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Tacloban
Highly urbanized city
City of Tacloban
From top, left to right: Downtown Tacloban, Yolanda Shrine, Santo Niño Church, Justice Romualdez Street, Santo Niño Shrine and Heritage Museum
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Nicknames:  Gateway to Eastern Visayas Home of the Happiest People in the World
Motto(s): City of Love, Beauty and Progresses
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Coordinates: 11°14′N 125°00′E / 11.24°N 125°E / 11.24; 125
Country	Philippines
Region	Eastern Visayas
Province	Leyte (geographically only)
District	1st district
Founded	1770
Provincial capital	February 26, 1830
Cityhood	June 20, 1952
Highly urbanized city	December 18, 2008
Barangay	138 (see Barangays)
Government
• Type	Sangguniang Panlungsod
• Mayor	Alfred S. Romualdez (Nacionalista)
• Vice Mayor	Edwin Y. Chua (Aksyon)
• Representative	Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez (Lakas)
• City Council	List • Jerry S. Uy • Edward Frederick I. Chua • Ma. Elvira G. Casal • Edson R. Malaki • Aurora Aimee D. Grafil • Leo O. Bahin • Brian Steve G. Granados • Jeric Dane G. Granados • Christopher Randy L. Esperas • Rachelle Erica C. Pineda DILG Masterlist of Officials
• Electorate	143,562 voters (2022)
Area
• Total	201.72 km (77.88 sq mi)
Elevation	40 m (130 ft)
Highest elevation	574 m (1,883 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population
• Total	251,881
• Density	1,200/km (3,200/sq mi)
• Households	57,251
Demonym	Taclobanon
Economy
• Income class	1st city income class
• Poverty incidence	10.70% (2021)
• Revenue	₱ 1,915 million (2022)
• Assets	₱ 4,723 million (2022)
• Expenditure	₱ 1,441 million (2022)
• Liabilities	₱ 4,259 million (2022)
• Gross domestic product	₱45,283 million (2021) $899 million (2021)
Service provider
• Electricity	Leyte 2 Electric Cooperative (LEYECO 2)
Time zone	UTC+08:00 (PST)
ZIP code	6500
PSGC	083747000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)53
Native languages	Waray Tagalog
Website	www.tacloban.gov.ph

Tacloban (/tækˈloʊbən/ tak-LOH-ban; Tagalog pronunciation: [tɐkˈloban]), officially the City of Tacloban (Waray: Syudad han Tacloban; Filipino: Lungsod ng Tacloban), is a highly urbanized city on Leyte island in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, Tacloban has a population of 251,881, making it the most populous city in the Eastern Visayas. The city is located 360 miles (580 km) southeast of Manila.

Tacloban is the regional center of the Eastern Visayas region. It is also the largest city and capital of the province of Leyte, wherein it is geographically situated and grouped under the province by the Philippine Statistics Authority, but the city is governed and administered independently from it.

Tacloban City was briefly the capital of the Philippines under the Commonwealth Government, from October 20, 1944, to February 27, 1945. In an extensive survey conducted by the Asian Institute of Management Policy Center and released in July 2010, Tacloban City ranks as the fifth most competitive city in the Philippines, and second in the emerging cities category. On November 8, 2013, the city was largely destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan, having previously suffered similar destruction and loss of life in 1897 and 1912. On January 17, 2015, Pope Francis visited Tacloban during his Papal Visit to the Philippines and held a mass at Barangay San Jose, and later he led mass of 30,000 people in front of the airport.

Etymology

The area got its name from the word taklub, a bamboo tray used to catch crabs or shrimp.

History

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Tacloban was first known as Kankabatok, an allusion to the first inhabitants – Kabatok. They established their dwellings in the vicinity of the present-day Santo Niño Church. Others who came later were Gumoda, Haraging, and Huraw who erected their settlements on nearby sites. Huraw's domain is the hill where the city hall now sits. The combined settlements acquired the name Kankabatok, meaning "property of Kabatok's."

The constant threat of pirates due to its lack of a natural barrier hindered the development and progress of the settlement. And so the place never figured out the early centuries of the Spanish colonization of Leyte. When the Jesuits (the first evangelizers of Leyte) left in 1768, the Augustinians took over, and in 1770 they established the barrio with a chapel (visita) of Tacloban under the jurisdiction of Palo.

The Augustinians who came from the Province of the Holy Name of Jesus based in Cebu were also responsible in introducing the devotion to the Santo Niño becoming therefore the heavenly patron of the settlement. With the Moro raids in check, the place became a hub for commercial activity and soon after the place was renamed Tacloban becoming an independent municipality and then capital of the province of Leyte. In 1843, the Augustinians ceded the administration of the parish to the Franciscans.

The change of the name came about in this manner: Kankabatok was a favorite haunt of fishermen. They would use a bamboo contraption called a "taklub" to catch crabs, shrimps or fish. When asked where they were going, the fishermen would answer, "(to) tarakluban", which meant the place where they used the device to catch these marine resources. Eventually, the name Tarakluban or Tacloban took prominence.

It is not known when Tacloban became a municipality because records supporting this fact were destroyed during a typhoon. It is commonly believed that Tacloban was officially proclaimed a municipality in 1770s. In 1768, Leyte and Samar were separated into two provinces, each constituting a politico-military province. Due to its strategic location, Tacloban became a vital trading point between the two provinces.

The capital of Leyte was transferred from one town to another with Tacloban as the last on February 26, 1830. The decision to make Tacloban the capital was based on the following reasons: 1) ideal location of the port and 2) well-sheltered and adequate facilities. On June 20, 1952, Tacloban was proclaimed a chartered city by virtue of Republic Act No. 760.

The arrival of Colonel Arthur Murray in 1901 made him the first military governor of Leyte. His first official act was the opening of Tacloban port to world commerce. Before World War II, Tacloban was the commercial, education, social and cultural center of the Province of Leyte. Copra and abaca were exported in large quantities. The leading institutions were: Leyte Normal School, Leyte High School, Leyte Trade School, Holy Infant Academy and Tacloban Catholic Institute.

In November 1912, a typhoon swept through the central Philippines and "practically destroyed" Tacloban. In Tacloban and Capiz on the island of Panay, the death toll was 15,000, half the population of those cities at the time.

On May 25, 1942, Japanese forces landed in Tacloban, signalling the beginning of their two-year occupation of Leyte. They fortified the city and improved its airfield. Since San Pedro Bay was ideal for larger vessels, the Japanese Imperial Naval Forces made Tacloban a port of call and entry. This time was considered the darkest in the history of Tacloban and the country due to the incidence of torture among civilians, including the elderly. In response, guerrilla groups operated in Leyte – the most notable of which was the group of Nieves Fernandez. The Japanese established a "comfort station" in the city, where they kidnapped local girls, teenagers and young adults who they then forced into becoming sex slaves under the gruesome "comfort women" system.

Leyte was the first to be liberated by the combined Filipino and American troops. General Douglas MacArthur's assault troops landed in the Tacloban and Palo beaches (White Beach and Red Beach, respectively) and in the neighbouring town of Dulag (Blue Beach) on October 20, 1944. These landings signalled the eventual victory of the Filipino and American forces and the fulfillment of MacArthur's famous promise: "I Shall Return."

Three days later, on October 23, at a ceremony at the Capitol Building in Tacloban, MacArthur, accompanied by President Sergio Osmeña, made Tacloban the temporary seat of the Commonwealth Government and temporary capital of the Philippines until the complete liberation of the country. The provincial government of Leyte and the municipal government of Tacloban were re-established.

Paulo Jaro was the Liberation mayor of Tacloban. The first mayor of this capital upon inauguration of the Philippine Republic was Epifanio Aguirre.

On January 8, 1960, MacArthur made his "sentimental" journey to Leyte. He was greeted with cheers by locals when he visited Tacloban.

The city was proclaimed as a highly urbanized city by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on October 4, 2008 and ratified by the people on December 18, 2008. Tacloban was officially declared an HUC at 10:40PM of that day.

2013 Typhoon Haiyan

On November 8, 2013 (PST), Tacloban was hit by the full force of Typhoon Haiyan, causing massive destruction across the city. Dead bodies were scattered on the streets, trees were uprooted, and a 13 ft (4 m) storm surge largely destroyed the airport, though it functioned soon after as a makeshift command and evacuation center. After taking a helicopter flight over the city, US Marine Brigadier General Paul Kennedy was quoted as saying, "I don't believe there is a single structure that is not destroyed or severely damaged in some way – every single building, every single house." Widespread looting and violence is reported to have taken place and local government virtually collapsed, as many city officials were victims. President Aquino declared a state of emergency in Tacloban. The official final death toll stood at 6,201.

2015 Papal visit

On January 17, 2015, Pope Francis, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, arrived in Tacloban to celebrate Mass with the survivors of Haiyan (Yolanda). The pope arrived at Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport on a flight operated by Philippine Airlines.

Geography

Tacloban is located on the northeastern tip of Leyte Island, with its easternmost part facing Cancabato Bay. The bay is at the east mouth of San Juanico Strait. The Tacloban territory follows the length of the strait, along with Babatngon municipality north of the city. The strait divides the islands of Leyte and Samar.

• Tacloban Bay
• The eastern part of the city facing Cancabato Bay.
• San Pedro Bay shore facing northeastward towards Cancabato Bay and the San Juanico Strait beyond, backgrounded by Samar island on the horizon.
• Fishing folks on outrigger canoes on Cancabato Bay, with the San Juanico Strait and Samar island in the background.
• Hills around Tacloban
• Coastal village in Tacloban

Barangays

Tacloban is politically subdivided into 138 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

Climate

Tacloban has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen: Af) but due to the numerous cyclones present in the area, the climate is not equatorial. Tropical rainforest climates are tropical climates in which there is no dry season – all months have mean precipitation values of at least 60 millimetres (2.4 in). Tropical rainforest climates have no pronounced summer or winter; it is typically wet throughout the year and rainfall is both heavy and frequent. One day in an equatorial climate can be very similar to the next, while the change in temperature between day and night may be larger than the average change in temperature between "summer" and "winter".

The average high (daytime) temperature for the year in Tacloban is 31.1 °C (88.0 °F). The warmest month on average is May with an average daytime temperature of 32.3 °C (90.1 °F). The coolest month on average is January and February, with an average (nighttime) temperature of 23.4 °C (74.1 °F).

The highest recorded temperature was 38.0 °C (100.4 °F), recorded on April 6, 1924, and in August. The lowest recorded temperature in Tacloban is 17.5 °C (63.5 °F) which was recorded in December.

The average rainfall for the year is 2,659.3 millimetres (104.7 in), with the most rainfall on average in December with 386.0 millimetres (15.2 in) and the least on average in April with 115.2 millimetres (4.5 in).

Demographics

According to the 2020 census, Tacloban has a population of 251,881 inhabitants.

Tacloban is predominantly a Waray-speaking city. The language is also officially called Lineyte-Samarnon ("Leyte-Samarnon") and is spoken by more than 90% of the total city population. Waray-Waray, aside from being the native language of the city, is also the lingua franca used in the city among Filipinos of various ethnic groups.

Tacloban is culturally and linguistically diverse. A decade before the end of Spanish sovereignty, it was largely a typical colonial community: most of its residents were either pure Iberian families or the new generations of Spanish-Filipino blood. Today's population consists of a mix of Spanish and Chinese mestizos, foreign expatriates and native Leyteños.

Other Filipino ethnic groups who migrated to the city are the Cebuano/Kana/Visayan speaking populace accounts for 6.08% of the total population, 0.80% are Tagalog, 0.10% are Ilocano, 0.07% are Kapampangan, and 2.95% come from other ethnic origins, including Hiligaynon, Maguindanaon, Maranao and Tausug.

88.52% of the residents of Tacloban City are Roman Catholic; 6.12% are Muslims (most are Maranao migrants from Mindanao); 0.83% are of the indigenous Christian denomination, Iglesia ni Cristo; 0.94% are Evangelicals (born-again Christians); Baptists 0.80%; 0.49% Seventh-Day Adventists. Others comprise 3.10%.

Economy

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Poverty incidence of Tacloban

Tacloban is the economic center of the entire Eastern Visayas, with an economy largely focused on agriculture, commerce, and tourism. Proximal to the city proper is the 237-hectare Eastern Visayas Agri-Industrial Growth Center (EVRGC), which was approved and accredited by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority by virtue of Presidential Proclamation No. 1210 on April 23, 1998. EVRGC serves as an eco-industrial hub with the Tacloban city government as its developer and operator. Several regional broadcasters are also based in the city including ABS-CBN TV-2 Tacloban, GMA TV-10 Tacloban and PRTV-12 Tacloban. The Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport also makes the city a key regional transportation hub.

Tacloban is one of the fastest-growing cities in the Philippines, and has one of the lowest poverty incidence rates in the country (at roughly 9%, while the national poverty incidence stands at 30%). After its massive devastation on November 8, 2013, Tacloban was declared by its local government as a start-up city, which means everything had to start back from scratch. Currently the city is experiencing a rapid economic recovery.

Government

The executive power of the City Government is vested in the mayor. The Sangguniang Panlungsod or the city council has the legislative power to create city ordinances. It is a unicameral body composed of ten elected councillors and certain numbers of ex officio and sectoral representatives. It is presided by the vice mayor, the mayor and the elected city councillors who are elected-at-large every three years. The current city mayor is Alfred Romualdez.

The city government ceased to be under the supervision of the provincial government after it became a highly urbanized city in 2008. The city is now under the direct supervision of the national government.

Tacloban City is part of the 1st District of Leyte, alongside seven other municipalities: Alangalang, Babatngon, Palo, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Tanauan, and Tolosa. The district is currently represented by Congressman Martin Romualdez.

Official seal

The official Seal of Tacloban is the symbol of the city's identity when it became a city under Republic Act No. 760 on June 20, 1952.

The city's emblem stands for the following physical attributes and character:

• Left Portion - Symbolizes the province of Samar (Santa Rita), major supplier of agricultural and marine products to the city, stabilizing its volume of business and trade.
• Center - Stands for the beautiful and scenic San Juanico Strait
• The Galleon - Illustrates the ship of Ferdinand Magellan who landed in the island of Homonhon, Eastern Samar, the first Philippine island he sighted during the historic circumnavigation of the world
• Right Portion - Leyte side, where Tacloban City is located

Culture

The week-long celebrations peaks on June 30, the Grand fiesta of Tacloban celebrated with the traditional turn-over ceremonies of the "Teniente" made by the immediate past Hermano Mayor to the incoming Hermano Mayor. This is accompanied by the ritual of giving the medallion containing the names of all Hermanos Pasados and the Standartes. Fireworks and grand parades mark the occasion. Every house in the city prepares a feast and opens its doors to guests and well wishers.

Subiran Regatta

Subiran Regatta is a race of one-man native sailboats with outriggers locally called "subiran" along scenic and historic Leyte Gulf. The race is done without using a paddle but only skills and techniques to manoeuvre the sail. The Subiran Regatta is now on its 32nd year and counting. This contest is done annually on that weeklong celebration of the Tacloban City Fiesta. The race aims to preserve the art of sailing with the wind alone, and to showcase the mastery of this art by local boatmen.

Balyuan

Organized by the Department of Tourism and the city government, this activity which only started in 1975 is supposedly a re-enactment of a purported exchange of images between Barrio Buscada of Basey and Sitio Kankabatok, now Tacloban City. A local story which only saw print in the 20th century purports that in the old days, Sitio Kankabatok was a small barrio under the jurisdiction of Basey town in Samar. During the Feast of Santo Niño, the residents of Sitio Kankabatok would borrow the bigger image of the saint from the chapel of Barrio Buscada in Basey. Santo Niño is the revered patron saint of both Kankabatok and Barrio Buscada. The image is returned promptly after the festivities. When Kankabatok grew into a barrio of its own, the local Catholic authorities decided that the bigger Santo Niño image be retained in prospering village. However, because of its highly questionable anthropological and historical basis, the story can be best understood as simply etiological. It gives witness to the cultural, ethnographical and historical relationship between the people of south Samar and the eastern seaboard of Leyte. Likewise, stories of the image missing in Buscada and turning up in Kankabatok aided to this decision of honoring this relationship. The Basey Flotilla bearing the church and government leaders goes on a fluvial procession along San Pedro Bay. A budyong (shell) call announces the sight of the flotilla off Kankabatok Bay.

Sangyaw Festival

Sangyaw is an archaic Waray word which means to herald the news. The Sangyaw Festival was created by Imelda Marcos in the 1980s. The festival was revived in 2008 by her nephew, current city mayor Alfred Romualdez. The Sangyaw Festival invites contingents of different performing groups of various festivals in the country to compete in this side of the region. Cash prizes and trophies are at stake as the Sangyaw Festival grooms itself to be a big festival to watch out in the succeeding years.

Transportation

Tacloban is served by air, multicabs, taxis, jeepneys, buses, tricycles and pedicabs. The city host the Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport. The New Transport Terminal of Tacloban City or New Bus Terminal located in Abucay district serves as the land transportation hub to and from various points in the region. The San Juanico Bridge connects the city to the town of Santa Rita in Samar.

Healthcare

As the regional center of Eastern Visayas, Tacloban offers a range of healthcare services. There are a number of hospitals and other medical institutions serving the city's population.

• Public hospitals
  • Eastern Visayas Medical Center (EVMC)
  • Tacloban City Hospital
• Private hospitals
  • ACE Medical Center Tacloban (near Robinsons Marasbaras)
  • Divine Word Hospital (owned by the Benedictine Sisters)
  • Our Mother of Mercy Hospital (owned by the Religious Sisters of Mercy)
  • Remedios Trinidad Romualdez Hospital (owned by the RTR Medical Foundation)
  • Tacloban Doctors Medical Center (owned by a group of locally prominent doctors)

Education

Tacloban has a variety of educational institutions both public and private.

Notable institutions include:

• UP Tacloban College
• Leyte Normal University
• Eastern Visayas State University
• Holy Infant College
• Holy Spirit Foundation College, Inc.
• Holy Virgin of Salvacion Foundation College, Inc.
• ABE International Business College Tacloban
• ACLC College of Tacloban
• AMA College Tacloban (currently located in nearby Palo, Leyte)
• Asia Pacific Career College
• Asian Development Foundation College
• CIE British School Tacloban
• Colegio De La Salle Fondation de Tacloban, Inc.
• Dr. Vicente Orestes Romualdez Educational Foundation (College of Law)
• JE Mondejar Foundation College
• Leyte Colleges
• National Maritime Polytechnic
• Remedios Trinidad Romualdez Medical Foundation
• Sacred Heart College of Tacloban
• St. Scholastica's College, Tacloban (currently located in nearby Palo, Leyte)
• St. Benedict College of Tacloban, Inc.
• Liceo del Verbo Divino (formerly "Divine Word University of Tacloban")
• St. Therese Educational Center of Leyte (STECL)
• St. Therese Christian Development Center Foundation, Inc. (STCDCFI)
• St. Therese Educational Foundation of Tacloban, Inc. (STEFTI)
• Saint Arnold Janssen College of Tacloban, Inc.

Sister cities

International

Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan

Notable personalities

• Merlie Alunan - poet and instructor
• Gina Apostol - writer
• Toni Rose Basas - forner professional volleyball player for the Cignal HD Spikers
• Louis Bulaong - writer
• Norberto Castillo - 91st Rector Magnificus of the University of Santo Tomas
• Andres Centino - 57th Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
• Kim Chiu - Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition winner; television and movie star (having roots from Tacloban but currently lives in Cebu City)
• Dennis Daa - professional basketball player
• Dino Daa - professional basketball player
• Bullet Dumas - indie and contemporary folk singer-songwriter
• Karla Estrada - actress and singer
• Ted Failon - news anchor, TV and radio personality, former Representative of the 1st District of Leyte
• Nieves Fernandez - World War II guerrilla fighter
• Jose Mari Gonzales - actor, father of former mayor Cristina Gonzales-Romualdez
• Xyza Gula - volleyball player for the UST Golden Tigresses
• Ruby Ibarra - Filipina-American rapper
• Iluminado Lucente - the "grand old man of Waray letters"; poet, playwright, and mayor of Tacloban
• Carlo Francisco Manatad - filmmaker and film editor
• Joanné Nugas - Filipina-Swedish music artist and currently member of the a cappella group The Real Group
• Dan Palami - businessman, former manager of the Philippines national football team
• Joel Porlares – 14th Supreme Bishop of the Philippine Independent Church
• Rudy Robles - actor
• Benjamin Romualdez - former governor of Leyte; former ambassador to the US, China and Saudi Arabia
• Cristina Romualdez - former actress, former mayor of Tacloban City
• Ferdinand Martin Romualdez - Representative of the 1st District of Leyte; incumbent Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
• Imelda Romualdez-Marcos - former First Lady and former Representative for Leyte's 1st District
• Lou Salvador - basketball player
• Mark Swainston - footballer
• Jean-Paul Verona - award-winning producer and recording engineer best known for his work on Ben&Ben's Limasawa Street and Pebble House, Vol. 1: Kuwaderno albums and the band version of SB19's "Mapa" single
• Nimfa C. Vilches - judge and Supreme Court deputy administrator
• Aira Villegas - flyweight boxer and Olympic bronze medalist

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External links

• Official website
• Philippine Standard Geographic Code
• Typhoon Haiyan appears to be the deadliest natural disaster on record
• Official Website of the Provincial Government of Leyte
• Geographic data related to Tacloban at OpenStreetMap
• "Tacloban" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.

v t e Places adjacent to Tacloban
San Miguel Babatngon Alangalang Tacloban San Juanico Strait / Santa Rita, Samar Santa Fe / Palo San Pedro Bay

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v t e Province of Leyte Tacloban (capital and largest city) Municipalities Abuyog Alangalang Albuera Babatngon Barugo Bato Burauen Calubian Capoocan Carigara Dagami Dulag Hilongos Hindang Inopacan Isabel Jaro Javier Julita Kananga La Paz Leyte MacArthur Mahaplag Matag-ob Matalom Mayorga Merida Palo Palompon Pastrana San Isidro San Miguel Santa Fe Tabango Tabontabon Tanauan Tolosa Tunga Villaba Component city Baybay Independent component city Ormoc (Administratively independent from the province but grouped under Leyte by the Philippine Statistics Authority.) Highly urbanized city Tacloban (Administratively independent from the province but grouped under Leyte by the Philippine Statistics Authority.) v t e Eastern Visayas (Region VIII) Regional center Tacloban Provinces Biliran Eastern Samar Leyte Northern Samar Samar Southern Leyte Highly urbanized city Tacloban Independent component city Ormoc Component cities Baybay Borongan Calbayog Catbalogan Maasin Provincial capitals Borongan Catarman Catbalogan Maasin Naval Tacloban Municipalities Abuyog Alangalang Albuera Allen Almagro Almeria Anahawan Arteche Babatngon Balangiga Balangkayan Barugo Basey Bato Biliran Biri Bobon Bontoc Burauen Cabucgayan Caibiran Calbiga Calubian Can-avid Capoocan Capul Carigara Catarman Catubig Culaba Dagami Daram Dolores Dulag Gamay Gandara General MacArthur Giporlos Guiuan Hernani Hilongos Hinabangan Hindang Hinunangan Hinundayan Inopacan Isabel Jaro Javier Jiabong Jipapad Julita Kananga Kawayan La Paz Laoang Lapinig Las Navas Lavezares Lawaan Leyte Libagon Liloan Limasawa Llorente Lope de Vega MacArthur Macrohon Mahaplag Malitbog Mapanas Marabut Maripipi Maslog Matag-ob Matalom Matuguinao Maydolong Mayorga Mercedes Merida Mondragon Motiong Naval Oras Padre Burgos Pagsanghan Palapag Palo Palompon Pambujan Paranas Pastrana Pinabacdao Pintuyan Quinapondan Rosario Saint Bernard Salcedo San Antonio San Francisco San Isidro (Leyte) San Isidro (Northern Samar) San Jorge San Jose San Jose de Buan San Juan San Julian San Miguel San Policarpo San Ricardo San Roque San Sebastian San Vicente Santa Fe Santa Margarita Santa Rita Santo Niño Silago Silvino Lobos Sogod Sulat Tabango Tabontabon Taft Tagapul-an Talalora Tanauan Tarangnan Tolosa Tomas Oppus Tunga Victoria Villaba Villareal Zumarraga Visayas, Republic of the Philippines v t e List of cities in the Philippines Highly urbanized cities Angeles City Bacolod Baguio Butuan Cagayan de Oro Caloocan Cebu City Davao City General Santos Iligan Iloilo City Lapu-Lapu City Las Piñas Lucena Makati Malabon Mandaluyong Mandaue Manila Marikina Muntinlupa Navotas Olongapo Parañaque Pasay Pasig Puerto Princesa Quezon City San Juan Tacloban Taguig Valenzuela Zamboanga City Independent component cities Cotabato City Dagupan Naga, Camarines Sur Ormoc Santiago Component cities Alaminos Antipolo Bacoor Bago Bais Balanga Baliwag Batac Batangas City Bayawan Baybay Bayugan Biñan Bislig Bogo Borongan Cabadbaran Cabanatuan Cabuyao Cadiz Calaca Calamba Calapan Calbayog Candon Canlaon Carcar Carmona Catbalogan Cauayan Cavite City Danao Dapitan Dasmariñas Digos Dipolog Dumaguete El Salvador Escalante Gapan General Trias Gingoog Guihulngan Himamaylan Ilagan Imus Iriga Isabela Kabankalan Kidapawan Koronadal La Carlota Lamitan Laoag Legazpi Ligao Lipa Maasin Mabalacat Malaybalay Malolos Marawi Masbate City Mati Meycauayan Muñoz Naga, Cebu Oroquieta Ozamiz Pagadian Palayan Panabo Passi Roxas Sagay Samal San Carlos, Negros Occidental San Carlos, Pangasinan San Fernando, La Union San Fernando, Pampanga San Jose, Nueva Ecija San Jose del Monte San Pablo San Pedro Santa Rosa Santo Tomas Silay Sipalay Sorsogon City Surigao City Tabaco Tabuk Tacurong Tagaytay Tagbilaran Tagum Talisay, Cebu Talisay, Negros Occidental Tanauan Tandag Tangub Tanjay Tarlac City Tayabas Toledo Trece Martires Tuguegarao Urdaneta Valencia Victorias Vigan v t e Provincial capital cities and municipalities of the Philippines Luzon Abra: Bangued Albay: Legazpi Apayao: Kabugao / Luna Aurora: Baler Bataan: Balanga Batanes: Basco Batangas: Batangas City Benguet: La Trinidad Bulacan: Malolos Cagayan: Tuguegarao Camarines Norte: Daet Camarines Sur: Pili Catanduanes: Virac Cavite: Imus / Trece Martires Ifugao: Lagawe Ilocos Norte: Laoag Ilocos Sur: Vigan Isabela: Ilagan Kalinga: Tabuk La Union: San Fernando Laguna: Santa Cruz Marinduque: Boac Masbate: Masbate City Mountain Province: Bontoc Nueva Ecija: Palayan Nueva Vizcaya: Bayombong Occidental Mindoro: Mamburao Oriental Mindoro: Calapan Palawan: Puerto Princesa Pampanga: San Fernando Pangasinan: Lingayen Quezon: Lucena Quirino: Cabarroguis Rizal: Antipolo Romblon: Romblon Sorsogon: Sorsogon City Tarlac: Tarlac City Zambales: Iba Visayas Aklan: Kalibo Antique: San Jose de Buenavista Biliran: Naval Bohol: Tagbilaran Capiz: Roxas Cebu: Cebu City Eastern Samar: Borongan Guimaras: Jordan Iloilo: Iloilo City Leyte: Tacloban Negros Occidental: Bacolod Negros Oriental: Dumaguete Northern Samar: Catarman Samar: Catbalogan Siquijor: Siquijor Southern Leyte: Maasin Mindanao Agusan del Norte: Cabadbaran / Butuan Agusan del Sur: Prosperidad Basilan: Lamitan / Isabela Bukidnon: Malaybalay Camiguin: Mambajao Cotabato: Kidapawan Davao de Oro: Nabunturan Davao del Norte: Tagum Davao del Sur: Digos Davao Occidental: Malita Davao Oriental: Mati Dinagat Islands: San Jose Lanao del Norte: Tubod Lanao del Sur: Marawi Maguindanao del Norte: Datu Odin Sinsuat Maguindanao del Sur: Buluan Misamis Occidental: Oroquieta Misamis Oriental: Cagayan de Oro Sarangani: Alabel South Cotabato: Koronadal Sultan Kudarat: Isulan Sulu: Jolo Surigao del Norte: Surigao City Surigao del Sur: Tandag Tawi-Tawi: Bongao Zamboanga del Norte: Dipolog Zamboanga del Sur: Pagadian Zamboanga Sibugay: Ipil de facto seat of provincial government v t e Philippine cities with a 100,000+ population 2,000,000 and more Quezon City (2,960,048) 1,000,000–1,999,999 Manila (1,846,513) Davao City (1,776,949) Caloocan (1,661,584) Taguig (1,261,738) 500,000–999,999 Zamboanga City (977,234) Cebu City (964,169) Antipolo (887,399) Pasig (803,159) Cagayan de Oro (728,402) Valenzuela (714,978) Dasmariñas (703,141) General Santos (697,315) Parañaque (689,992) Bacoor (664,625) San Jose del Monte (651,813) Las Piñas (606,293) Bacolod (600,783) Muntinlupa (543,445) Calamba (539,671) 200,000–499,999 Lapu-Lapu City (497,604) Imus (496,794) Angeles City (462,928) Iloilo City (457,626) Marikina (456,059) General Trias (450,583) Pasay (440,656) Mandaluyong (425,758) Santa Rosa (414,812) Biñan (407,437) Tarlac City (385,398) Malabon (380,522) Lipa (372,931) Butuan (372,910) Baguio (366,358) Mandaue (364,116) Iligan (363,115) Cabuyao (355,330) San Fernando (Pampanga) (354,666) Batangas City (351,647) Cabanatuan (327,325) San Pedro (326,001) Cotabato City (325,079) Puerto Princesa (307,079) Tagum (296,202) Mabalacat (293,244) Makati (292,743) San Pablo (285,348) Lucena (278,924) Talisay (Cebu) (263,048) Malolos (261,189) Olongapo (260,317) Tacloban (251,881) Navotas (247,543) Ormoc (230,998) Meycauayan (225,673) Santo Tomas (218,500) Valencia (Bukidnon) (216,546) Pagadian (210,542) Trece Martires (210,503) Legazpi (209,533) Panabo (209,230) Naga (Camarines Sur) (209,170) Toledo (207,314) Marawi (207,010) San Carlos (Pangasinan) (205,424) Kabankalan (200,198) 100,000–199,999 Koronadal (195,398) Bago (191,210) Malaybalay (190,712) Digos (188,376) Calbayog (186,960) Sorsogon City (182,237) Roxas City (179,292) Dagupan (174,302) Surigao City (171,107) Baliwag (168,470) Tuguegarao (166,334) Kidapawan (160,791) Cadiz (158,544) Ilagan (158,258) Danao (156,321) San Jose (Nueva Ecija) (150,917) Sagay (148,894) Santiago (148,580) Mati (147,547) Urdaneta (144,577) Cauayan (143,403) Calapan (145,786) Tabaco (140,961) Ozamis (140,443) Dipolog (138,141) Gingoog (136,698) Carcar (136,453) Dumaguete (134,103) Naga (Cebu) (133,184) San Carlos (Negros Occidental) (132,650) Silay (130,478) Isabela (Basilan) (130,379) San Juan (Metro Manila) (126,347) San Fernando (La Union) (125,640) Gapan (122,968) Bayawan (122,747) Tabuk (121,033) Ligao (118,096) Samal (Davao del Norte) (116,771) Himamaylan (116,240) Iriga (114,457) Tayabas (112,658) Baybay (111,848) Laoag (111,651) Tacurong (109,319) Talisay (Negros Occidental) (108,909) Catbalogan (106,440) Carmona (106,256) Tagbilaran (104,976) Masbate City (104,522) Balanga (104,173) Guihulngan (102,656) Cavite City (100,674) Lamitan (100,150) v t e Largest cities and municipalities in the Visayas PSA Census May 2020 Rank Name Region Pop. Rank Name Region Pop. Cebu City Bacolod 1 Cebu City Central Visayas 964,169 11 Bago Negros Island Region 191,210 Lapu-Lapu Iloilo City 2 Bacolod Negros Island Region 600,783 12 Calbayog Eastern Visayas 186,960 3 Lapu-Lapu Central Visayas 497,604 13 Roxas Western Visayas 179,292 4 Iloilo City Western Visayas 457,626 14 Cadiz Negros Island Region 158,544 5 Mandaue Central Visayas 364,116 15 Danao Central Visayas 156,321 6 Talisay Central Visayas 263,048 16 Liloan Central Visayas 153,197 7 Tacloban Eastern Visayas 251,881 17 Minglanilla Central Visayas 151,002 8 Ormoc Eastern Visayas 230,998 18 Sagay Negros Island Region 148,894 9 Toledo Central Visayas 207,314 19 Consolacion Central Visayas 148,012 10 Kabankalan Negros Island Region 200,198 20 Carcar Central Visayas 136,453

• Tacloban
• 1770 establishments in the Philippines
• Cities in Leyte (province)
• Highly urbanized cities in the Philippines
• Populated places established in 1770
• Provincial capitals of the Philippines