QuestionsQuestions (PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1163)
The barrio of Tunga and the sitios of Balire, Naliwatan (Barugo), Palinki, Upat, and the southern parts of the sitios of Busawon and Pasacay, all of the municipality of Barugo, Province of Leyte.
The seat of government was at the barrio of Tunga.
It provided a step-by-step metes-and-bounds description starting from the Sagkahan extension point on the Barago-Carigara boundary, then proceeding in specified directions and points (e.g., culvert bridge north of Carigara-Barugo-Jaro road, Caracnayon bridge, point north of center of Sitio Upat, intersection of Bunawang River with Barugo-Jaro boundary).
Tunga’s territory came from the municipality of Barugo. Barugo retained its present territory minus the portion included in the proposed municipality of Tunga.
It began to exist upon the appointment and qualification of the mayor, vice-mayor, and a majority of the councilors.
The appointment and qualification of the local officials—specifically the mayor, vice-mayor, and majority of the councilors.
To explain the factual basis for the boundary description—meaning the precise locations referenced in the metes-and-bounds were derived from the petitioners’ submitted map of Barugo and Tunga.
It indicates that Tunga would be separated from Barugo and organized as a separate municipal government entity with its own officials and territorial jurisdiction.
Only the southern parts of the sitios of Busawon and Pasacay were included in the municipality of Tunga.
It references the map of the municipality of Barugo and the proposed municipality of Tunga submitted by the petitioners.
It was signed by President Elpidio Quirino, with Teodoro Evangelista as Executive Secretary.
The Order states it was issued upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior.
It identifies where the municipal government is located and where official municipal functions are centered—here, the barrio of Tunga.