Javier, Leyte
Javier
Bugho | |
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| Municipality of Javier | |
Downtown area | |
Map of Leyte with Javier highlighted | |
OpenStreetMap | |
Location within the Philippines | |
| Coordinates: 10°47′35″N 124°56′10″E / 10.793°N 124.936°E | |
| Country | Philippines |
| Region | Eastern Visayas |
| Province | Leyte |
| District | 5th district |
| Founded | June 1961 (as Bugho) |
| Renamed as Javier | December 1965 |
| Named after | Daniel Falcon Javier |
| Barangays | 28 (see Barangays) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
| • Mayor | Michael Dragon T. Javier |
| • Vice Mayor | Emma M. Abueva |
| • Representative | Carl Nicolas C. Cari |
| • Councilors | List |
| • Electorate | 18,087 voters (2025) |
| Area | |
• Total | 152.70 km2 (58.96 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 80 m (260 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 661 m (2,169 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2020 census) | |
• Total | 26,658 |
| • Density | 170/km2 (450/sq mi) |
| • Households | 6,980 |
| Economy | |
| • Income class | 4th municipal income class |
| • Poverty incidence | 29.16 |
| • Revenue | ₱ 347.9 million (2022) |
| • Assets | ₱ 762.6 million (2022) |
| • Expenditure | ₱ 196.1 million (2022) |
| • Liabilities | ₱ 203.1 million (2022) |
| Service provider | |
| • Electricity | Don Orestes Romualdez Electric Coperative (DORELCO) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
| ZIP code | 6511 |
| PSGC | |
| IDD : area code | +63 (0)53 |
| Native languages | Waray Tagalog |
| Website | www |
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Javier (IPA: [hɐ'vjɛɾ]), officially the Municipality of Javier (Waray: Bungto han Javier; Tagalog: Bayan ng Javier), is a municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,658 people.