EXPLORE, DUMANGAS!
I live in a town that everyone claims to believe that their neighbors can fly, yet they never seems to leave.” Dumangas Lupad! Good day everyone! I’m Lorenz Andre B. Solano and today I will share to you some interesting facts about my hometown, Dumangas. When you heard about Dumangas, what comes to your mind? It might be something about aswang. But Dumangas has also something to brag about. Short History of Dumangas Dumangas was known as Araut until 1605. The town is home to one of the oldest standing churches in the Visayas. It is where the Spanish Agustinian missionaries of the Catholic Church began converting the indigenous population at the time to Christianity. (Somo, 2013) Interesting Facts About Dumangas Dumangas , officially the Municipality of Dumangas ( Hiligaynon : Banwa sang Dumangas , Tagalog : Bayan ng Dumangas ), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Iloilo , Philippines . According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 69,1