Dagami

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Geographical Address

Province
City
Postal Code
6515
latitude
11.06
longitude
124.85
Area
161.65 km2
Founded
1565
Division
Eastern Visayas
Region
VIII

Dagami, officially the Municipality of Dagami, is a 3rd class municipality in the province of LeytePhilippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 35,147 people.[3]

Waray-Waray is the language spoken by the residents called Dagamin-on.

It is classified as a third class municipality and mere dependent on agriculture such as coconut, rice and corn farming. The employment rate is 63% of the total population workforce in the municipality. Its total land area of 161.5 square kilometers, equivalent to 16,165 hectares. More than half of its plains on the eastern side is cultivated for rice and corn farming while the western side is planted with coconut with the westernmost area as forestland. Coconut is a major source of income form Paml wine and copra - the raw material for production of coconut oil.

The town of Dagami is famous for its local delicacies called "Binagol" (made with sweetened mashed giant taro called talian and packed in half of a leaf-covered coconut shell), "Moron" (sweetened sticky rice stick with peanuts and chocolate) and "Sagmani"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagami,_Leyte

 

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