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Borongan | |
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| City of Borongan | |
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| Nickname: City of Golden Sunrise | |
 Map of Eastern Samar with Borongan highlighted | |
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.svg)  Borongan Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 11°36′34″N 125°26′10″E / 11.6094°N 125.4361°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Eastern Visayas |
| Province | Eastern Samar |
| District | Lone district |
| Founded | September 8, 1619 |
| Cityhood | June 21, 2007 (Lost cityhood in 2008 and 2010) |
| Affirmed Cityhood | February 15, 2011 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Panlungsod |
| • Mayor | Jose Ivan Dayan C. Agda |
| • Vice Mayor | Emmanuel T. Tiu Sonco |
| • Representative | Maria Fe R. Abunda |
| • City Council | List |
| • Electorate | 50,258 voters (2022) |
| Area | |
• Total | 475 km2 (183 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 119 m (390 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 673 m (2,208 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[3] | |
• Total | 71,961 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (390/sq mi) |
| • Households | 17,493 |
| Demonym | Boronganon |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 1st city income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 26.51 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 956.9 million (2020) |
| • Assets | ₱ 2,145 million (2020) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 591.2 million (2020) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 442.9 million (2020) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Eastern Samar Electric Cooperative (ESAMELCO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 6800 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)55 |
| Native languages | Waray Tagalog |
| Website | www |
Borongan, officially the City of Borongan (Waray: Siyudad han Borongan; Filipino: Lungsod ng Borongan), is a 1st class component city and capital of the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 71,961 people.[3]
It is the most populous LGU in Eastern Samar and it is also nicknamed as the "City of the Golden Sunrise/Sunshine" and aspiring to be the "King City of the East". Its cityhood was settled by the Supreme Court of the Philippines when it decided with finality on April 12, 2007, the constitutionality of its city charter, Republic Act 9394, which conferred upon and elevated the status of the municipality of Borongan into a component city of the province of Eastern Samar.[5]
- ^ City of Borongan | (DILG)
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Census of Population (2020). "Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. April 2, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
- ^ * "16 new cities legal, SC rules with finality | the Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online". Manila Bulletin. Archived from the original on June 25, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2011.