Alangalang

Alangalang , officially the Municipality of Alangalang , is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Leyte , Philippines . According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 55,235 people. [3] It is a landlocked town with an area of 151 km². It is bounded on the north by Barugo and San Miguel , on the south by Pastrana , on the north-east by Tacloban City , on the east by Santa Fe and on the west by Jaro . On the way to Carigara is a steel bridge spanning the Mainit River . Soon after it is a smaller bridge. There was a time when only footpaths existed and when this river was too wide for a leap and too narrow to wade in, the traveler was undecided what to do. Hence the name Alangalang was given to the town, from the vernacular word alang-alang which means "indecision". The strongest tropical typhoon Haiyan, more commonly known as Typhoon Yolanda impacted the provinces when it entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility on November 8, 2013. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alangalang,_Leyte