: Region VIII () Profile

Region VIII or Eastern Visayas Visayas is one of the three regions situated in the middle of the Philippines and serves to link the POPULATION POVERTY islands of and through the National Maharlika Highway that runs through it. It is bounded by the Surigao Channel Source: PSA 2010 Census Source: PSA 2012 and the island of Mindanao on the south; by the San Bernardino Strait Region VIII PopulationRegion VIII Households Urban/Rural Poverty Incidence among Population (%) and the tip of the Bicol Peninsula on the north; the Maqueda Bay, 60% 2M 9% Camotes and Visayan , and the islands of Cebu and Bohol on the urban 49% west; and the Gulf, the Philippine and the Pacific Ocean on 40% 4.1 .8 91% 50% 6 7 136 4,390 million million Rural the east. 41.5% 42.6% 45.2% PROVINCES CITIES MUNICIPALITIES BARANGAYS 20% Female Disability 6 4 5 9 5 4 4 9 4 3 9 3 4 2 9 2 4 1 9

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10 Male 0 Catarman 4.4 9% 1991 2006 2009 2012 million 4.1 4.3 2015 (per Household population) million million estimate 2010 2014 Census estimate 51% NORTHERN 37,200 % Poverty Incidence 0 - 14 15 - 26 27 - 39 40 - 56 57 - 84 2.1M 34,600 NATURAL DISASTERS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT EASTERN Source: OCD/NDRRMC Conditional cash transfer Source: DSWD SAMAR 5,000 Calbayog beneficiaries (children) 31 31 Number of disaster ,600 incidents per year 710 ,300 24 Affected Population 634 (in thousands) 345,724 2,500 457,400 SAMAR 308,867 16 16 Notable incident Typhoon 198,000 224,107 Girls Catbalogan 325,482 364,906 113 47 97,775 233,313

100,164 Boys BILIRAN Borongan 2010 2011 2012 2013 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Naval NUTRITION WASH HEALTH

Source: FNRI 2012 Source: PSA 2010 Census Source: DOH Malnutrition 0-60 months old Personnel Water Spring 6% Bottled Tubed- Supply piped 5% Faucet 22% Tacloban community system Dug 57% well 861 204 145 85 7% 42% 26% 8% Midwives Nurses Doctors Dentists Stunting Underweight Wasting Others Ormoc 3% Facilities

LEYTE 71%water sealed 6% closed pit 17% Food none 4% Legend open pit Insecurity Provincial capital 809 51 5 Major city 74% 37% 24% Toilets Health Private Government Major airport Household Mother Children Stations Hospitals Hospitals Minor airport (Philippines only) Major Port Active Volcano LIVELIHOOD EDUCATION SHELTER

Source: PSA (QuickStat)2015 Source: PSA 2010/DepEd Source: PSA 2010 Census Region boundary Functional Literacy Rate Roof Province boundary 64% SOUTHERN Labor labor force participation Primary road LEYTE Force Secondary road Strong Light Salvaged under11% Main river employment rate Roof/Wall

Strong 41% 3% .04% Perennial lake 72% Material

employment90%

rate Light 27% 31% 0.1% Wall Population Density (per km2) Maasin Sectors 0 - 5 .5% .4% 0% Salvaged 6 - 25 3,637 21% 19% primary schools 26 - 50 Service 51 - 100 Housing 101 - 500 8% 1% 501 - 2,500 Industry Tenure 2,501 - 5,000 416K 378K male primary female primary 86% 3% 10% .7% > 5,000 45% 5% school students school students Owned/being Rented Rent free with Rent free amortized consent without consent Agriculture

The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations. Creation date: 01 Dec 2015 Sources: PSA, DSWD (NHTS), DOH, OCD/NDRRMC, DEPED, FNRI, Project NOAH, NAMRIA, GADM, SRTM Feedback: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] www.unocha.org/philippines www.reliefweb.int philippines.humanitarianresponse.info