Liloan | |
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Municipality of Liloan | |
Etymology: Cebuano term lilo, meaning whirlpool | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 10°09′41″N 125°07′49″E / 10.16139°N 125.13028°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Eastern Visayas |
Province | Southern Leyte |
District | 2nd district |
Barangays | 24 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• mayor of Liloan[*] | Jonna C. Adan (PDPLBN) |
• Vice Mayor | Shirlita Y. Chong (PDPLBN) |
• Representative | Christopherson M. Yap |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 15,377 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 50.30 km2 (19.42 sq mi) |
Elevation | 38 m (125 ft) |
Highest elevation | 433 m (1,421 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census)[3] | |
• Total | 24,800 |
• Density | 490/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
• Households | 5,353 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 4th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 30.83 |
• Revenue | ₱ 90.53 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 483 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 83.5 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 141 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative (SOLECO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 6612 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)53 |
Native languages | Boholano dialect Cebuano Tagalog |
Liloan, officially the Municipality of Liloan (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Liloan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Liloan), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 24,800 people.[3]
Liloan's town center is located at the northern part of Panaon Island which is connected to the mainland of Leyte by a bridge (Wawa Bridge).
"Liloan" is derived from the local term lilo, meaning "whirlpool".[5] Whirlpools can be seen at Panaon Strait, the navigable narrow waterway between the mainland and Panaon Island.
Liloan is politically subdivided into 24 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
* -This indicates a mainland Barangay.
Climate data for Liloan, Southern Leyte | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 28 (82) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
28 (82) |
30 (85) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23 (73) |
23 (73) |
23 (73) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
24 (75) |
23 (73) |
24 (75) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 98 (3.9) |
82 (3.2) |
96 (3.8) |
71 (2.8) |
104 (4.1) |
129 (5.1) |
101 (4.0) |
94 (3.7) |
99 (3.9) |
135 (5.3) |
174 (6.9) |
143 (5.6) |
1,326 (52.3) |
Average rainy days | 18.0 | 14.1 | 17.1 | 16.8 | 23.7 | 25.7 | 25.8 | 23.3 | 24.4 | 25.9 | 24.0 | 20.6 | 259.4 |
Source: Meteoblue[6] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1903 | 4,319 | — |
1918 | 11,496 | +6.74% |
1939 | 17,386 | +1.99% |
1948 | 19,233 | +1.13% |
1960 | 12,772 | −3.35% |
1970 | 13,882 | +0.84% |
1975 | 15,639 | +2.42% |
1980 | 16,923 | +1.59% |
1990 | 18,383 | +0.83% |
1995 | 17,160 | −1.28% |
2000 | 19,838 | +3.16% |
2007 | 22,203 | +1.57% |
2010 | 22,817 | +1.00% |
2015 | 23,981 | +0.95% |
2020 | 24,800 | +0.66% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [7][8][9][10] |
Poverty incidence of Liloan
10
20
30
40
50
2006
30.10 2009
39.33 2012
42.51 2015
44.43 2018
29.34 2021
30.83 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] |
Philtranco serves Liloan from Pasay to Davao. Other major bus companies including DLTBCo, CUL Transportation, Ultrabus and Bachelor Express also serve Liloan from Maasin, Ormoc, Tacloban, and Calbayog.
Liloan Port or also known as Liloan Ferry Terminal is a roro port that serves a local point from Manila and Davao, as well as a local point from Lipata Port, also connects to the Pan-Philippine Highway also called Maharlika Highway AH26 that originates from Laoag to its southern terminus Zamboanga City. FastCat is one of the primary shipping line that serves to and from Lipata Port, Surigao City.[19][20] Other major shipping line including Santa Clara Shipping Corporation and Starlite Ferries also serves Liloan from Lipata.[21]