Catanduanes
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Catanduanes
an island in the Philippine Archipelago; part of the Republic of the Philippines. Area, 1, 448 sq km; elevation, up to 814 m. A coral reef extends along the northern coast. There are evergreen forests. Catanduanes has tropical agriculture.
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Link to this page: Municipal hall of ViracIt has been said that Virac is a derivation of the word “Vidak” while others claim it is a contraction of the Spanish version of the word burac, meaning flower. A priest is on a quest for more information about the natives. Pointing to a tree, he asked what it was called and the natives replied, “Burac.” Thereupon, the priest made his first notation on his book of information “burac”.History Pre-Spanish period first touched the island province of Catanduanes in the thirteenth century, with the arrival of the scions of ten Bornean who were then traversing through the islets of the. See also:A few months after, the first president of the took his oath of allegiance to America after losing in the, a battleship dropped anchor in Virac.
The American soldiers were on a mission to expedite the surrender of the local Revolutionists. Not eager to relinquish their hard-fought freedom, the refused to recognize the of the and fled to the mountains.In the later part of 1898, when Don Leon Reyes was the incumbent Capitan Municipal town mayor of Virac, the revolutionary troops who refused American Administration, came down from the mountains to rally for the common cause. Aion download free.
Don Leon Reyes readily welcomed the revolutionists and financed their cause in fighting the Americans. This state of affairs was tactfully handled by the Capitan who spent almost all of his fortunes for the cause.
For his patriotic zeal, he was manacled, chained and sentenced to hard labor by the Americans in 1901.The American occupation ended in 1934 before the establishment of the in 1935.Japanese Invasion Catanduanes was not spared by the forces of the Kamakura Regiment. Airborne planes were cited at the southern portion of Virac in the morning of December 12, 1941, while vessels dropped anchor near Nagngangang Buaya Point, Cabugao Bay. At 9:30 in the morning of said day, towns were totally evacuated. Bombs were soon strategically dropped.Later, were established in town and the municipal building was also used as a garrison. No school was regularly opened during the Japanese Occupation. Organizations came and went.Liberation The Liberation of Catanduanes took place in what is now the municipal building and the Virac Parish Church area. On February 8, 1945, the battle started at Km.
4 at Barangay Calatagan at about 12 noon, and ended with the Filipino soldiers of the 5th, 52nd, 53rd, 55th, 56th and 57th Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and recognized guerrillas taking full control of the Japanese barracks.On April 20, 1945, Florencio Tacorda, the only three-term Municipal President, some two and a half decades before the war, was designated mayor of Virac. He served for six months and twenty-five days during the Philippine Civil Affairs Unit regime.Pre and Martial Law Era From 1958-1970, Salvador Surtida took over followed by Jorge Arcilla from 1970-1986, two of the longest reigning local executives in the history of Virac.
This period witnessed the ascendancy to national prominence of the Alberto brothers, Juan, Jose and Vicente, who doubtlessly brought progress and influenced the massive physical transformation of the municipality when Salvador Surtida and Jorge Arcilla were mayors. Foremost among the many infrastructure projects were the Catanduanes State Colleges and the Eastern Bicol Medical Center which placed Virac in the map as a major educational and health center in the Bicol Region.The growth of Virac in terms of governance peaked in 1972.
From the original 34 barangays in 1960, Virac was able to establish 29 new communities to upgrade to the present composition of 63 barangays. The declaration of martial law on September 21, 1972, despite the alleged rampant atrocities, had, by and large, no ill effects on the lives of the constituency, who by nature are peace-loving and law-abiding citizens.EDSA Revolution and beyond The in 1986 which toppled down the more than two decades of Marcos regime had a domino effect on the political structure of Virac. The replacement of the elected officials by appointed officials was in accordance with the Freedom Constitution which predominated during the revolutionary government from 1986 to 1992. Rodulfo Sarmiento, a doctor by profession held the reins of the municipal government.The early nineties saw the alternate changing of local governance between Rodulfo Sarmiento and Jose 'Cito' Alberto II, the son of Congressman Jose Alberto.Geography The municipality of Virac occupies the southern tip of the island province. It has a total land area of 18,778.4 hectares. Of its total, 9,359.15 hectares or 49.84% is forestland while 9,419.25 hectares are classified as alienable and disposable.Almost half of the area is rugged and mountainous, with hills and plains dotted with marshy land, rocky jutting and crags.The town is bounded on the east and south by the, on the north by high and green mountain ranges of, and on the west by the gently rolling hills of. Climate Virac has a climate.
It has no dry season and an average precipitation of between 2,500-3,000 mm/annually.Virac's position in the middle of the means that it is heavily affected by from July to October. The region's dependence on agriculture means that economic development has always been hampered by these weather disturbances. Quezon City, Philippines: Department of the Interior and Local Government.
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