Babatngon
Babatngon | |
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| Municipality of Babatngon | |
Map of Leyte with Babatngon highlighted | |
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Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 11°25′15″N 124°50′36″E / 11.420733°N 124.843425°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Eastern Visayas |
| Province | Leyte |
| District | 1st district |
| Barangays | 25 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Eleonor B. Lugnasin (NPC) |
| • Vice Mayor | Rosary Pearl G. Catudio (Lakas-CMD) |
| • Representative | Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez |
| • Councilors | LAWSIN, BUTCH CORSIGA, KIM EMBANA, JOMAR ODON, OSOT ELIZAGA, JUN MENZON, LARRY CHAN, CHARRY BELLO, ALEX |
| • Electorate | 20,897 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 115.18 km2 (44.47 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 35 m (115 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 579 m (1,900 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 28,823 |
| • Density | 250/km2 (650/sq mi) |
| • Households | 6,936 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 4th municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 34.30 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 169.3 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 400.7 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 93.76 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 106.1 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Leyte 2 Electric Cooperative (LEYECO 2) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 6520 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)53 |
| Native languages | Waray Tagalog |
| Website | www |
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Babatngon (IPA: [bɐbɐt'ŋon]), officially the Municipality of Babatngon (Waray: Bungto han Babatngon; Tagalog: Bayan ng Babatngon), is a municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 28,823 people.
Babatngon is located in the northern part of the island of Leyte, along the shore of Carigara Bay. It is situated on a small plain set in a semicircle of mountain ranges and nestles in the northern mouth of the San Juanico Strait, which separates Samar from Leyte. Boats coming in or going out of Tacloban City have to pass by it through the pilot station of Canaway, one of the islets along the strait. It is 33 kilometres (21 mi) north-west of Tacloban City and about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of the town of San Miguel. Small coconut covered islets fringe its coast along San Juanico Strait, the most important of which are Rizal, Magsaigad, Tabigue, almost all of which extend from east to west.