Claire's Dad (Lutgardo, AKA Capt Pancito ) took me fishing with the other members of the Family. (Macky, Jonas the Navigator) Fishing is a Family business here in Mapuyo Biliran. We caught 17 fish. The biggest was a Lapu Lapu!
Bili…
Claire's Dad (Lutgardo, AKA Capt Pancito ) took me fishing with the other members of the Family. (Macky, Jonas the Navigator) Fishing is a Family business here in Mapuyo Biliran. We caught 17 fish. The biggest was a Lapu Lapu!
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-province 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 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 government is in Naval, the capital town.
The main island has slightly flat to rolling and rough terrain. It has narrow coastal areas or lowlands with mountainous interiors except for the municipalities of Naval and Caibiran 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.
Biliran has a combination of warm and cool climatic zones, thus the prevailing climate is ideal for the cultivation of a wide range of agricultural crops. There is no distinct dry season but the heavy wet season generally occurs in December.
DEMOGRAPHY
In 2000 Census, Biliran had a total population of 140,274 of which 71,259 were males and 69,015 were females. Population density was 252 persons per square kilometer. Annual population growth rate was 1.28 %. Dialects spoken are the Waray-waray, which is spoken by 43.3% of the total population, and the Cebuano dialect, which accounts for 55.9%.
