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Lambunao

municipality of the Philippines in the province of Iloilo

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ274907 ↗
Source-derived summary

Lambunao, officially the Municipality of Lambunao (Kinaray-a: Banwa kang Lambunao, Hiligaynon: Banwa sang Lambunao, Tagalog: Bayan ng Lambunao), is a municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 80,724 people.

Lambunao is the largest municipality in Iloilo in terms of land area and is 47 kilometres (29 mi) from Iloilo City.

Geography

Barangays

Lambunao is politically subdivided into 73 barangays.  Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

Climate

Demographics

In the 2024 census, the population of Lambunao was 80,724 people, with a density of 200 inhabitants per square kilometre or 520 inhabitants per square mile.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Lambunao” is municipality of the Philippines in the province of Iloilo. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Lambunao, municipality and Philippines, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2024—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Lambunao, municipality and Philippines is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “municipality of the Philippines in the province of Iloilo” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 25, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q274907. VIAF identifies the subject as 158388756. Authority coordinates are 11.050, 122.483. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2024.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Lambunao”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Lambunao primary sources, Lambunao archive and Lambunao research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Lambunao”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Lambunao” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.