Dagami, Leyte

Dagami, Leyte

Dagami is a 4th class municipality in the Province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2010 census of population, the town has 30,451 inhabitants with a density of 188 persons per square kilometer. It is bounded in the north by Binahaan River across the municipality of Pastrana, on the northwest by Albuera over the mountain range, on the southwest by Burauen, and on the south by the town of Tabon-tabon, southeast by the town of Tanauan and on the northeast by Palo. The town is located thirty two kilometers from the provincial capital, Tacloban City. Waray-Waray is the local dialect 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 used to rice and corn farming while on the western side is forestland. In between the forestland and the plains is coconut plantations.

The town of Dagami is mostly 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".