Baybay

Baybay
Baybay
Component city
	City of Baybay
	Port area of Baybay
	Flag Seal
	Motto: Our City. Our Home. Our Future
	Map of Leyte with Baybay highlighted
	OpenStreetMap
	Baybay Location within the Philippines
	Coordinates: 10°41′N 124°48′E / 10.68°N 124.8°E
Country	Philippines
Region	Eastern Visayas
Province	Leyte
District	5th district
Founded	1620
Chartered	1910
Cityhood	June 16, 2007 (Lost cityhood in 2008 and 2010)
Affirmed Cityhood	February 15, 2011
Barangays	92 (see Barangays)
Government
• Type	Sangguniang Panlungsod
• Mayor	Jose Carlos L. Cari
• Vice Mayor	Ernesto M. Butawan
• Representative	Carl Nicolas C. Cari
• City Council	List
• Electorate	70,431 voters (2022)
Area
• Total	459.30 km2 (177.34 sq mi)
Elevation	147 m (482 ft)
Highest elevation	1,313 m (4,308 ft)
Lowest elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2020 census)
• Total	111,848
• Households	28,135
Demonym	Baybayanon
Economy
• Income class	1st city income class
• Poverty incidence	26.02% (2021)
• Revenue	₱ 1,101 million (2020)
• Assets	₱ 4,073 million (2020)
• Expenditure	₱ 673.7 million (2020)
Service provider
• Electricity	Leyte 4 Electric Cooperative (LEYECO 4)
Time zone	UTC+8 (PST)
ZIP code	6521
PSGC	0803708000
IDD : area code	+63 (0)53
Native languages	Baybay; Cebuano; Tagalog
Website	baybaycity.gov.ph

Baybay (IPA: [baɪ'baɪ]), officially the City of Baybay (Cebuano: Dakbayan sa Baybay; Waray: Syudad han Baybay), is a 1st class component city in the province of Leyte, Philippines. It has a population of 111,848 people.^[5]

With an area of 45,934 hectares (460 km²; 180 sq mi), it is the second largest city in the province after Ormoc. Formerly, Baybay was the biggest town in Leyte in terms of population and second in terms of land area, after Abuyog. The Baybay language, a Visayan language distinct from both Waray and Cebuano, is spoken in the city itself.^[8]

Baybay houses a major port on the central west coast of Leyte, where ferries leave for and from Cebu and other islands. It has also the Baybay Public Terminal, serving routes from Tacloban, Ormoc, Maasin, Manila, Davao City, and other towns in Leyte, Southern Leyte, and Samar.

Generally an agricultural city, the common means of livelihood are farming and fishing. Some are engaged in hunting and in forestal activities. The most common crops grown are rice, corn, abaca, root crops, fruits, and vegetables. Various cottage industries can also be found in Baybay such as bamboo and rattan craft, ceramics, dress-making, fiber craft, food preservation, mat weaving, metal craft, and Philippine furniture manufacturing and other related activities.

It is the home of the Visayas State University, one of the leading schools in Southeast Asia on agricultural research, and was called as "Resort University."^[9]

^ Commission on Elections ^{[dead link]}
^ City of Baybay | (DILG)
^ "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
^ https://elevation.maplogs.com/poi/baybay_city_leyte_philippines.524452.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ ^a ^b Census of Population (2020). "Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
^ Highlights of the 2015 Census Results for the city of Baybay psa.gov.ph
^ "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. April 2, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.
^ Carl Rubino. 2005. Utudnon, an Undescribed Language of Leyte Archived May 13, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. In Hsiu-chuan Liao and Carl R. Galvez Rubino (eds.), Current Issues in Philippine Linguistics and Anthropology: Parangal kay Lawrence A. Reid, 306-336. Manila, Philippines: Linguistic Society of the Philippines and SIL Philippines.
^ "Welcome to the City of Baybay". www.vigattintourism.com. Retrieved January 29, 2019.

[1] Commission on Elections ^{[dead link]}

[2] City of Baybay | (DILG)

[popcen2015_r3-3] "2015 Census of Population, Report No. 3 – Population, Land Area, and Population Density" (PDF). Philippine Statistics Authority. Quezon City, Philippines. August 2016. ISSN 0117-1453. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 25, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.

[4] ttps://elevation.maplogs.com/poi/baybay_city_leyte_philippines.524452.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[PSA20–08-5] Census of Population (2020). "Region VIII (Eastern Visayas)". Total Population by Province, City, Municipality and Barangay. Philippine Statistics Authority. Retrieved July 8, 2021.

[6] Highlights of the 2015 Census Results for the city of Baybay psa.gov.ph

[7] "PSA Releases the 2021 City and Municipal Level Poverty Estimates". Philippine Statistics Authority. April 2, 2024. Retrieved April 28, 2024.

[8] Carl Rubino. 2005. Utudnon, an Undescribed Language of Leyte Archived May 13, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. In Hsiu-chuan Liao and Carl R. Galvez Rubino (eds.), Current Issues in Philippine Linguistics and Anthropology: Parangal kay Lawrence A. Reid, 306-336. Manila, Philippines: Linguistic Society of the Philippines and SIL Philippines.

[9] "Welcome to the City of Baybay". www.vigattintourism.com. Retrieved January 29, 2019.

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