Maasin
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Maasin (IPA: [mɐˈʔasin]), officially the City of Maasin (; , ), is a component city and capital of the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 85,486 people.
Key facts
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- Maasin City proper coastal view (Maasin, Southern Leyte; 01-17-2024).jpg
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- Maasin City proper viewed from the coast
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- 120x80px
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- 100x80px
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- Ph locator southern leyte maasin.png
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- yes
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- Philippines
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- left
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- Location within the
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- Philippines
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- Region
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- Province
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- The City of Faith
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- Founded
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- City of Maasin
- Country
- Philippines
- Located in
- Southern Leyte
- Population
- 85486
- Area
- 211.71
- Elevation
- 77
- Time zone
- UTC+08:00
- Capital of
- Southern Leyte
- Shares border with
- Macrohon
- Image
- Maasin City.jpg
- Households
- 20206
- Dialing code
- 53
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- Köppen climate classification
- tropical rainforest climate
- language used
- Tagalog
- Commons category
- Maasin, Southern Leyte
- postal code
- 6600
- inception
- 1770-00-00
- poverty incidence
- 19.99
- fiscal/tax revenue
- 1004979737.69
- electorate
- 56852
- total assets
- 4097453278.87
- total liabilities
- 456951921.20
- total expenditure
- 632670431.27
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (13)
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Encyclopedic overview
22 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Topography
- Climate
- Barangays
- Demographics
- Language
- Religion
- Diocese of Maasin
- Economy
- Infrastructure
- Roads
- Airport
- Seaports
- Bus Terminals
- Power / Energy
- Communication
- Health Facilities
- Healthcare
- Notable personalities
- References
- External links
Maasin (IPA: [mɐˈʔasin]), officially the City of Maasin (; , ), is a component city and capital of the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 85,486 people.
It has 70 barangays and is located in the western part of the province with land area of .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maasin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.