page_title: Barugo
hierarchical_section_title: Barugo
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Leyte showing the location of Barugo
context_page_description: Barugo, officially the Municipality of Barugo, is a 4th class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 32,745 people.
  Residents of the town of Barugo are traditionally referred to as Barugonon but often incorrectly referred to as Barugueños.
  Barugo is a town in the northern coastal part of Leyte facing Carigara Bay, 50 kilometres north-west of Tacloban City, whose history dates back to the early days of Spanish colonization. It remains an agricultural town producing rice, corn and copra. Residents of a few coastal barangays are engaged in small-scale fishing and aquaculture. Its cottage industries are the manufacture of tuba and roscas. Not unlike the rest of the country, its economy is partly driven by dollar remittances from overseas workers.
context_section_description: Barugo, officially the Municipality of Barugo (Waray: Bungto han Barugo; Tagalog: Bayan ng Barugo), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 32,745 people.
  Residents of the town of Barugo are traditionally referred to as Barugonon but often incorrectly referred to as Barugueños.
  Barugo is a town in the northern coastal part of Leyte facing Carigara Bay, 50 kilometres (31 mi) north-west of Tacloban City, whose history dates back to the early days of Spanish colonization. It remains an agricultural town producing rice, corn and copra. Residents of a few coastal barangays are engaged in small-scale fishing and aquaculture. Its cottage industries are the manufacture of tuba (coconut palm wine) and roscas (sweet pastries made of flour, sugar, eggs and shortening). Not unlike the rest of the country, its economy is partly driven by dollar remittances from overseas workers.
caption: Map of Leyte with Barugo highlighted
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