Tacloban
Tacloban | |
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From top, left to right: Avenida Rizal, Yolanda Shrine, Santo Niño Church, Justice Romualdez Street, Santo Niño Shrine and Heritage Museum, Prince Mansion, and aerial view of Downtown Tacloban | |
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| Motto: City of Love, Beauty and Progresses | |
Map of Eastern Visayas with Tacloban highlighted | |
Interactive map of Tacloban | |
Tacloban Location within the Philippines Tacloban Tacloban (Philippines) | |
| Coordinates: 11°14′N 125°00′E / 11.24°N 125°E | |
| 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 | Raymund Vincent A. Romualdez (Lakas) |
| • Representative | Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez (Lakas) |
| • City Council | List
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| • 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 | 1,285.7/km2 (3,330.0/sq mi) |
| • Households | 57,251 |
| Demonym | Taclobanon |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 1st city income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 10.7 |
| • 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 | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)53 |
| Native languages | Waray Tagalog |
| Website | www |
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 2024 census, Tacloban has a population of 259,353, 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 was briefly the capital of the Philippines under the Commonwealth government from October 20, 1944 to February 27, 1945. In an extensive survey by the Asian Institute of Management Policy Center released in July 2010, Tacloban 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 the Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport.