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San Juan, Southern Leyte

San Juan, officially the Municipality of San Juan (Kabalian: Lungsod san San Juan; Cebuano: Lungsod sa San Juan; Tagalog: Bayan ng San Juan), is a municipality in the province of Southern Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 15,036 people.
The municipality was formerly known as Cabalian (also spelled as Cabali-an) It is spelled as "Caualian" in the first Murillo-Velarde Map of the Philippines published in 1734.
The Kabalian language, a Visayan language distinct from Waray-Waray and Cebuano, is spoken in some communities in San Juan.