• Source: Liloan, Southern Leyte

Liloan, officially the Municipality of Liloan (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Liloan; Tagalog: Bayan ng Liloan), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 24,800 people.
Liloan's town center is located at the northern part of Panaon Island which is connected to the mainland of Leyte by a bridge (Wawa Bridge).
"Liloan" is derived from the local term lilo, meaning "whirlpool". Whirlpools can be seen at Panaon Strait, the navigable narrow waterway between the mainland and Panaon Island.




Geography






= Barangays

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Liloan is politically subdivided into 24 barangays. Each barangay consists of puroks and some have sitios.

* -This indicates a mainland Barangay.




= Climate

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Demographics



The upsurge of the population of Barangay Fatima is due to the relocation of almost all residents of Malangza and Catig because of the frequent threats of landslides.




Economy


Poverty incidence of Liloan




Tourism


Bitoon Beach, 500 meters from the Wawa Bridge
Molopolo Beach, at Brgy Molopolo
Tagbak Marine Park (250 meters from Wawa Bridge)
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Cross (pilgrim site)
Duwangan Beach
Liloan Lighthouse
Liloan Ferry Terminal
Pres. Quezon (maugoc) Pook Adventure Park (adventure site)
Ollie's Wall (Dive Site) at Gud-an
Washing Machine Dive at Wawa channel
Maga-upas Color (Busay) Water Falls at Brgy Magaupas
Asug Cave (found a skeletal remains believe to be from a Javaman) at Brgy Nailong (Pres. Roxas) and Brgy Ilag.
Puti na Bato AKA White Horse, a Rock Cliff formation with a printed shape of a white horse at Brgy Ilag




Transportation






= Land

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Philtranco serves Liloan from Pasay to Davao. Other major bus companies including DLTBCo, CUL Transportation, Ultrabus and Bachelor Express also serve Liloan from Maasin, Ormoc, Tacloban, and Calbayog.




= Sea

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Liloan Port or also known as Liloan Ferry Terminal is a roro port that serves a local point from Manila and Davao, as well as a local point from Lipata Port, also connects to the Pan-Philippine Highway also called Maharlika Highway AH26 that originates from Laoag to its southern terminus Zamboanga City. FastCat is one of the primary shipping line that serves to and from Lipata Port, Surigao City. Other major shipping line including Santa Clara Shipping Corporation and Starlite Ferries also serves Liloan from Lipata.




See also


Liloan, Cebu - a municipality in Cebu
Liloan - a barangay in Santander, Cebu




References






External links


Liloan Profile at PhilAtlas.com
Official Website of Liloan
Philippine Standard Geographic Code
Philippine Census Information
Local Governance Performance Management System Archived May 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine

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