Tacloban (/tækˈloʊbən/tak-LOH-ban; Tagalog pronunciation:[tɐkˈloban]), officially the City of Tacloban (Waray: Syudad han Tacloban; Filipino: Lungsod ng Tacloban), is highly urbanized city on Leyte island in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines. The city is autonomous from the province of Leyte, although it serves as its provincial capital. According to the 2020 census, Tacloban has a population of 251,881, making it the most populous city in the Eastern Visayas.[7] The city is located 360 miles (580 km) southeast from Manila.
Tacloban City was briefly the capital of the Philippines under the Commonwealth Government, from October 20, 1944, to February 27, 1945. In an extensive survey conducted by the Asian Institute of Management Policy Center and released in July 2010, Tacloban City ranks as the fifth most competitive city in the Philippines, and second in the emerging cities category.[11] On November 8, 2013, the city was largely destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan, having previously suffered similar destruction and loss of life in 1897 and 1912.[12] On January 17, 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.
^"National transformation in Eastern Visayas". The Manila Times. October 17, 2014. Archived from the original on March 24, 2017. Retrieved April 21, 2019. But the most striking work of physical transformation today is to be seen in Tacloban City, which remains the gateway to Eastern Visayas.
^Reyes, Ronald O. (April 20, 2018). "'Tacloban City: Home of the happiest people in the world' goes viral". SunStar. Archived from the original on April 21, 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
^"Proclamation No. 394, s. 1953". June 6, 1953. Retrieved February 21, 2018. Pursuant to the authority conferred upon me by section 89 of Republic Act No. 760, creating the City of Tacloban, I, Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines, do hereby fix June 12, 1953, for the organization of the Government of the City of Tacloban.
^COMELEC Minute Resolution No. 09-0036
^City of Tacloban | (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.
^ abCensus of Population (2020). "Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
^"Province of Leyte Accounts for Half of the Economy of Eastern Visayas in 2021". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
^"PH₱50.384 per dollar (per International Monetary Fund on Representative Exchange Rates for Selected Currencies for December 2021)". IMF. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
^"PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. December 15, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2022.
^"Cities and Enterprises, Competitiveness and Growth: Philippine Cities Competitiveness Ranking Project 2009". Asian Institute of Management Policy Center. 2010. Archived from the original on 14 January 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
^Ocampo, Ambeth R. (November 19, 2013). "Tacloban, not once but thrice". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Archived from the original on November 22, 2013.
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