page_title: Balangiga, Eastern Samar
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Balangiga, Eastern Samar / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: The Balangiga Church, Balangiga, Eastern Samar, Philippines during at night
context_page_description: Balangiga, officially the Municipality of Balangiga, is a 4th class municipality in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 14,085 people.
  Balangiga is the site of the Balangiga Encounter in 1901, which remains one of the longest-running and most controversial issues of the Philippine–American War.
context_section_description: Balangiga is located on the southern coast of the island of Samar facing Leyte Gulf, and sits at the mouth of the Balangiga River. To the west lies the municipality of Lawaan, to the north is Llorente, and to the east are the municipalities of Quinapondan and Giporlos.
caption: The Balangiga Church at night
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