Tacloban

Tacloban
Tacloban
Highly urbanized city
	City of Tacloban
	City skyline overlooking Calvary Hill
	Flag Seal
	Nicknames: Gateway to Eastern Visayas; Home of the Happiest People in the World;
	Motto(s): City of Love, Beauty and Progresses
	Map of Eastern Visayas with Tacloban highlighted
	OpenStreetMap
	Tacloban Location within the Philippines
	Coordinates: 11°14′N 125°00′E / 11.24°N 125°E
Country	Philippines
Region	Eastern Visayas (Region VIII)
Province	Leyte (geographically only)
District	1st district
Established; Provincial capital; Chartered city; Highly urbanized city	1770
Barangay	138 (see Barangays)
Government
• Type	Sangguniang Panlungsod
• Mayor of Tacloban[*]	Alfred S. Romualdez (NP)
• Vice Mayor	Edwin Y. Chua (Aksyon)
• Representative	Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez (Lakas)
• City Council	List
• Electorate	146,293 voters (2025)
Area
• Total	201.72 km2 (77.88 sq mi)
Elevation	40 m (130 ft)
Highest elevation	574 m (1,883 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2024 census)
• Total	259,353
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,300/sq mi)
• Households	57,251
Demonym	Taclobanon
Economy
• Gross domestic product	₱45,283 million (2021); $899 million (2021)
• Income class	1st city income class
• Poverty incidence	15.50 percent% (2023)
• Revenue	₱1,951,448,904.15 (2024)
• Assets	₱5,251,531,839.60 (2024)
• Expenditure	₱1,677,527,992.46 (2024)
• Liabilities	₱1,501,694,103.37 (2024)
Service provider
• Electricity	Leyte 2 Electric Cooperative (LEYECO 2)
Time zone	UTC+08:00 (PST)
ZIP code	6500
PSGC	0831600000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)53
Climate type	tropical rainforest climate
Native languages	Waray; Tagalog
Website	www.tacloban.gov.ph

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.

Media

Radio

AM Stations

DYVL Aksyon Radyo 819 (DYVL-AM; MBC Media Group)
DYTH News 990

FM Stations

91.1 Love Radio Tacloban (DYTM; MBC Media Group)
Radyo Sincero 92.7 (DYLT-FM; Audiovisual Communicators, Inc./ABJ Radio Broadcasting Services)

References

↑ "National transformation in Eastern Visayas". The Manila Times. October 17, 2014. Archived from the original on March 24, 2017. 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". SunStar. Archived from the original on April 21, 2019. 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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↑ "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
↑ Census of Population (2020). "Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
↑ "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.
↑ "881 Cities and Municipalities Recorded Poverty Incidence of 20 Percent or Lower in 2023". Philippine Statistics Authority. 6 February 2026. Archived from the original on 3 June 2026. Retrieved 7 February 2026.

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[ManilaTimes-National-1] "National transformation in Eastern Visayas". The Manila Times. October 17, 2014. Archived from the original on March 24, 2017. 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.

[Sunstar-HomeHappiest-2] Reyes, Ronald O. (April 20, 2018). "'Tacloban City: Home of the happiest people in the world' goes viral". SunStar. Archived from the original on April 21, 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2019.

[RA760-3] "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.

[4] COMELEC Minute Resolution No. 09-0036

[5] ↑

[popcen2015_r3-6] "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link)

[PSA20–08-7] Census of Population (2020). "Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

[gdptacloban2021-8] "Province of Leyte Accounts for Half of the Economy of Eastern Visayas in 2021". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 2023-01-18.

[imfdec2021phptousd-9] "PH₱50.384 per dollar (per International Monetary Fund on Representative Exchange Rates for Selected Currencies for December 2021)". IMF. Retrieved 2023-01-18.

[10] "881 Cities and Municipalities Recorded Poverty Incidence of 20 Percent or Lower in 2023". Philippine Statistics Authority. 6 February 2026. Archived from the original on 3 June 2026. Retrieved 7 February 2026.