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Tacloban is located on the northeastern tip of Leyte Island, with its easternmost part facing Cancabato Bay. The bay is at the east mouth of San Juanico Strait. The Tacloban territory follows the length of the strait, along with Babatngon municipality north of the city. The strait divides the islands of Leyte and Samar.
Poverty incidence of Leyte 10 20 30 40 2006 38.42 2009 36.31 2012 39.24 2015 32.80 2018 28.22 2021 20.80 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority The economy of Leyte is a mixed agriculture, fishing, industrial, energy and mining. Rice is farmed in the lowland plains areas specifically those around Tacloban, while coconut farming, is the main cash crop in upland and mountainous areas. Sugarcane ...
It consists of three main islands: Samar, Leyte, and Biliran. The region has six provinces: Biliran, Leyte, Northern Samar, Samar, Eastern Samar, Southern Leyte, one independent city, Ormoc, and one highly urbanized city, Tacloban (its regional center and largest city). [3] The highly urbanized city of Tacloban is the sole regional center.
Kuapnit Balinsasayao National Park is a protected area of the Philippines located in the municipalities of Abuyog and Baybay in Leyte. The park covers an area of 364 hectares [1] deep within the mountainous forests of Leyte Island some 60 kilometres (37 mi) south of Tacloban via the Maharlika Highway. It was declared a national park in 1937 by ...
Leyte (/ ˈ l eɪ t i, ˈ l eɪ t eɪ / LAY-tee, LAY-tay) is an island in the Visayas group of islands in the Philippines. It is eighth-largest and sixth-most populous island in the Philippines, with a total population of 2,626,970 as of 2020 census. Since the accessibility of land has been depleted, Leyte has provided countless number of ...
Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport (IATA: TAC, ICAO: RPVA), also known as Tacloban City Airport, is an airport serving the general area of Tacloban, a highly urbanized city in the Leyte island of the Philippines. It is the main gateway from Manila and Cebu to Eastern Visayas.
The San Juanico Bridge connects the islands of Leyte and Samar by linking the city of Tacloban in Leyte to the town of Santa Rita in Samar. It passes over the San Juanico Strait . [ 4 ] The road infrastructure is the third longest bridge spanning a body of seawater in the Philippines after the Cebu–Cordova Link Expressway and the Panguil Bay ...
Julita (IPA: ), officially the Municipality of Julita (Waray: Bungto han Julita; Tagalog: Bayan ng Julita), is a municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 15,598 people. [3] Julita is 47 kilometers from Tacloban, the capital city of Eastern Visayas. It is located between the ...