Babatngon

Babatngon
Municipality of Babatngon
Rice field in Pagsulhugon
Rice field in Pagsulhugon
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Map of Leyte with Babatngon highlighted
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Babatngon is located in Philippines
Babatngon
Babatngon
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 11°25′15″N 124°50′36″E / 11.420733°N 124.843425°E / 11.420733; 124.843425
CountryPhilippines
RegionEastern Visayas
ProvinceLeyte
District 1st district
Barangays25 (see Barangays)
Government
[1]
 • TypeSangguniang Bayan
 • MayorElenor B. Lugnasin (PDP-Laban)
 • Vice MayorRosary Pearl G. Catudio (PDP-Laban)
 • RepresentativeFerdinand Martin G. Romualdez
 • Councilors
List
 • Electorate19,766 voters (2022)
Area
 • Total115.18 km2 (44.47 sq mi)
Elevation
35 m (115 ft)
Highest elevation
579 m (1,900 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)[3]
 • Total28,823
 • Density250/km2 (650/sq mi)
 • Households
6,936
Economy
 • Income class4th municipal income class
 • Poverty incidence
34.30
% (2021)[4]
 • Revenue₱ 117.2 million (2020)
 • Assets₱ 289.3 million (2020)
 • Expenditure₱ 128.6 million (2020)
 • Liabilities₱ 84.29 million (2020)
Service provider
 • ElectricityLeyte 2 Electric Cooperative (LEYECO 2)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
6520
PSGC
IDD:area code+63 (0)53
Native languagesWaray
Tagalog
Websitewww.babatngon-leyte.gov.ph

Babatngon (IPA: [bɐbɐt'ŋon]), officially the Municipality of Babatngon (Waray: Bungto han Babatngon; Tagalog: Bayan ng Babatngon), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 28,823 people.[3]

Babatngon is located in the northern part of the island of Leyte, along the shore of Carigara Bay. It is situated on a small plain set in a semicircle of mountain ranges and nestles in the northern mouth of the San Juanico Strait, which separates Samar from Leyte. Boats coming in or going out of Tacloban City have to pass by it through the pilot station of Canaway, one of the islets along the strait. It is 33 kilometres (21 mi) north-west of Tacloban City and about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of the town of San Miguel. Small coconut covered islets fringe its coast along San Juanico Strait, the most important of which are Rizal, Magsaigad, Tabigue, almost all of which extend from east to west.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Municipality of Babatngon | (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. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.