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Tacloban or simply referred to as Tacloban City, is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Philippines. It serves as the regional center of the region of Eastern Visayas. The city is autonomous from the province of Leyte, although it serves as its provincial capital. According to the 2015 census, Tacloban has a population of 242,089, making it the most populous city in the Eastern Visayas.The city is located 360 miles (580 km) southeast from Manila.

Tacloban was briefly the capital of the Philippines under the Commonwealth Government, from 20 October 1944 to 27 February 1945. In an extensive survey conducted by the Asian Institute of Management Policy Center and released in July 2010, Tacloban ranks as the fifth most competitive city in the Philippines, and second in the emerging cities category. On 8 November 2013, the city was largely destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan, having previously suffered similar destruction and loss of life in 1897 and 1912. On 17 January 2015, Pope Francis visited Tacloban during his Papal Visit to the Philippines and held a mass at Barangay San Jose, and later he led mass of 30,000 people in front of the airport.

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  • TAKLUB

    Street performers carrying taklub on their backs (Tacloban takes its name from the taklub, a bamboo fish-catching contraption).

  • Tacloban Turnover ceremony statue

    Statue of Gen. Douglas MacArthur and President Sergio Osmeña

  • Tacloban Typhoon Haiyan 2013-11-14

    Debris lines the streets of Tacloban after Typhoon Haiyan hit the city.

  • Downtown Tacloban 01

    Avenida Rizal, downtown area of Tacloban.

  • Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport 2

    Daniel Z. Romualdez Airport terminal

  • San Juanico Bridge

    The San Juanico Bridge, north of the city

  • Sto. Nino Shrine

    The Santo Niño Shrine and Heritage Museum holds some properties of Ferdinand Marcos

  • Sto. Niño Church of Tacloban

    The Sto. Niño Parish Church of Tacloban

  • Provincial Capitol of Tacloban.

    The Leyte Provincial Capitol served as the seat of the Philippine Commonwealth Government from 23 October 1944 to 27 February 1945

  • PIN-KAS6

    Dancers during the Pintados Festival of 2008.

  • Tacloban City Hall 2016

    Kanhuraw – this nickname of the Tacloban City Hall is also the name of the hill where the building stands.

  • Balyuan Park IMG 0870

    The left side of the Balyuan Park arena looking northeastward towards Cancabato Bay and the San Juanico Strait beyond, backgrounded by Samar island on the horizon.

  • Cancabato Bay front IMG 0868

    The eastern part of the city facing Cancabato Bay.

  • Cancabato Bay fishermen IMG 0874

    Fishing folks on outrigger canoes on Cancabato Bay, with the San Juanico Strait and Samar island in the background.

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