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Philippines: Biliran Provincial Profile
Biliran became a regular province on May 11, 1992 after a plebiscite was conducted in accordance with R.A. 7160. The island province, which was formerly a sub-prov-
ince of Leyte, belongs to the Eastern Visayas region (Region 8). It is bounded on the north by the Visayas Sea, on the south by the Carigara Bay, on the east by the
SAMAR
Samar Sea, and on the west by the Strait of Biliran. The province of Biliran consists of 8 municipalities and 132 barangays. It is a lone congressional district. The seat of
(WESTERN
government is in Naval, the capital town. The main island has slightly flat to rolling and rough terrain. It has
SAMAR)
narrow coastal areas or lowlands with mountainous interiors except for the municipalities of Naval and Caibiran 0 8 132
that have wider plains and rolling terrain extending about 7 km from the coast. Mountain ranges occupy the
major portion of the island municipality of Maripipi.(Source: http://biliran.gov.ph/provincial-profile/) CITY MUNICIPALITIES BARANGAYS
POPULATION Source: PSA 2015 & 2010 Census / DSWD
MARIPIPI
Maqueda Bay
Sambuan Is.
4.7% 95.3%
171,612 38,518
Tagasipol Is. households Urban / Rural
Taghocan Is.
Inoroan Is.
Tingkasan Is. KAWAYAN 48.9% 51.1 %
female male
Visayan Sea (83.9K) (87.6K)
ALMERIA CULABA 10%
Calutan Is. 9.2K > 60 years 7.2K
Caygan Is.
47%
Higatangan Is. 38.7K 19-59 years 41.3K
NAVAL CAIBIRAN 13%
10.8K 13-18 years 12K
24%
19.4K 3-12 years 20.9K
BILIRAN CABUCGAYAN 7%
LEYTE 5.6K < 2 years 6K

Vulnerable groups (based on DSWD-NHTS database)
Legend Conditional Cash Transfer
Programming Beneficiaries
Volcano 7,151
Airport Female 2 94 228 1,252 1,220
households Male 15 396 319 486 1,005
Province capital child-headed single-headed poor individuals solo parent poor individuals
Poverty incidence (%) </= 10 11 - 30 31 - 50 51 - 60 61 - 84 households households w/ disability =>18 years old =>65 years old
WATER, SANITATION AND HYGEINE Source: PSA 2015/2010 Census SHELTER Source: PSA 2015 Census
Water Roof/Wall material
supply
38,105 Roof
Housing units

Faucet Salvaged
community Tubed; Dug Natural Strong Light
system piped well Bottled sources Others
84.6% 5.3% 1.4% 5.1% 3.1% 0.5% Strong 53.2% 0.9% 0.0%
Toilets (based on census 2010)
Wall
Light 32.9% 11.6% 0.1%
76.1% 19.7% 1.9% 2.2%
Salvaged 0.6% 0.3% 0.1%
Water-sealed None Closed pit Open pit

EDUCATION Source: DepEd 2016 NUTRITION Source: FNRI 2013/2015 HEALTH Source: DOH (Personnel 2016/Facilities 2017)

Malnutrition (0-60 months old) Personnel
125
Primary schools
15,994 14,348
Male primary Female primary 42.8% 42.9%* 14.3%* 55 42 25 3
school students school students
Stunting Underweight Wasting Midwives Nurses Doctors Dentists
* Estimates with coefficient of variation greater than 20
Facilities
21 Food
Secondary schools
insecurity
7,226 7,142 (households) 12.2% 28.2% 37.3%
Male secondary Female secondary 43 8 1
school students school students Mild Moderate Severe
Barangay health Rural health Hospitals
stations units (government/private)
The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Creation date: February 2018
Sources: PSA, DOH, NAMRIA, FNRI, DepEd, DSWD Feedback: addawe@un.org, aportol@un.org, mendoza1@un.org www.unocha.org/philippines www.reliefweb.int philippines.humanitarianresponse.info