Pinabacdao

Pinabacdao
Municipality of Pinabacdao
Nickname: 
"The Home of Mayaw-Mayaw Festival"
Motto(s): 
"Small Town, Big Dreams"
Map of Samar with Pinabacdao highlighted
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Pinabacdao
Location within the Philippines
Coordinates: 11°37′N 124°59′E / 11.62°N 124.98°E / 11.62; 124.98
CountryPhilippines
RegionEastern Visayas
ProvinceSamar
District 2nd district
Founded1749
ReestablishedJuly 16, 1946
Barangays24 (see Barangays)
Government
  TypeSangguniang Bayan
  MayorEngr. Teodorico A. Mabag
  Vice MayorEdgar Tonelete
  RepresentativeReynolds Michael Tan
  Councilors
List
  Electorate13,450 voters (2025)
Area
  Total
183.06 km2 (70.68 sq mi)
Elevation
16 m (52 ft)
Highest elevation
160 m (520 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2020 census)
  Total
18,136
  Density99/km2 (260/sq mi)
  Households
4,158
Economy
  Income class4th municipal income class
  Poverty incidence
34.91
% (2021)
  Revenue157.4 million (2022)
  Assets372.6 million (2022)
  Expenditure110.4 million (2022)
  Liabilities92.11 million (2022)
Service provider
  ElectricitySamar 2 Electric Cooperative (SAMELCO 2)
Time zoneUTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code
6707
PSGC
IDD:area code+63(0)55
Native languagesWaray
Tagalog

Pinabacdao, officially the Municipality of Pinabacdao (Waray: Bungto han Pinabacdao; Tagalog: Bayan ng Pinabacdao), is a municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 18,136 people.

It is considered as the center of rice production in the province of Samar. The home of Mayaw-Mayaw Festival, an ethnic and dance festival celebrated every May 10 of each year. Mayaw-Mayaw Festival won second runner-up in the festival dance competition and first prize winner in the float design competition during the 2015 Aliwan Fiesta which was held on April 23–25 in the cities of Manila and Pasay.