island located in the Visayan Sea, Philippines. It is situated to the west of the northern end of Cebu island, across the Tañon Strait. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 120,447.

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References

  1. 2010 Census of Population and Housing - Central Visayas Archived 2013-03-09 at the Wayback Machine