Babatngon, Leyte (Lukay)
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Babatngon is a 4th class municipality in the province of Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 20,946 people in 4,081 households.
Babatngon is located in the northern part of the island of Leyte, along the shore of Carigara Bay. It is situated on a small plain set in a semi-circle of mountain ranges and nestles in the northern mouth of the panoramic San Juanico Strait, which separates Samar from Leyte. Boats coming in or going out of Tacloban City have to pass by it through the pilot station of Canaway, one of the islets along the strait. It is 33 kilometers northwest of Tacloban City and about ten kilometers north of the town of San Miguel. Small coconut covered islets fringe its coast along San Juanico Strait, the most important of which are Rizal, Magsaigad, Tabigue, almost all of which extend from east to west.
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Babatngon is located in the northern part of the island of Leyte, along the shore of Carigara Bay. It is situated on a small plain set in a semi-circle of mountain ranges and nestles in the northern mouth of the panoramic San Juanico Strait, which separates Samar from Leyte. Boats coming in or going out of Tacloban City have to pass by it through the pilot station of Canaway, one of the islets along the strait. It is 33 kilometers northwest of Tacloban City and about ten kilometers north of the town of San Miguel. Small coconut covered islets fringe its coast along San Juanico Strait, the most important of which are Rizal, Magsaigad, Tabigue, almost all of which extend from east to west.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtC95WubKOU
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babatngon,_Leyte
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Coordinates: 11°22'59"N 124°53'35"E
- Santa Rita, Samar 16 km
- Basey, Samar 22 km
- Llorente, Eastern Samar 40 km
- Hinabangan, Samar 55 km
- Paranas, Samar 70 km
- Dolores, Eastern Samar 94 km
- Gandara, Samar 94 km
- Silvino Lobos, Northern Samar 112 km
- Placer, Masbate 144 km
- Caramoan, Camarines Sur, Philippines 306 km
- Mount Busay 6.5 km
- District I (Pob.) 7 km
- Barangay 108 7.9 km
- Baluarte Point 10 km
- San Juanico Strait 10 km
- Libtong Bay 11 km
- San Juanico Strait 12 km
- Poblacion 17 km
- Bacsal Island 18 km
- Eastern Villareal 25 km
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