Llorente (IPA:
锟绞巓藞r蓻nt蓻, officially the Municipality of Llorente (; ), is a
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
in the
province
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of
Eastern Samar
Eastern Samar ( Waray-Waray: ''Sinirangan Samar''; ), officially the Province of Eastern Samar, is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital is the city of Borongan, which is the most populous. Eastern Samar ...
,
Philippines
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. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 21,459 people.
The municipality was named after
Julio Aballe Llorente (1863–1940), a Cebuano Politician who was instrumental in the establishment of the American Government in Cebu. He was the 1st Governor of Cebu, who once became a Governor of Samar in the early 1900s.
Geography
Barangays
Llorente is politically subdivided into 33
barangay
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s. Each barangay consists of
purok
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s and some have
sitios
A ''sitio'' (Spanish language, Spanish for "site") in the Philippines is a territorial enclave that forms part of a barangay. Typically rural, a ''sitios location is usually far from the center of the barangay itself and could be its own bar ...
.
* Antipolo
* Babanikhon
* Bacayawan
* Barobo
* Burak
* Can-ato
* Candoros
* Canliwag
* Cantomco
* Hugpa
* Maca-anga
* Magtino
* Mina-anod
* Naubay
* Piliw
* Barangay 1 (
Poblacion
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)
* Barangay 2 (
Poblacion
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)
* Barangay 3 (
Poblacion
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)
* Barangay 4 (
Poblacion
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)
* Barangay 5 (
Poblacion
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)
* Barangay 6 (
Poblacion
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)
* Barangay 7 (
Poblacion
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)
* Barangay 8 (
Poblacion
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)
* Barangay 9 (
Poblacion
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)
* Barangay 10 (
Poblacion
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)
* Barangay 11 (
Poblacion
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)
* Barangay 12 (
Poblacion
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)
* San Jose
* San Miguel
* San Roque
* So-ong
* Tabok
* Waso
Climate
Demographics
The population of Llorente in the 2020 census was 21,459 people, with a density of .
Economy
Notable people
*
Lutgardo Barbo
Lutgardo "Lutz" Boco Barbo is a politician and former governor of Eastern Samar. He was originally a lawyer in the Mosqueda Law Office, before becoming the senate secretary of senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr. since 2000 and being the secretary of s ...
, Former governor of Eastern Samar, Candidate for the 2022 Senate Elections.
References
External links
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Philippine Standard Geographic Code The Philippine Standard Geographic Code (PSGC) is a systematic classification and coding for geographic areas in the Philippines. It classifies areas based on the country's four levels of administrative divisions: regions, provinces, municipalities ...
Philippine Census InformationLocal Governance Performance Management System
Municipalities of Eastern Samar
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