Anahawan | |
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Municipality of Anahawan | |
![]() Map of Southern Leyte with Anahawan highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 10°16′27″N125°15′30″E / 10.274178°N 125.258358°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Eastern Visayas |
Province | Southern Leyte |
District | 2nd district |
Founded | 1930 |
Barangays | 14 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Alfredo N. Luna Jr. (Aksyon) |
• Vice Mayor | Nestor B. Vestal (Aksyon) |
• Representative | Christopherson M. Yap |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 6,411 voters (2025) |
Area | |
• Total | 58.09 km2 (22.43 sq mi) |
Elevation | 96 m (315 ft) |
Highest elevation | 928 m (3,045 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2024 census) [3] | |
• Total | 8,766 |
• Density | 150/km2 (390/sq mi) |
• Households | 1,988 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 5th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 24.75 |
• Revenue | ₱ 94.82 million (2022) |
• Assets | ₱ 274.2 million (2022) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 76.97 million (2022) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 61.04 million (2022) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Southern Leyte Electric Cooperative (SOLECO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 6610 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)53 |
Native languages | Boholano dialect Cebuano Tagalog |
Website | www |
Anahawan, officially the Municipality of Anahawan (Kabalian: Lungsod san Anahawan; Cebuano : Lungsod sa Anahawan; Tagalog : Bayan ng Anahawan), is a municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 8,429 people. [5]
Anahawan is politically subdivided into 14 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for Anahawan, 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) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 23 (73) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 24 (75) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 78 (3.1) | 57 (2.2) | 84 (3.3) | 79 (3.1) | 118 (4.6) | 181 (7.1) | 178 (7.0) | 169 (6.7) | 172 (6.8) | 180 (7.1) | 174 (6.9) | 128 (5.0) | 1,598 (62.9) |
Average rainy days | 16.7 | 13.8 | 17.3 | 18.5 | 23.2 | 26.5 | 27.1 | 26.0 | 26.4 | 27.5 | 24.6 | 21.0 | 268.6 |
Source: Meteoblue [6] |
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1939 | 5,086 | — |
1948 | 4,703 | −0.87% |
1960 | 5,545 | +1.38% |
1970 | 6,094 | +0.95% |
1975 | 6,875 | +2.45% |
1980 | 6,544 | −0.98% |
1990 | 7,063 | +0.77% |
1995 | 6,471 | −1.63% |
2000 | 7,209 | +2.34% |
2007 | 8,032 | +1.50% |
2010 | 7,942 | −0.41% |
2015 | 8,211 | +0.64% |
2020 | 8,429 | +0.55% |
2024 | 8,766 | +0.95% |
Source: Philippine Statistics Authority. [7] [8] [9] [10] |
Poverty incidence of Anahawan
10 20 30 40 2000 31.54 2003 26.02 2006 22.40 2009 29.67 2012 39.12 2015 36.61 2018 23.63 2021 24.75 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] |