Leon | |
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Municipality of Leon | |
(from top: left to right) Leon Church; Bucari Pine Forest; Bucari Mountain | |
Nickname(s): "Summer Capital of Iloilo", "Vegetable Garden of Iloilo" | |
![]() Map of Iloilo with Leon highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 10°46′51″N122°23′22″E / 10.78085°N 122.3894°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Western Visayas |
Province | Iloilo |
District | 2nd district |
Barangays | 85 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Ma. Lina C. Holipas (NP) |
• Vice Mayor | Rey V. Capaque (NP) |
• Representative | Kathryn Joyce F. Gorriceta (Lakas) |
• Municipal Council | Members |
• Electorate | 33,775 voters (2025) |
Area | |
• Total | 140.20 km2 (54.13 sq mi) |
Elevation | 209 m (686 ft) |
Highest elevation | 568 m (1,864 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 57 m (187 ft) |
Population (2024 census) [3] | |
• Total | 52,777 |
• Density | 380/km2 (970/sq mi) |
• Households | 12,173 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 1st municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 22.26 |
• Revenue | ₱ 262.9 million (2022) |
• Assets | ₱ 756.8 million (2022) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 176.5 million (2022) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 184 million (2022) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Iloilo 1 Electric Cooperative (ILECO 1) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 5026 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)33 |
Native languages | Karay-a Hiligaynon Tagalog |
Named after | León, Spain |
Website | www |
Leon, officially the Municipality of Leon (Hiligaynon : Banwa sang Leon, Kinaray-a : Banwa kang Leon, Tagalog : Bayan ng Leon), is a municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 51,990 people. [5]
It is known as the "Vegetable Basket of Iloilo Province" due to its supply of asparagus, cabbages, baguio beans, sayote, eggplants, carrots and other vegetables.
A popular tourist attraction in the municipality is the Bucari Mountain Range, which is known as the Summer Capital of Iloilo and Vegetable Garden of Iloilo.
Leon has a total land area of 14,020 hectares (34,600 acres) of which 276.16 hectares is classified as an urban area and 13,728.84 hectares as rural land. It is 36 kilometres (22 mi) from Iloilo City and 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from Alimodian.
Leon is politically subdivided into 85 barangays. [6] Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.
Climate data for Leon, Iloilo | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 30 (86) | 31 (88) | 32 (90) | 33 (91) | 32 (90) | 30 (86) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 29 (84) | 30 (86) | 30 (86) | 30 (87) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 21 (70) | 21 (70) | 22 (72) | 23 (73) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 25 (77) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 24 (75) | 23 (73) | 22 (72) | 23 (74) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 19 (0.7) | 17 (0.7) | 26 (1.0) | 37 (1.5) | 119 (4.7) | 191 (7.5) | 258 (10.2) | 260 (10.2) | 248 (9.8) | 196 (7.7) | 97 (3.8) | 39 (1.5) | 1,507 (59.3) |
Average rainy days | 7.2 | 5.2 | 8.3 | 11.9 | 22.3 | 26.5 | 28.3 | 28.2 | 27.3 | 26.4 | 18.7 | 11.8 | 222.1 |
Source: Meteoblue (modeled/calculated data, not measured locally) [7] |
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Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] |
In the 2020 census, the population of Leon, Iloilo, was 51,990 people, [13] with a density of 370 inhabitants per square kilometre or 960 inhabitants per square mile.
Poverty incidence of Leon
10 20 30 40 50 60 2000 50.50 2003 41.53 2006 35.30 2009 33.66 2012 23.97 2015 23.70 2018 22.06 2021 22.26 Source: Philippine Statistics Authority [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] |