Albuera | |
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Municipality of Albuera | |
Nickname: Heart of Leyte | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 10°55′07″N124°41′32″E / 10.918631°N 124.692292°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Eastern Visayas |
Province | Leyte |
District | 4th District |
Barangays | 16 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Sixto B. dela Victoria |
• Vice Mayor | Imelda “Edang” A. Fadul |
• Representative | Richard I. Gomez |
• Councilors | List |
• Electorate | 29,602 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 303.35 km2 (117.12 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 848 m (2,782 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census) [3] | |
• Total | 47,151 |
• Density | 160/km2 (400/sq mi) |
• Households | 11,992 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 3rd municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 29.14 |
• Revenue | ₱ 213 million (2020) |
• Assets | ₱ 628.3 million (2020) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 159 million (2020) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 67.66 million (2020) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Leyte 5 Electric Cooperative (LEYECO 5) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 6542 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)53 |
Native languages | Cebuano Tagalog |
Website | www |
Albuera, officially the Municipality of Albuera (Cebuano : Lungsod sa Albuera; Waray : Bungto han Albuera; Tagalog : Bayan ng Albuera), is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 47,151 people. [3]
The place got its name Albuera which means fresh water lake, named after a town in Galicia, Spain by a Spanish Priest.
On November 4, 2016, 1st-term Albuera Mayor Rolando Espinosa Sr., who was linked to illegal drugs through his son and alleged drug lord Rolan "Kerwin" Espinosa, was shot dead inside his prison cell at the Baybay City Sub Provincial Jail. [6] Espinosa was replaced by his vice mayor Rosa Meneses while councilor Sixto dela Victoria filled in as vice mayor. [7]
Albuera is politically subdivided into 16 barangays. [8] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for Albuera, 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) | 30 (86) | 31 (88) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 28 (82) | 29 (84) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 23 (73) | 23 (74) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 73 (2.9) | 56 (2.2) | 75 (3.0) | 71 (2.8) | 114 (4.5) | 174 (6.9) | 172 (6.8) | 163 (6.4) | 167 (6.6) | 161 (6.3) | 158 (6.2) | 125 (4.9) | 1,509 (59.5) |
Average rainy days | 15.2 | 12.5 | 16.2 | 17.3 | 23.9 | 27.3 | 28.4 | 26.9 | 26.9 | 27.1 | 23.8 | 19.3 | 264.8 |
Source: Meteoblue [9] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1903 | 4,635 | — |
1918 | 8,542 | +4.16% |
1939 | 13,696 | +2.27% |
1948 | 20,950 | +4.84% |
1960 | 18,501 | −1.03% |
1970 | 22,205 | +1.84% |
1975 | 25,368 | +2.71% |
1980 | 27,585 | +1.69% |
1990 | 32,395 | +1.62% |
1995 | 33,939 | +0.88% |
2000 | 34,335 | +0.25% |
2007 | 39,199 | +1.84% |
2010 | 40,553 | +1.24% |
2015 | 46,332 | +2.57% |
2020 | 47,151 | +0.35% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [10] [11] [12] [13] |
In the 2020 census, the population of Albuera, Leyte, was 47,151 people, [3] with a density of 160 inhabitants per square kilometre or 410 inhabitants per square mile.
Poverty incidence of Albuera
10 20 30 40 2006 28.90 2009 33.60 2012 38.91 2015 33.94 2018 27.20 2021 29.14 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] |
Albuera has 4 secondary schools
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