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Kawayan
Municipality
Municipality of Kawayan
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KawayanLocation within the Philippines
Coordinates: 11°42′N 124°22′E / 11.7°N 124.37°E / 11.7; 124.37
Country	Philippines
Region	Eastern Visayas
Province	Biliran
District	Lone district
Barangays	20 (see Barangays)
Government
• Type	Sangguniang Bayan
• Mayor	Manolo D. Rubi
• Vice Mayor	Jake S. Espina
• Representative	Gerardo J. Espina Jr.
• Councilors	List • Rodolfo J. Espina Sr. • Absalon N. Lubaton • Von Wendel L. Ampong • Renito L. Villaflores • Steve Chuckie C. Seno • Jobwillard M. Victorioso • Joselito P. Catigbe • Maria Erica Rowin F. Catigbe
• Electorate	14,729 voters (2022)
Area
• Total	61.02 km (23.56 sq mi)
Elevation	90 m (300 ft)
Highest elevation	1,073 m (3,520 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population
• Total	20,455
• Density	340/km (870/sq mi)
• Households	5,027
Economy
• Income class	5th municipal income class
• Poverty incidence	24.31% (2021)
• Revenue	₱ 90.97 million (2020)
• Assets	₱ 219.3 million (2020)
• Expenditure	₱ 117 million (2020)
• Liabilities	₱ 55.89 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Biliran Electric Cooperative (BILECO)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	6545
PSGC	087806000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)53
Native languages	Waray Cebuano Tagalog
Website	www.kawayan-biliran.gov.ph

Kawayan (IPA: ), officially the Municipality of Kawayan (Waray: Bungto han Kawayan; Cebuano: Lungsod sa Kawayan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Kawayan), is a municipality in the province of Biliran, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 20,455 people.

Geography

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the municipality has a land area of 61.02 square kilometres (23.56 sq mi)  constituting 11.38% of the 536.01-square-kilometre- (206.95 sq mi) total area of Biliran.

Barangays

Kawayan is politically subdivided into 20 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

In 1948, the barangays of Ungale, Tuo, and Inasuyan were transferred from Caibiran, Biliran. Kawayan, like the Municipality of Biliran, is a melting pot for Waray and Cebuano-speakers. The municipality is linguistically divided into two languages, the people of the western part of the town that faces Almeria at a distance speaks Cebuano while the eastern part that faces Maripipi and Culaba speaks Waray.

Climate

Demographics

In the 2020 census, Kawayan had a population of 20,455. The population density was 340 inhabitants per square kilometre (880/sq mi).

Economy

Poverty incidence of Kawayan

References

1.  Municipality of Kawayan | (DILG)
2. "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.
3. ^ Census of Population (2020). "Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
4. "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
5. "Province: Biliran". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
6. "Municipal: Kawayan". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
7. "An act to separate the barrios of Ungale, Tuo, and Inasuyan from the municipality of Caibiran, province of Leyte, and to merge these barrios with the municipality of Kawayan, of the same province". LawPH.com. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
8. ^ Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)" (PDF). Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
9. "Kawayan: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
10. Census of Population (2015). "Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
11. Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.
12. "Province of Biliran". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
13. "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
14. "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
15. "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
16. "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
17. "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
18. "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
19. "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
20. "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.

External links

• Philippine Standard Geographic Code

v t e Places adjacent to Kawayan
Maripipi Samar Sea Samar Sea Samar Sea Kawayan Almeria Culaba

v t e Province of Biliran
Naval (capital and largest municipality)
Municipalities	Almeria Biliran Cabucgayan Caibiran Culaba Kawayan Maripipi Naval

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