Tacloban

**Tacloban** or **Tacloban City**, is a highly urbanized city in the Eastern Visayas, Region 8. It is the capital city of Leyte province. Tacloban is a port city in the Philippines. It is about 360 miles (580 kilometers) southeast of Manila.  It is the regional center of Eastern Visayas. The  San Juanico Bridge, a famous long bridge in the Philippines, connects the city to the town of Santa Rita in Samar.

## Infobox (mapframe)

- **frame-width**: 250


## Infobox (settlement)

- **image skyline**: Tacloban City overlooking Calvary Hill (Tacloban, Leyte; 04-29-2023).jpg
- **image caption**: City skyline overlooking Calvary Hill
- **image flag**: Flag_of_Tacloban,_Leyte.png
- **flag size**: 120x80px
- **image seal**: Tacloban City Seal.png
- **seal size**: 100x80px
- **pushpin map**: Philippines
- **pushpin label position**: right
- **pushpin map caption**: Location within the
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Philippines
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of the Philippines, Region
- **subdivision type2**: Provinces of the Philippines, Province
- **subdivision name2**: Leyte (province), Leyte
- **motto**: _City of Love, Beauty and Progresses_
- **subdivision type3**: House of Representatives of the Philippines#District representation, District
- **established title**: Established

Highly urbanized city
- **parts type**: Barangay
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: (see #Barangays, Barangays)
- **leader name**: Alfred S. Romualdez (Nacionalista Party, NP)
- **leader title1**: Vice Mayor
- **leader name1**: Edwin Y. Chua (Aksyon Demokratiko, Aksyon)
- **leader title2**: House of Representatives of the Philippines#Current composition, Representative
- **leader name2**: Martin Romualdez, Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez (Lakas-CMD, Lakas)
- **leader title3**: Sangguniang Panlungsod, City Council
- **leader title4**: Elections in the Philippines#Qualification, Electorate
- **leader name4**: voters (Philippine general election, |)
- **elevation max m**: 574
- **elevation min m**: 0
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population blank1 title**: Households
- **population demonym**: Taclobanon
- **timezone**: Philippine Standard Time, PST
- **utc offset**: +08:00
- **postal code type**: List of ZIP codes in the Philippines, ZIP code
- **demographics type1**: Economy
- **demographics1 title1**: Gross domestic product
- **demographics1 info1**: ₱45,283 million (2021)

$899 million (2021)
- **demographics1 title3**: Measuring poverty, Poverty incidence
- **demographics1 info3**: % ()
- **demographics1 title4**: Revenue
- **demographics1 title5**: Revenue rank
- **demographics1 title6**: Assets
- **demographics1 title7**: Internal Revenue Allotment, IRA
- **demographics1 title8**: Expenditure
- **demographics1 title10**: Liability (financial accounting), Liabilities
- **demographics type2**: Service provider
- **demographics2 title1**: List of electric distribution utilities in the Philippines, Electricity
- **demographics2 title2**: Water
- **demographics2 title3**: Telecommunications
- **demographics2 title4**: Cable TV
- **blank1 name sec1**: Languages of the Philippines, Native languages
- **blank2 name sec1**: Crime index
- **blank1 name sec2**: Major religions
- **blank2 name sec2**: Feast date
- **blank3 name sec2**: Catholic diocese
- **blank4 name sec2**: Patron saint