Tacloban
Tacloban City ( Waray - Waray: Syudad han Tacloban ) is the center and the most populous city of the district of Eastern Visayas in the Philippines. It is also the capital of the province of Leyte.
In Tacloban, trade, tourism, education, culture and politics of the region as a whole focus. The city is the way the nickname: " The Beauty City by the bay" ( dt: the beautiful city by the bay ). It is one of the few cities in the first category of income in the Philippines and is recognized as a highly urbanized city since 18 December 2008.
On 8 November 2013, the Typhoon Haiyan destroyed almost the entire city.
Origin of the name
Tacloban was originally known under the name Kankabatok. There are to change their name following theory:
Kankabatok was the favorite haunts of fishermen. They used bamboo traps, which they called Taklub in order to catch crabs, shrimps or fish. If you asked them where they were going, the fishermen responded: (for ) Tarakluban, by which they meant the place where they brought the fishing gear used. It is probable that developed the current name of the city from the term Tarakluban.
Geography
The city is situated on the Bay of Cancabato in the northeast of the island of Leyte. The bay is part of the San Pedro Bay and thus the entrance of the San Juanico Strait, which separates Leyte from its neighboring island of Samar. The metropolitan area is surrounded by the municipality of Babatngon in the north, San Miguel and Alangalang in the West, from Santa Fe to the southwest and the south of Palo.
The topography of Tacloban is largely determined by mountains and rolling hills, partly through wide plains. The mountain regions draw from northeast of the urban area on the Eastern and Western Samar and protect the city from the north-east monsoon winds. Part of the city here has a peninsular geography.
The city has a total area of 1,009 km ², with an average 3.05 m above sea level.
Language and religion
The main language is Waray - Waray Tacloban and is officially here as Lineyte - Samarnon ( " Leyte - Samarnon " ) referred. In addition, the language Tagalog, English and Cebuano are partly distributed in the city.
In the first century of Spanish rule, this place was a typical colonial community. Most of the residents were of either pure Spanish families or were part of a new generation of Spanish- Filipino blood. Today, the inhabitants are ethnically a mixture of Chinese, foreign immigrants and native Leyteños.
Most inhabitants are Roman Catholic, with the followers of other religious communities Aglipayan and how the Iglesia ni Cristo, are located in the city.
Economy
Economically, Tacloban is one of the fastest growing cities in the Philippines. It has the Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport the busiest airport in the entire district and a naturally protected harbor. The main export product in this area is copra. But the rice, coconut and abaca are grown primarily in the urban area.
The Geothermalkraftwerk Tongonan is one of the most remarkable investment projects in the city and one of the largest producers of alternative energy in the wider community. Tacloban is access to the Leyte Industrial Development Estate (industrial development park Leyte ) by Isabel in which the phosphates Fertilizer Plant, the largest fertilizer factory in Asia, and the Philippine Associated Smelter and Refining Company, the largest facility of the island state for copper production are located.
Barangays
Tacloban politically in 138 barangays ( districts ) is organized.
- Barangay 1 ( Libertad )
- Barangay 2
- Barangay 3 ( Nula - tula )
- Barangay 3-A ( Nula - tula )
- Barangay 4 ( Libertad )
- Barangay 5
- Barangay 5 -A
- Barangay 6
- Barangay 6-A
- Barangay 7
- Barangay 8
- Barangay 8-A
- Barangay 12 ( Palanog Resettlement )
- Barangay 13
- Barangay 14
- Barangay 15
- Barangay 16
- Barangay 17
- Barangay 18
- Barangay 19
- Barangay 20
- Barangay 21
- Barangay 21-A
- Barangay 22
- Barangay 23
- Barangay 23 -A
- Barangay 24
- Barangay 25
- Barangay 26
- Barangay 27
- Barangay 28
- Barangay 29
- Barangay 30
- Barangay 31
- Barangay 32
- Barangay 33
- Barangay 34
- Barangay 35
- Barangay 35 -A
- Barangay 36
- Barangay 36 -A ( Imelda Village )
- Barangay 37
- Barangay 37 -A
- Barangay 38
- Barangay 39
- Barangay 40
- Barangay 41
- Barangay 42
- Barangay 42-A
- Barangay 43
- Barangay 43 -A
- Barangay 43- B
- Barangay 44
- Barangay 44-A
- Barangay 45
- Barangay 46
- Barangay 47
- Barangay 48
- Barangay 48 -A
- Barangay 48 -B
- Barangay 49
- Barangay 50
- Barangay 50 -A
- Barangay 50-B
- Barangay 51
- Barangay 51 -A
- Barangay 52
- Barangay 53
- Barangay 54
- Barangay 54 -A
- Barangay 55 (El Reposo )
- Barangay 55 -A ( El Reposo )
- Barangay 56
- Barangay 56 -A
- Barangay 57
- Barangay 58
- Barangay 59
- Barangay 59 -A
- Barangay 59- B
- Barangay 60
- Barangay 60 -A
- Barangay 61
- Barangay 62
- Barangay 62 -A
- Barangay 62- B
- Barangay 63
- Barangay 64
- Barangay 65
- Barangay 66
- Barangay 66 -A
- Barangay 67
- Barangay 68
- Barangay 69
- Barangay 70
- Barangay 71
- Barangay 72
- Barangay 73
- Barangay 74
- Barangay 75
- Barangay 76
- Barangay 77
- Barangay 78 ( Marasbaras )
- Barangay 79 ( Marasbaras )
- Barangay 80 ( Marasbaras )
- Barangay 81 ( Marasbaras )
- Barangay 82 ( Marasbaras )
- Barangay 83 (San Jose)
- Barangay 83 -A ( San Jose)
- Barangay 83- B
- Barangay 83 -C ( San Jose)
- Barangay 84 (San Jose)
- Barangay 85 (San Jose)
- Barangay 86
- Barangay 87
- Barangay 88
- Barangay 89
- Barangay 90 (San Jose)
- Barangay 91 ( Abucay )
- Barangay 92 ( Apitong )
- Barangay 93 ( Bagacay )
- Barangay 94 ( Tigbao )
- Barangay 94- A ( Basper )
- Barangay 95 ( Caibaan )
- Barangay 95 -A ( Caibaan )
- Barangay 96 ( Calanipawan )
- Barangay 97 ( Cabalawan )
- Barangay 98 ( Camansinay )
- Barangay 99 ( DIIT )
- Barangay 100 (San Roque )
- Barangay 101 (New Kawayan )
- Barangay 102 ( Old Kawayan )
- Barangay 103 ( Palanog )
- Barangay 103- A ( San Pagla -um )
- Barangay 104 ( Salvacion )
- Barangay 105 ( Suhi )
- Barangay 106 (Santo Niño )
- Barangay 107 (Santa Elena )
- Barangay 108 ( Tagapuro )
- Barangay 109 (V & G Subdivision )
- Barangay 109 -A
- Barangay 110 ( UTAP )
History
Tacloban was originally called Kankabatok known, an allusion to the first residents of this place, the Kabatok. Their settlement was located near the present-day Sto. Niño Church. Later members were of the ethnic groups of Gumoda, the Haraging and Huraw in this area and built their own settlements in close proximity to each other. The associated settlements were given the name, ' Kankabatok '', which means Kabatoks property.
Towards the end of the 16th century was Kankabatok under the political administration of Palo and village was part of the parish of Basey Samar on. As of 1770 the village was served by Augustinians before 1813 the Franciscans took over their work. Within this period Kankabatok was renamed to Tacloban.
It is not known exactly when Tacloban to an independently managed community was since all the records were lost during a typhoon. It is assumed that the official appointment took place at a church around 1770, around. In 1768, Leyte and Samar were separated politically and appointed to two separate politico-military provinces. Due to its strategic location, Tacloban quickly developed into a lively trading point between the two island provinces.
The seat of the provincial government of Leyte changed over the years from one place to the next, before he was awarded the town of Tacloban on 26 February 1830. This decision was based on the following reasons: Firstly, the place was given its geographical location is an ideal location for a port and on the other he possessed a protected location and adequate facilities for this task.
In 1901, the American Colonel Murray was used as the first military governor of Leyte. His first official act was the opening of the port of Tacloban to world trade. Before the Second World War, Tacloban was the commercial, educational, social and cultural center of the island. Copra and abaca were exported from here in large quantities.
With the landing of Japanese forces on May 25, 1942 in Tacloban a three-year period of occupation Leytes started by the Japanese Empire. The Japanese built the city into a fortress and put some airfields outside the gates of the city. Because the San Pedro Bay represented an ideal mooring for larger boats, used the Imperial Japanese Navy Tacloban as a start-up and import port for supplies of their troops. This time is due to the atrocities and violence that exercised the Japanese to the local civilians, as the darkest period considered in the history of the place and the country. In response, guerrilla groups operated in Leyte different, of which the best known group was led by Colonel Ruperto Kangleon.
Leyte was the first station in the reconquest of the Philippines by American and Filipino troops. The armed forces under the command of General Douglas MacArthur landed on 20 October 1944 beach sections of Tacloban, Palo ( White Beach and Red Beach ) and the neighboring village Dulag ( Blue Beach). This landing operation was a first sign of the success of the liberation of the island nation of the Japanese occupation and the fulfillment of the promise given three years earlier MacArthur: ". I Shall Return" ( " I shall return. " )
Three days later, on 23 October, a ceremony at the Capitol from Tacloban City was held at the MacArthur accompanied by President Sergio Osmeña temporarily the seat of the Commonwealth Government and thus made until the complete liberation of the country to the capital of the Philippines. As part of these celebrations, the provincial government of Leyte and the municipal council of Tacloban were also restored.
The next striking step in the history of the place marked the award of municipal rights to the community Tacloban. On 12 June 1952, the place with the enactment of Republic Act No. 760 was raised to the status of a city. After cleavage of the province of Southern Leyte on May 22, 1959 Tacloban remained the capital of the province of Leyte, which still occupies most of the island.
On November 8, 2013 Tacloban was almost completely destroyed by the Super Typhoon Haiyan ( Yolanda ).
Climate
The temperatures in Tacloban range between 22 ° C and 32 ° C. January is with an average temperature of 26 ° C, the coolest month, during the May 28.4 ° C on average has the highest heat values . The maximum temperatures can reach up to 31.9 ° C in the afternoon this month, in contrast to the low temperatures of 23 ° C in the early morning hours of January and February.
The rainfall varies between 330 mm and 1,071 mm per month. The wettest month is this December, while April has the lowest rainfall.
The relative humidity is the monthly average at 82 % in April and May and in December reached values up to 87 %.
Universities
Attractions
Among the attractions of the city area include the Joseph Price Mansion where General MacArthur set up his Hauptquartiert in 1944 and the REDONA residence. Both buildings in Tacloban played a vital role during the liberation of the Philippine archipelago. Other attractions include:
- The Family Park
- The Leyte Capitol Building
- The Madonna of Japan
- The Plaza Rizal
- The San Juanico Bridge across the San Juanico Strait to Samar
- The San Juanico Strait
- The San Pedro Bay
- The sea port of Tacloban
- The Sto. Niño Church
- The Sto. Niño Shrine and the Cultural Museum