Eastern Visayas Facts and Figures
Location
Situated between 9045 to 1205 North Latitude
and between 123050 to 126000 East Longitude
Land Area 21,431.7 sq. km.
Alienable and
Disposable
50.58%
Public
Land
49.42%
Climate
2 climatic types prevail in the region:
Type II (No dry season with a pronounce maximum
rainfall from January to November)
Type IV (Rainfall more or less evenly distributed all
year round)
Major
Islands
Island of Samar
Island of Leyte
Number of Provinces 6
Number of Cities 4
Number of Municipalities 139
Number of Barangays 4,390
Total Population, 2000 3,610,355
(Census as of May 1, 2000)
Labor Force Participation Rate, October 2003
73.2%
Employment Rate, October 2003 92.2%
Average Annual Family Income, 2000:
Ps 91,520
At current prices
Gross Regional Domestic Product, 2001
Ps 24,216,876
In thousand pesos at constant 1985 prices
Percent Distribution
Agriculture, Fishery and Forestry 32.24%
Industry 33.77%
Service 33.99%
Simple Literacy Rate, 1994 90.86%
Language/Dialect Generally Spoken Waray, Cebuano, Tagalog, English
Major Agricultural Crops
coconut, palay, abaca, sugarcane
cassava, banana, sweet potato
Major Fishery Products roundscad, sardines, tuna, bangus, mussel
Major Forest Products rattan
Geothermal Energy Reserve 1,000 megawatts
Mineral/Ore Reserves
gold, copper, limestone, iron, dolomite,
pyrite, marble, zinc, manganese,
chromite, bauxite, sulfur, bentonite,
coal, rock asphalt, and rock phosphate,
nickel, peat,magnetite sand
Major Export Products
copper cathodes, phosphatic fertilizers,
raw and refined sugar/molasses,
crude coconut oil/copra cake
abaca fiber/sinamay cloth, prawns,
bentonite/natural-foundry grades/drilling mud
Major Industries/Establishments Philippine Associated Smelting
and Refinery (PASAR), Inc.
Philippine Phosphate(PHILPHOS), Inc.
New Leyte Edible Oil Manufacturing Corporation
Hilongos Development Corporation
FILMAG Holdings, Inc.
Major Tourist Destinations/Attractions
Gobingon-Langon Caves, Calbiga, Samar (second largest cave in the world)
Sohoton Cave Natural Bridge National Park (Basey, Samar)
Biri Island (Biri,Northern Samar)
Homonhon Island, Guiuan, Eastern Samar (First Foothood of Western World in Asia)
Limasawa Island, Southern Leyte (Philippine Seat of Christianity)
MacArthur Memorial National Park (Palo, Leyte)
Higatangan Island (Biliran)
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