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Union, pronounced "onion," is a village on the south coast of Siargao Island, in the Philippines. Union has pretty much the same boundaries as does Barangay Union, of the Municipality of Dapa, in the province of Surigao del Norte. See Dapa, Surigao del Norte. Union is bordered on the east by the Pacific Ocean and on the other three sides by jungle and tropical forest. It is located east of the village of Giwan (see Giwan, Surigao del Norte).〔Wikimapia website, http://www.wikimapia.org .〕 ==Demographics== Barangay Union, according to the Philippine National Statistical Board, had a population of 2,645 people on August 1, 2007. Virtually the entire population of Union is Filipino. Virtually the entire population speaks Tagalog, most speak English and many speak other languages native to the Philippines, such as Visayan. A few foreigners from Canada and Europe have built large homes in Union and reside there. Most of the houses are primitive wood houses with either wood or concrete floors or are built of cement block. Virtually all houses have electricity, but very few have any air conditioning. There is no television service to Union.〔Philippine National Statistical Coordination Board website, http://www.nscb.gov.ph/activestats/psgc/ .〕 Small parts of the village of Union are just outside the barangay, but 90% of it is inside the barangay boundaries. The village measures roughly six blocks long from southwest to northeast and four blocks wide from northwest to southeast. The highway runs the length of the village and is paved and well maintained in town. Most of the highway between Giwan and Union, while paved, looks as though it has not been maintained for many years. As the highway leaves the north side of Union, the maintenance of it stops. It then curves a short distance due east and stops at the ocean edge. There is a ford two blocks long that crosses a shallow area where a river meets the ocean. It can only be forded by foot at low tide. On the other side of the river the road becomes not much better than a footpath and cannot be traveled by any vehicles. It gets somewhat better after passing two surfer resorts.〔Wikimapia website; Jack L. Ferreras, map of Siargao Island, ca. 2010.〕 Many streets inside Union are paved and even the dirt streets are reasonably well maintained. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Union, Surigao del Norte」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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