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Padre Burgos | |
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| Municipality of Padre Burgos | |
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| Etymology: Tamulayag | |
 Map of Southern Leyte with Padre Burgos highlighted | |
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.svg)  Padre Burgos Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 10°02′N 125°01′E / 10.03°N 125.02°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Eastern Visayas |
| Province | Southern Leyte |
| District | 1st district |
| Founded | 1957 |
| Named for | José Burgos |
| Barangays | 11 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Hermenegildo C. Culpa (Lakas) |
| • Vice Mayor | Maria Fe Crispina B. Poblete (PDPLBN) |
| • Representative | Luz V. Mercado |
| • Municipal Council | Members |
| • Electorate | 7,840 voters (2022) |
| Area | |
• Total | 25.65 km2 (9.90 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 32 m (105 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 324 m (1,063 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2020 census)[3] | |
• Total | 11,159 |
| • Density | 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| • Households | 2,561 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 5th municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 23.00 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 62.24 million (2020) |
| • Assets | ₱ 200.9 million (2020) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 57.27 million (2020) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 77.99 million (2020) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative (SOLECO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 6602 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)53 |
| Native languages | Boholano dialect Cebuano Tagalog |
| Website | www |
Padre Burgos, officially the Municipality of Padre Burgos (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Padre Burgos; Tagalog: Bayan ng Padre Burgos), is a 5th class municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 11,159 people.[3]
Padre Burgos is named after Fr. José Burgos, one of the martyred priests collectively called Gomburza. The town is being surrounded by Sogod Bay in the East, Padre Burgos was once called "Tamulayag", a vernacular slang which means "Let's go fishing". Fishing is the main livelihood in the town.
The town is famous for its white-sand beaches such as the Tangkaan Beach, from where Limasawa Island can be seen; the Likay-Likay Beach, where you can go fishing and snorkelling; the Bukana which is like a small swam of water and serve as a home of many fishes in Buenavista, the floating Balsa of Bas. And the beaches in Barangay Lungsodaan. Padre Burgos is also famous to diving enthusiasts, the underwater beauty boasts of many colourful clusters of corals. With the Local Government's cooperation, Coral Cay, a foreign non-profit organization established its offices in Barangay Tangkaan whose main purpose is to provide help among local people to maintain fish sanctuaries, awareness programs on ocean-life preservation, and clean-up activities on the shorelines of Padre Burgos.
Padre Burgos is also known for its "budbod" (suman), a very sweet sticky-rice.
- ^ Municipality of Padre Burgos | (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 8 July 2021.
- ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.