Tacloban
Tacloban or Tacloban City, is a highly urbanized city in the Eastern Visayas, Region 8. It is the capital city of Leyte province. Tacloban is a port city in the Philippines. It is about 360 miles (580 kilometers) southeast of Manila. It is the regional center of Eastern Visayas. The San Juanico Bridge, a famous long bridge in the Philippines, connects the city to the town of Santa Rita in Samar.
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| Country | Philippines |
| Region | {{safesubst:#property:P131}} |
| Province | Leyte (geographically only) |
| District | [[{{#property:P7938}} | —]] |
| Established Provincial capital Chartered city[3] Highly urbanized city[4] | {{safesubst:#property:P571}} |
| Barangay | (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Vice Mayor | Edwin Y. Chua (Aksyon) |
| • Representative | Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez (Lakas) |
| • City Council | List
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| • Electorate | voters (?) |
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| Highest elevation | 574 m (1,883 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Economy | |
| • Gross domestic product | ₱45,283 million (2021)[7] $899 million (2021)[8] |
| • Income class | {{safesubst:#property:P1879}} |
| • Poverty incidence | % (?)[9] |
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| • Electricity | — |
| Time zone | UTC+08:00 (PST) |
| ZIP code | {{safesubst:#property:P281}} |
| PSGC | [https://psa.gov.ph/classification/psgc/?q=psgc/barangays/{{#pro000®code={{&provcode=
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| Website | http://{{safesubst:#property:P856}} |
Tacloban Media
Street performers carrying taklub on their backs (Tacloban takes its name from the taklub, a bamboo fish-catching contraption).
Aerial view of Tacloban, 1931
Madonna Maria Kanon, a peace commemoration statue in Kanfuraw Hill
Debris lines the streets of Tacloban after Typhoon Haiyan hit the city.
Pope Francis blesses the crowd after the mass near the Tacloban Airport on January 17, 2015, en route to Palo, Leyte to visit families of Typhoon Yolanda victims.
Dancers during the Pintados Festival in 2008
Tacloban City Convention Center, also known as the Tacloban Astrodome
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References
- ↑ "National transformation in Eastern Visayas" (in en). The Manila Times. October 17, 2014. https://www.manilatimes.net/national-transformation-eastern-visayas/134890/. Retrieved April 21, 2019. "But the most striking work of physical transformation today is to be seen in Tacloban City, which remains the gateway to Eastern Visayas.".
- ↑ Reyes, Ronald O. (April 20, 2018). "'Tacloban City: Home of the happiest people in the world' goes viral" (in en). SunStar. https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1513544. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
- ↑ "Proclamation No. 394, s. 1953". June 6, 1953. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
Pursuant to the authority conferred upon me by section 89 of Republic Act No. 760, creating the City of Tacloban, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, do hereby fix June 12, 1953, for the organization of the Government of the City of Tacloban.
- ↑ COMELEC Minute Resolution No. 09-0036
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- ↑ "Province of Leyte Accounts for Half of the Economy of Eastern Visayas in 2021". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
- ↑ "PH₱50.384 per dollar (per International Monetary Fund on Representative Exchange Rates for Selected Currencies for December 2021)". IMF. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
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- ↑ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
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