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Tacloban

Tacloban
Highly Urbanized City
City of Tacloban
View of San Juanico Strait, the Tacloban harbor, and a part of downtown Tacloban, two years after Typhoon Haiyan struck the city
View of San Juanico Strait, the Tacloban harbor, and a part of downtown Tacloban, two years after Typhoon Haiyan struck the city
Official seal of Tacloban
Seal
Nickname(s): Gateway to Eastern Visayas
Queen City of the Orient Seas
The Discipline City
City of Hope
Motto: City of Love, Beauty and Progress
Map of Eastern Visayas with Tacloban highlighted
Map of Eastern Visayas with Tacloban highlighted
Tacloban is located in Philippines
Tacloban
Tacloban
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 11°14′N 125°00′E / 11.24°N 125°E / 11.24; 125Coordinates: 11°14′N 125°00′E / 11.24°N 125°E / 11.24; 125
Country Philippines
Region Eastern Visayas (Region VIII)
Province Leyte (geographically only)
Established
Provincial capital
Chartered city
Highly urbanized city
1770
26 February 1830
12 June 1953
18 December 2008
Barangay 138 (see § Barangays)
Government
 • Type Sangguniang Panlungsod
 • Mayor Cristina Romualdez (NP)
 • Vice mayor Sambo Yaokasin
 • City Council
Area
 • Total 201.72 km2 (77.88 sq mi)
Highest elevation 21 m (69 ft)
Lowest elevation 2 m (7 ft)
Population (2015 census)
 • Total 242,089
 • Density 1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Taclobanon
ZIP Code 6500
IDD:area code +63 (0)53
Income class 1st city income class
083747000
Electorate 124,777 voters as of 2016
Website www.tacloban.gov.ph

Tacloban (/tækˈlbən/ tak-LOH-ban; Waray: Syudad han Tacloban; Filipino: Lungsod ng Tacloban, Tagalog pronunciation: [tɐkˈloban]) is a 1st city income class highly urbanized city in the Philippines and the provincial capital of Leyte where it is geographically situated but governed administratively independent from it. It is 360 miles (580 km) southeast from Manila. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 242,089 and is the most populous city in the Eastern Visayas region. In the 2016 electoral roll, it had 124,777 registered voters.

It is also the regional center of Eastern Visayas, being the main gateway by air to the region. Tacloban was briefly the capital of the Philippines, from 20 October 1944 to 27 February 1945.

In an extensive survey conducted by the Asian Institute of Management Policy Center and released in July 2010, Tacloban ranks as the fifth most competitive city in the Philippines, and second in the emerging cities category.

On 8 November 2013, the city was largely destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan, having previously suffered similar destruction and loss of life in 1897 and 1912.


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