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Javier
Bugho | |
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Municipality of Javier | |
![]() Downtown area | |
![]() Map of Leyte with Javier highlighted | |
Location within the Philippines | |
Coordinates: 10°48′N 124°56′E / 10.8°N 124.93°E | |
Country | Philippines |
Region | Eastern Visayas |
Province | Leyte |
District | 5th district |
Founded | June 1961 (as Bugho) |
Renamed as Javier | December 1965 |
Named after | Daniel Falcon Javier |
Barangays | 28 (see Barangays) |
Government | |
• Type | Sangguniang Bayan |
• Mayor | Michael Dragon T. Javier |
• Vice Mayor | Emma M. Abueva |
• Representative | Carl Nicolas C. Cari |
• Councilors | List |
• Electorate | 17,873 voters (2022) |
Area | |
• Total | 152.70 km2 (58.96 sq mi) |
Elevation | 80 m (260 ft) |
Highest elevation | 661 m (2,169 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2020 census)[3] | |
• Total | 26,658 |
• Density | 170/km2 (450/sq mi) |
• Households | 6,980 |
Economy | |
• Income class | 4th municipal income class |
• Poverty incidence | 29.16 |
• Revenue | ₱ 347.9 million (2022) |
• Assets | ₱ 762.6 million (2022) |
• Expenditure | ₱ 196.1 million (2022) |
• Liabilities | ₱ 203.1 million (2022) |
Service provider | |
• Electricity | Don Orestes Romualdez Electric Coperative (DORELCO) |
Time zone | UTC+8 (PST) |
ZIP code | 6511 |
PSGC | |
IDD : area code | +63 (0)53 |
Native languages | Waray Tagalog |
Website | www |
Javier (IPA: [hɐ'vjɛɾ]), officially the Municipality of Javier (Waray: Bungto han Javier; Tagalog: Bayan ng Javier), is a municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 26,658 people.[3]