Cataingan

Cataingan , officially the Municipality of Cataingan , is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Masbate , Philippines . According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 50,327 people. [3] It is about 77 kilometres (48 mi) southeast of Masbate City . In 1948, Placer , then a barrio of this town, was separated as a town by virtue of Republic Act No. 292, passed June 16, 1948. [4] Three years later, in 1951, the barrios of Limbuhan, Guindawahan, Palho, Casabangan, Salvacion, Alegria, Tanke, Bundukan, Bugtong, and Cabangrayan were separated from Cataingan and created into the town of Limbuhan . [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataingan,_Masbate