Albuera, Leyte

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Albuera
Municipality
Municipality of Albuera
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Nickname: 
Heart of Leyte
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Albuera
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 10°55′07″N124°41′32″E / 10.918631°N 124.692292°E / 10.918631; 124.692292
Country Philippines
Region Eastern Visayas
Province Leyte
District 4th District
Barangays 16 (see Barangays)
Government
  [1]
 • Type Sangguniang Bayan
 •  Mayor Rolan "Kerwin" E. Espinosa (Independent)
 •  Vice Mayor Mariel "RR" E. Marinay (Independent)
 •  Representative Vicente S. Veloso III (NUP)
 • Councilors
List
 •  Electorate 32,251 voters (2025)
Area
[2]
 • Total
303.35 km2 (117.12 sq mi)
Highest elevation
848 m (2,782 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2024 census) [3]
 • Total
47,333
 • Density160/km2 (400/sq mi)
 •  Households
11,992
Economy
 •  Income class 3rd municipal income class
 •  Poverty incidence
29.14
% (2021) [4]
 •  Revenue ₱ 299.9 million (2022)
 •  Assets ₱ 755.5 million (2022)
 •  Expenditure ₱ 219.8 million (2022)
 •  Liabilities ₱ 107.7 million (2022)
Service provider
 • ElectricityLeyte 5 Electric Cooperative (LEYECO 5)
Time zone UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
6542
PSGC
0803703000
IDD  :  area code  +63 (0)53
Native languages Cebuano
Tagalog
Website www.lgualbuera.com

Albuera, officially the Municipality of Albuera (Cebuano : Lungsod sa Albuera; Waray : Bungto han Albuera; Tagalog : Bayan ng Albuera), is a First Class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 47,151 people. [5]

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Etymology

The place got its name Albuera which means fresh water lake, named after a town in Galicia, Spain by a Spanish Priest.

History

Consolidation of Albuera into Ormoc

In 1903, Albuera was consolidated into Ormoc. [6]

This is the only town in the history of the Philippines that elected a self-confessed drug lord, Kerwin Espinosa as their mayor and his wife as the vice mayor in 2025 elections.

Mayor shot dead inside prison

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. [7] Espinosa was replaced by his vice mayor Rosa Meneses while councilor Sixto dela Victoria filled in as vice mayor. [8]

Geography

Barangays

Albuera is politically subdivided into 16 barangays.  [9] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

  • Antipolo
  • Balugo
  • Benolho
  • Cambalading
  • Damula-an
  • Doña Maria (Kangkuirina)
  • Mahayag
  • Mahayahay
  • Poblacion
  • Salvacion
  • San Pedro
  • Seguinon
  • Sherwood
  • Tabgas
  • Talisayan
  • Tinag-an

Climate

Climate data for Albuera, Leyte
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
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 days15.212.516.217.323.927.328.426.926.927.123.819.3264.8
Source: Meteoblue [10]

Demographics

Population census of Albuera
YearPop.±% p.a.
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+0.37%
2024 47,333+0.09%
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [11] [12] [13] [14]

In the 2020 census, the population of Albuera, Leyte, was 47,151 people, [15] with a density of 160 inhabitants per square kilometre or 410 inhabitants per square mile.

Economy

Poverty incidence of Albuera

10
20
30
40
50
2000
44.10
2003
41.93
2006
28.90
2009
33.60
2012
38.91
2015
33.94
2018
27.20
2021
29.14

Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]


Education

Albuera has 5 secondary schools

Government

2025-2028 Albuera, Leyte Officials
PositionNamePartyStart of termEnd of termTerm
MayorRolan E. Espinosa Independent June 30, 2025June 30, 20281
Vice MayorMariel E. Marinay Independent June 30, 2025June 30, 20281
CouncilorsCarl Kevin E. Batistis Independent June 30, 2025June 30, 20281
Rolando M. Ebcas Jr. Independent June 30, 2025June 30, 20281
Joje B. Ybañez Independent June 30, 2025June 30, 20281
Rodolfo S. Bilbao Jr. Independent June 30, 2025June 30, 20281
Alberto C. Sumaljag Independent June 30, 2025June 30, 20281
Roberto C. ColasitoBunyogJune 30, 2025June 30, 20281
Romeo M. Junco Independent June 30, 2025June 30, 20281
Andres C. TudioBunyogJune 30, 2025June 30, 20281
Ex Officio Municipal Council Members
ABC PresidentTBDNonpartisanJanuary 1, 20271
SK Federation PresidentTBDNonpartisanJanuary 1, 20271

References

  1. ↑   Municipality of Albuera | (DILG)
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President". Philippine Statistics Authority. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President". Philippine Statistics Authority. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Philippine Commission Act No. 954: An Act Reducing the Forty-nine Municipalities of the Province of Leyte to Thirty-three". Philippine Senate Library. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Philippines mayor linked to drugs trade shot dead in cell". BBC News. 5 November 2016.
  8. ↑ abs-cbn.com mayor-denies-drug-links
  9. ↑ "Province:". PSGC Interactive. Quezon City, Philippines: Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  10. ↑ "Albuera: Average Temperatures and Rainfall". Meteoblue. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  11. ↑ Census of Population (2015). "Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority . Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  12. ↑ Census of Population and Housing (2010). "Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)" (PDF). Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. National Statistics Office . Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  13. ↑ Censuses of Population (1903–2007). "Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)". Table 1. Population Enumerated in Various Censuses by Province/Highly Urbanized City: 1903 to 2007. National Statistics Office.
  14. ↑ "Province of". Municipality Population Data. Local Water Utilities Administration Research Division. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
  15. ↑ "2024 Census of Population (POPCEN) Population Counts Declared Official by the President". Philippine Statistics Authority. 17 July 2025. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
  16. ↑ "Poverty incidence (PI):". Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  17. ↑ "Estimation of Local Poverty in the Philippines" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 29 November 2005.
  18. ↑ "2003 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 23 March 2009.
  19. ↑ "City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates; 2006 and 2009" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 3 August 2012.
  20. ↑ "2012 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. 31 May 2016.
  21. ↑ "Municipal and City Level Small Area Poverty Estimates; 2009, 2012 and 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 10 July 2019.
  22. ↑ "PSA Releases the 2018 Municipal and City Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
  23. ↑ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
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