Javier, Leyte
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Javier Bugho |
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 Map of Leyte showing the location of Javier |
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 Javier
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| Coordinates: 10°48′N 124°56′E / 10.800°N 124.933°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Eastern Visayas (Region VIII) |
| Province | Leyte |
| District | 5th district of Leyte |
| Incorporated | June 1961 (as Bugho) |
| Renamed as Javier | December 1965 |
| Barangays | 28 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Leonardo M. Javier Jr. (LP) |
| • Vice Mayor | Emma M. Abueva (LP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 152.70 km2 (58.96 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 23.4 m (76.8 ft) |
| Population (2015 census) | |
| • Total | 25,379 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (430/sq mi) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+8) |
| ZIP code | 6511 |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)53 |
| Income class | 4th municipal income class |
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| Electorate | 15,686 voters as of 2016 |
| Website | www |
Javier is a 4th class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 25,379 people.
A rural town approximately 73 kilometres (45 mi) south of Tacloban City, it is located between the boundaries of Baybay on the west side and MacArthur and Abuyog towns, along the Leyte Gulf. It has a very narrow coastlines and coastal plains facing the Pacific.
Javier is subdivided politically into 28 barangays as per RA 3422 - An Act Creating the Municipality of Bugho as an independent municipality in the Province of Leyte, enacted on June 18, 1961.
The municipality of Javier, Leyte was formerly barrio Bugho of the municipality of Abuyog, Leyte. Bugho is a contraction of the dialect term "Binogho" (from local dialect root word "buho"), meaning a small clearing within a forest area. Settlers at about the turn of the century cultivated this small patch of land. Among the earliest known settlers was Macario Cultura, a native of Burauen, Leyte who is believed to have led his friends and relatives to farm the fertile soil of the area, then a virgin forest. Later, as the settlement grew, it became a sitio of barrio Pinocawan, and established barrio since the Spanish occupation.
Sometime in 1914, Daniel Falcon Javier of Consolacion, Sogod, Southern Leyte and a former teacher and principal of Cebu Normal School of Cebu City in the early 1900s came to explore the surrounding area of the new settlement. At that time he just came from Cabadbaran, Agusan del Norte where he started extensive farming activities since 1908 after his resignation as principal at the Cebu Normal School.
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