Laoang

municipality of the Philippines in the province of Northern Samar
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Summary

Laoang is a municipality of the Philippines[1]. Laoang ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_the_philippines entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (499 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Laoang is located in Northern Samar[3].
  • Laoang is in the country of Philippines[4].
  • Laoang's instance of is recorded as municipality of the Philippines[5].
  • Laoang's shares border with is recorded as Pambujan[6].
  • Laoang's shares border with is recorded as Palapag[7].
  • Laoang's postal code is recorded as 6411[8].
  • Laoang's Commons category is recorded as Laoang[9].
  • Laoang's local dialing code is recorded as 55[10].
  • 1768 marks the founding of Laoang[11].
  • Laoang's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 12.566666666667, 'lon': 125.01666666667}[12].
  • Laoang has a population of {'amount': '+8636'}[13].
  • Laoang has a population of {'amount': '+11508'}[14].
  • Laoang has a population of {'amount': '+19736'}[15].
  • Laoang has a population of {'amount': '+29748'}[16].
  • Laoang has a population of {'amount': '+41158'}[17].
  • Laoang has a population of {'amount': '+37382'}[18].
  • Laoang has a population of {'amount': '+42498'}[19].
  • Laoang has a population of {'amount': '+46545'}[20].
  • Laoang has a population of {'amount': '+42048'}[21].
  • Laoang has a population of {'amount': '+47438'}[22].
  • Laoang has a population of {'amount': '+54523'}[23].
  • Laoang has a population of {'amount': '+56196'}[24].
  • Laoang has a population of {'amount': '+58037'}[25].
  • Laoang has a population of {'amount': '+61359'}[26].
  • Laoang has a population of {'amount': '+60607'}[27].

Body

Geography

Laoang is in the country of Philippines[4]. Laoang is located in Northern Samar[3].

Physical Characteristics

Laoang covers an area of {'unit': 'square kilometre', 'amount': '+246.94'}[28]. Laoang sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'metre', 'amount': '+7'}[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+8636'}[13], {'amount': '+11508'}[14], {'amount': '+19736'}[15], {'amount': '+29748'}[16], {'amount': '+41158'}[17], and {'amount': '+37382'}[18].

Designation and Status

Laoang's instance of is recorded as municipality of the Philippines[5].

History and Context

1768 marks the founding of Laoang[11].

Why It Matters

Laoang ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_the_philippines entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (499 views/month).[2] Laoang has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Laoang is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . psa.gov.ph. Retrieved . psa.gov.ph. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . psa.gov.ph. Retrieved . psa.gov.ph. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . 1903 Census of the Philippines. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . 1918 Census of the Philippines. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . 1939 Census of the Philippines. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . 1948 Census of the Philippines. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . 1960 Census of the Philippines. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . 1970 Census of the Philippines. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . 1975 Census of the Philippines. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . 1980 Census of the Philippines. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . 1990 Census of the Philippines. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . 1995 Census of the Philippines. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . 2000 Census of the Philippines. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . 2007 Census of the Philippines. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . 2010 Census of the Philippines. psa.gov.ph. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 2015 Census of the Philippines. psa.gov.ph. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 2020 Philippine census. psa.gov.ph. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['bcl', 'cbk_zam', 'ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'id', 'ilo', 'it',
    Gnd id → 4823430-8
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 5w ago · AeeyJaeyPH · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+55.03'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+44.76'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+39.50'} +6
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/52314|batch #52314]]: Poverty Incidence-18"
  3. 5w ago · AeeyJaeyPH · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+55.03'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+44.76'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+39.50'} +6
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Poverty incidence: 29.05, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270791|batch #270791]]"
  4. 5w ago · Bjeweld · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+55.03'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+44.76'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+39.50'} +6
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Poverty incidence: 29.05, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270774|batch #270774]]"
  5. 5w ago · Bjeweld · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+55.03'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+44.76'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+39.50'} +6
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Poverty incidence: 24.35 percent, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270707|batch #270707]]"
  6. 5w ago · AeeyJaeyPH · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+55.03'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+44.76'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+39.50'} +6
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Poverty incidence: 24.35, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270696|batch #270696]]"
  7. 5w ago · KenJstn · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+55.03'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+44.76'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+39.50'} +6
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Poverty incidence: 39.81 percent, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270638|batch #270638]]"
  8. 5w ago · Bjeweld · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+55.03'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+44.76'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+39.50'} +6
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Poverty incidence: 39.81, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270622|batch #270622]]"
  9. 6w ago · WishywizPH · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+55.03'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+44.76'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+39.50'} +6
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Poverty incidence: 45.96 percent, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270586|batch #270586]]"
  10. 6w ago · MarieGHS35 · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+55.03'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+44.76'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+39.50'} +6
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Poverty incidence: 45.96, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270584|batch #270584]]"
  11. 6w ago · KenJstn · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+55.03'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+44.76'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+39.50'} +6
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Poverty incidence: 51.69 percent, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270558|batch #270558]]"
  12. 6w ago · Bjeweld · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+55.03'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+44.76'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+39.50'} +6
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Poverty incidence: 51.69, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270548|batch #270548]]"
  13. 6w ago · Sup3rR3dFir3 · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+55.03'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+44.76'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+39.50'} +6
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Poverty incidence: 47.63 percent, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270520|batch #270520]]"
  14. 6w ago · B14ckSw4n · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+55.03'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+44.76'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+39.50'} +6
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Poverty incidence: 47.63, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270498|batch #270498]]"
  15. 6w ago · MrMelvinn · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+55.03'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+44.76'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+39.50'} +6
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Poverty incidence: 39.50 percent, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270453|batch #270453]]"
  16. 6w ago · Riverfl0ww · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+55.03'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+44.76'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+39.50'} +6
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Poverty incidence: 39.50, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270444|batch #270444]]"
  17. 6w ago · AeeyJaeyPH · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+55.03'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+44.76'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+39.50'} +6
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Poverty incidence: 44.76 percent, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270319|batch #270319]]"
  18. 6w ago · Loonyyyy · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+55.03'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+44.76'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+39.50'} +6
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Poverty incidence: 44.76, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270315|batch #270315]]"
  19. 6w ago · 8thButterfly · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+55.03'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+44.76'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+39.50'} +6
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Poverty incidence: 55.03 percent, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270299|batch #270299]]"
  20. 6w ago · PamelaNDY06 · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Poverty incidence → {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+55.03'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+44.76'}, {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+39.50'} +6
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Poverty incidence: 55.03, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270292|batch #270292]]"
  21. 6w ago · AeeyJaeyPH · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Income classification (philippines) → 2nd municipal income class, 1st municipal income class
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Income classification (philippines): 1st municipal income class, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270179|batch #270179]]"
  22. 7w ago · WishywizPH · 2026-08-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Point in time: 29 July 2008, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269636|batch #269636]]"
  23. 19w ago · Iampjanz · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total expenditure → {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+134105946.94'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+75912701.20'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+80049715.15'} +11
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/34741|batch #34741]]"
  24. 19w ago · JasDolt · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total expenditure → {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+134105946.94'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+75912701.20'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+80049715.15'} +11
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Total expenditure: 253,136,629.84 Philippine peso, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258989|batch #258989]]"
  25. 19w ago · Riverfl0ww · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total expenditure → {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+134105946.94'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+75912701.20'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+80049715.15'} +11
    Fiscal/tax revenue → {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+232821897.63'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+90754785.91'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+100730983.26'} +11
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Total expenditure: 68,026,415.00 Philippine peso, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258975|batch #258975]]"
  26. 20w ago · Elizabeth4H25 · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fiscal/tax revenue → {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+232821897.63'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+90754785.91'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+100730983.26'} +11
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Fiscal/tax revenue: 262,836,650.61 Philippine peso, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258606|batch #258606]]"
  27. 20w ago · Bjeweld · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fiscal/tax revenue → {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+232821897.63'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+90754785.91'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+100730983.26'} +11
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Fiscal/tax revenue: 91,972,942.19 Philippine peso, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258604|batch #258604]]"
  28. 20w ago · RemiaLSO256 · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total liabilities → {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+132560571.08'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+30564962.71'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+49037901.45'} +11
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Total liabilities: 227,195,997.85 Philippine peso, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258563|batch #258563]]"
  29. 20w ago · IzzyLuxe · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total liabilities → {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+132560571.08'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+30564962.71'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+49037901.45'} +11
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Total liabilities: 239,111,469.29 Philippine peso, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258448|batch #258448]]"
  30. 21w ago · IzzyLuxe · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total liabilities → {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+132560571.08'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+30564962.71'}, {'unit': 'Q17193', 'amount': '+49037901.45'} +11
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Total liabilities: 26,454,780.58 Philippine peso, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258341|batch #258341]]"
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