Tacloban
| City of Tacloban | |||
| Location of Tacloban in the province of Leyte | |||
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| Basic data | |||
| Region : | Eastern Visayas | ||
| Province : | Leyte | ||
| Barangays : | 138 | ||
| District: | 1. District of Leyte | ||
| PSGC : | 083747000 | ||
| Income class : | 1st income bracket | ||
| Households : | 43,415 May 1, 2000 census
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| Population : | 242.089 August 1, 2015 census
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| Population density : | 239.9 inhabitants per km² | ||
| Area : | 1,009 km² | ||
| Coordinates : | 11 ° 15 ′ N , 125 ° 0 ′ E | ||
| Postal code : | 6500 | ||
| Area code : | +63 053 | ||
| Mayor : | Alfred S. Romualdez | ||
| Website: | www.tacloban.gov.ph | ||
| Geographical location in the Philippines | |||
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Tacloban City ( Wáray-Wáray : Syudad han Tacloban ) is the center and the most populous city in the Eastern Visayas district of the Philippines . It is also the capital of the Leyte Province .
The trade , tourism , education , culture and politics of the entire region are concentrated in Tacloban . The city also has the nickname: "The Beauty City by the bay" ( dt : the beautiful city on the bay). It is one of the few first-income cities in the Philippines and has been designated a highly urbanized city since December 18, 2008.
On November 8, 2013, Typhoon Haiyan destroyed almost the entire city.
As of July 1, 2019, Alfred Romualdez is again the elected mayor of Tacloban.
Origin of name
Tacloban was originally known as Kankabatok . There is the following theory about the change in their designation:
Kankabatok was the fishermen's favorite hideout. They used bamboo traps, which they called taklub , to catch crabs, prawns or fish. When asked where they were going, the fishermen replied: (to) Tarakluban , by which they meant the place where they used the fishing gear. It is likely that the name of the city today developed from the term Tarakluban .
geography
The city is located on the Bay of Cancabato in the northeast of the island of Leyte . The bay is part of the San Pedro Bay and thus the entrance to the San Juanico Strait, which separates Leyte from its neighboring island of Samar . The urban area is surrounded by the municipality of Babatngon in the north, San Miguel and Alangalang in the west, Santa Fe in the southwest and Palo in the south.
The topography of Tacloban is partly determined by mountain ranges and hills, partly by wide plains. The mountain regions stretch from the northeast of the urban area over the eastern and western Samar and protect the city from the northeast monsoon winds . Part of the city has a peninsular geography.
The city has a total area of 1,009 km² and is on average 3.05 m above sea level.
Language and religion
The main language in Tacloban is Wáray-Wáray and is officially referred to as Lineyte-Samarnon ("Leyte-Samarnon"). In addition, the languages Tagalog , English and partly Cebuano are common in the urban area.
In the first century of Spanish rule, this place was a typical colonial community. Most of the residents either belonged to purely Spanish families or were part of a new generation of Hispanic-Filipino blood. Today the population is ethnically a mix of Chinese , foreign emigrants and local Leyteños.
Most of the residents are Roman Catholic , although the followers of the Aglipayan and other religious communities, such as the Iglesia ni Cristo , are based in the city.
economy
Economically, Tacloban is one of the fastest growing cities in the Philippines. With Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport, it has the largest airport in the entire district and a naturally protected port. The main export product of this area is copra . But rice , coconut and abacá are also primarily grown in the urban area.
The Tongonan geothermal power plant is one of the city's most noteworthy investment projects and one of the largest producers of alternative energies in the wider area. Tacloban is a gateway to Isabel's Leyte Industrial Development Estate , which houses the Phosphate Fertilizer Plant , the largest fertilizer factory in Asia, and the Philippine Associated Smelter and Refining Company , the island nation's largest copper production facility.
Barangays
Tacloban is politically divided into 138 Barangays (districts).
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history
Tacloban was originally known as Kankabatok , an allusion to the first residents of this place, the Kabatok . Their settlement was near today's Sto. Niño Church. Later, members of the Gumoda, Haraging and Huraw ethnic groups came to this area and set up their own settlements in close proximity to one another. The associated settlements were given the name '' Kankabatok '', which means Kabatok's estate .
Towards the end of the 16th century, Kankabatok was under the political administration of the village of Palo and was part of the parish of Basey on Samar . From 1770 the place was looked after by Augustinians before the Franciscans took over their work in 1813 . During this period, Kankabatok was renamed Tacloban.
It is not known when exactly Tacloban became a self-governing municipality as all records were lost during a typhoon. It is believed that the official appointment to a parish took place around 1770. In 1768 Leyte and Samar were politically separated and made two independent politico-military provinces. Due to its strategic location, Tacloban quickly developed into a lively trading point between these two island provinces.
The seat of the provincial government of Leyte changed over the years from one place to the next before it was assigned to the town of Tacloban on February 26, 1830. This decision was based on the following reasons: On the one hand, due to its geographical location, the location was an ideal location for a port and, on the other hand, it had a protected location and the appropriate facilities for this task.
In 1901, the American Colonel Murray was installed as the first military governor of Leyte. His first official act was to open the port of Tacloban to world trade. Before World War II, Tacloban was the island's commercial, educational, social and cultural center. Copra and abacá were exported from here in large quantities.
With the landing of the Japanese armed forces on May 25, 1942 in Tacloban, a three-year period of the occupation of Leyte by the Japanese Empire began. The Japanese expanded the city into a fortress and built some airfields in front of the city gates. Since the San Pedro Bay was an ideal berth for larger boats, the Imperial Japanese Navy used Tacloban as a port of call and import port for their troops' supplies. This time is considered to be the darkest period in the history of the place and country due to the atrocities and violence that the Japanese perpetrated on local civilians. In response, various guerrilla groups operated on Leyte, the best known group being led by Colonel Ruperto Kangleon.
Leyte was the first stop in the reconquest of the Philippines by the American and Filipino forces. The armed forces under the command of General Douglas MacArthur landed on October 20, 1944 on stretches of beach in Tacloban, Palo (White Beach and Red Beach) and the neighboring town of Dulag (Blue Beach). This landing operation was the first signal that the island state was successfully liberated from Japanese occupation and that MacArthur's promise three years earlier had been fulfilled: "I Shall Return." ("I will turn back.")
Three days later, on October 23, a ceremony took place in the Capitol of Tacloban, at which MacArthur, accompanied by President Sergio Osmeña, temporarily made the city the seat of the Commonwealth of Government and thus the capital of the Philippines until the country was completely liberated. During these celebrations, the Leyte Provincial Government and Tacloban Town Council were also restored.
The next significant step in the history of the place marked the granting of city rights to the municipality of Tacloban. On June 12, 1952, the place was raised with the entry into force of Republic Act No. 760 in the status of a city. After the secession of the province of Southern Leyte on May 22, 1959, Tacloban remained the capital of the province of Leyte , which still occupies most of the island today.
On November 8, 2013, Tacloban was almost completely destroyed by super typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda).
climate
The temperatures in Tacloban are between 22 ° C and 32 ° C. January is the coolest month with an average temperature of 26 ° C, while May offers the highest heat values with an average of 28.4 ° C. The maximum temperatures this month in the afternoon can reach 31.9 ° C, in contrast to the minimum temperatures of 23 ° C in the morning hours of January and February.
The amount of precipitation varies between 330 mm and 1,071 mm per month. The wettest month is December, while April has the lowest rainfall.
The monthly average relative humidity is 82% in April and May and reaches values of up to 87% in December.
Colleges
Attractions
Attractions in the urban area include Joseph Price's mansion, where General MacArthur established his headquarters in 1944, and the Redoña residence. Both buildings in Tacloban played an important role during the liberation of the Philippine archipelago. Other attractions are:
- The family park
- The Leyte Capitol Building
- The Madonna of Japan
- The Plaza Rizal
- The San Juanico Bridge over the San Juanico Strait to Samar
- The San Juanico Street
- The San Pedro Bay
- The sea port of Tacloban
- The Sto. Niño Church
- The Sto Niño Shrine and Museum of Culture
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Spiegel Online: Superstorm "Haiyan": Typhoon smashes the city - hundreds of deaths feared from November 9, 2013; Accessed November 12, 2013
- ^ Philippine Standard Geographic Code listing for Tacloban City - National Statistical Coordination Board
- ↑ a b c Archived copy ( memento of the original from September 25, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Climate of Tacloban
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Climate of Tacloban
