Tacloban (/tækˈloʊbən/ tak-LOH-ban; Tagalog pronunciation: [tɐkˈloban]) Tacloban or Tacloban City, is a first class highly urbanized city in the whole of Eastern Visayas, Region 8, and the capital city of Leyte province. Tacloban is a port city in the Philippines. It is about 360 miles (580 kilometers) southeast of Manila. It is the capital of the province of Leyte. It is also the regional center of Eastern Visayas. It is geographically located at San Juanico Bridge, a famous longest bridg in the Philippines, stragecally in San Juanico Strait which divides in Leyte and Samar Province, Tacloban also known as the heart of Eastern Visayas, The city accessibility have made the city, commercial educational, government and political hub as well as the tourism service center of the region, Tacloban City is the first to be as highly urbanized city in Region next is to. Ormoc City, the Independent City of province. Tacloban was briefly the capital of the Philippines under the Commonwealth Government, from 20 October 1944 to 27 February 1945. In an extensive survey conducted by the Asian Institute of Management Policy Center and released in July 2010, Tacloban ranks as the fifth most competitive city in the Philippines, and second in the emerging cities category.On 8 November 2013, the city was largely destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan, having previously suffered similar destruction and loss of life in 1897 and 1912. On 17 January 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.

• 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 .
• 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.

• 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.

  

  The left side of the Balyuan Park arena looking northeastward towards Cancabato Bay and the San Juanico Strait beyond, backgrounded by Samar island on the horizon.

  

  The eastern part of the city facing Cancabato Bay.

  

  Fishing folks on outrigger canoes on Cancabato Bay, with the San Juanico Strait and Samar island in the background.

  Barangays

  The City of Tacloban is subdivided into 138 barangays, each having its own council. Only some of the barangays have individual names. These include the following:

  • Abucay (91)
  
  
  • Apitong (92)Anibong (66, 66-A, 67, and 68)
  
  
  • Bagacay (93)
  
  
  • Bagacay (93) Peerless Village Subdivision
  
  
  • Basper (94A)
  
  
  • Baybay (89A)
  
  
  • Cabalawan (97)
  
  
  • Cabalawan (97) GK-Gawad Kalinga Village
  
  
  • Caibaan (95 & 95A)
  
  
  • Calanipawan (96)
  
  
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