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Municipality in Samar, Philippines

title: "Motiong" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-of-samar-(province)"] description: "Municipality in Samar, Philippines" topic_path: "general/municipalities-of-samar-province" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motiong" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Municipality in Samar, Philippines ::

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1• Marlon C. Babatio
2• Rosauro C. Acaban
3• Neil D. Ygrubay
4• Marina A. Babatio
5• Erodito A. Cabubas
6• Agustin T. Ramos
7• Francisco M. Langi
8• Aldwin L. Langi
9DILG Masterlist of Officials
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Motiong, officially the Municipality of Motiong (; ), is a municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 15,276 people.

History

Long before the coming of the Americans, there were already local folks inhabited in Motiong, wherein the place was unnamed at that time.

Some of these people went on sea diving to gather oyster for their daily consumption and the rest barter goods such as rice, corn, cassava, taro, yam tubers, sea foods and abaca fibers to other neighboring barrios and municipalities. There were only few local caravans who are traveling in groups aided in defense against bandits as well as helped to improve economies of scale in trade although, only few people have the means to buy commodities.

One man tried to open one oyster and with great astonishment, he found a lustrous pearl where he called “Mutya”. Believing that the place was full of treasure, the settlers started to name the place “Mutya” which to means “Land of Treasure”.

The bridge near Motiong was once used to ambush the Japanese in World War II.

Mariano Sapetin, Valentin Conge, Simon Tingzon Sr., Claudio Tingzon and Antonio Abalos were few people who persuaded to make Motiong an independent town. The reward of their effort was the House Bill No. 1844 by Congressman Tito V. Tizon which was approved as Republic Act No. 290 on June 16, 1948. It separated into another town the barrios of Motiong, Bayog, Uyandic, Calantawan, Sinampigan, Calape, Bonga, Hinicaan, Caluyahan, Malolobog, and Maypangi, formerly part of the town of Wright. Mariano Sapetin and Antonio Uy were appointed as first mayor and vice mayor respectively.

Geography

Barangays

Motiong is politically subdivided into 30 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

  • Poblacion I
  • Poblacion I-A
  • Angyap
  • Barayong
  • Bayog
  • Beri
  • Bonga
  • Calantawan
  • Calapi
  • Caluyahan
  • Canatuan
  • Candomacol
  • Canvais
  • Capaysagan
  • Caranas
  • Caulayanan
  • Hinica-an
  • Inalad
  • Linonoban
  • Malobago
  • Malonoy
  • Mararangsi
  • Maypange
  • New Minarog
  • Oyandic
  • Pamamasan
  • San Andres
  • Santo Niño
  • Sarao
  • Pusongan

Climate

| location = Motiong, Samar | width = auto | metric first = Yes | single line = Yes | Jan high C = 27 | Jan low C = 22 | Feb high C = 28 | Feb low C = 22 | Mar high C = 28 | Mar low C = 22 | Apr high C = 30 | Apr low C = 23 | May high C = 30 | May low C = 24 | Jun high C = 30 | Jun low C = 24 | Jul high C = 29 | Jul low C = 24 | Aug high C = 29 | Aug low C = 24 | Sep high C = 29 | Sep low C = 24 | Oct high C = 29 | Oct low C = 24 | Nov high C = 28 | Nov low C = 23 | Dec high C = 28 | Dec low C = 23 | Jan precipitation mm = 114 | Feb precipitation mm = 81 | Mar precipitation mm = 94 | Apr precipitation mm = 81 | May precipitation mm = 119 | Jun precipitation mm = 192 | Jul precipitation mm = 186 | Aug precipitation mm = 158 | Sep precipitation mm = 167 | Oct precipitation mm = 185 | Nov precipitation mm = 202 | Dec precipitation mm = 176 | Jan rain days = 18.6 | Feb rain days = 14.7 | Mar rain days = 16.8 | Apr rain days = 17.8 | May rain days = 22.3 | Jun rain days = 25.9 | Jul rain days = 27.5 | Aug rain days = 26.2 | Sep rain days = 26.6 | Oct rain days = 27.0 | Nov rain days = 24.6 | Dec rain days = 22.3 | source 1 = Meteoblue | url = https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climatemodelled/motiong_philippines_1699180 | title = Motiong: Average Temperatures and Rainfall | publisher = Meteoblue | access-date = 29 February 2020 }} | date = 29 February 2020

Demographics

| align= none | title= Population census of | 1903 = | 1918 = | 1939 = | 1948 = | 1960 = | 1970 = | 1975 = | 1980 = | 1990 = | 1995 = | 2000 = | 2007 = | 2010 = | 2015 = | 2020 = | 2024 = | 2030 = | footnote = Source: Philippine Statistics Authority

Economy

References

References

  1. {{DILG detail
  2. "An act creating the municipality of Motiong, province of Samar". LawPH.com.

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