Can-avid, Eastern Samar
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Can-avid is a 4th class municipality in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines
. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 17,228 people in 3,174 households.
Can-avid was created in 1948 from the barrio
s of Can-avid, Carolina, Barok, Cansangaya, Mabuhay, Camantang, Canilay, Pandol and Balagon, formerly part of Dolores
, Eastern Samar
, by virtue of Republic Act No. 264.
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Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 17,228 people in 3,174 households.
Can-avid was created in 1948 from the barrio
Barrio
Barrio is a Spanish word meaning district or neighborhood.-Usage:In its formal usage in English, barrios are generally considered cohesive places, sharing, for example, a church and traditions such as feast days...
s of Can-avid, Carolina, Barok, Cansangaya, Mabuhay, Camantang, Canilay, Pandol and Balagon, formerly part of Dolores
Dolores, Eastern Samar
Dolores is a 4th class municipality in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 32,812 people in 6,313 households....
, Eastern Samar
Eastern Samar
Eastern Samar is a province of the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital is the city of Borongan.-Location:...
, by virtue of Republic Act No. 264.
Barangays
Can-avid is politically subdivided into 28 barangayBarangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
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